The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-03-26

one class In the world power 80
great that political governments would
be puppets In their hands. and yet In
the light Of the happenings OF the last
five years labor could not be blamed.
The world Is entitled TO protection
against such slaughter as we have Just
gone through, and If the political gov
ernments fail to take the necessary
steps the plain people will.
World Now Closely Knit.
InternationalIsin is coming fact
IL is already here. Inventions have
brought the people of the world close
together. The wireless and the cable
give us the happenings of remote parts
Of the world In a few hours Distance
has been destroyed. We are becom-
ing neighbors In knowledge Of each
other, whether we live on the same
continent or not. Modern transporta-
ton Is shortening the time between
places. An air service Is In prospect
which promises TO make London as
near New York tomorrow as Chicago
Is today.
We already have successful inter-
nationalism In finance and credits. Big
business long ago obliterated national
lines. The commerce of the world Is
already organized internationally.
The important question at this time
is what form will the new internation-
alism take? VIII it be An internation-
alism Of organized dollars? II so, the
world is In serious danger of tinan-
cial autocracy. VIII 1t be an inter-
nationalism of organized labor? Ii
this happens 1t means the dictatorship
of the proletariat. Both are equally
undesirable. No part. of the people
should be permitted to enforce their
will upon the rest. One kind Of slay-
cry is as bad as another. The great
majority of the human race wants
freedom, not advantage. It is not ann
bilious to dictate 1t will not be die
tated to.
A League of Nations is the solution.
1t is union of the nations of the
world, and as the nations of the world
represent an the people of the various
states such combination is demo-
cratic. That it is necessary is
plain. Rivalry for markets, COM
petition for trade, are bound 10
lead to war unless we have an agree
ment that these and other problems
will be submitted to arbitration. II
is not necessary to submit questions
involving national honor. Few of such
questions ever directly provoke war.
1t is when nations fighting each other
for markets reach point of positive
disagreement that they begin calling
each other names. These insults
wound honor, war results.
Peace Table Proves Worth.
A League of Nations is continu-
ance of the peace table, and netwith-
standing the wranglings of the pres
ent peace table there would have been
war in Europe before this if it was
not sitting in Paris. Two cases serve
to illustrate. The coal fields of upper
Galicia, to be determined by plebi- |
scite between Poland and Germany
would have been a cause of war il |
the peace table was not In existence.
Poland had troops on the border. Ger |
many had her soldiers at the frontier.
One thing, and one thing alone, pre- |
vented war-it was the fear of the |
peace table, The same facts de-
seribed the controversy between Pc |
land and Czecho-Sloyakia; war has
been avoided by the peace table sub
uniting the Teschen question to a vote |
of the people of the territory /
No League of Nations will have |
much effect upon the future peace of |
Europe which does not include the |
United States. The nations of Europe |
do not trust each other. Every one |
respects the fact that the United |
States does not seek territory in Eu-
rope. This gives our country the |
commanding place as the one disln- |
terested power In the world. With
this moral force we can do much to |
maintain the peace of the world.
The propaganda of revolution com
ing out Of bolshevik Russia, urging the |
workers to organize an international |
dictatorship of the proletariat and
seize the world, is not nearly as dam
gerous to the peace of the world as the |
political heckling against the League
of Nations.
tcopyright. 1890. Western Newspaper r1ninn,