The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-04-22

one class in the world power so great that political governments would be puppets in their hands, and yet In the light of the happenings of the last five years labor could not be blamed. The world is entitled to protection against such slaughter as we have just gone through, and if the political gov ernments fail to take the necessary steps the plain people will.
 World Now Closely Knit.
 Internationalism is coming-in fact 1t Is already here. Inventions have brought the people of the world close together. The wireless and the cable give us the happenings of remote parts of the world in q few hours. Distance has been destroyed. We are becom- Ing neighbors in knowledge of each other, whether we live on the same continent or not. Modern transporta- tion is shortening the time between places. An air service is in prospect which promises to make London as near New York tomorrow as Chicago is today.
 We already have a successful inter- nationalism in finance and credits. Big business long ago obliterated national lines. The commerce of the world Is already organized internationally.
 The important question at this time is what form will the new internation- alism take? Will 1t be an internation- alism of organized dollars? If so, the world is In serious danger of a tinan- cial autocracy. Will 1t be an inter- nationalism of organized labor? If this happens 1t means the dictatorship of the proletarat. Both are equally undesirable. No part of the people should be permitted to enforce thelr will upon the rest. One kind of sav- cry is as bad as another. The great majority of the human race wants freedom. not advantage. It is not am- bilious to dictate-it will not be dic- tated to.
 A League of Nations Is the solution. 1t is union of the nations of the world, and as the nations of the world represent all the people of the various states such combination is demo- cratic. That 1t is necessary Is plain. Rivalry for markets, com petition for trade, are bound to lead to war unless we have an agree ment that these and other problems will be submitted to arbitration. It is not necessary to submit questions involving national honor. Few of such questions ever directly provoke war. It Is when nations fighting each other for markets reach point of positive disagreement that they begin calling each other names. These insults wound honor. war results.
 Peace Table Proves Worth.
 A League of Nations is continu- ance of the peace table. and notwith- standing the wranglings of the pres ent peace table there would have been war in Europe before this if 1t was not sitting in Paris. Two cases serve to illustrate. The coal fields of upper Galicia, to be determined by plebi- scite between Poland and Germany would have been cause of war Ii the peace table was not in existence. Poland had troops on the border. Ger many had her soldiers at the frontier. One thing, and one thing alone, pre- vented war-it was the fear of the peace table. The same facts de- scribed the controversy between Po- land and Czecho-Slovakia war has been avoided by the peace table sub hitting the Teschen question to vote of the people of the territory.
 No League of Nations will have much effect upon the future peace of Europe which does not include the United States. The nations of Europe do not trust each other. Every one respects the fact that the United States does not seek territory in Flu rope. This gives our country the commanding place as the one disin- terested power In the world. With this moral force we can do much to maintain the peace of the world.
 The propaganda of revolution con- ing out of bolshevik Russia, urging the workers to organize an international dictatorship of the proletariat and seize the world. is not nearly as dam gerous to the peace of the world as the political heckling against the League of Nations.
 Copyright. 1920. Western Newspaper Union)