Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
LEAGUE FULFILS
AMERICAN IDEAL
Herbert Hoover Says Democra-
eies Replaced AutocracIes
at Our Bidding.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION CHEF.
Urges Ratification on oround That
Peace Treaty VIII ceIIapss
Without League %
Natlons.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION CHEF.

Herbert Hoover is so deeply con-
cerned over the opposition to the
League Of Nations in the United
States that he has Let himself be In
terviewed at length on the League sit
uation. In talk with the New York
Times correspondent In Paris, the
Food Administration Chief asserts that
having caused the League idea 20 pre-
van America cannot abandon it. We
cannot withdraw. no says, and leave
Europe to chaos. "To abandon the
League Covenant now means that the
treaty itself win collapse"
Mr.. Hoover's wide acquaintance
with conditions both here and abroad.
his reputation as an administrator. a
man Of great affairs who deals with
facts. not theories. make his state
ment one Of the most important con-
trfbutions to the recent League discus
sionx. s-r
"There are one or two points I'm con-
nectfon with the present treaty" said
Mr. Hoover. shat need careful consid-
Grafton by the. American public. We
need to digest the fact that we have
for Q century and q half been advo-
eating democracy not only as a
remedy for the internal MS Of all no.
ciety. but also a. the only real safe
guard against war. We have believed
and proclaimed. IN season and out,
that q world In which there was a
free expression and enforcement Of
the win Of the majority was the real
basis Of government, was essential for
the advancement OF civilization, and
that we have proved its enormous hu-
man benefits I'm our country.
American idsas Have Prevailed.
"Ws went into the war 70 destroy
autocracy as a menace to our own and
all ether democracies. II We had not
come into the war every inch Of Euro
pean soil today would be under auto-
cratic government. We have imposed
our win on the world. Out of this
victory has come the destruction Of
the four great autocracies I'm Ger.
many. Russia, Turkey and Austria and
the little eutocracy In Greece. New
democracies have sprung into being I'm
Poland, Finland, Letvia, IAthuania.
Esthonia, Czechoslovakia, Greater
Serbia. Greece, Siberia, and even Ger
many and Austria have established
democratic governments. Beyond
these q host Of small republics. such
as Armenia, Georgia, Axerbaijan and
others, have sprung up, and again a.
q result Of this great world movement
the constitutions of Spain. Rumania,
and even England. have made q final
ascent TO eomplets franchise and de-
mocracy, although thsy still maintaip
q symbol Of royalty.
I'VE have been the living spring for
this last century and half from which
these ideas have sprung, and we have
triumphed. The world today, except
for q comparatively few reaetienary
and communistic autocracies, is dem
ocratic. and we did Il.
"a man who takes a wife and
blesses the world with several infants
cannot 60 away and Leave them on
the claim that there was no legal mar.
riage.
THESE Infant democracfes all have
political, social and economic prob
lens involving their neighbors that
are franght with the most intense
friction. There are no natural bound
aries In Europe. Races are not com
pact; they blend at every border. They
need railway communication and sea
outlets through their neighbors' terri
tory.
Many Of these states must for the
next few years struggle almost for
bare bones TO maintain their very
existence. Every one Of them ID GO
Ing to do its best; 10 protect It's own
interests. even TO the prejudice Of Its
neighbors.
Governments Lack Experience.
sWs IN America should realize thai