The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-10-15

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| BAKER IN MEDINA
MAKES SPEECH ON
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Holds Reception for Men and Women
Following Address, and Answers
Many Questions Concerning the
League and COvenant-Fair Crowd.
Secretary of War Newton d. Baker
delivered an address in Medina Tues
day afternoon. While there was not
a large crowd out to hear him there
were as MANY as could be expected
considering the short time in which to
send out notice Of his coming.
The attendance was made up equal
ly Of men and women who assembled
around the band stand a half hour be-
fore the arrival of the distinguished
speaker, who was little late in reach
ing Medina because of a delay to the
interprban car Of which he was a
passenger.
Preceding Mr.. Bakers arrival,
Congressman Martin l.. Davey, who
happened to be in Medinae. Yves pre-
vailed upon to talk to the crowd, and
his presence proved both opportune
and pleasant. Mr.. Cavey was in fine
voice and advanced arguments in his
own Dchalf that were enthusiastically
received and favorably discussed by
the men and women alike.
Secretary Bakers address, was con-
fined to the League of Nations. He
preface his address by generalizing
on the enormity of he recent war, the
almost inconceivable sacrifice of hu-
man life and money, leading up to the
ultra-importance and need Of some
universal agreement that will make
war il the future at least unlikely if
not impossible. N
While discussing the merits Of the
League OF Nations and Covenant as a
whole, Secretary Baker dwelt partic-
uiarly with Article x, over which there
has been so much controversy.
Among these great articles Of the,
Covenant We have Article x, whereby
the members Of the League undertake
to respect and preserve as against ex-
ternal aggression the territorial integ-
rity and existing independence of ain
members of the League" said Mr..
Baker. Under the old order, the
nations OF the earth armed themselves
for three reasons: first to preserve
domestic peace; second, to extend
their national boundaries by agressiNe
action against their neighbOrs; or|
third, to resist aggression from, neigh
boring nations. Such armament az
is necessary for the preservation of
domestic peace is, Of course, to be re-
tanned; but all armament accumulated
for aggression upon another people.
either to seize territory or change
their political institutions, is essential
ly unrighteous and there can be no
peace in the world until that form of
international lawlessness is denounc-
I'd and prevented. Under Article X, it
IS prevented by the joint and combin-
ed actions Of the nations.
"When the fear of unrighteous ag-
gression is removed" continued Secre- |
sary Baker, "small states will no
onger feel obliged to waste their sub
stance in armament, but will be able to |
levote the energies of the people to-
he developing arts Of peace, resting
lssurd against lawless aggression BY
neighbors.
"And the means laid out in the
Covenant for the enforcement of these
Articles are those suggested in the
program of the League to Enforce
Peace. Immediate economic pressure
by recommendations looking
o joint military effort; these recon-
nendations, however, are submitted
o the approving action Of the member
tates, while in the program of tn
league t Enforce Peace, participa-
ion in such joint military activity was
as a binding obligation.
"Other great provisions in the Cove
lant have been lost sight of in the
leat which has been generated about
he discussion of Article X" said Mr..
'aker. "Some men pretend to be
,larmed lest we may some day havel
o send a small contingent of military
orce to join with the soldiers of the
ntire world to police unruly and law
ess single states. They forget that
nder the old order with all our iso-
alton, all our freedom of alliances, all
pr remoteness from European contro-
ersies, we were nevertheless obliged
0 send two million soldiers to France;
hey forget that war is progressive
cience and that if the old order is re-
established America may be called up
n to intervene again as a make
veight n one side Of a substantial
quilibrium of power, participating
! battles covering continent and suf
ering waste and losses increased by
le terrible ingenuity of men in devils
lg more and more destructive weap-
MS nd agencies.
"The treaty was defeated by the
enate. The President appealed to
lie peoples ;he appeals now that you
ill study the great question and de-
de it with the same high courage and
,nsience that our soldiers displayed :
/ France. They saw that the evil I
hing against which they were strik- ,
lg was war; war of aggression, war
rought about by conscienceless ambi- /
on; their field Of action was the {
they were deferred by no {
eril, they shrank from no sacrifice;
ght cherrily they swung along the
,ads of France to No Mans Land
ith their heads hiph nd sonoc of ,