The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-05-08

)1n8tltNt1Ona. "A cOn9tant9 &eu1ue ZOE
accom- plishment must replace m III
:conA:tlercd mania for. restractieh ana
coercion. - z% y s.s,:S.szzss, - 9:
X. x X; i 1 .Auaexica,s s-obhsataoe.- s
america has things 9os do. ,IEst6
confronted by enormous obh9ationa
<rec curing positive action. This action
has been delayed too long. :.z:~ - :
america hassneed for great effort1
IN the solution Of her own forbeAranc4
ard good will in dealing with her re-
lattons to the rest of the world.
mo matter how much she. may
wish to, America. can not play tho
l*rt of a. peevish child forever In 3n-
ternationa1 relations. The affairs o1
t1e> world are the concern, OF the
L!lted States. There may b! proper
limits to which this concern may. 30.
bit there is no longer any such thtn9
as absolute enforcement from what
transpires elsewhere. -
THE economic structures 6f o
dozen. countries are disrupted, and
cannot gain re-establhhments. on q
normal basis for q period Of years.:
Even under the most favorable crop
conditions. the food supplies Of O..
dozen countries cannot flow poranally !
1er period of years. Today dedk3sI
tuition and starvation are sWeepiQe:
away thousands Of lives. Among 61E.
recent allies and among our rseenta
enemies, the spectre Of hunger threatSi
ens, in addition to the immediate
Death which it brings. to make stable
government a matter OF 'speculation
for months to come.
The blind and bigoted; action %
congress in refusing to deal tntslltGJ
emily with the peace treaty has~madO
1t impossible for the United States to
manifest the proper concern IN theeo
affairs. The situation. in which the.
country finds itself today Il intoler-
abe and must be changed. N. ..s
American Ideals Here IS.
"Nor does Europe offer the. only
field for the expression Of American
ide ais in international relations, on
Our own continent there 81 the same
need. For weeks senatorial sub
committee has been going up aud
down the country gathering testf
lntny. the evident purpose Of which
can be but to inflame the minds of
those who think little and who take
much, on faith. At, periods all too
frequent the United States In brought
TO the verge OF war with Mexico. IT
is not difficult to see the evidences Of.
satisfaction on the part@of predatory
interests at each Of these periods, nor
is it difficult to discern the propas
ganda which fosters the developnnenx;
OF them. rS-~
':Falsehood. villification, studied
Misrepresentation -these are the
weapons constantly In use BY thoae
who, to serve their own ends, would
l'recipitate war between, these twos
American republics. It. IL mo l6nQer
possible to feel with certainty thaa
high government officials have net
been made the tools and pawnsso1
those who. seek Intervention, the lat
est term for which . il ''Cubani1ats s
hon.'' .ss..es I a $
Just Plain ldheety. = ~
At home, across our bord<r1sa14
over the seas. congress has made Tor
itself q record Of failure. record
stubborn opposition to that which Z.
good, that which expresses the spirit
and the idealism oS the count
about which tie world slearped
ing the war and ~ laiph bull thro1s
out tho World for Inn anS
sfSSlings ok huat Hon SIS