Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-09
II. C. COORS

During this last great war and
following it the nations of all the
world, viewing the terrible blood
shed and the suffering that the
war had caused, determined that
,hcy must, if possible, have no
more of such Catastrophes; and so,
during the war and following it,
statesmen of all the world and
most of the eminent jurists set
about and formed an agreement by
which they could avert such tern
bic events. The result was called
the league of nations covenant.
The league of nations covenant
is a document that was prepared
by not less than $50 statesmen,
Notwithstanding that many claim
it was President Wilson who wrote
10, and not less than 500 of the
most eminent international jurists
in the world Their sole purpose
was to endeaVor to establish a per-
manent peace.
Must Eliminate Causes.
I'm order to effect perma-
nent peace we must abolish war;
in order to abolish war, we must
tIlullildlC we tr"oNe VI " a. his
league of nations looks into the
causes of war in order to remove
them, but there are five or six 9TH
er causes as follows;
First. The limitation upon an
mament-the gradual reduction Of
armament. The nations of the
world are spending much energy
on devastation. Nincty-three per
cent of United States expenditures
are for war purposes and only :
per cent are given to governmental
purposes other than war, such as
education, scientific research and
others.
Second: The greatest cause for
the league of nations is possibly the
reason that there shall not be inter
national burglary Gas outlined in ar
ticle 10, which is so severely criti-
cised). A nation is not to enter a
war of conquest upon a weaker
country.
Think Instead of Fight.
Another cause has been
various disputes which were set
tied by war whereas a meeting OF
an association in an attempt to
make settlement might have, with
cool revision, decided justly by ar
bitratiOn, j. e.: that nations VIII
submit their disputes to arbitra-
ton, that is, thought out, rather,
than fought out. If either party IS.
not satisfied with the international
court decision it shall not go to war
for three months after the interna-
tiouad decision has been reached.
We find that we fight on the spur
of the moment, in the heat of pas
sion, and so it is with nations; and
il there is a cooling time of three
there will be less war.
another cause-There has been
a practice in the past of making Sc
cret treaties. This league asserts
that all treaties must be filed with
the secretary of the league and
must be published by him through
out the world, 50 that the world
knows every treaty and can discuss
them. 1t brings international rela-
tons to light so that there may be
no fraud,
League Established Now.
THE league Of nations is the eX-
iSllllS ltdS uf VI IOudS dhN wiz
eventually become the fundamental
rule and fundamental law of the
world whether the United States
goes in or not. She cannot stand
refuse trade, dlstrust. and
stay all to herself, Forty-one coun-
tries have already adopted the
league, all but the United States.
Russia and Mexico. which were re-
fused admittance because of their
lack Of government.
However in the speech of yes
terday Mr.. Harding said: i do not
want to clarity these obligations
(speaking of the league). | want
to turn my back TO any interpre-
tation but rejection. l do not favor
going into the Paris league, | favor
staying out
What NO League Means.
THE league has been function
ing for eight months. Other ma
tons, of which there are forty-one,
are in favor of this league Of ma
tons, that is the entire world that
has organized governments. Mr..
cannot write a new league
for the entire world and won't
when he is president.
Are we to count in world al
fairs and work Tor right and JUS
tice, or shall our attitude be-We
trust nobody; you have no honor;
we are the only fair nation in
world; we do not want your
trade; we advocate no alliance.
This would he sufficient cause for
Jealousy and Il feeling OF
resentment against America. That
is the whole question" ..r