The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-16
THE COST OF WAR.

 evening at Seattle, President Wilson dWeIt on the cost of the war with Germany. Its cost from the standpoint of actual financial values was staggering in its trcmendousncSS,r reaching as he sad approximately one million dollars hourly for the United States alone, in its two years of participation. It cost all those en- gagged d combined total ot SlSoOOOO 100000.
 It was the cost i'll human lives, however,, that made it so great d tragedy. As result of it, /, 45O, POO lives were snutted out. Hard. Iy a race under the sun but what is represented in the death roI
 In the first days of recorded time the cave man fought and overcoming his antag- onst, gIoatcd over his fall The belongings of his victim he took as the fruits of his victory. Down the ages history is full of proof that he has always held his viewpoint, modifying his methods to keep apace with the world of science and invention. The iron fist, the mightiest armies, the greatest navies, panstaIling and detailed systems of military preparedness were believed to be the best i'll surance for dominance This was Germany's creed. War, said her leaders, Is holy and promotes the cause o1 civilization because 1t kills off the unfit roots out the weddings and makes more room for the strong
 It was this idea that produced the world war and turned the world into a house of mourning beggard nations, and destroyed thrones and kingdoms The end proved that the idea was but a deusion. The nations that dreamed war, planned and worked but to wage successful war, saw their plans upset by the reserve forces of those people of Eng Iand France and the Unied States, who, not desiring war but living at peace and working for peace, were unprepared for war.
 Having paid the price to uncover the delusion of war, shall we allow it to continue: "War," says President Wilson, lis inevitable, on a much larger scale than ever before, if the United States does not ratify the treaty and underWrite the league of nations by be- coming a sgnatory of it's covenant And none of the opposition has predicted otherwise.
 Only in the United States has there been any serious opposition to the treaty, league of nations and all combined. It was eXped tiously approved by the British parliament. The French chamber by an overwhelming vote of confidence i'll Premier ClemenCeau'S government gives assurance of similar action. Belgium and Canada have unreservedly and without hesitation accomplished their rati- hcatiOn.
 The situation in the United States senate is truly puzzle. Ii one-quarter of what the critics in this country in this country say about the covenant is true, why the British so un-moved? Their national inde pendence would be as much menaced our own by "supergoVernment' Article X hits them as much a sit does us The British Dominions, Canada, Australia and New Zea- land are as much concerned in Oriental i'm migration as our own Pacific states are The British empire now that Germany and Russia as naval and military powers are destroyed, has just as little need for a league of nations tor selfish purposes as the United States has, 1t is pre-immeninently able to protect itself and no one can name power that would dare attack 1t. Britain has, furthermore no pridt of authorship in the league of nations, for ii was conceived in America and no British statesman took the lead in securing its in corporation in the treaty
 Neutral countries, also, are displaying the same curious indifference as Britain and France to the sinister menace of the league to their national sovereignty, and national in- terests for they are voting to join It. Both Argentina and Switzerland have already de termned to risk their future with the league Spain has expressed desire to be included in its membership.
 If in no other country the fight against the league finds the least parallel to the fight