South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-03

vote against H. or their descendants. must bear
the burdens. military and otherwise resulting from
such defeat while those who vote for It, or their
descendants. must bear such burdens resulting from
the rauacauon.-there wouldn't be vote against
the League OF Nations in the whole United States
except from miIitarists and those who profit from
military operations
T. would be a good test Of the sincerity Of those
who are opposing the League, and especially moth
ers-too many OF whom taking no trouble to
inform themselves on what It stands for, except as
they hear # from opposition wind-jammers.
II they would but gather themselves togethe"
and look into the thing-and the men are quite as
derelict as the women-hey would at least discover
numerous promises not TO so to war and machinery
we'll set UP, for avoiding war, while the opposition
has nothing to offer substitute; nothing at the
most but changed phraseologies 70 alleviate their
bitter taste for anything wilsonian.
Put It mildly as you like. the League of Nations
is al least movement 10 prevent With the
opposition to the League. led by Sen. Harding I'M
DER his interpretations the movement is TO leave
things alone as they have been in the past with no
machinery whatever. save the machinery Of force,
TO prevent
It is reactionarism pure and simple work Of the
apostles Of 'laissez faire" playing the masses Of
people for their dupes
Should the League Of Nations become fact with
without the United states in it-in case Of war or
threat OF war. resort to the economic boycott, and
League control over the furnishing OF and am
munitions to recalcitrant nations, might interfere
with the prohteering by militarists and arms and
ammunition makers and of course. that doesn't set
so very well with the Deponts. the schwabs, Grace5
and Garys. Remingtons and winshesters.
Under the League of Nations. Article XVI the
boycott aimed at Germany when she declared her
Of uar
could not have been obvated by way of Holland.
and neither could she have come into the United
States and spent millions maintain her war
machine as she did-indirectly through Holland.
even after we got into the war; until Pres't Wilson
finally put his down and shut off dealing with
Holland.
Here IS another source Or opposition to the League
Of Nations aside from the partisan, and aside from
the opposition Article X. You seldom catch the
opponents referring it. lest it attract attention
TO the source Of their rat campaign contributions
those who sold to Germany through Holland and
who are mad at the president because he shut them
off and because had written into the League cove
nant an Article CXvD that makes it the Leagues
business TO make effective a boycott against world
enemies.
The only reason that the boycott, attempted
boycott OF Germany. was effective to end the
war two years earlier than it finally ended in
blood,
tensivey neutral maintaining her right to trade with
Germany. continued to buy in the worlds markets
and then resell to the worlds foe. The League of
Nations would put the clamps on Holand-the war
profteers o Holland and the prohteers of other
natonaues who profteered through Holland.-and,
OF course might njure certain brands of Amer
lean business. It might also prevent wars
So let US go back to our proposition the
Isn't il too bad that the thing cannot be fixed so
that who do want this effort made TO
prevent war and bloodshed should bear the burden
CT the bloodshed; they their descendants?
on the other hand isn't It too bad that it cannot
be hxed that those who favor this effort to pre-
vent war and bloodshed-they or their descendants.
must bear the burden in war and bIoodshed,
should the effort fail?
That is what the League OF Nations is. An
ISOLATION Of nations TO prevent war Mighty few
people. few mothers. fathers. their
children and grandchildren, and great grandchil-
dren but would for such a League they
that their children, grandchildren or great grand
children would have do all the lighting. support
the Red Cross, buy all the Liberty bonds and she'd
all the blood that might result failure o
the United States 20 join IT,
They wouldn't want the curses Of those children.
grand children or great grandchildren brought
down uron their heads. born of their green-eyeI
partisan votes. They might know, just as well rs
those favorng the League know If instead OF rely
ing upon partisan claptrap they would take the
trouble inform themselves. that the League sets
up the best line Of machinery that could possibly
be devised FOR tho prevention Of war-imperfect in
spots perhaps-hut infinitely more likely Of ef-
fectiveness than no machinery at all.
Which is the reason, and the only reason. that
the League opponents carefully avoid placing
the League text before their embryo dupes-but
instead misquote. and misrepresent it. keeping II
constantly IN the dark Such vituperation. rrevar.-
cation and fraud was never before attempted upon
the American peopie--and permit us TO submit the
question are people who viii indulge i'm such meth