The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-08
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us. STILL NEEDS HORSE SENSE"
Theodore Roose selt's Advice Applies Now, Says Head of University of Michigan-Wood Right, Will
 son Wrong.


 St. Louis, Dec 30.-Quoting from President Wilson, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt, Prof. William s. Hobbs of the University of Michigan told the American Associa- ton for the Advancement of Science here today that it was time to deter mine whether we had not better abandon the idea of the League of Ma tions before it was entered upon."
 President Wilson has admitted of the scheme for which he stands spon- sor before the world, that with it's adoption we would embark upon 'un- charted seas,'' said Professor Hobbs. "We need then, the advice of those best qual fled to forecast the storms we are likely to encounter, and to deter mine whether we had not better aban- don the adventure before it is entered upon. The real question before the American people has from the start been one of the reliability of judgment of it's political prophets"
 Wood or Wilson the Prophet7
 In quoting President Wilson Profes- sor Hobbs said:
 obdiuifiE III tilG pIcotICt LII JilG dS- sembled delegates to the peace con ference at the formal presentation of the covenant of the League of Nations Woodrow Wilson declared of this in- strument:
 "'It is definite as guarantee of peace. It is definite as a guarantee against aggression
 "On the other hand, Gen. Leonard Wood has made the statement that the 1 claim that any covenant will protect | the world from future wars is idle | twaddle and a dream of mollycoddles
 the pacifists, moreover, tell you lies when they say that war | as an institution is dead Don't listen | to the mollycoddles. Be a. citizen of | common sense.'
 Which guide are we to follow? | Each has been leader in the recent | past when the issue was, as now, both | national security and world idealism. Woodrow Wilson declared we could | not become involved in the war and that the affairs of Europe were not | our concern, so he advocated non-pre- paredness as the remedy
 And Mir. Wilson Was Wrong.
 Leonard Wood declared that we were very likely to become involved in the war; that out only safety was in making preparation for any contin- gency, that the worlds struggle was our war and he risked all that he had to save his country and his country's honor
 "The pacifists' solution did not then avail to keep us out of war despite Mir. Wilson's consoling promises; and the solution, which he now no less confidently offers to charm away future wars. has an equal chance of success.
 Theodore Roosevelt tells us: It is we'll at this time for sober and reso- lute men and women to apply that ex- cellent variety of wisdom colloquially known as horse sense" to the prob lems of nationalism and internation- alism. Nations are made. defended and preserved, not by the il- Iusionists, but by the men and women who practice the homely virtues in time of peace and who in time of righteous war are ready to die, or to send those they love best, to die, for 2 shining ideall'"
 Praise League Foes.
 pr Charles M. Blakewell of Yale, in his address today, concluded by saying;
 We owe a debt of gratitude to those senator's, both Democratic and | Republican, who were unwilling to shirk their responsibilities. who re- ! mained true to their oath and refused i to let sentimental concern for the | heart of the world lead them to sacri- fee the soul of America"
 It is hard to find any foreign na- tions that lament over the fading wis ion of permanent peace" said Profes- sor Blakewell NWhat they are grave ly concerned about is in not having America's assistance now in carrying | out the terms of peace, in furnishing | credits and in helping to remedy pres ent day conditions in distracted Eu- | rope. Americas duty is plain. Let the treaty be accepted with strong reservations of the Lodge type. These, it is said, draw the teeth of the GOV enant So much the better.