El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-18

out the equivalent OF Article x in
/ the covenant accepted as a common
principle and obligation by all Ia
tons OF the earth"
Nothing to Change Constitution.
Those who criticize Article X" he
said, misread into il some sort OF
fear that II places the military power
OF the United States at the disposal
OF the council Of nations and will re-
Quire American armies TO be sent
overseas to enforce guarantees Of
Article X without consent Of the
American people; but there is moth
ing whatever in the covenant which
seeks TO change the power given by
the constitution to congress alone TO
declare
while it might well be that in the
early stages OF b operation Of so
great a principle, it might be neces-
sary for the great powers to show
the sincerity OF their adherence to II
by actually enforcing It, any such oc-
casion, as far as the United States is
concerned would have TO be ad-
dressed to the sound wisdom Of con-
gress- Meanwhile, the league, without
congressional action, would be able
IN ali human likelihood 10 make the
guarantee effective by mere weight
OF It's moral and economic power.
League Vain Without II.
without Article y" Mr.. Baker
said. the league is vain; while with
II AA9 AEA6A6 UEElAlAEa q 6LEGl
modern. civilized agency, working to
bring the world into just relation
ship
This IS the article OF the cove
naut, which it is said, needs to be
Am~ericanlzed," NJ. Baker said. 1T is
American, we invented it. applied it
among ourselves, we fought for II
as the cardinal principle at issue in
the world war: u president formu-
lated It and forced its acceptancei
its principle and its purpose are
thoroughly American"
The Democratic party IN its san
Francisco platform has restated
Americas cause Our can--date has.
with simplicity and directness, de-
clared his position on this prospect
(the league) by saying 7 favor going
II America is to participate in in
ternational affairs, the beginning
must be made before the cement Is
set which binds the rest Of the world
into a family in which she Is not a
member. National interest as well as
moral duty demand that we now de-
eide"
@Neu War Depends On U.s.
When h next war might come
depends in large measure on US and
our action in this campaign" Mr..
said
IF we make It the business OF
statesmen 10 avert war and equip
them with agencies whereby war may
be averted il nay come" he
added
while Americans spoke Of them
as peaceful people" Mr.. Baker
said, our own history shows we
not been able to preserve our
peace, much less that Of the
world by the old agencies which
much more promising than sena-
tor Hardings plans Of holding up a
pious hand and asking everybody to
be good"
During the rs years since the be-
ginning OF the American revolution. /
be said. the United States lad been
Engaged in civil or foreign wars about
II years
If these episodes in our history be
counted as war in which the public /
power was necessary 10 be
sxe-ted, thus bringing into account /
minor wars and serious domestic dis
-urbancess we find that out Of rs
-ears OF our national existence, only
IS have been years Of peace and 100
AVE been years OF military exertion.7
added The history OF all great
powers parallels our own
II We do not 60 into the league
y nations We must continue TO arm"
secretary declared. II we are to
llay a lone hand. II must be a strong
iand- We viii be but n competitor
n a universal race for armed su-
lremacy- Civilization viii impoverish
tseif preparing for its own destruc-