The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-09-02

tual. The condition now Is wholly diff
ferent Not only Germany, but the
entire world has profited to the extent
Of an awful object lesion. the impress
sion Of which cannot be erased from
the human mind for generations to
come. The horrors Of war and the
eagerness for peace have become uni.
versal. What once seemed at The
Hague to be mere academic discus
sicn has become a positive, outstand-
Ing need of facing terrifying actual.
ties. This makes vastly easier the task
Of so Strengthening The Hague tribu-
nal as to render its just DEGREES either
acceptable or enforceable. II Is not
uncommon for the advocates of the
league of Versailles to contrast I'M
favorably The Hague tribunal upon
the ground that the tribunal lacks
teeth
Let's Install tho Teeth.
"Very well, then, let's put teeth in
to It. If, in the failed league of Yer.
sailles. there can be found machinery
which the tribunal can use properly
and advantageOusly, by all means let
1t be appropriated. l would even 90
further. ! would take and combine all
that Is good and excise all that Is
bad from both organizations. This
statement is broad enough to include
the suggestion that II the league,
which has heretofore riveted our con.
siderations and apprehensions. has
been so entwlned and interviewer into
the peace of Europe, that Its good
must he preserved in order to stabilize
the peace Of that continent, then It
can be amended or revised so that
we may still have remnant Of world
aspirations in 1918 builded into the
worlds highest conception Of helpful
cooperation In the ultimate realiza.
ton.
~ believe humanity would vel.
come the creation Of an international
association for conference and a
world court whose verdlcts upon JUST.
ciable questions, this country In com
mon with all nations would be both
willing and able to uphold. The de-
clsion Of such a court or the recon-.
mendations Of such conference could
be accepted without sacrificing on
our part or asking any other power
to sacrifice one iota Of Its nationality.
"The Democratic nominee has spo-
ken about America abandoning her as.
sociates In war and deserving the
allied nations in establishing the
league Of Versailles. do not think
1t longer necessary to challenge that
statement or pass further opinion upon
the unfortunate league. 1t has al
ready been abandoned by Europe,
which had gone so far as to accept
1t by formal agreement In treaty. On
this subject, we are fully Informed at
first hand. Only the other day the
British premier said unresentfully
that the essential cooperation Of
America might involve some change,
at any rate. In the form of the cove.
nant,' and he added, with Characters.
tic outspokenness, 1t is quite POSI-
BILE 1t might be change for the better
listen, further, to the wise and far.
seeing, former British ambassador,
who was not permitted to present his
IN aur ayac,tftya
| On Our Own Terms.
"'As long, said yiscount Grey, hard.
ly a month ago, as long as the richest,
most powerful, the greatest, both for
population and territory, of the civil.
lied countries of the world stands out.
side the league, the league will be I'm.
able to fulfill It's destiny. To put 1t in
quite plain terms, the Americans must
| be told that II they will only Join the
league. they can practically name their
own terms ppdouhtedly that is the
fact ! ask: Is there any good rea.
son why we should not avail ourselves
Of this privilege1 do not mean In
any arrogant or selfish way, but sim.
| ply as a matter of fairness end right
to our own people. Surely II is be.
coming. and duty as well, to safe.
guard our own people, since It is we
who are the main contributors, while
asking nothing for ourselves except to
participate in contribution to the
promotion of world peace
A. Valued Suggestion.
"yiscoupt Grey continues: The
Americans should be intrusted with
the task Of drafting Reconstructed
scheme Then he suggests further
that a committee of the sentative
must never forget the senate's rights
and duties In regard to foreign az
fairs being re-enforced by the mem