The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-09-22
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Continued from last week

WOULD make no nne distinction as To-
whom credit Is due &. +. 81
3 This is proposing no new thing.
! This country is. already asmember ot
such.las society-7-The Hague tribunal,
which, unlike the league OF Versailles.
Sis: atill nctioning, and within q few
weeks will resume its committee ses.
sions under the craftsmanship Of an
American representative. ss=ss
In that body we have the frame.
work Of q really effective instrumen-.
tally Of enduring peace. The fact
that the tribunal did not prevent the
great war Is, Of course, manifest but
the cause of the failure is no less ap.
parent Germany, already secretly de-.
termined upon ruthless invasion, was
able to prevent the adoption Of meas.
ures which might have proved seffec.
tual The condition now is wholly diff
ferent. Not only Germany, but the
entire world has profited to the extent
of an awful object lesson, the impress.
sion of which cannot be erased from
the human mind for generations to
come. The horrors of war and the
eagerness for peace have become uni.
versal. What once seemed at The
Hague to be mere academic discus.
sion has become a positive, outstand-
ing need Of facing terrifying actuali-
ties. This makes vastly easier, the
task of SO strengthening The Hague
tribunal as to render its just DEGREES
either acceptable or enforceable. It is
not uncommon for the advocates of the
league of Versailles to contrast un-
favorably The Hague tribunal upon
the ground that the tribunal lacks
teeth"
Let's Install the Teeth.
VERY we'll, then, let's put teeth in
to 1t. II, in the failed league of Yer
sailles, there can be found machinery
which the tribunal can use properly
and advantageously, by all means let
1t be appropriated. I would even go
further. would take and combine all
that is good and excise all that is
bad from both organizations. This
statement is broad enough to include
the suggestion that If the league,
which has heretofore riveted our con-
siderations and apprehensions, has
been so entwined and interviewer into
the peace of Europe, that it's good
must be preserved in order to stabilize
the peace of that. continent, then it
can be amended or revised so that
we may still have remnant of world
aspirations in 1913 builded into the
worlds highest conception of helpful
cooperation in the ultimate realiza-
ton. -y..-~o - s,:z,@s-
II believe humanity would well
come the creation of an international
association for conference and a
world court whose verdicts upon JUST
ciable questions, this country in COM
mon with all nations would be both
willing and able to uphold. !. The de-
cisfon of such a court or. the recon-
mendations of such conference could
be accepted without sacrificing on
our part or asking any other power
to sacrifice one iota of it's nationality.
"The Democratic nominee has spo-
ken about America abandoning her as
sociates in war and DESERVING the
allied nations in establishing the
league of Versailles. I do not think
it longer necessary to challenge that
statement or pass further opinion upon
the unfortunate league. 1t has al
ready been abandoned. by Europe,
which had gone so far as to accept
it by formal agreement lin Treaty. On
this subject, we are fully informed at
first hand. Only the other day the
British premier said unresentfully
that the essential r cooperation of
America, might involve some, change,
at any rate, in the form Of the cove
nant,' and he added, with characteris-
tic outspckenness,> it is quite posi-
BILE it might be change for the better
Listen, further, to the wise and far
seeing, former British. Il ambassador,
who was not permitted to present his
credentials to our exeeutive.ss
On Our owmtTerns.; zs...
"'As long said Viscounts Grey, hard.
ly month ago, as long as the richest,
most powerful, the greatest, both for
population and territory, Of the civil.
lied countries of the. world stands out.
side the league, the league will be mn.
able to fulfill It's destiny. To put it III
quite plain terms, the Americans must
be told that If they will only join the
league they can practically name their
own terms Undoubtedly that Ais the
fact: TASK: Is there any good rea-
son why we should not avail ourselves
OF this sprivilege2 1: do not mean In
any arrogant or selfish way, but sim
ply as a matter OF fairness and right
to our own people Surely II: is be.
comingsssand a duty as well, to- safe.
guard our own people, since il. lis we
who are the main contribut while
asking nothing for ourselves exceptsto
participate in q contribution 80. the
promotion of world peace.
5s# a Valued suaasstlon.
Viscount Grey continues e,rhe
Americans shopl trusted With
the tasksof dra constEuction
schemes Them he. ssueKests further