The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-26
THE PEOPLES SAY

Editor of The Times:
 The great war was brought about by all the nations standing firm for the right. It is that which brings about all wars.
 "It is right" said Serbia, that we resist the outrageous demands of Aus tria."
 "It is right" said Austria. "that we punish this revolutionary nation, that disturbs and menaces our borders; and has now slain our future Elm peror and Empress"
 And Russia said, "It is right that we support Serbia, and that we pre- vent the further expansion of Austria to the South; it is Russia that must expand that way"
 And Germany said, "It is right that we support Austria, our friend and ally. The punishment of Serbian na-. tfonal crimes against Austria is justi fed. Russia and France are pre- pared to strike; we will strike first"
 And France said, 'It is right that we go with our ally Russia into this war against our ancient enemies. Ger many and Austria: and there is AL sace-Lorraine."
 ''It is right" said Belgium, "that we resist to war these invading horders of arrogant treaty breaking Ger many"
 we go to war against this ambitious rising power that threatens the pre- dominence of the British Empire; and there is Belgium
 And at last. the United States said, '1t is right that we war against this nation that has tra amp1ed our rights; killed our citizens; and dares to direct our paths through the seas.
 So all nations stood firm for the right: and the great war was on.
 And the youth of the world. that had been working for and serving each other and all, went at the -butcherry-until some. ten millions, were slaughtered; and seven or eight millions more brought indirectly to death, through the war; and fifteen millions maimed and injured; and the earth filled with misery, starvation and poverty-chairs and black hope lesSneSS.
 And all because the nations stood firm for the right
 Each nation firm for it's own right; and there was no great international, overnatioral power to maintain and preserve the greater right of all the nations that includes and IS over all lesser separate national rights, even as the law in communities stands for, and upholdS the greater right of all, above the lesser rights of the indi- vidual.
 And when it was over, there was one cry from all the stricken nations; the cry for a League of Nations; League of Nations to prevent war.
 And so, the foremost leaders of the nations met in council and struggled with the mighty problem; and after months of labor, brought forward the great plan. It's one chief end was saving the world from war. And al though the different nations were not all agreed in it's provisions, and al though the plan was not perfect, how could it be, yet, the great end of de- livering the world from war was the predominating motive and aim. What presumption for some of our po1i- ticianS intimate that they could produce a better World League than that formed by many leaders of many nations.
 And so the League of Nations was formed; and some forty nations of the world have joined it; and have ac- cepted it's conditions; and already na- tions have referred serious disputes to it's arbitration.
 It exists; and it is the hope of the world; the hope of the women and children of the world.
 But at last it reached the United States Senate It reached Lodge, and Reed, Johnson, Borah and Bandegee. and a lot of selfish politicians, whose souls were so steeped in partisan poll tics that the future of all humanity was to them less than their paltry against a great man and great world leader, beside whom history will set them down as ant hills under noun tain.
 And for two years they have talked and cavilled and quibbled. and striven to keep this country out of this great est of all world movements for human advancement. Look at Article Ten, they say, We might have to send some soldiers abroad"
 What is the safety of the world. compared to our sending some sol- diers abroad; we are for America and Americas rights; the separate nation al rights; the upholding of which by all nations lead to the great war, and have always led to war and ever will Did we not, without a League of Ma tions, send two millions of our boys abroad; and are not fifty thousand lying under the sod of France, given to uphold the very conditions of had the League of Nations-with Article Ten-existed, the world war would not have been prevented?
 The nations of Europe are waiting and longing for the United States to join and establish the League of Ma tions. Without us it cannot be firmly established.
 Because of our treatment of the League, i'll feeling toward us is ram pant in Englind, in France, and in us as thinking only of ourselves; of taking from them the i'll gotten gains of the war, and of leaving them to despair.
 Meantime, while neglecting the League of Nations, the United States spending billions-blilions-on our navy-for what, says Britain. Ahe we, as Daniels has intimated, to com pete with the British Empire for the war supremacy of the seas? It is time for our leaders to realize that the nations of the world are alto gether in one boat; and that not very big boat. And that the safety