The Taney County republican., 1920-09-09

able to prevent the adoption of meas
ures which might have proved eifec.
tuGl, Tie condition now Is wholly diff
fcrenL Not only Germany, but the
entire world has profted to the extent
of an awful object lesslon, the impress
sion Of which cannot be erased from
the human mnd for generations to
come The horrors of war and the
eugCrnpss for peace have become uni
vCrSnl What once seemed ut The
Hague to he n mere academic discus
sion has become positive, OuiStand'
Ing need Of facing terrifying actuaii.
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 un-
favornnly Tile Hague tribunal upon
the ground that the tribunal lacks
teeth
let's lnstaIl the Teeth.
every we'll then, let's put teeth IN.
to II. lf, IN the failed League of YER
SMILES, there can be found machinery
which the tribunal can use properly
and adyantageOusly, by all means let
II be appropriated. would even go
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.
slderatIons aud upprehensions, has
been so entwined and interviewer into
the peace Of Europe, that Its good
must be preserved In order to stabilize
the peace Of that continent, then II
can be amended or revised so that
we NAV stIl have n remnant Of world
aspirations In 1919 huilded into the
worlds highest conception Of helpful
cooperation In the ultimate reallza
ton.
~ believe humanity would vel
come the creation of an Intcrnatinna
association for conference and
world court whose verdictS unOn iustl
ciabe questions, this country In com
mon with all nations would be boil
willing and able to uphold. The de
clsion OF such n court or the recon-
mendatIons of such conference cOuit
be accepted without sacrificing OI
our part or asking any other powe
to sacrifice one iota OF It's nationality.
ken about America abandoning her as
sociates IN war md deserving th
allied nations In establishing tn
League of Versailles. I do not thin
It longer necessary to challenge thG
statement or pass further opinion upo
the unfortunate league. 1t has q
ready been abandoned by Europ,
which had gone so far rs TO acceT
It by formal agreement in treaty. q
this subject, ve are fully Informed 6
first hand. Only the other day tn
British premier said unresentful
that the essential cooperation
America might involve some chang
at any rate. In the form OF the GOV
nant' and he added, with characterI
dc ouispOkenness, IT Is quite poss
bic It might be change for the better
"Lisien further. 10 The wise and IN
seeing, former British ambassadO
who was moi permitted to present h
credentials 10 our executive.
On Our Own Terme.
"'As Tong said viscount Grey, har
ly q month ago. 'as long as the richie,
most powerful the greatest, both
population and territory. of the civ
lied countries Ut tie world stands ot
side the league. the league will be D
able to fulfil It's destiny. To put Il
quite plain terms, the Americans mt
be told that II they will only join
league they can practically name th,
own terms Undoubtedly that is
fact. ask Is there any good RI
son why we should not avail oursely
Of this prlvilege7 | do not mean
any arrogant or selfish way, but 81
ply qs a matter Of fairness and ris
to our own people. Surely II Is
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