East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-01
Judge Lowell CIaSsed as Lost
in Fog Of Partisan Bias; No
Sound Cause for Attack
Made on President Wilson.
COVENANT WAS WRITTEN
TO SAVE CIVILIZATION
Local Cox Chairman Asks Sup
port for League of Peace as
Against Return to Militar-
ism and War.
BY c. p. STRAIN

What the result OF the election Of
tomorrow is to be Almighty God alone
knows. But standing out above and
/ beyond all mystery is the fact that
now is the psychological moment TO
strike a decisive blow for an interna-
tional pence OF justice.
Not n Party Quarrel
The issue to be passed upon tomor-
row is not mere quarrel between riv-
al political parties It is an issue pro-
jected upon US by the terrible world
war, and there is embraced In this
issue the entire fruits OF that war. The
fruits for which the awful price of ten
million soldiers lives was paid-for
v hich fifteen million other boys were
wounded in battle, and for which q
price of ass billion dollars was paid
rroney and destruction Of property.
These frightful losses were fresh in
the minds Of the diplomats who drew
up the League OF Nations. And the
very spot where they deliberated upon
IFS terms was calculated TO inspira
their souls with the awe Of Gods
vengeance. The city OF Versailles is
situated near the battle zone and the
crosses marking the newly made
graves of the dead stretched on and on
about and beyond this city in all but
countless numbers.
The Major Issue
The covenant of the League of Ma
tons there made under these cireum-
stances has come TO be by common
consent the major issue OF this cam
paign. And there is embraced in this
League and the Treaty Of Peace the
entire fruits Of the terrible world war;
The objects which they sought are
clearly stated in the Leagues pre-
amble. Here is it:
League Preamble
In order 10 promote international
co-operational peace and security by
the acceptance of obligations not to
resort to war; by the prescription Of
open. just and honorable relations be-
tween nations; by the firm establish-
ment Of the understanding of inter-
national law as the actual rule Of con-
duct among governments. and by the
maintenance of justice and a scrup-
ulous. respect for all treaty obligations
H. the dealings of organized peoples
Win one hhothtE, AEESe 10 THIS EoS@-
nant and LeNgue OF Nations
For us to accept these purposes of
the League apd to achieve them would
be to life mankind up out OF the age
old expressions and sorrows of the
Iast into that. new and golden era.
Proposed BY the Prince OF Peace.
In the presence of this opportunity
Z is astounding that men of intelli-
gence' would allow their political bias
to blind them and to arouse the evil
passions of their nature.
The cry that President Wilson won
his second election through having
kept us out of the war is a pitiful ex-
cuse for rejecting the League.
Wilson Kept Faith
President Wilson did keep us out OF
the war until much OF the wars fury
had been spent. But when the Kaiser
aunounced his policy OF unlimited
submarine attack. there was. in the
opinion Of the nation. no alternative
hut to fight.
Neither could big souled man in
his right mind find it in his heart to
a.tack the president or congress on
the score OF the cost to US OF the war.