Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-02-04
The World 5 Next Step
The League Of Nations and the Prog 4
ress OF Civilization

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heen ai,nroyedi 81 tl,e 3sna.safts confere llce,
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rreatest governments n the world
have agreed, On tho tentative details.
Renorts dndIcate fiat Delegates from
other nations / assembled N Paris 70 AZ
an the terns fo = ending t -fu sareaf war
are ready, "a sIienn 4 treaty creating a
league OF nations. Even the defeated
nations approve the idea ii not fine
details. II may be taken now as q
foregone conclusion that the world
as a whole has decided to net in con-
cert. to organize to prevent wars In
future, to protect the weak and pre-;
vent aggression BY the strong.
Since the dawn OF history the world
has been progressing logically toward
this step, though faltertngly and with
many slips backward. From the pre-:
historic fines when 1t was every man
for himself, down through the agesi
when small tribes sdespoiled their
neighbors, when despoti sns OF the an
Client world struggled for mastery.
when feudal lords who were little
more than robbers made wars for
booty. to the development Of the mod
ern nations as they stood Ave years
AGO 90 man nan had slowly been learning
that he could not live for himself
alone. but must depend On the co
operation az his neighbors. sI' sisF
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