The diamond drill., 1919-03-15

Among the ardent advocates of the
plan submitted for League Of Ma
tions there Is a certain peeyishness
evidenced when one suggests that the
question Is one for discussion and
amendment. They Immediately charge
one with being opposed to ANY
scheme for league and many Of them
resort to epithets, some OF them very
unbecoming, considering the standing
OF their authors. Mr. Taft has practi-
cally dubbed anyone who questions
the wisdom OF accepting the plan as
an ass or knaye-a display OF tenn
per on the part of our very estimable
ex-president that Is quite unusual
with him Our president is reported
TO have called opponents of the plan
that he submitted, persons Of pigmy
minds and persons whom he would
like TO hang upon a gibbet as high as
heaven. but not pointed towards heav-
en-"
IL Is unfortunate for the final sue
cess OF the undertaking that such
temperamental displays should be
evidenced and II certainly doesn't
make for smooth sailing when news
papers refuse TO credit those who wish
TO get informed upon the subject with
being dishonest OF purpose. as has
been intimated by some OF our upper
peninsula editorial friends
Certain it is that some who oppose
this plan oppose It because President
Wilson has fathered II Tension
has been so great at Washington that
IL would be a miracle If ill-feeling
was not engendered For this condi-
tion the president Is and we think
his followers will admit it-very much
to blame. lie has shown lack Of
tact IN dealing with men and such
sirong-headed tendencies when he Is
crossed ia his purpose that he repels
instead Of attracting There isn't the
give and take to him that one needs to
get on well with others.
The men Who are opposed to the
plan from personal antipathy to Presi-
dent Wilson should not be considered
neither should one who blindly fol
lows the president in seeking TO drive
his will down the throats Of someone
who has earned his dlspleasure. one
is as faulty as the other
But, eliminating this element on
both sides canceling the anti-wil-
son effort with the unbending Of Will
son 1t leaves a large number of peo-
pie who seriously question the wisdom
of some OF the provisions and who
want to be either further informed OF
want amendments made and who are
honest in their purpose.
Those who favor the plan without
any change say that the people Of the
United States are unquestIonably for
the league There Is a serious ques-
tion I'm our mind II the people are for
"THE league" but there is no ques-
tion that the people favor "A league Z"
There is a difference. "THE league"
is the plan as presented without any
notifications President Wilson says
that Il was SO difficult 10 get as much
as we got that II IS impossible to
alter H. "a league IS a desire that
the people have had for many years.
and ono that was augmented by the
war to create some tribunal which
may settle disputes between the ma
tions OF the world on the basis OF JUS
tice. It's conception was first evidenc-
ed in The Hague tribunal, but that
agency wasn't doing business TO an ex-
tent that made its influence felt when
Germany set the world on fire. The
people want wars to stop. The only
war they approve OF is one in which
after the merits OF the points al issue
have been carefully weighed in some
tribunal and az award made on the
justice OF the case. one OF the parties
10 the dispute seeks TO put over its
claim by brute force In that case
shoy want every lover Of justice 20
rise MP and smite the offender, Just as