The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-20

lied that the world cannot DO made good
moral, peaceable by compulsion. that the
mere opposition OF force to force involves
no progress toward better things. tha'
the only line of progress Is through tns
| growth OF the moral qualities that MAKE
for peace. and that an organization mus
be created which shall afford aiterna'
tives to war in the opportunity to secure
| Justice by peaceable means which shall
educate moral forces through the exer-
else OF moral forces, which shall promote
respect for law, a sentiment for justice
knowledge of truth. desire for con-
Citation. Everybody knew that this
would be a slow process. as all processes
OF advancing civilization have been slow
but II was well understood that real
progress toward peace and justice could
be made only through such a process
and we all believed that the terrible les
sons of the great war would have greatly
accelerated the process throughout the
world
"Tlis was the conception Of the scheme
for League Of Nations before Article
X was injected Into the instrument. The
scheme was imperfect In some re-
spects it undertook too much. and in
others too little 1t needs revision. and
1t will have revision; but. with the ex-
i
lines of development In morals which
have undertaken to describe.
II have said that Article K. was ITO
part of the main scheme of the League
of Nations. / 20 further. and assert
that Article X. is inconsistent with the
purpose and spirit OF the league. Ar
ticle X IS an attempt to carry over and
continue for all time as part of the
Oro nj of IN tho
else of power by the conquered nations
in closing the war 1t is an alliance to
enforce perpetually through the opera
tions OF the league the decisions Of Mr..
Wilson and his associates In the year
1919. IT is throw back TO the old dis
credited alliances of the past. IT speaks
a language of power. and not the spirit
of progress. 1t Is an attempt to do what
the Holy Alliance sought 100 years ago
with just as noble expressions of pur-
pose) to impose by force the Judgment
of the rulers Of the present generation
upon all future generations. This is in
jected into plan for the development
OF moral force, which must grow II 1t is
to live. and must keep pace with the con-
tinually changing conditions and ideals
of successive generations.
Must Provide for Justice.
IT the league Is to i've II must pro-
vide for justice in each generation ac-
cording to the conceptions of the time
Not only is the thing to be done incon-
sistent with the spirit and purpose of
the league. but the method OF doing the
thing Is inconsistent with the independ-
ence and liberty of free nations through
which alone the league can live. What
~ t%,,. g.. ~ A..
is not guarantee Of favor by the more
powerful. 1t is a guarantee of justice
under law. supported by civilized public
opinion. Nearly FIVE years ago Mr.
Wilson proposed to the Latin American
countries the same agreement with the
United States which Is contained in
Article x. They rejected It. because
they feared-or some of them feared
that the guarantee by the moro power
ful nation meant an attempt to control
on the part OF that nation. They feared
the guarantees which we have seen in
Hayti and San Domingo.
THAT same assumption of superiority
and right to control may be plainly seen
in Mr.. Wilson's address Of May 91st.
1919, to the Rumanian and Serbian
delegates. Partnership between the
great and the small Is dangerous en-
terprise. Human nature too often is I'M
able to resist the temptations of power.
The exercise OF such superiority of
power by the strong over the weak, IS
Mr.. Wilson described to the Rumanans
ard Serbs, Is Inconsistent with that in
dependent and equal condition OF tho
nations upon which alone can true
league for progress towards peace be
based.
THE conception which would make
the alliance of Article X. the heart of a
league to promote the peace of the
world is negation OF the opinion held
by the wisest, most experienced. and
most devoted men who have labored In
all civilized countries for generations to
advance the cause of peace. 1t Is a ne
cation of the opinions held without ex-
ccption by the rulers and statesmen
who have led the policies of the United
States for generations. IL Is a mistaken
concertion, and it ought to be repudiated
by the American people not merely for
their own interest, but in the interest
OF the peace Of the world"
Roosevelt. the Republican,.
Mrs. Robinson. speaking OF her
brother. Col Roosevelt, said:
He is alive in many ways, and one
Of the most significant ways Is that
every candidate OF no matter what
party, is trying to put the mantle of
Theodore Roosevelt over him. That
mantle fits only one party. IT cannot
ever fit the party which Theodore Roose-
welt said to ne over and over again In
the last years of his life was the most
sinister influence in what It had done
and what 1t had not done that ever en-
quilted in its meshes the intellect of the
United States
Let Mr.. Cox say what he wants, but
| confess that my blood boils when he
even mentions my brothers name. The
truth is that II Theodore Roosevelt we're
alive and not himself the nominee of this
great party he would be heart and soul
and body and spirit behind the nominees
OF the Republican party."