Evening star., 1920-06-28

provide for progressive disarma
ment? How else shall We cneck
the spread of bolshevism! nov
else shall industry be made safe ana
the basis Of reconstruction es.ap -
lished? How else shall society ue
steadied so that the processes o! nea.
ing may serve their benencenI pu,
pose? Until the critics OF tne ie6
offer a better method OF pre- 'rms nt
| the peace of the world, they are ~
entitled to one moments consloera
tion in the forum of the conscience VI
mankind.
Not only does the covenant guar .
tee justice for the future. out IL
the one remedy for the eH wis 10 the
past. AS it stands today, war Is one
one way in which America can
| press it's sympathy for the oppreSisnss
of the world. The league OF ~
removes the conventional sha - q.
diplomacy. Under the covenan., ~ st
our friendly right to protest
tyranny and to act as coune ffectiye
weak nations now without an
champion.
Republicans Oner
n Different Form.
The republican platform contains a q
vague promise to estaoi1sh ANU.
a different form of association a
nations of tenuous ana sna
character. Our proposed copar
in such a pro iect are unnamed ana un
namable 1t is not stated wnetn.
is proposed to invite the nations nc
have established the presehl ~
to dissolve it and to begin aneH
" he ther the purpose is 10 aSar-
new association Of competitive cna
acter. composed of the nations tmH @
repudiated the existing league.
deyitalizing character OF sucn an
pedient requires no comment.
Gus futility could be carried no "a
ther. There is no men,ai rh;ch ex-
more transparent than that Whicn
presses fealty to league OF haeioo
while opposing the only league OF na
tions that exists or IS ever apt pt,aI
exist Why close our eyes 10
world conditions? A league o,act ol
it is a fact. We must either enter II
or remain out of 1T. ;.d
What nations have actually slsheu
and ratified the treaty!
Brazil. Bolivia. Great Britain Ina
da, Australia, South Africa New nea
mala, Liberia, Panama. Peru. oruSudy' 1S,
Siam, Greece, Poland, Japan, lta'y'
France and Belgium. ;.;n
What neutral states. invited 10 JOIN
the league, have actually done So
Norway. Venezuela, the Netherlands
Denmark Colombia, Chile. Argentina.
Paraguay, Persia. Salvador spain
Sweden and Switzerland
Even China will become memper
when she ratifies the Austrian treaty.
Germany has signed and IS prepaI
ing to take the place ;d Wn,eh """'''
her in the league of nations.
What nations stand outside? ReFo-
lutionary Mexico, bolshevist Russia:
unspeakable Turkey and-the unlteo
States of America
1t is not yet too late. Let us staho
with the forces of civilization. the
yoin hetWeen
democratic party's support of the
league of nations. with its program
of peace, disarmament and world ira
ternity and the republican partys
platform of reputation, provincial
ism, militarism and world chaos
Pretense OF Alarm
Over Equality OF Voting.
There is great pretense of alarm
because the United States has cut
one vote in the international Assem-. .
bly, against the six votes OF Great
Britain, Canada, Australia. New Zea-
land. South Africa and India. This
popular argument against the league
of nations is as insincere as is
superficial 1t ignores the fact that
the executive council. and not the as
sembly, is the governing body or the
league, and that our country is one
of the five countries having perma-
nent membership in the council. The
colonial votes exist only in the as
sembly.
Nor should we forget that France
has but one vote; Italy has but one
vote: and Japan has but one vote. II
there were any injustice in the ar.
rangement surely these nations would
have sensed il and objected to 1t. No
affirmative action can be taken in any
essential matter without a unanimous
vote of all members of the council
of the league. No decision of the
league, if America joined it, could be
made effective or even promulgated
without our consent. Like every
other nation, we have a veto power
upon every resolution or act of the
league We can be involved in no
enterprise except of our own choos-
ing; and if we are not satisfied with
the league, we can sever our connec-
ton with it upon two years notice.
The risk exists only in the imagina-
ton, the service is incalculable.
Moreover, the United States insisted
that Cuba, Haiti, Liberia. Panama,
Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala
should each be given vote, as well
as the nations of South America,
great and small Including the ma
tions which are bound by vital in
terests to the United States. or, in
deed, directly under our tutelage, We
have more votes in the league of ma
tions than any other nation. How
could we, in good faith, urge that
these nations be given a voice and
deny a voice to such self-governing
nations as Canada, New Zealand and
the rest, which, relatively speaking,