The Penn's Grove record., 1920-04-16

farm, has the integrity of that terri
tory guaranteed to him by the moral
principles and force in organized So
ciety, whether a State or a Nation. If
one mar goes beyond his title deed the
Courts, which are the officials of or
ganized society, protect every man in
his property rights.
The original possessors of the land
in New Jersey were the Indians. The
Dutch came first in 1921 and the
5wedes in 1888, along the Delaware.
The lands! were wild forests and
swamps, u~noccupied. Where claimed
by the Indians many purchased from
them, but there are few records of
their sales.
Our land title on public records be-
gins with the grant of Charles II, of
England to his brother, James, Duke
of York, who afterwards became king
James II.
Charles II took possession by con-
quest in a war with Holland. The
courts of succeeding kings protected
the territorial integrity of each M
to the land in his title deed, from on
quest, robbery or stealing by his neigh
Dor or enemy. But that did not hinder
people from trading or selling their
lands as they later desired. That is
your right of territorial integrity.
In Europe since the human race be-
gan it has been the custom of our race
to conquer the other, make slaves of
them or to collect tribute or taxes.
These triba5 wars continued when the
last and greatest war began by Ger
many in 1914. 1t took the united
forces of thirty-two nations to whip
the strongest tribe of educated 1--WE
will not say civilized people in a ter
ritory no larger than our State of
Texas. Austria was a monarchy of
different tribes held under military
rule by force and Germany, Austria
and Russia divided Poland in 1900 and
has ruled peoples of different race,
language and customs.
In 1917, a year before the fighting
stopped, President Wilson had the
learned men connected with the Geo
graphical Society, which published the
Geographical Magazine to collect in
formation on European nations as to
tribal origin, customs, languages and
industries. When President Wilson
went to Paris to help, make the Peace
he took with him twenty-five
tons of documents and between twenty
and thirty men most learned in Euro
pean history. With their advice the
territorial lines of nations were made
according to their racial origins, Ian
guage, customs and industrial inter-
ests. The monarchial governments of
Germany, Austria and Russia were
destroyed and several Republics form
of homogeneous peoples who were
allowed to form government of their
)wn.
Article X of the Peace Treaty was
lrawn to continue these nations as
made with their land boundaries by the
Allied Nations who won the wal form
ng a mutual agreement to protect
erritorial integrity.
That is what Article X means in the
Peace Treaty. 1t means to hinder
Germany and Austria and Russia to
'ecover by conquest these little Re-
If the people in these nations
Wish to trade or sell land in the future
without political intrigue they may do
10.
The political controversies in other
Countries which politicians are using
divert the people have nothing to
10 with the Peace Treaty.
The question before the American
people is shall great results won in
he World War on the battlefield be
made secure by the peaceful moral
'orces, or shall it be frittered away in
.enseless discussion on irrelevant ques-
Shall we have spent our bill
ion of dollars in vain e? Shall our SOL
liers fought in vain ? Shall our dead
lave sacrificed their lives in France in
ain ?
God forbid that an educated, reas-
'nable and civilized people like we
.hould permit it to be so.