The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-27
LEAGUE Plan
FAVORED With
RESERVATIONS s
BY EX-ED|T0R
Sullivan Declares Wilson Was
Unable to Cope With Give
and Take" Policy Of Euro
peans.
HIGH PRICES AT PEAK

while President Wilson was un-
doubtedly the loftiest man at the
peace conference, and on the highest
moral elevation. he did not have equal
ability in the give and take policy
used by the others concerned with the
task Of drafting the League of Ma
tions," said Mark Sullivan. former edi-
tor OF Golfers Weekly and special
representative of that magazine in
Paris during the seven months of the
conference. In an interview here We'd
nesday afternoon.
Because President Wilson was at
a disadvantage over there in the
trading process believe he gave up
certain things which should not have
been given up, but still believe that
we ought to have a world league of
nations, and that we should accept this
one when we have certain conces-
Bions.
I'm getting the facts about the
League as it now stands, before the
United States l believe that there is
no better way than that which is sug-
gested in the proposals of President
Wilson and others in favor Of the
League and Senator Lodge and others
not In favor of it, to travel through
the country addressing the people.
This will be as much like the
Lincoln-Douglas debates as anything
we have since had, and it is the only
fair way of getting all sides of the
question before the people.
I'VE should give what these men
say our consideration; our complete
deliberation before we speak finally.
We must not blunder in this thing for
1t Is far tco great" said Sullivan.
II. c. L. Peak Reached
I'VE have reached the peak OF the
high cost of living" said the former
editor of Golfers. From now Oh the
trend will be downward, and for this
reason l do not think the railroad
will fight much longer for increasing
wages, for with the steadily decreas-
irE prices his wages will be getting
larger though they do not move"
That the railcoad mep will not
strike, and that II they do their strike
will not be a success was the oplnio..
of Sullivan, who said that wl3n 1resl-
dent Wilson and public opl1fcn gen
erallv against such method what they
seek would be lost, utterly.
After every waI We have had high
prices After the C.vil war wheat and
pork were as high as they are now,
and while wages were also high they
were not equal to those we have at
the present time.
prices descended until wheat was
30 cents; corn at 20 centa, and day la
Dor was getting SO cents. We have
this to expect and l believe men now
considering the question will not try
to push wages high by striking.
The thought of future wars Is abso-
lutely impossible, Sullivan said He
added:
with modern instruments Of de-
vastation so perfected the horrors of
future wars would be too much to
stand Before, the airplanes carried
only few poundsi now they are cap
able of carrying several tons of
bombs. Another war would mean the
destruction of dozens of European
cities, only hours after the war had
started. Our boys do not want future
wars, 1t Is true, but our scientific
heads see the impossibility of 1t from
the purely mechanical standpoint"
Sullivan will discuss tonight In q
narrative way the Peace Conference
as he saw It; the organization of the
conference; the losing Of the first OF
Wilson's fourteen points by closing
the sessions; the six full plenary ses
sions when the newspaper men were
admitted.