Deming graphic., 1920-07-27

urging II as a panacea for all interna.
tional ills.
The end OF war OF at;rition is n
poor time To write am instrument de
signed to further the brotherhood of
man and at the same time exclude and
punish a large part Of the brothers.
The league of nations was cleverly In
terwoven in the treaty Of peace so that
the two could not he considered separ-
atcly by the United States senate and
can be considered by no one else ex-
cept as an entity. Therefore its pro-
visions for revenge ON the yanquished
and plan to enforce peace by armed
covenant are repugnant though quite
consistent Even now nationalism is
the largest force for good and evil in
the world and il is the reemergence
and assertion Of nationality that drives
the Red armies VIGOROUSLY on and
awakens the smouldering pride OF the
abject orientals. Nationalism is the
force that just now refuses to be re-
pressed
The league of nations is presented
to us a sort OF "sinctified' alliance,
To use an adjective 10 distinguished il
from the Holy Alliance Of 1915 follow
ing the last great European upheaval.
The covenants are very similar both
come In the name Of a new Messiah
and both propose to guide human af-
fairs by ethical standards whose beau
tiful idealism cannot he denied; but.
likewise both were born of bitter strife
and rest authority ON the bayonets of
the powers that, for the moment be.
England Of all the allies that had de-
feated the ambition of Napoleon, re.
fused TO sign the pact and was placed
then In approximately the same po-
sition as the United States finds itself
today as regards the Wilson covenant.
Ii Is hard today to see how a flaw
could have been found by English
statesmen in covenant that proposed
ito take for their sole guide the pre-
cepts Of that Holy Religion, namely the
precepts Of Justice, Christian Charity
and Peace" That would seem to he
n good enough doctrine for any Chris
tlan alton To ln'tss, Int there was
u 'niggcr ia the wuOdpile :" Like the
present league covenant, the contract
ing natlons agreed TO guarantee the
status quo" In religion, in jurispru-
dence ESPECIALLY that relating to in
ternational lnw) and In government.
The present league covenant gunran
tees no less But to make the status
quo" business stick" il required
fighting Europe was then as now
tired Of fighting and II simply couldn't
be done. The similarity of the situa
tion then and now is further apparent.
Revolution was teaching the first les
sons of democracy learned I'm the wild
French revolution and the world didn't
like IL any better than its rulers like
the revolutionary ideas Of today. The
Holy Alliance intended 10 make 1t safe
for the existing governments within
the boundaries they had abundantly |
The victorious part OF
today wants 10 gain the same |
and possession OF the relms
they have grabbed" The United |
States army and navy can he OF CON
siderable help in guaranteeing present
inasmuch as they have the |
punch and no selfish interests TO
serve that might interfere with Just
disposition OF the plumber that the al
lies have taken as a result OF the vic
ory gained.
The Holy Alliance Of 1915 eccom-
plished but one important thing II
caused the United States 10 proclaim
the Monroe doctrine, that intensely
policy that has kept
off our doorstep for 80 many
years. Europe has already felt the
i'll results OF Wilsonian meddling in
the Adriatic and with league COW
enant in force Europe would soon find
occasion to proclaim n Monroe doc
trine" Of its own The lessons Of his
tory are plain: it is the part Of some
to deny their influence on the present.