The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-18
WOMEN APPLAUD AS TRUTH
 ABOUT LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS
 REVEALED BY NOTED SPEAKERS
Hamilton Holt and Famous Woman Red Cross Commissioner
 cate Cox and Roosevelt

one nation commits collective murder warfare on another. The other nations turn their heads and assume the altitude of neutrality. Under Ar ticle x a nation hereafter that com mitS aggr eSSion on another pot only commits a crime against that nation but against the society of nations and the society of nations jointly prose cutes the offender. Certain senators of the United States have taken upon national law back where private law was in the twelfth century, and have assumed to say for the United States that he will not agree beforehand to condemn another Serbia and another world war. If the Republicans in the Senate had had any statesmanship. they would have tried to streng gthen, not weaken Article x.
 Everyone knows that war is the greatest evil in the whole world, that this war was the geratest @at ever happened, and that the next war will be a thousand times more horrible.
 "5. They accord to each member the right to call attention to anything that disturbs the peace of the world.
 That is, any nation can call atten- ton to the fact that there is fight and at once the process of concilia- tion can ensue. Heretofore it was considered a crime for a neutral na- tion to offer advice to a nation al war. Hereafter, any nation hasa the right and the duty to step in and suggest that differences be settled.
 "6. They agree that any member can bring about a submission of it's dispute to the proper organs of the League.
 That means, if I have a dispute with you. I can have it brought be- fore the court and if I haven't a case, l am thrown out. No general treaty now compels that. When Serbia ap- E1 the case of Austria, Austria refused and was within her legal rights in do- ing so. Are you in favor of having nations compelled to say before they fight what they are fighting for? That is what this means.
 "7. They agree to submit any case likely to lead to war either to arbi- tration or inquiry by the Council
 "S. They agree in no case to resort to war until three months after the award by the arbitrators or the report by the Council
 ''As the Council has the right to take six months to decide, it might take nine months before war. Would we lose whole lot by waiting mind months while an impartial tribunal went to war. If the United States Senate says that is wrong, they have us in terrible hole already, because they have ratified some twenty odd treaties with separate nations-the so-called Bryan treaties-in (which we agree that the United States must wait whole year before going to war, and in those treaties there is no reservation of the Monroe Doctrine or questions of domestic concern such as the Japanese situation in Ca1ifor- mia. both of which are expressly ex- cluded from the sphere of the League in the Covenant itself. I. for my part, think we ought to be willing to go as far the League calls for when we have already gone much farther with more than 20 separate treaties.
 ''9. If they go to arbitration, they agree to carry out any award that may be rendered.
 "10. If a dispute arises not subject to arbitration. they agree to submit a full statement of the case to Secre- tariat for a hearing.
 "11. They will not go to war against any member of the League that carries out the unanimous recom- mendation of the CounciI.'
 If I was a very timid man and I believed that we were perfect and everybody else a barbarian, I might fear about accepting this proposition. I may be a little bit too bold but for my part I would be willing to have the United States wait nine months before fighting France if the public opinion of the world unanimously de- clared France was right, because con- celvably in that case France might be in the right and perhaps we would realize it if given time to reflect.
 '12. They agree to exert economic pressure against any nation going to war against a member of the League g
 That is the first time the great principle of economic pressure is pro- posed to be put on the side of peace. In my three trips to Europe I found no one to disagree with the statement that Germany was brought to her knees more by economic pressure than by any other factor. She might in the end. Nevertheless, she did if she hadn't been prodded by economic pressure. And, remember, that Germany vast rading with her allies, getting enormous quantities of food and munitions from neutrals Only partially cut off and yet she was brought to her knees by economic pressure. That being true, complete c1ent to prevent any small nation from starting a war and prevent any big nations from carrying a war to a successful conclusion.
 "13. They will afford passage through their territory for forces of League members in operation against an offending nation.
 ''14. They accept the principle that peace requires the reduction of ar1na- ments to the lowest point consistent with national safety.
 This is the first time nations have agreed to this principle. Do you think a single nation will disarm in advance of the others? Will they disarm concurrently without an