Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-17
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1920
The Vacant Chair.

The League Of Nations is now IN regular
session. duly organized, IN pernaheh.
he,douar,er- established IN the beauthui
and historic city of Geneva, Switzerland
/, met on Sunday. forty-one nations oeing
-.,r.ser,ed and is now engaged IN con-
-idering the many and varied questions o'
.n,e-war readjustment, and propositions
for making great wars extremely difhcuit'
4 NO, imnos-lhle. in the future, n matter IN
which the people Of the entire Christian
world should have q deep concern.
put there is one weak place, one tor-
m,d.hle vacancy, IN this great assemo'AEe
formally called together fog the proInotioh
~ a noble cause. The chief nation IN the
world the most powerful nation, the most
Influential nation. is among those no.
present The government OF the ohi'eu
states of America is not represented
around the World Peace table. 1t has no
voice m the proceedings that are so inii oi
promise for the future. Why because
through its constituted agencies, IL ue-
hhcrately refused 20 accept membershiplh
this noble and altruistic organization
All the nations represented IN TINS
League turn wistful eyes towards WASH
,nvton and wish the situation were other-
wise They want the presence, the ADVICE,
the influence of this most powerful oi all
nations. Without our cooperation tnes
secl that their labors vii be handicapped
And a. they will he. Already the League
has SET aside an issue between two Scuth
American countries. declining 10 CONSIDER
Il in our absence. j..
But nevertheless, this great agency oi
world peace will continue ITS ehorts'
steadily and with firm resolve 10 carry out
its mission. 1t would prefer our ASSOCIATION
but - not altogether deferred from action
by the deprivation. although seriously
handicapped. Ii will do all that may oe III
,ts mower 10 so establish relations among
its members that they may never enter
upon war with each other. And WITH ior'y-
one nations thus banded together for hign
and noble purpose. they viii not fail'
even though the United States, turkey
and Nexico NAV remain outside, ana
Germany and Russia will plead IN VAIN loE
admission until they show themselves oe-
serving Of the honor.
Still. there will be feelings ofreEret, even
m our country, that we are not IN active
membership with this great association
We could make it so much more elective
and influential. Already there are intlna-
tlons Of conditions that point TO evil, ana
that NAV have been aggravated by our
surprising and indefensible attitude OF
aloofness. II not Of hostility. SOVIET Rus-
sia has signally triumphed in its opposition
70 the cause Of popular government, and
apparently has beaten down the last
ve.tice Of armed and organized opposition
TO its iron rule Of suppression. The people
Of Greece. at a popular election, seem to
have opened the doors to the restoration OF
Constantine. the former King, whe was
deposed on account OF his manifest SYM
nathv with the cause of Germany at the
opening Of the World War. Armenia IS
once more a victim OF Turkish savagery
and slaughter.
However. the League Of Nations is now
an established fact, an agency Tor world
good. And in the course of time our
government may formally take its right
fuI place as the leading member thereof. 1t
does not seem possible our people can con-
sent 20 our remaining alien TO such an
organization, having such a noble purpose
view