Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-12


to the women of America, offers
| the only hope and consolation
that has been offered to the.
stricken mothers of the world
since the beginning of the great
wax. There are said to be four
million grief stricken mothers in
the world, due to the war, and the
only universal effort that is being
made to protect these mothers in
1.-THE future is the League of Ma
Itions. There is certain tribe of
! onehorse politicians, who mount
the rostra of this country and pro-
claim in stentorian tones Of
/ Demosthenes that the League Of
Nations is "a league with hell and
a covenant with death; that by
subscribing to such a policy we
lpledge ourselves to the friendship
and cooperation of England and
France, two notorious nations
that are today graphing at our
throat with destruction in their
hearts.
What a conspicuous example of
the above type of orator in Berea
a few nights ago, when the Hon.
King Swope, aged y, nine months
old member of Congress, proceed
ed to read from the republican
hand book some very illuminating
facts about the League of MAJ
lions. He is a very respectable
chap, but should be called into
headquarters by the republican
committee, and given real
speech, if they have one to give
him. His speech was a hard
luck story from beginning to end,
lpunctuated occasionally with mis-
representation which he cannot
substantiate, and, upon the whole,
about the poorest attempt that
has been made in Berea for many
years. His hand was called, af-
ter the meeting, by group Of ex-
soldiers who had had more caval-
ry experience in the war than Mr..
Swope, and he admitted that he
could not give the source of his!
figures about the fabulous num-
Der of saddles he claimed the War
Department purchased, and turn
led from the'-SoyS-fd busy spell
of handshaking.
1t is interesting to note the
change in attitude assumed from
time to time by the opponents of ,
the League of Nations. Certain
writers start out enthusiastically
discussing the League of Nations.
and end by backing off entirely
from the subject. | have read this
statement recently, from a man
who began series of articles
with the intention of picking toI
lpleces and showing to the public |
the utter absurdity of the League. |
Il am not saying as much about |
the League Of Nations as I had at |
first intended, but what is the
use? 1t is doomed. l will not |
ask for space to discuss such a |
document" The fact is such |
writers suddenly find themselves
in the midst of an impossible I'M
dertaking, and they sidetrack by |
entering into a denunciation off
President Wilson. !
The League of Nations is an is
Sue. 1t is the greatest issue that
has come before the American;
people since the Civil War. There
are two classes of people who
oppose 1.-THE bitter partisans, !!
who fixed as their slogan morel
than a year ago "any republican,
can win;;" and the ignorant and IL.
literate, who are made to believe
that the League of Nations is a
document intended to drive everyI
mothers son in America into an
immediate war, precipitated by
the League itself. 1t is to the.l
latter class that an honest appeal
should be made. because they are
the victims Of duplicity and hon
estly believe that we are heading
toward the greatest national ca
lanlity that could possibly come
upon nation.
Dear Citizen, if you, are earn
estly seeking the truth, please. in
slst that your newspaper publish
the complete document of the
League of Nations, and also the !.
Constitution of the United States,
in order that you may read forJ
yourselves the provisions of both
documents. The next man that
tells you that the League of Nal
tons will force you to go to war,
ask him where, in the UnitedI
States, the power OF declaringI
war is vested
Please read for yourself, and do
not be cudgelled into doing al
thing of which your conscience
and Christian ideals do not APP
prove. The issue Is before YOU.