The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-25


movement toward an internationalIsm
Of The workers will be given great
impetus. The League Of Nations fail
Ing. they argue there Is only one other
means Of preventing war. II Is for
the men WIN. MAKE up the rank and
file ~ The armies N time OF war. the
m'lliir& recruited from shops. fac
torres and fields, 10 get together and
organize an international labor au-
tliorliy 10 save the working men from
war Such a movement would take
awHs from governments an important
and necessary function and give to
one class In ihe world q power 30
great i'iai political governments would
be puppets In their hands, and vet in
the Hight 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 II the political gov.
ernments fail to take the necessary
steps the plain people will.
\ World Now Closely Knit.
inlernnrionalism is coming-in fact
II Is already here. Inventions have
brought the people If the world close
together. The wireless and the cable
Give US the happenings Of remote parts
Of tie world In a few hours. Distance
has been destroyed. We are becom.
Ing ne'ghlofs In knowledge Of each
o'lter whether we live on the same
continent or not. Modern transporta-
tian Is shortening The time between
places. An air service is In prospect
which promises 10 make London as
near New York tomorrow as Chicago
is today.
/ We already have a successful inter-
/ natlonalism in finance and credits Big
business long ago oliterated national
Ines The commerce Of the world is
already organized internationally.
I The Important question at this time
is What form will The new internatlon-
alisal take? VIII II be an internatlon-
alism Of organized dollars? II so, the
world Is III seriors danger OF a fnan-
ciui autccracy. VIII it be an inter-
nationalism Of organized labor7 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 slav-
cry Is ~ bad As another. The great
majority Of the human race wants
freedom. not advantage. 1t Is not am
bilious to dictate-lt will not be die
tated to.
A League Of Nations is the solution.
It Is union Of the nations Of the
world. and as the nations Of the world
represent all the people Of the various
states such a combination is demo-
cratic. That II Is necessary ID
plain. Rivalry for markets. COM
petition for trade. are bound 10
lead to war unless we have an agree
rnent that these and other problems
will be submitted to arbitration. 1t
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 a 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 a contlnu-
ance Of the peace table, and notwith-
standing the wranglings Of the pres
ent peace table there would have been
war In Europe before this II II was
not sitting 10 Paris. Two cases serve
to Illustrate. The coal fields Of upper
Galicla, to be determined by plebi-
scite between Poland and Germany
would have been q cause Of war II
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.
scribed the controversy between po-
land and Czecho- SlovakIa; war has
been avoided by the peace table sub
mitting the Teschen question to 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 dlsin.
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, ID not nearly a. dam
gerous to the peace Of the world as the
political heckling against the League
Of Nations.
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