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use of its port and exceptional rela'
lions with a state of which 1t was moi
to form a part; properly safeguarded
plebiscites could not be provided for,
where populations were at some III
ture date to make choice what sover.
eighty they would live under; no Ger
tain and uniform method Of arbitra
ton could be secured for the settle
ment of anticipated difficulties of ina
decision, with regard to many matters
dealt with in the treaty itself; the
long-continued supervision Of the task
Of PREPARATION which Germany was tt
undertake to complete within the mex
generation might entirely break down;
the reconsideration and revision of ad.
mlnistrative arrangements and restrie-
tl0ns which the treaty prescribed, but
which 1t was recognized might moi
prove OF lasting advantage or entirely
fair If too long enforced, would be Inn
practicable.
A league Of free nations had become
practical necessity. Examine the
treaty Of peace and you will find that
everywhere throughout its manifold
provisions its trainers have felt obliged
to turn to the League of Nations as an
indispensable fundamentally for the
maintenance Of the new order 1t has
been their purpose to set up In the
world, the world of civilized men.
That there should be League OF
Nations to steady the counsels and
maintain the peaceful understanding
of the world, to make, not treaties
alone, but the accepted principles OF
international law as well, the actual
rule Of conduct among the govern
ments Of the world, has been one OF
the agreements accepted from the first
as the basis of peace with the central
powers.
Saw Necessity for League.
The statesmen Of all the belliserent
countries were agreed that such O
league must be created to sustain the
settlements that were to be effected
But at first think there was feel
ing among some of them that while
II must be attempted, the formation Of
such a league was perhaps counsel
OF perfection which practical men
long experience In the world Of affairs
. must agree to very cautiously anC
with many mlsgivings.
! 1t was only as the difficult work o.
, arranging an all but universal adjust
| ment of the worlds affairs advanced
from day to day, from one stage O.
: conference to another, that 1t becam'
evident to them that what they wer'
seeking would be little more thar
something written upon paper, to b
interpreted and applied by such meth
DDS as the chances Of politics Nigh
make available, II they did not provid
a means of common counsel which al
were obliged TO accept, common au
thority whose decisions would be rec
ognized as decisions which all mus
i respect.
II skeptieal Turn TO League.
: And so the most practical, the mos
o skeptical among them turned NOR
n and more TO the league as the authol
e ity through which international actlo
= was to be secured, the authority witt
out which, as they had come TO see
it would be difficult to give assure
effect to this treaty or to any other Il
: ternational understanding upon whic
= they were to depend for the maint
. nance of peace.
!. The most practical of the col
ferees were at last the most read
:, to refer to the league OF natior
= the superintendent of all interes
: which did not admit of immedia
determination of all administrator
problems which we're to require
:, continuing oversight. What no
seemed a counsel of perfection ha
!, come to seem plain counsel OF nece
slty. The league Of nations was u
: practical statesman's hope OF succe
In many of the most difficult thin
he was attempting.
:. And II had validated itself In u
T. thought Of every member OF the CO
!. ference as something much biggs
:. much greater every way than q me
- instrument for carrying out the pr
= visions Of a particular treaty. 1t W
,s universally recognized that all 2
peoples of the world demanded Of q
!, conference that II should create "a
~ continuing concert Of free natio
= n would make wars Of aggressi
:, and spoliation, such as this that n
~ lust ended, forever impossible. A
"a had gone out from every home
r. every stricken land from which 20
IN and brothers and fathers had go
he forth to the great sacrifice that 50
% sacrifice should never again
H. exacted.
1t was manifest why II had be
exacted. Il had been exacted becau
one nation desired dominion and 9th
as nations had known no means OF
- tense except ornaments and allianc
= People Now Know Truth.
res War had lain at the heart of eve
ms arrangement Of Europe-of eve
,ut arrangement Of the world-that p
re- coded the war. Festive peoples b
FER been told that fleets and armies viii