Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-10-29
Il You are in favor Of the League
OF Nations Vote Tor
JOHN f. NUGENT
UNITED STATES SENATOR
SENTIMENT OF THE l.. ID. 4,
OFFICIALS PRESENTED IN
A CONFERENCE REPORT

AT the nineteenth semiannual con-
ference of the Church OF Jesus |
Christ OF Latter-day Saints held in |
the Tabernacle and Assembly hall |
October 3.4 and 8, 1919, President |
Heber j. Grant and other leaders |
of the church declared emphatically
in favor of the league of nations. At
that time the League OF nations was
not a political issue; 1t was purely
moral issue, and the church lead
eFs were frank IN their statements.
During the conference Just closed
President Grant expressed regret
the league had been thrown into pol
itics. And because the league has
unfortunately become surrounded by
political partisanship II was avoid
ed as a topic of discussion Mt the
conference this year. But the re-
cords Of the conference of October
1919 still erist. From the official
report OF that conference as pre-
pared in book form by the Desert
News, the following excerpts are TAX
en-. They are vel batim reports OF
speeches delivered before the con-
ference OF October, 1919.
PRESIDENT HEBER j. GRANT
II am convinced In my own feel
ings that Great Britain, France and
the United States have common aims
common desires, common objects
i league in which those three nations
are combined will mean peace as
I far as the acts OF other nations can
bring peace TO mankind. II be-
| lieye In my heart that It is our duty
to stand by those nations that have
stood the brunt of battle and that
saved us he loss of millions Of our
/ boys in the great struggle. am
not saying that / would not be do
4 lighted II this league of nations, or
the terms OF the covenant of peace
could be changed In some particul-
ars, but they cannot be changed
without submitting the treaty again
to Germany. TO MY MIND THAT
/ WOULD BE A CALAMITY"
PRESIDENT CHAs. w. pENRosE:
II have read the propositions for
covenant of peace carefully, over
and over again, and / find that near
\ ly everything that some OF the
great men and statesmen want TO
put In the part is there already,
and some of the things they want
taken out are not there at all. !
SAY here, that to my mind IL is one
Iof the grandest things ever presen-
4 ted to the people OF the world.
There Is nothing anywhere 10 be
compared with It. Do | say perfect
no, but It provides means for It's
perfection. or for It's correction, and
plenty OF means provided for any
thing that needs to be put into t.,
or anything that needs to be taken
out OF. Just as II was with our
great Constitution OF the United
States"
ELDER GEO. r. RICHARDS:
81 believe that had there been
league of nations. such as the
one now offered when Germany had
launched this war. II never would
have been accomplished and the
world would have been saved all the
loss of life and property and the
broken hearts the war entaIled.
81 have been used to the insplra.
! tion of the Spirit Of God and if
am not mistaken, have inspiration
] upon this subject: that IL In Gods
way OF helping to establish peace
and good will on earth, and an
not sure but that fight against tbs
5 league OF nations az IL has been pre-
! sented to the senate OF the Unites
Safes, for ratification is a figh
: against God. May He deliver ua
8 pray and guide US right in al
things"
-tELDER o. v. WHITNEY:
S'I am In hearty accord with thl
Q inspired teachings of my brethren
0 | haven't a great deal to say on Ia
/, subject of the league OF nations. bu
. / can say that / am heartily In fay
s-tnp' OF It,"
r ELDER ANTHONY w. WINS.
0 81 feel certain that no plan wi
o succeed. no matter who is it's anth
or. or when IL may come. TO while
the majority OF the people are Oh
posed. / am just aa certain tha
lr the present plan. or any other liz
% unto It, will succeed beyond on
, fondest hopes provided the peopl
= OF the world will unite In q dstei
y mined effort to establish and mali
1t tain it."
, ELDER JAMES Il. TALMAGE:
mo no, IL vas not intended thg
y this nation should be forever BhE
y off from the rest OF the world.
we have anything better than th
- other nations have, let as as Amer
cans give u that the world may
= made better for Il. That is th
y spirit Of Mormon propaganda. thi
= Is the spirit Of our missionary Bs
vice and Il will be the spirit Of q
service that this nation shall rel
y der 10 the rest Of he world"
y ELDER RICHARD u. LYMAN:
II would ha untrue 10 the hIne