Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-04

bers of the League shall do to
keep the peace of the world. Fol-
lowing the plain path of the Gov
enant, the Council will "advise" a
settlement through diplomacy !;
tthen advise a settlement by ar
bitration then advise" settle
ment by voluntary resort to the
Leagues agencies; then "adivse"
an economic boycott to compel a
resort to one or more of these
processes; and last advise" that
the police forces of the sheriff's
forces of civilization shall assem-.
bic and compel the preservation
of the peace Remember now and
always that only the Council of
the League can thus advise. "
! Remember that, America has a
permanent seat in that Council,
and all decisions must be by un-
animOus vote. No advice, no
step, no proceeding can be enter
! ed upon with Americas consent.
! We hold an absolute veto on what
the Council proposes to advise. u
! 1t is well that the republican liter
ature Tor their orators leaves out
a copy of the Covenant of the
League.
In explaining the League let us
use something happening in 1914
and suppose-the League in exist
ence. Let us suppose the agent
fot the League standing there on
the Belgian border. This is what
happens in pursuance of the laws
and plans Of the League The
agent of the League says: "Mr,
Emperor, please cease your war
movement, and have your diplo-
mats meet the diplomats Of Bel
gium and France and see if they
cannot peacefully settle the mat
ter. If little Belgium or big
France owes you any money or
duty, and these diplomats ascer-
tain it, you shall be paid and
satisfied in FULL To this the
FlOhenzollern emperor answers
81 refusel' Then the agent of the
League says: But, Nr. Emperor,
you ought not to plunge the world
into sea of blood, and if you
please appoint your arbi-l!
traitors and Belgium and France
will appoint theirs, and the arbi- |
traitors will hear your witnesses
and your lawyers and give you
| Judgment, if you are entitled to
it." Mr.. Hohenzollern answers
mo. | still refuse" The agent
OF the League then says: ooh, 4
Mr.. Emperor. Then | beg you
to refer this trouble to the Coun-
Gil of the League, a body of nine /
representatives from the. leading /
nations, or to the Assembly, a |
body Of forty representatives of /
all nations. Before the Council /
and Assembly your witnesses
shall be heard and your lawyers
shall argue and you shall have
whatever justice you are entitled
to, and there will be no blood
She'd No!' says the Emperor |
The agent is following the exact
plans and orderly steps of the
League, and he says ''Mr. Emper-
or, then the Council Of the Lea |
que, Of its own motion, will i'm
mediately consider your affair and
ascertain what act of justice Bel
glum or France owes you and you'll
shall have your just award, but, |
IN the meantime, you nust-I say
must withhold your hand from i
war, and if you strike, then the
Council will advise the members
OF the League as to what is best |
to do to preserve the peace
"How's that?" asks the Emperor
"Will advise the members of
the League" says the Leagues
agent, "as to what to do"
what do you mean advice ?"
says the Hohenzollern.
Il mean," says the agen Of the
League, ''t1at the advice to the
organized, major force of man.
kind will give notice of your rel
fsuals of fair settlements, andl
may call to the cooperating ma
tions of the world to prevent, if
possible, your projected act off
blood, by leading you to the II /
of the peaceable agencies that II
have urged through boycottingli
you and your armies and peoples
as to food and clothing and sup-]
plies and munitions"
The shaken Emepror makes al
wag of the head and feebly gives
a hesitating order for the invad-
ing advance Of his armies. Them
the agent of the League pulls him
sells up to his full height and says:
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