The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-08-07
TRIUMPH FOR
AMERICAN IDEALS
Peace Treaty the Most Momensou.
Document Ever Prepared by
the Hand Of Man

The Treaty of Paris is the longes
single treaty ever signed It is 81,
times as long as the treaties OF tn,
peace OF Westphalia (1648) and te,
times as long as the treaty of Vienns
(lS16); 1t Is as long as the latter anc
all the subsidiary treaties resulting
from It. Though it covers more
ground than any other treaty made
1t was prepared in half the time re-
CURED for the peace Of Vienna, and In
less than one tenth of the time re-
Quired for the treaty OF Westphalia
This phenomenal result Is attributed
by European statesmen to the initial
adoption OF the Covenant of the
League OF Nations, which provides fol
the future settlement OF large mum
Der OF perplexing problems. Despite
opinions to the contrary, the verdict
OF history will unquestionably be tina
the Peace OF Paris carries into effec
to remarkable degree the program
accepted in advance by the peoples
OF the world, and embodied in the
Fourteen Points put forth by thu
American government on January
1918. ten months before the actua,
signing of the armistice.
OF the Fourteen Points thus az.
cepted by world in arms, seriou.
objection has been raised to only one
the 18th. That objection has come
from faction in the United State.
Senate. This 18th Point, as embodies
in the treaty is Article X, Of tn,
Covenant of the League OF Nations
Germany herself has insisted upon /.
as an essential part Of the peace.
The treaty as signed makes a new
world, politically, physically, moral.
and spiritually. The mandatory sys
tenn ends the old regime of exploita
ton, and makes wards of the Who'll
world in Asia, Africa and the isles
the sea. The Treaty has established
In the place of artificial states natura'
political and national units. 1t ha
removed from the map numerous his
toric wrongs which have long served
to embitter the international rela
lions. 1t has set the world upon a
new path of progress marked by the
following guide posts: .
l. International corporation, in
GLIDING the consolidation of all exist !
ng international administrative &C g
ivities. (.
2. Extensive machinery for CO. !;
operation in League of Nations open !
o all that prove worthy of membAr-
hip. =
8. The creation of a labor con ;:
erence and labor bureau to solve the -
Of an industrial civilization u
4. A pledge to reduce ornaments .
rming Of the one nation whose geo. II
raphical situation has made 1t q "
lenace to the world. el
5. The abolition of conquest by &c
lrticle x, without interfering with ~
ther methods OF territorial adjust v
lent. M
6. The declaration that any war is p,
matter of concern to all, and the tt
rection of machinery for dealing with tt
,nditions which endanger the peace 70
the world. q,
Z. An agreement not to 90 to wa r;
efore peaceful settlement Of dispute ~
as been tried. Al,
g. Automatic provision sanctions
II the punishment OF the breach OF
yreements voluntarily taken.
g. A representative Assembly :,
Getting regularly and, among other w.
lings, carrying on the work of codi- " ~
ing and revising international law n
sgun by the Hague Conference. ne
The treaty is the most momentous III
,cument ever prepared by the hand III
man. It sets the world right about a
ce. 1t marks the triumph Of Amer ar
an ideas, policies and institutions. nc
extending to a league OF sovereign dc
ltions the democratic principles first II,
nbodied in our league OF sovereign a /,
ates. -.
EDWARD CUMMINGS, 20
General Secretary, q
World Peace Foundation: