The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-21

lI1S SuIeTlhSS or 1n1ll1OnS anu Aill- lions of children whose bodies have been starved, and whose souls have been scared in the furnaces of the great war; more than that, I should under the spiritual eyes of the S1,OOO brave American boys who died that wars in the future might be made inn possible. l
 Causes of War.
 3fI want to go into the League of Nations with you. and I want to show you just how simple it is, and I want to convince you that you have been ter to present the basic principles of the League. It is based upon the primary objective of preventing war: The men who perfected it discerned and applied the remedy along com mon sense lines. Reduced to a few words the plenthis the causes of war in the past have been:
 : First.-The seizing of territory by one nation from another by force;
 Second-The practice of secret treaties between nations, under which a local controversy is apt to involve a dozen nations;
 Third.-The immense national armaments;
 Fourth.-The power of monarchs or their diplomats to precipitate war over night.
 The curative measures contained in
 
 First MArticle x Of the League is nothing else except the international commandment Thou shall not steal" : Second.-AlI treaties made between nations in the future must be filed as public documents with the League of Nations
 Third.-A systematic and gradual process of disarmament is provided to apply. to all nations alike.
 Fourth.-Dimerence between ma lions which in, the st led t0 to be submitted to discussion and arbitration for a period of not less than nine months.
 Congress Alone Can Declare War.
 These are the four causes of war and there you have the provisions against them. I shall now take up the objections that have been raised against the covenant First of all you have heard it said that under the Leag que of Nations our soldiers will in all probability be ordered overseas every time they have a controversy over there. Every school boy and girl in America knows that there can not be a declarat ton of war except by the Congress of the United States. You cannot change the Constitution of the United States without a three approval by three-fourths of the : states of the Union. No League can send our boys to war; no President can do it; Congress alone can declare war, ana SOHSIGSS IldS 1 iiC" oOsoo now. The mothers of America will have something to say about govern mental policies in the future. The i mothers of America know what war is better than the men.
 Objections to League Answered. ''Now what is the power of the League?. It has no authority to re- clare war. You cannot make treaty-and this is a treaty which runs in contravention to the Consti- tution Suppose that trouble arises in the world and that it is brought to the attention of the League: It IS submitted to the Council which has nine votes, America having one of them. There can be no action taken by the Council unless every vote is in the affirmative, and if 1t is pro- posed to make some disposition Of question, Americas vote could deter mine the whole, thing, because unless America voted aye there could be no determination whatsoever. Suppose that the Council, in the face of some situation, votes unanimously and. ex- presses it's opinion as to what should be done, then what happens? Our representatives simply advises the President This is the case, these are the facts and this is the express and unanimous judgment of the Council The policy that must be determined finally will be determined by the American people through the Con gress. The League of Nations is
 
 moral impulse has taken hold of the soul of mankind.
 Monroe Doctrine. "You have heard it said that the Doctrine What is the Monroe Doc Urine. Simply pronuncla mento made by President Monroe that there should be no external aggression of Central and Southern America. At that time they said why should we be interested in the peoples of Central and South America? They said we would be compelled to go to war every year or two to enforce the PrIh- PnlI ciples of the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine has been a vital in strument for almost one hundred years and yet in that time we nave not been compelled to resort 10 arms once to maintain it because the moral strength of America was behind it. The League of Nations embod1es the same principle against externaI az gression in the world that the Monroe Doctrine does in South America; me moral purpose is applied behind this great instrument, and with America as a member of the League It IS eX- tremeIy doubtful whether force Will ever be necessary in working out its Administrative policies any more than force has been necessary in ma1ntaln- ing the Monroe Doctrine on this con tinent. T as gne runs counter to the hopes and desires of the Irish people. For seven hundred years Ireland has tried to be free and she has not been able to bring her case before squire's court. Through the League of Ma lions under Article Il, her case can t,e'io be presented before the bar of public oninion of the world, and if she should gain her independence and become member of the League o1 Nations she will be afforded the sam e protection from external aggression nnder Article x as the other nations of the world.
 Preach Creed of Selfishness. t.The Senatorial candidate is now out in the open and his creed is America and America only To preach such a gospel of selfishness is an offense to the decency or America. Such a. proclarnation of provincialism i is little short of treason to our tradi- tions. If our nation were to heed the pagan counsc1s of the "eactlonary