The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-04-25
SEN. .NUCENT FOR
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Last Draft of League
Covers Question on
American Side
LEAGUE OR WAR


auditorium Tuesday evening, ant
plead we'll for the proposed league Of
nations, the fate of which will shortly
be decided by the worlds big nations
The senator arrived here in the
afternoon, was received by Charles
E. Harris, and at the Eccles hotel
met others of the chief men. At the
high school, at $50 in the evening
he was introduced to a ready
audience by w. A. Lee.
There were more men than women
in the hall; the bald heads and the
toWsled heads were there. e. the
thinkers attended in force. Before
them they had speaker worthy
their keen interest in the great sub
Ject. He spoke with economy of
time, to the point, and with enthus-
lasm; whenever he went over the top
carrying good and vital point he
was answered by enthusiastic ap-
plause.
After a brief explanation of why
the nation spent SO much money, and
how, and for what reasons it is es-
sential to keep paying for things that
were used to beat Germany, the
senator, said he felt sure Idaho
would buy bonds with her usual
style and go over the quota.
Then he took up the league of ma
tions, stated its advantages, refuted
the principal objections that haYe
been raised against it by distin-
guished Americans, and finally he
made a closeup appeal to the hui
name emotions of his hearers. To
show that the question is non-part-
san and truly national it was only.
necessary to name a few American
leaders on each side of it, Democrats
and Republicans.
Reasons for League
We must either have a successful
eague of nations, said the senator
n opening, or else Immediately pre-
'are for the next war, and it was
lis opinion, he added, that the next
var would be many times more de-
tructive of both combatants and
ivil populations, so far have scien-
ific men advanced in the knowledge
# how to extinguish human life.
While up-holding the first draft of
he league as presented to the Yer
allies conference some months ago,
he speaker pointed out that the
erious objections to it have been
let by the latest draft, which will
Don come before the world for rati-
cation. Opponents of the league
ave made mountains out of mole
ills; they forgot that friendship
xists between several of the largest
ations and ourselves when they
cared our limitation to one vote in
le executive council; they forgot
lat every treaty limits a nations 8
'vereignty and that we are SO lin
ed by nearly twenty treaties with .
ations at present by which we must
rbitrate differences, treaties either
ltified or soon to be-, A league ex- ,
ted during the war. !.
That America can not remain out !,
world war, no matter how hard !;
le tries, seemed sufficiently proven
the late holocaust in Europe, ac-
riding to Senator Nugent's way of
oking at it. e
Wants no More Wars
II had son over there" said the F
nator in closing, "and every other 9
rson in this country similarly cir
mstanced knows the sleepless
ghts, the dread scanning of cas-
.lty lists from day to day; knows r
9 anguish with which every tele-
am was received from messenger
y, in the fear that it was the har- ]
nger Of i'll news from the front" n
Here the speaker himself was a
oved and his emotions wrenched tt
the memories he chose to recall
the weary days of war; and his n
dience was no less moved than he, O
ch person carried up by the rise of 2
own sympathy in the cause Of a
ace that shall end such sufferings. c;
las for me-" said the senator
,lingly, II want no more wars" o.
With hearty applause the audience m
ncurred. al
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