Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-29
DISCUSSES NATION LEAGUE
 AT CITIZENSHIP INSTITUTE


 DISCUSSES NATION LEAGUE
 AT CITIZENSHIP INSTITUTE
 discussion. of the republican, demo cratic and third party platforms was conducted by Mrs. Joseph Alsop Mrs, Robert Butler and Mrs. Toscan Bennett at the Wednesday afternoon meeting of the three day session of the citizenship institute held at the county court house in New London.
 At the Wednesday morning session, Miss Katherine Luddington of Lyme, re- gional director of the national league of women voters, gave a talk on the pur- l;oses and objects of the league
 David Hunter Miller, prominent lawyer in New York city who was the legal adviser for the, American Peace commission, at Paris, speaking Tuesday evening at the institute, declared that ones country, to it's flag, and to its the civilization of today.
 He said that every country of inl- portance in the world except the United States, Russia and Mexico has joined the league of nations and Mexico was not invited. All the 13 neutrals invited to join lave accepted, including Spain and Switzerland, Holland and the Scandi- navian countries, as we'll as Chilli and Argentina and other South American states.
 Indeed, nearly all Latin America is in the league. Even Panama and Cuba, in whose future we have an intimate interest are members Most of the ter ritory to which the Monroe Doctrine re- lates, is included. And at the meeting of the league next November, Germany and A1fSi other croa liar powers will join.
 Now suppose some one is thinking that the league of nations cannot really exist without the United States. This has been said so many times that some people believe it. The idea has Very soothing influence on our national pride. But stop and think about it for a mo- men. Can any one seriously believe that an association of all Europe, the whole British empire, Japan and China all South and Central America is an asso- citation which is powerless, or unimpsr- tant? On the contrary. even without | the United States, 1t is by far the most l important grouping of states that the world has ever known.
 "The treaty of Versailles has been in force only six months or so, and the treaty with Austria went into force only the other day, and it is not for us ! in the Limited States to say that inter- national affairs can move very rapidly But the work of which the league has already done is extraordinary. little as that fact Is appreciated here It adopt ed an international treaty against child labor and contrary to the wishes of the 1 British government refused to exclude l India from the convention of tne inter- national labor organization which is 8 ipart of the league, which was held last l fall in Washington D. c. It adopted 8 i treaty fo put into force the world over with some qualifications an hour day and 4S hour week in industrial em. ployment, a treaty which will reduce the working hours in Japanese factories by more than 5 pN cent. It adopted a treaty prohibiting night work by wo men for six weeks before and six week; after childbirth, the first internationa recognition of motherhood that tn,
 world has ever. seen.
 l 'The second labor conference, tho 1 Seamen's conference has just been sit ting at Genoa and the third is to mee ar Geneva next year Three labor con 1 ferences attended by nearly every na 1 ton in the world, within three yeras af 1 ter the war, when only one with any re suit was held during the century befor, l 1914 Those who think that the leagli, of nations is non-existant are blind tc current events
 Now; the most criticized part of tht covenant is Article 10. It contains 5 words, so I shall read them:
 "rThe members of the league under
 take to respect and preserve against
 external aggression the ter.rtcrial in tegrity and existing political independ l ence of all members of the league. Il case of any such aggression tEe coun cil shall advise upon means by whic' this obligation shall be fulflle l.'' Article 10 has been denounced in ev cry form of language that the imagin2 tion of the speaker could suggest. Ira it is an almost literal fuldllemnt of solemn pledge of. the American peopE has been ignored. But let us looK 7. the matter independently. Suppose " leave Article 10 out of the covenant That would be precisely the same thin
 as saying negatively;
 ""Ihe members of the ieaglie will nc
 undertake to preserve us against exteT
 nal aggression either the teCf:tcri;.l il tegrity or the political independence (
 other members
 Gan you imagine a treaty with sue
 a clause in 1t. Would it not mean 1T ternational anarchy, an association ( , Kilkenny cats rather than a league C 2 peace?"
 | Hut some have told the conutr . that Article 10 means war. I deny ;h' the article means war. It means peac
 It means an end of all wars of conques . and aggression. If Article 10 had 'H:' : i14 force in 1914 the World War woul : not have been fought. Ii the guaran+aa
 of Article 10 mean war, that articl would not have included the clause tla : the council, in case of need, should ad , wise as to the means of HulfIlnent. war is the means to be used under Al ticle 10, what is the need of advien The fact is that so long as the leagu lasts not sword will be drawn nor
 shot fired under Article 10. for that a' l ticie means the uniting of the moral aE , economic forces of the world against az ; gression, forces which no power, !.
 e-rup of powers even, is strong enoug to oppose"
 1 Preceding Mir Miller's address. Mfr, Nancy Schoon1aker gave an interesti7 : yali on Political Parties and Election: