Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-10-08
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
(By John Bush.)

less wrong done in the world and fine
feathers and scarlet cloaks would not
be thought excuses for baseness and
deception. Above all we wish for
honest tongues that are not used to
say what the mind does not mean,
and hearts that feel little for others
as we'll as for themselves.
This is an envious world that we
live in, people are always for dividing
the credit of a thing in order to bring
down merit to their own level. Just
as you have got thing done, if they
see it likely to be successful, they
are always for interfering and then
it's ten to one but they lay claim to
half or even all of the credit.
This apparent imperfection of
character has prevailed over man
through all the ages, and though ad-
vocates of the League of Nations
may be reluctant to admit it, it is
nevertheless true that these frailtles
exist among these who are endeavor-
ing to invalidate American principles
through the ratification of the Yer
sailles Treaty.
This effusion of high sounding
double-meaning words styled the
peace treaty, when summed up in the
last analysis, is an ebullition of IA
brication caused by the fomenting of
mental delusion. The phraseology is
so befuddling and befooling that in
reality, to say the least, it is indica-
tive of imbecility. Aside from these
few minor defects the lucubration is
nigh miraculous. Contemplatively
speaking though, however inasmuch
as it is a thing of so vital Importance
the real object should be divulged.
| One of the staunch supporters OF the
treaty, writing in one of our local
papers recently, suggested that in
speaking and writing on the subject
the great men of the nation, such as
Lincoln and others, should be quoted
more frequently. In the view of the
writer there are a number of quota
tions that could be used to advantage
in connection Herewith, and one of
the most fitting is the following
classic from Lincoln: "You can fool
some of the people all the time, and
all of the, people some of the time;
but you can not fool all of the people
all of the time" George Washington,
in his farewell address, says: "'Tis
our true policy to steer clear of per-
manent alliance with any portion of
the foreign world;" and Thomas
jefferson thus advised President
Monroe who drafted the Monroe
Doctrine: "Our first and fundamental
maxim should be never to entangle
ourselves in the broils of Europe.
Our second, never to suffer Europe
to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic
affairs"
These are the opinions of our most
eminent men, whose intellect, honest
efforts and energy made and pre-
served us a nation. Now the ques
ton is, are we to be fools fooled all
the time?
President Wilson has admitted that
the basis of the Covenant was not his
own. He said he had made his orr
ginal draft from the Phillimore re-
port, obtained from England, and
then had revised it to embody the
principles of the draft prepared by
General Smuts and Sir Robert Cecil
But his draft was not even considered
by the Peace Conference. 1t was not
even discussed. The draft that the
Conference accepted was the Smuts-
| Cecil document. To this President
Wilson contributed but one article,
the famous Article X.
The important fact relative to the
League of Nations is that it was
planned and drafted by scheming
Englishmen for the benefit of the
| Bf1ClSn Empire DIS q HledIlS VI 1u1 CloI-
ing the accomplishment of their own
selfish aims and ambitions.
The so-called English literature,
with which Americans come in. con-
tact, usually rates England as the
great power which through centuries
past has been carrying the torch of
justice and progress into the dark
corners of the world. So it is not to
be wondered at that many Americans
are prone to think of England as the
guiding star of civilization, educating
and lifting up the downtrodden suf-
fering peoples who have been tyran-
nized over by their national tyrants.
Facts of history and the conditions
existing in parts of the world con-
trolled by England are undeniable
proof of her attitude and aim.
The question of League of Ma
tions in America is doing what Eng
land wants it to do, and that is to
create discord. Any ill-will or dis
sension, either between Americans at