The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-25
TO THE WOMEN, VOTERS OF
BINGHAM COUNTY
(By MRS. T'REGo)

1t was my privilege to study
Sather carefully the proposed league
of nations last winter when the mat.
ter was so long and thoroly discussed
on the floor of the United States
senate by the ablest men Of both par.
ties, whom we reckon among the fore.
most statesmen Of the world, for nc
nation can produce more able and
loyal men and women than our owr
beloved America. They are loyal tt
the interests and welfare of the
world at large and It's people and
they must fight to safeguard the
home interests of America that hel
purposes may emanate from an able
we'll governed craftsmanship com
manding the dignified respect of all
nations whom we shall be united III
effort to serve for the best of the
human family at large.
To me disturbing factor in aft
liating with the league is the fact
that our entire American nationality
is composed of a mixed family tker
from every nationality in the world
and melted or nodded into one brand
or family so far as possible. These
different human atoms come to us
side by side across the ocean or con-
tinent, generally become friendly on
the voyage, often forming contracts
of marriage that are contaminated
at Ellis Island by magistrates before
they are taken over to New York.
Then we take them Immediately into
our civilization, somewhere, some
how. We all work together, play
together, study together, vote to-
gether and largely worship together.
We are all Americans and mostly be-
come loyal to the flag to the extent
of fighting to the death if necessary.
But when it comes to our nationality
we all draw very decisive line that
is made the limit of endurance i'm
mediately when someone makes adj
verse criticism of ones country. Sup
pose for instance, there should be
trouble between Sweden and Dem
mark and the league of nations
should decide that Sweden was
wrong, and If we were members Of
the league, should demand of us an
army to go over and enforce certain
conditions with Denmark against
Sweden; how many of our perfectly
good Swedes would be willing to
take up arms against the mother
country and what would be the re-
suit of discussion between neigh
boring farmers when one was a
Swede and the other a Dane, who
had perhaps come over here on the
same ship and may have raised sons
and daughters who had married,
thus uniting their nativity into one
Americanism with a heartfelt will
ingness to keep American ideals true
and the flag floating high? M
Can you imagine an American
Pole fighting against Poland, an
Irishman against Ireland, French
man against France, a German
against Germany, when the Ameri-
can flag has not been insulted or
American rights trampled upon? You
see that makes all the difference in
the world, doesn't it?
II Sweden should insult the Ameri-
can flag or trample on American
rights it would be easy for Danes
and Swedes and everybody to join
in Furnishing Sweden, but if Sweden
did some wrong to Denmark and we
were asked to go over and punish
Sweden, it would be different. Fancy
a recruiting officer going out among
our farmers here to raise an army
among the Swedes and Danes to go
over and fight Sweden, or apply it to
the Dakotas or Minnesota where the