Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-29
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peace made secure by the organized
major force of mankind.'
Acting upon these proposals, botf
7 the French and the British govern
ments appointed committees to study
the problem while the war was still
| in progress.
ION April 2, 1917, the president de.
| livered his famous war message Il
| congress, and thrilled the heart OF
the country anew by his announced
| purpose to make the contest a war
! against war Hioh above all of our
| other aims, he placed
ga universal dominion of right by
such a concert of free peoples as
shall bring peace and safety to al
nations and make the world itself
at last free
"Following this message, the CON
! gress by resolution, passed April 6
1917, recognized the state of war;,
ION January 8, 1918, the president
went before congress and set forth
his famous fourteen points. The four
teenth point, which is practically
| identical in language with the pro-
visions of Article x of the covenant
| provided that
| "a general association of nations
must be formed under specific cove
, nants for the purpose of affordins
mutual guarantees of political indie
pendence and territorial integrity to
| great and small states alike.
Senator Lodge himself, before
the exigencies of politics forced him
to take the other side, said that an
attempt to make a separate peace
| would brand us with everlasting dis
| honor and that the intent of the
| congress and the intent of the presl-
| dent, was that there could be-. no
peace until we could create a s1tua-
| ton where no such war as this could
recur.'
Former President Roosevelt, on
/ July 18. 1918, said:
"Unless we stand by all our, al
| lies who have stood by u.s. we shall
| have failed in making the liberty OF
and we shall have shown, that our
announcement about making the
world safe for democracy was an
empty boast
ION November 4, 1918. the arms
tice was agreed to and it. was CON
! cluded upon the basis of the four
| teen points set forth in the address
| of President Wilson delivered to con
| gress on January 8, 1918, and the
I principles subsequently enumerated
i Al
| during no period while tbs history
| was In the making, was one reSpon-
| sible American voice raised IN pro-
| test.
! "Thus, before we entered the war
we made the pledge; during the wal
we restated the pledge; and when the
! armistice was signed, all of the ma
: tons, ourselves included, renewed
! the pledge. and it was upon the falth
of the promises that Germany
| laid down her arms. Practlcally al
of thu civilized nations Of the eartf
! have Row united in a covenant which
| constitutes the redemption OF that
pledge. We alone have thus fal
failed to keep our word. Others may
break faith; the senate of the Unlted
| lican party may break faith; but
Democratic party will break faith.
The Fundamental Purpose
I'm this hemisphere, the mere dec
| laration of our young republic that
| set foot on American soil would be
considered an unfriendly act; has
| served to preserve the territorial in
! tegrity and the. political independ,,
| ence of the nations of Central AND
South America. The treaty pledges
doctrine effective eceryWhere. L
is the Monroe doctrine of the world
"The purpose of the league is tt
! give notice that if any nation raises
| its bloody hand and seeks to cross
the line into any other country, the
| forces of civilization will be aroused
| to suppress the common enemy OF
| peace. Therein lies the security OF
small nations and the safety OF the
world.
Every war between nations that
| has ever been fought began in an at
| tempt to seize foreign territory or to
invade political independence: II,
in 1914, Germany had known that In
the event of hostliities, Great Britain
would have entered the war; that
France would go in; that Italy would
go in; that Japan would go in; and
| that the United States would go in
! there would have been no war.
Objections to the Treaty
'"The opponents of the treaty cry
out Shall we send our boys abroad
to settle a political quarrel in the
Balkans? Immediately, the I'M
thinking applaud and the orator re-
cords a momentary triumph. Have
we forgotten that that is precisely
! what America has done? Have we
| forgotten that we sent more thar
two million men to France. spent
more than twenty billions of dollars
and sacrificed nearly hundred thou
sand lives to settle a Balkan dispute
There was a controversy between
Serbia and Austria. Territorial
questions, political rights and boun'
Diary lines were involved. The crown
prince of the House of Austria was
assassinated. A little flame of wal
licked up into the powder house Of
| Europe, and in moment, the CONT
nent was in flames. It took all the
power of civilization to put out the
| conf1agration. How idle to inquire
whether we wish to send our boys
| tn An+t1o nO1ifjc91 6iSnnteS in the
! Balkans!
ut is extraordinary that mer
should waste our time and veX ou1
patience by suggesting the fear thai
we may be forced into future wars
while forgetting entirely that Amer
! lea was forced into this greatest OF
all wars. No League of Nations eX'
listed when we entered the war; anC
| it was only when we formed in haste
in the midst of battle, league OF
! friendship, under unified command
that we we're able Mo win this war
This association of nations, held to.
| gether by a common purpose, fought
| dictated the terms of the armistice
and formulated the terms of peace
| If such a result could be achieved BY
an informal and temporary agree
ment, why should not the association
be continued in a more definite ant
binding form? What plausible rea
son can be suggested for wasting
the one great asset which has come
out of the war? How else shall W.
provide for international arbitration
! How else shall we provide safety
from external aggression? How els'
shall we provide for progressive dis
armament? How else shall we checl
the spread of Bolshevism? How els'
shall industry be made safe and thu
basis of reconstruction established
How else shall society be steadieC
so that the processes of healing may
serve their beneficent- purpose? On
til the critics of the league offer
better method of preserving thu