Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-01
AFTER PEACE WHAT?

STERILIZATION.
sBut to what extent we will be able to forget war depends upon
amount Of confidence we place in the world league that has
formed between the nations of the earth.
For the first time in history a really serious attempt has been
bto establish a lasting peace. The great statesmen of all ma
,@s~fabored for many months over a covenant that would
Z where near satisfying the longing of humanity for cen
ire The covenant is not perfect by any means. 1t is very
ltieize and find fault with it. The point is, it is a start to-
Iversal peace; the brotherhood Of man has become more
cam
snmure is entirely in our hands. The world will be no bet
is nat We make it. If we are going to hold aloof, reject the
his Feaee without even a trial, and insist upon following in
sbesddgays Of suspicious and skeptcism if we are to have no faith
y in our fellow man. if, in short, the world is to gain moth
Il etever from the awful slaughter through which it has just
end civilization is to remain stationary or go backward, then,
rhs might it have been better if we had gone on killing one an
until not a soul was left upon the earth.
FOR everything gained some sacrifices have had to be made. We
in America might well sacrifice our ioaton-if, indeed, we
not sacrificed it alyeady-for the sake of the peace of the
ph Su The nations of tAe earth are drawn as closely together to-
Through the telegraph and cable, the wireless and the airplane
the the states of our Union fifty years ago. Living so closely
ctrsre, and with our interests so interviewer, the affairs of one
e &c help but become the affairs of all the rest, America included.
lee may t.lk all we choose about k Ell Ing out of Europe quar-
JsnSut it could not be done in the recent war and if it could not be
)methen, it certainly cannot be done hereafter when our trade is
king all over the earth and our financial relations with other
hh 1fries are such that a ripple anywhere Immediately has its eff
9 Ell
~ All this being true, and with the whole, world looking to Amer
to lead in the great movement for universal brotherhood, it is
Ninbvxlogcal that the United States should IN IL great era
Il Il beginning.
Ebeforhe peace that has just been signed rests so absolutely upon
cenb1lose associations of the nations in preserving that peace that it
nds to reason that the only logical way to carry it through is to
yeke stronger instead of weaker the league of nations that has been
sssWened in~ oal ~~s nat r disputes bexSasn-aa1aaa-xg& gssFaM
,ne- unerences between our
ss arc settled by a federal court.
Difficulties there are, of course. The greatest, perhaps, is the
srence in language. But that difficulty will never be overcome
q never try to overcome it. The opportunity is now afforded to
q great try-out and it behooves every thoughtful person,
n -4-# ~ro-a- III I,rror hat thar 1rap Nond thairl
dren's children may never be called upon to pass through such
4 ordeal as the present generation has just experienced, will
4 ID every effort to make the league of nations a success. They
B : overlook the shortcomings and try to strengthen the weak
for the sake Of posterity, if for no other reason.
America, big and strong and prosperous, can well afford to give
lsome respect for the sake of humanity as a whole, especially
sodoing she will be benefting herself in the long run by max
ace secure not only for the rest of the world, but for herself
DC peace that has just been signed has been too dearly
snt to permit the one lasting benefit that is SO apparent slip from
grasp.
The treaty ~embodying the league Of nations, upon which the
5of the world rests in spite Of what the cynics may say, is soon
be presented TO the United States senate for ratification. tt
1ould be adopted forthwith without amendment or restrictions of
ayssrts The peace treaty represents the fruits Of the labors Of the
aimest men the nations of the world can produce. They have
Ant long, weary hours drawing up its every clause. Far be it,
i. for lhe United States senate, even though it is the greatest
H~eaalatiye body representing the greatest republic in the world, to-
E1S anything that would IN any way block such an important step
n4the advancement of civilization.
The people Of the country should be heard from in no mistaken
rms. We predict that they viii be heard from. Those senators
ho, for partisan reasons or for personal animosty and hatred to-
T1rd the President, are inclined to oppose the treaty as it has been
Ngned w the leading nations of the earth, should be made to realize
that this is no time for trifGng. Some senators there are, it is true,
Shoeonscientiously oppose the league, but they are so narrow in their
mechanism that they cannot see the part that this nation is to
lay in international affairs the world has moved and they have not
owed with il. They do not seem to realize that there is now a new
rder DC things.
1T IS quite significant that most Of the senator's who are leading
u the fight against the present league Of nations covenant declare
hat they are In favor of some form Of a league. They realize that
is only by getting together under some agreement that progress
oward universal peace can be made. Probably they think that il
ay had the making Of the covenant it would have been a great deal
sers It might have been. On thcother hand, it might have been
eat deal worse. When those senator's who, among themselves,
readily fix up a treaty that suits them, came to meet the states
Of other countries who would also like to have made the
sexpressly for the benefit of their respective countries they
struck the rock that came 50 near wreckng the present
hat any league at all resulted is the marvel and well
ice at the outcome.