The Glenwood post., 1920-04-17
uacIe Tets Bel Tine Stsries
Current Events For the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
HOW THE UNITED STATES
PREVENTED A WAR

pulling at his uncle's evening newspa-
per, "please tell us real exciting
story tonight. You promised you would
if I would study hard for an hour, and
have just finished.''
"You re an awful bother, Jack, +"
answered his uncle, putting down his
newspaper and taking Ruth on his lap.
"But will tell Sou that story now if
you are real quiet and promise not to
tease your sister any more.'
81 PROMISE" quickly answered Jack
can right. Now this may not be
an exciting story, but it is true and it
happened only few weeks ago. You
both remember, of course the many,
many things have told you about the
world club plan, and you know how
the United States senate refused to let
the United States become member of
that club as proposed by President Will
son because it would mean losing all
our strength with foreign countries and
place us under the command of gov
ernment of the world instead of our
own. One of the most important things
about the plan is the fact that if we
were member we could not act with
the smaller countries of South America
and with Mexico and Cuba as we can
now. That is because the world club
might not let us act under what is
known as the Monroe doctrine, a part
of one of President Monroe's messages
to congress many, many years ago. 1
nave told you before what that doctrine
says, so will not take the time to ex-
plain it again. One part of the world
club plan says how we shall explain
the Monroe doctrine which has been
Tor hundred years Il part of our fo.-
eign policy. 1t has helped us to settle
troubles in other small countries to the
south. But if we were a member ~
the world club we could no longer act
as we wish under it. All this I have
told you so that you will understand
the real story.
In the middle of March of this
year, mob attacked the legation of
Peru in the city of La Paz. Bolivia
You see, Peru is one country in South
America, Bolivia another. and Chile
another, all right alongside one another
on or near the Pacific ocean. Each of
'hbse countries has representatives in
nea 40, rt-1.
ed the house in Bolivia where the rem
resentative Of Peru lives. The trouble
was so great that the Chileans. who
thought the peace of their country WAS
to be broken by war, started to mobiI.
lze their troops. that is. get their soi.
diers ready to fight The Bolivians and
feruvians, when they saw their neigh.
Dor getting ready for war, also said
they would bring their troops together.
ihlngs looked very bad and evervore
thought there would be war. The inter.
esting part about it all is, that all
three of these countries are members
OF the world club which is supposed IN
be organized. President Wilson want
us TO Joln 1t because it will, as he savs
help stop war. But when all three of
these countries were getting ready for
. war Just little over a month ago If
seems that none of them thoupbt of
asking the club in Europe more than
lo'ooO miles away, with its supposed
machinery ready for business. to helm
stop the trouble.''
why didn't they get the world
; club to help9'' asked Jack.
81 don't know Jack, except that /
thihk they would all three have been
hghting If they had waited for Tho
world club to settle the trouble If
just shows that the world club Dlan
, VIII not work when an actuol c,so
comes up for it to handle''
" Did they have war?'' asked Ru,b
No Ruth answered her ur.,o
there was no war but it was not
st1pp'd by the world club. IT WAS
! STOPPED BY THE UNITED STATES
} by TIl': USE or THE PA MOuS
, MONROE DOCTRINE AND BECAUSE,
, THE UNITED STATES WAS NOT
' A MEMBER OF THE CLUB. In other
words, kiddies, the United States with
! inc same methods she has been using
. Tor at least century prevented war
among three members of the world
club'
When did the United States do
thaty' asked Jnck.
"On March IL. Jack, the American
ambassador in Chile was told by the
department of state in Washington, to
notify the Chilean nnyernmen4 TINT Al .