The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-28
WORLD LEAGUE seen
AS ONLY SOLUTION
BY DR.. 4. D. REES

The general world situation was
summed up by DR.. Arthur D. Rees, Of
the University of Pennsylvania, in his
last lecture Friday afternoon. The
talk was attended by large crowd.
which has been increasing each day
for his lectures.
DR.. Rees is the possessor of re-
marka BILE fund of facts in reference
20 political and economical conditions
all over the world, both past and pres
ent, and his talks were interesting
and enlightening.
The great struggle in the world now
is for oil, said the speaker The Sc
cret movements of troops in Mesapo-
tamia can be accounted for in that
Mesapotamia spells oil.
Oil is needed by the world and.
some arrangements should be made
whereby the matter can be set
tied amicably. If Armenia bad had
some commercial attractions, she
would not have suffered as she has.
AS it is, the Americans in Armenia
are known only for their charity,
schools, and Christianity.
"The Armenians prefer an Ameri-
can mandate" he said, land if it were
to be given to us the thing for us to
and develop some sort of commercial
enterprise. We must prevent another
Poland in the East and see that Ar
menia gets a boundary line on the
Mediterranean Sea"
Says Britain is Satisfied
In, particular reference to Great
Britain and the league of nations, Dr.
Rees said:
The foreign policy of Great Brit
tain represents the struggle between
the east and the west The external
and interior policies of Great Britain
are not alike.
THE interior policy has always
been progressive and democratic. But
because of the power of the cabinet
to make sccretarial treaties without
considering parliament the foreign
policies have not yet been democrat
lied to the extent that the home pol
icy has"
History of the aggressions of Eng
land in the East and events leading
up to the occupation of COnstantl-
nople Mesapotamia and her policy in
regard to the Turk were all summed
up by DR.. Rees. In reference to Lloyd
George, he said:
Says Premier Is Bully.
Lloyd George wants to boss, to
reign supreme. He has more power
than any man in the world today and
he wants to keep supreme command in
order to operate. He is in command
of the supreme council, and he bosses
Millerand.
"If the league of nations is to func-
ton properly the supreme council
must be abolished. The council does
not want the league. The league is
no good now, but it is an instrument
that can be used. But | believe that
all international matters, large and
small, should be in the control of the
league. The struggle between the
East and the West can be settled by
the league Of nations.
America Must Enter.
America should enter the league. 1t
will not destroy patriotism. We can
make the covenant amount to some
thing. If we uphold our national SOW
ereignty as we always have it will be
the league way.
"Mr. Wilson did not refuse sugges-
tons of other Americans in the mat
ter of the covenant. He made changes
at the advice of Mr.. Root, Mr.. Lodge
MIR. Borah, Mr.. Reed and others. We
must enter the league and see that all
problems are settled in the league and
that the mandates are carried out"
In conclusion, Dr. Rees said that if
America knew the truth about the Eu-
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