South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-22

OF the church-as well night the
eldest Of the church"
Colonel BOnsal notes that his EN-
lnence smiled as he shook of his
age. and then continued
Yes. I am in favor of very III
ferent world arrangements from
those that made POSSIBLE what hap
4 pened I'm 191. Do YOU recall how
Z it cameo There were few letters
! from foreign ministers half pub
| lishedd. or not at all few tele-
grams exchanged between emperors
: and kings. and chen rivers Of blood
began 10 flow 20 The niagara OF sIf-
fering AZ which We. mbfOunded
3 and almost helpless still assis-
: What 7 most like ao6 mighty
value about the proposed --ague IS
/ first the delay which Z ire poses upon
any and all nat!Ons--yOu must not
i rush headlOng into this thing in
, which we all run the danger OF be-
Ing involved. We say YOU must be
frank, open and above board. YOU
must place your plans before the
world and they must and shall he
carefully weighed Why I'm my judg-
ment, this single new world regulat-
/ ing viii reduce wars TO minimum.
/ Second thought and careful consid-
Grafton OF steps GO be undertaken
| is imposed, and one sober second
thought. few viii draw the sword.
And then I like the value that
phrase and declaration that il is the
friendly right Of each member OF the
league 10 bring 20 the attention of
the assembly or Of the council any
circumstances whatever affecting in
ternatiOnal relations which threatens
10 disturb international peace or the
good understanding between nations
upon which Leace depends"
1t shall be the friendly right
IL like that immensely" continued
his eminence. In the next decade
better in the next ten months
hope IL will be the griendly right and
the inevitable duty for all nations
10 combine for the preservation II
peace. How often would wars have
been avoided If, in the past, we had
acted in this way and under these
prescriptions How often il has been
our thought TO speak 10 a sister ma
ton asking that conditions which
are fraught with danger 10 the peace
of the world and which threaten our
brotherhood should be removed and
we have desisted because. well, in
diplomatic language, Nat would
have been an unfriendly act.
Il like the plan for delay. I like
the solemn agreement for the pre-
ventiOn of information war which the
covenant stands for and of which
i'm the words you have just read. his
holiness, the pope expressed his
warm approval SO with the great
disaster behind us although we still
sit in its dark shadow. we should
and 1 belive we are, determined TO
safeguard the order of human So
Ciety which is in danger 10 maintain
the independence Of the Peoples
within their just borders, and to re-
duce, If we cannot wholly abolish,
the burden of military expenditure.
with the shadow of the great Catas-
trophe still upon US, we should. and
I have no doubt we will. draw nearer
10 one another and take up, in
fraternal spirit 'Seriatim' those
vexed questions that still remain and
which are "A grave menace TO the
fellowship Of the forward looking
God-fearing. God-loving nations
These questions still threaten the
peace Of the world-that peace
whose blessings we are just begin
ming TO enjoy again.
THE world Is very anxious, very
weary, and many millions Of the
world inhabitants are today In most
miserable, desperate plight Delany
is dangerous and il means continued