The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-09-18
THE A B C OF THE i
LEAGUE Of NATIONS
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.

can end crime 1t claims to reduce the
liability of war
q. What will be done to any nation
that makes war;
A. 1t will be boycotted and other
wise penalized.
8. How else will the probability Of
war be lessened2
A. By voluntary, mutual and pro-
portionate disarmament; by exchang.
ing military information, by providing
for arbitration, by protecting each ma
tons territorial integrity and by edu-
eating public opinion to see the folly
of war.
g. What else does the League pro-
pose to do for Mankind7
A. Q) Secure fair treatment for
labor,
(2) suppress the White Slave
Traffic, the sale of dangerous
Drugs, and the traffic in War
Munitions,
(3) control and prevent Disease,
(4) promote the work of the Red
Cross, and
(5) establish International Blu
reaus for other Causes that
concern the human race
T. Who are to be Charter Members
Of the League?
A. The United States of America,
Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, British EN-
pire, Canada, Australia, South Africa,
New Zealand, India, China, Cuba,
Czecho- Slovakia, Eucador, France,
Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hedjaz,
Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Mic
aragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portu-
gal, Rumania, Serbia, Siam, Uruguay
and the following states which are in
vited to accede to the covenant: Argen-
tine Republic, Chill, Colombia, Den
mark, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay,
Persia, Salvador, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Venezuela.
g. What other NATIONS may join7
A. Any self governing State which
will agree to the rules of the League,
provided the League accepts it.
g. What Agencies will the League
have?
A. % An Assembly, composed Of
representatives of all the
member Nations,
Co Council of Nine,
CD Secretary General,
"a q Mandatory Commission, to
look after colonies. etc,
(5) a Permanent Commiss ION, for
military questions,
CO. various International Bu-
reaus; such as the Postal
Union, etc,
% Mandataries.
10 What is a Mandatary7
A Some one nation designated by
the League to attend to the welfare of
backward peoples residing in colonies
Of the Central Empires, or in terri
tories taken from them" This is to be
q sacred trust" and in selecting a
mandatory the wishes of the people
of the area in question shall be the
principal consideration.
II. Does the League mean a Super
nation?
A No. 1t interferps in no way with
any Nations Sovereignty, except to
limit its power to attack other nations.
II. Can any Nation withdraw when
it wishes?
A. Yes The League is Advisory
and Cooperative, not coerciye.
10. Does the League put Peace above
Justice and National Honor?
A No. 1t puts Reason before yio-
lence.
"a. Does not the League take away
the Constitutional right of Congress to
declare war?
A. No. The League can advise war;
Congress alone can Declare war.
IS. Does it destroy the Monroe Doc.
trine7
A. Exactly the contrary. For the
first time in history the other nations
recognize the Monroe Doctrine. and
extend it to all the world.
is. Does 1t not Interfere with Treaty
Making Powers Of the United States7
A. No. 1t is Treaty. We can make
any Treaty we please.
II. Would we have had the Great
War if we had had this League?
A No. That War cost the world
over 100000 lives and 1000, 100000
dollars.
1s. OF what Importance Is the
League?
A. 1t is the greatest deed of man.
kind in the history of the world.
10. Has not anyone a right to OBJ
ject to the League?
A. Yes. This is free country. Any
one has right to any opinion he
chooses.
20. Why Is the League so bitterly
opposed by few?
A. Because, unfortunately, any
Treaty or League must be made by the
President, and a President Is chosen
by a political party and many mem.
bers of the opposite Party think they
must decry whatever he does.