Arizona republican., 1920-10-22
Where the People
 May Have a Hearing
The Leaaua of Nationa

To the Editor of The Arizona Repub-
 lican.
 Sir: In youl issue of October 20. 1920, in what purports to be a dispatch over the Associated Press leased wires to The Republican from New York un- der date of october 19, you quote Mr. hllhu Root "in hls only address on the league of nations during the presiden- tlal campaign in part as follows: T do question Mir. Wilson's infallibility: do question the complete control of abstract justice in the processes by which the four men who dictated these treaties wich undertook to make over eastern Europe reached their conclu- sions. I have a strong impress sion that some of their conclusions were mistakes.
 And I think it most objectionable that the American people shall enter into solemn and positive agreement to guarantee and maintain by force of arms for all time the dispositions of territory and sovereignty which these four men made in the year 1919.
 That Is a part of what Article 10 undertakes to do. It is an alliance to enforce perpetually through the oper- ations of the league the decisions of Mir. Wilson and his associates in the year 191e."
 Anyone who has read what those including President Wilson himself who actually served at the Paris con- ference have to say about it. under stands fully that those four men also questioned their infallibility and knew that some of their conclusions must be mistakes. They also knew that the treaty could not cover all the points needing settlement. They realized that there must be some elastic pro- vision in the treaty to make good its omissions and correct it's injustices, as we'll as to make possible the enforce ment of its terms. Therefore, they evolved the covenant of the league of nations and embodied it in the treaty. Article 10 reads: "The members oi the league undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all members of the league"
 Without the four underlined words "as against external aggression" the undertakings of Article 10 might be as MT. Root states; with them Article 1( means that the members of the league propose to stop for all time forcible attempts. whether by strong or weak nations, whether just or unjust, tc | change the boundaries and politica units established by the treaty and to avoid perpetuating their mistakes and their omissions. MT. Wilson and his associates added other articles to tho covenant of the league of nations SC that disputes can be settled in de- cency and order without resorting tc arms.
 Mir. Root, who has given such valu- able service in establishing the per manent court of international justice must know that, without Article 10 powerful nations with big armament: and an unjust cause would prefer wal to his court.
 Mir Taft in the Yale Review on MT Wilson and the Campaign" is too hon. est to withhold the truth and so make; out a pretty good case for Mir. Wilson but his argument as to why we should vote for Mr. Harding must be laugh able to one who is not fond of Mir Taft Mir. Root on the other hand makes a very strong argument agains Article 10, but he tells an ahsolut falsehood in doing it.
 F. D. RYDER
 Phoenix. Oct. 2i. 1920, Route No.