The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-18
VOL. 26. NO. 81


the world which does not believe In
giving up force. am only reporting
the truth when add they suspect this
interest Is Capital
If the League of Nations fails this
suspicion will be confirmed. The
movement toward an internationalism
of the workers viii be given great
impetus. The League OF Nations fall
Ing, they argue there is only one other
means Of preventing war 1t is for
the men who make up the rank and
file Of the armies in time Of war. the
millions recruited from shops. fac
tories and fields. to get together and
organize an International labor au-
thority &c save the working men from
war. Such a movement would take
away from governments an important
and necessary function and give tn
one class in the world a power 50.
great that political governments would
be puppets in their hands, and yet in
the light Of the happenings Of the last
five years labor could not be blamed.
The world is entitled to protection
against such slaughter as we have just
gone through. and If the political gov
ernments fail TO take the neceSsarx
steps the plain people will.
World Now Closely Knit.
Internationalism is coming-in fact
1T is already here. Inventions have
brought the people OF the world close
together. The wireless and the cable
give us the happenings of remote parts
Of the world In few hours. Distance
has been destroyed. We are becom-
ing neighbors in knowledge of each
other, whether we live on the same
continent or not. Modern Transports
tion is shortening the time between
places. An air service is in prospect
which promises TO make London as
hear New York tomorrow as Chicago
is today.
We already have successful inter-
nationalism in finance and credits. Big
business long ago obllterated national
lines. The commerce OF the world Is
already organized internationally.
The important question at this time
Is what form win the new Internation-
alism take? VIII Ii be an internation-
alism Of organized dollars7 If so. the
world is in serious danger of a finan-
cial autocracy. VIII IL be an inter-
nationalism Of organized labor7 II
this happens it means the dictatorship
OF the proletariat. Both are equally
undesirable No part OF the people
should be permitted to enforce their
will upon the rest One kind Of slay-
cry is as bad as another. The great
majority OF the human race wants
freedom, not advantage. 1t is not am
bilious to dictate-it viii not be die
tated TO.
A League of Nations is the solution.
1t is a union Of the nations OF the
world, and as the nations OF the world
represent all the people OF the various
states such a combination is demo
cratic. That it Is necessary In
plain. Rivalry for markets. COM
petition for trade, are bound TO
lead to war unless we have an agree
ment that these and other problems
will be submitted to arbitration. Il
is not necessary to submit questions
involving national honor. Few Of such
questions ever directly provoke war.
1t is when nations fighting each other
for markets reach a point Of positive
disagreement that they begin calling
each other names. These Insults
wound honor. war results.
Peace Table Proves Worth.
A League of Nations is q continu-
ance of the peace table, and n0twith-
standing the wranglings Of the pres
ent peace table there would have been
war in Europe before this IL it was
not sitting in Paris. Two cases serve
to illustrate. The coal fields Of upper
Galicia, to be determined by a plebi-
scite between Poland, and Germany
would have been a cause Of war Il
the peace table was not In existence.
Poland had troops on the border. Ger
many had her soldiers at the frontier.
One thing, and one thing alone, pre-
vented war-it was the fear OF the
peace table. The same facts de-
scribed the controversy between Po-
land and Czecho-S -Sloyakia; war has
been avoided by the peace table sub
mitting the Teschen question TO a vote
of the people Of the territory.
No League of Nations viii have
much effect upon the future peace OF
Europe which does not include the
United States. The nations OF Europe
do not trust each other. Every one
respects the fact that the United
States does not seek territory In Eu-
rope. This gives our country the
commanding place as the one disin-
terested power in the world. With
this moral force we can do much 70
maintain the peace OF the world
The propaganda OF revolution COM
ing out Of boIshevik Russia, urging the
workers TO organize an international
dictatorship Of the proletariat and
seize the world, is not nearly as dam
gerous to the peace of the world as the
political heekllng against the League
| of Nations.
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