Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-11-04
THE PRESI-
| DENTAL OUTLOOK
Article X Of the League
Compact.
League The Vital Issue.

campaign~ of 1920 will be matter of
history. The millions Of votes will
have been cast, counted and the re-
suit known. The president will not
be elected, thanks to our system, but
we will know who is to guide the
ship of State for the next four years
The campaign did not arouse as
much National interest as some other
campaigns but foreign nations have
never looked on with so much eager
ness. Some of them considered that
/ Europe and the world had as much
or mere at stake than America. Eu
! rope seems to fear that we will re-
turn to our old system Of splendid
/ isolation" During the war and for
few months thereafter they were
impressed with the idealism and self
sacrifice of America. President WI
son and his ideals were well receiv-
ed by the European people ana b.
! tie peace conference. He was tie
dominating figure at the peace
table.
Since the failure Of the Senate to
ratify the treaty and congress refus
ed the Armenian mandate their idea
of President Wilson and Of America
has somewhat changed. They do not
understand why Uncle Sam holds
aloof from the League OF Nations.
They expected him to be the leading
man in the League but instead OF
that ne stays out. The Nation most
pleased at our acts since the war is
Germany. They think that perhaps
thew will be benefited by our actions
or lack of action With them we are
technically still at war.
The big issue in the campaign was
the League of Nations and the light
ged around article ten which reads
as follows, "The members of the
League undertake to respect and pre-
serve as against external aggression
the integrity and existing political
independence of all members of the
League. In case of any such aggres-
sion or in case of any threat or dan
ger of such aggression the council
shall advise upon the means by which
this obligation shall be fulfilled"
President Wilson says this article is
the heart of the League while some
of its opponents have termed it "the
useless vermiform appendix" Some
say this article will plunge us into
numerous wars if we enter the Lea
que. Others say it is guarantee of
peace. Some say it would take the
right to declare war out of the hands
of Congress. They say that we would
either be forced into war by the Coun-
Gil or if we stayed out we would be
dishonored.
Against the contention that the
League and especially Article X would
freed wars Senator Hitchcock cites
our maintenance of the Monroe doc
trine. He says, eff we can protect
the territorial integrity and political
independence of 20 republics of the
western hemisphere for 81 years with
out firing a gun, then the 43 nations
in the present league can protect
other nations of the world without
warfare and bloodshed."
There is no probability of change
in our foreign policy before March of
next year. The present deadlock in
the Senate will continue until then
The personnel of the next Congress
as we'll as the next President will have
much to do with the determination of
our foreign policy. Let US hope that
there will not be a deadlock between
Congress and the executive.
The man who has the majority of
the electoral vote is president not
only of the majority but of all Amer
leans. Let us withhold our criticism
of him until March and then if we
have any to make let it be Of a con-
structive kind and place it where it
will bear fruit. Here's to the next
President of the United States.
Note: As we go to press the cleo
ton returns give Harding and Cool
idge a landslide.