The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-10-29
Substance % Article x Advocated nv
Late ES-Presldent in 1915
FAVORED The USE OF FORCE
haoue Convention in Crisis. "Not
Worth Paper on Which They
Are Written"
Article X as Roosevelt visualizes Il m


1915.
They 1.-THE nations entering the
Leaguel would lay down the rule that
the territorial integrity OF each was
inviolate; that It was to be guaran-
teed absolutely its sovereign rights
b. certain particulars"
Article X as u Stands Today
The Members OF the League under.
take 20 respect and preserve, as
against external aggression. the terri
torial 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
ser 81 sucA aggression the Council
shall advise upon the means by which
This obligation shall be fulfilled"
New York. oct. 2S. 1920.
To the Ocaia. Banner:
From the International standpoint
the essential thing 20 do Is effectively
60 pat the combined power OF civiliza-
tlcn back OF the collective purpose of
civilization 20 secure Justice. This
can be achieved only by World
League for the peace Of righteousness,
which would guarantee 20 enforce by
the combined strength OF all the ma
tlohs the DEGREES Of a competent and
impartial court against any recalci-
trant and offending nation. Peace
treaties and arbitration treaties un-
hacked by force are not merely useless
but mischieyous In any serious crisis"
The forcsoing quotation is not the
uttemnce Of any living advocate of
the Covenant Of the League of Ma
tons, which the leaders OF the Repub-
nCan party are doing all in their pow
er 90 destroy. and which Senator Hard
ing himself would reject. IL was writ
ten. four years before his death, by
Theodore Roosevelt. a man whom
Senator Johnson. Borah. Lodge Bran
degee and other enemies Of the League
of Nations, once followed almost with
idolatry.
League EmbodIes His Beliefs
To voters OF progressive tendencies
who seek information as 10 the course
they should follow I'm the coming presi-
Dental election, some extracts penned
by Mr.. Roosevelt. will not come amiss.
These extracts demonstrate that he
4 &
now i'm exlstance. and that he was ut
teriy opposed 10 a shadowy "Assoeia-
ton OF Nations for Conference which
Senator Harding at one time advocat-
ed.
Among the last carefully prepared
publications OF the late ex-Presldent
Is America and the World War" the
Forward of which was written Janu-
AIRY I. 1915. six months after the be-
ginning OF the World War. In this
Forward he saws: In every serious
crisis the present Hague Conventions
(which Senator Harding would adopt
as his model. "and the peace ana arbi-
traticn and neutrality treaties of the
existing type have proved not to De
worth the paper on which they were
written. This Is because no method
WAS proyided of securing their en-
forcement. or putting force behind the
pledge.p Senator Harding would
emascuiate the present Covenant by
striking out Article X and other pro-
visions for enforcement.
I'm the body Of the volume. the au-
thor says:
"The futility OF international agree
ments IN great crisis has come from
the fact that force was not back OF
tben What is needed in internation-
al matters is 10 create judge ana
then put police power back OF the
Judge"
Thouoht War Showed League Need
so far the time has not been ripe
40 attempt this. Surely now. IN vie"
Of the awful cataclysm of the peseh'
war sueh a MAN could at least be con-
sldered and Il may be that the COM
batants al the end will be willing 10
try Il IN order 20 secure at least
s.,ance for the only kind of peace that
Is worth having. the peace that Is
compatible with self respect. Merely
20 bring about peace at the present
moment. without providing for the
elimination OF the causes OF war;
would accomplish nothing OF any per-