Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-10-01

an important advance. 1t would GER
talniy mean that the chances of war
were minimized, for it will
mean that at last long stride has
peen taken in the efforts to put the
collective strength of civilized man
KIND behind the collective purpose Of
mankind to secure the peace of right
eousness, the peace of Justice among
the nations of the earth"
Gould prophet have described bet
ter, five years before it was born.
the League of Nations as it is. in,
Guiding Article X?
:, The Lodge reservation on Article
X. says The United States assumes
no obligation to preserve the terri
torial integrity of political independ-
ence of any other country"
Roosevelt or Lodge?
IT we enter the League we want
to command the respect and friend
snip OF other members. What would
an individual think of joining n club
with the reservation that he was to
get all the benefits but pay no dues.
would he be the most popular mem
per OF that club, especially if he
were the only one of forty members
entering with reservations?
The obstructing Senators have al
ready gone far to destroy the most
precious asset, though an intangible
asset which n nation can have and
one which we possessed two wears
ago IN higher degree than any ma
lion IN all hlstory-nternatiel, good
VIII. II Senator Harding is elected
we snail enter the League (if Mt alO
WIN multiplying reservations and un.
aer suspicion; it will then be widely
DelleVed both Mt home and abroad
SnaC our enhance into the League
mas insufficient sanction of the peo-
pie. pew
We want an honorable peace whotb-
er we enter the League or not. The
Knox resolution, simply decIor;no
that peace exists" will NOT rive ms
that honorable standing in the owes
OF the world. We sh;ll be disproSed
before cur Allies The Knox resol,,-
ton means that we get peace bv the
cheap and easy method of rrlnninn
away and leaving our Allies to inn.
pose terms on Germany and enforce
them. Worse than that, we saw in thc
Knox resolution that We excent
nevertheless, all the benefits of thc
Treaty of Versailles! Can self-res-
pecting Americans submit to the hu-
Mutation of being called "ouitters" :?
AS Mr.. Hoover, who closely fol-
lows Mr.. Taft, has RECENTLY said orr
adhesion to the Treaty of VerssaiIles
is a necessity. And, if we reject the
Leag'it, we shall have to reject the
whole treaty (of which. the League
IS only the tenth part) a. i msi.e -
now treaty with Germany or, rs Sen
atOr Harding Dronosac JocI,,.o -
are quit of the war and of Eurone
and are cat peace
IN that case we shall lose all sorts
of benefits which we would have had
under the Treaty of Versailles and
become entangled in all sorts of con-,
piications with Europe from which
that treaty would have freed us.
for instance, we shall be oblipod
to restore German ships. and ali
0ther German alien property, bill
nous OF dollars worth. which we ap-
propriated during the war, which
under the Treaty of Versailles ", wa
were TO retain. If we should not re-
store this property we would he viz
iating Article % of the Treaty with
RUSSIA OF 1785, renewed in he Trea-
~ OF 1873, which, unless we accent
tne treaty of Versailles. will remain
IN force. If We violate the Treaty of
1870 we become ourselves covenant
breakers and liable to be hailed into
ohe international Court which, under
the League of Nations, Mr. Root has
JUST assisted in forming. Germany
e1ulo appeal to that court and our
Allies would condemn us.
q yersa1.les. especially if our policy