Arizona republican., 1920-11-03

reau of the Republican National com mittee in charge of Senator Harry New, namely, to always refer to the league Of nations as the Wilson league" ap- pears to have found favor with you as evidenced by your frequent use of that phrase.
 You state, most considerably, that you do not doubt my sincerity, and I only regret that I am unable to return the compliment in kind. I am glad you at least credit me with having gone to higher ups" for my instructions since 1t implies an effort toward uplift, while youe letter forces me to assume that you sought assistance from those at the bottom of the grade
 ! our d1ssertion on the subject of gold bricks strikes me as a confession of lack of real argument for the cause you. assume to espouse. I frankly admit total ignorance of the manner and workings of confidence games, with which you seemingly are familiar, and I have never had occasion to deal in gold bricks. have always been led to believe, however, that those seeking to purchase gold bricks do so in an en- deaSor to secure something for. noth- ing. Is that perchance your grievance?
 Your concern over the possibility of America entering an alliance under the name of league appears to me to be pursuit of the shadow instead of the substance. 1t is beside the question as to whether there is any difference in the meaning of these words. As a matter of fact, there is a distinct shade in the meaning of the two words, as you may ascertain by a reference to Webster's International Directory My recollection fc ha4 r,Iar league of nations, was first used in con nection with a world association by the
 late Theodore Roosevelt. in a speech
 made at the time the Noble Prize was
 bestowed upon him; but I care not at all whether the plan agreed upon by the nations to promote the peace of the
 world be designated a league, an al liance, an association, or by any other
 name, for no name can change or alter
 the plain provisions of the covenant or constitution under which any associa-
 tion of nations or states operates
 You assume to speak with certainty of President Wilson's motives. Of what
 he did and why, of what he thought
 and knew. How, pray tell do you know all this? Has President Wilson re- vealed to you the innermost workings
 of his mind? And by what means have you discovered the intent and plans oi
 Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlan-
 do? What do you really know aboui
 the whole thing, except what we al know--that they negotiated the peace treaty as the representatives of theil
 respective countries? Have you con.
 suited a ouija board or merely the Re publican propagandists?
 You speak in reckless terms of tn,
 hundreds of alliances that hs gon,
 before" Now can you name the hun
 dred such alliances or even a half dog 1 en? And what have they to do with tn,
 league of nations? l challenge you tt cite one alliance out of your hundreds
 which has ever been formed along tn
 lines of the league of nations-that i
 an association of the civilized nations
 of the world for the purpose of promot
 ing peace and preventing war-as SC
 forth in the preamble of the leagu
 covenant to which I refer you.
 It is true I stated that we know ther
 would be wars every few years with
 out a league. I base that statemen upon the fact that throughout the his tory of the world, wars have occurre at more or less frequent intervals. an since the only way we can judge tn future is by the past. 1t Is safe to as sume that unless some plan differen from any had in the past is devise
 under which the nations may do busi ness with each other like gentlemen in stead of like cutthroats, wars will con . tinue to occur at more or less frequen r intervals I also recall that without | league, America went to war wit l Spain, European power in 1898. an r that in 1917, despite all efforts to re r main neutral, we were drawn into tn 1; world war, and four million America t men were put under arms to fight o : European soil. Where then do you fin 8 authority in reason or common sens Q for your assertion that the only pos l sible danger of getting involved in ar 0 other European war is through whs n you choose to term an "entangling a e liance" (poor overworked term) sue k as you designate the league of natior :, to be? I remember that the world ws : originated over a Balkan dispute a which America had no interest, and e assert that our experience in bein t drawn into that war must teach us tn; e if another world war occurs VIC wi o just as inevitably be drawn in. TT o nations of the world are now too close v allied by ties of commerce and industl F and finance for it to be otherwise.
 o You also make the statement tn; e there are now 19 wars in progress t Europe and that most of them are Il y result of dissatisfaction over the tern O of the peace treaty. I do not belle,
 the statement to be susceptible of pro 3t and I challenge you to produce al g thoritative proof of same, telling jul = what the 19 wars are. and in what wa = they arose over the terms of the peat e treaty. You must realize that reckle, o statements made without any pro- l. simply brand one making them as il e responsible. On the other hand, nal : the assertion that, far from causir g war, the league of nations (now g actual operation with fl members) ha d already been the means of preventir y two wars which seemed imminent-or $ between Finland and Sweden over Il l. Aland Islands, and one between Polar
 and Lithuania over boundaries Rot l. of these disputes have been submit, o by the nations involved to the counC n of the league for arbitration and settl W ment and are now under consideratiC n by that body. You can verify tn st statement by writing to the League l. Enforce Peace of New York City ( y, which organization President Ta g is president), which issles statemen 70 of the work being done by the Ieag1 st of nations You can also ascerta II from that source the other importa u work which has already been accor > plished by the league of nations
 . AS to your query whether I am ava