The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-01-08
The Real American Stab.
She Would Not Agree to Limit Armaments@other Ma.
tons Must Now Arm.
From the London Spectator.

In or opinion, then W e nus 20 forward with the learu whatevar ta
does not concern herself. It consists in he TACT that other nations great and
small. in whom ambition is beginning to awaken. ma nah he American
servatio a excus for ABANDONING the league. In all probability HI AmerI
senators, 10 lot fully realize the enormousd dynamic force which America
now exercises thu Europea world 1t is not tor mueht 10 say HI if the
dared to consider the possibility of breaking wa. Viii America apparently
EUROPE are inclined to say: Why should wei tie our hand If America won't tie
Let u be- as free s she is" If that evil counsel were IL prevail, europe
us att he ONE or not the resto Of the great powers, Britain, France Italy.
and Japan n uh snaherst atesas they can influence, o forward with
ton in such a matter as this, but the truth nus be spoken even At te risk of
being thought sensational. If the League of Nations we're 10 b e abandoned. the
We must take from America as much as IN can give us, and.-ec- 70 are
cannot att present give us a sealed bond. WI alta N rate nay find in her history
and in the character OF Ter peSrae guarantees as I'm in reality though not
in appearance, as her lghted wore.
The lague must b made q i.ng thing. aud ii nv difficulty should arHe
the powers that Compose 1T must without any fae shame or sense of mou
lpropre, anpcal to America if the emains outside. to hen thn, in sup,pouinr
inclined o hink that te league, with America ote committed to It, yin be Of no
easier 1t will be to carry u he generally wishes of mankind If such an ogania-
ton IS the league exists Take the roabe of he moment There is no country
in the world. certainly not Russia. which does rot rasMonNey desire to sop
the fighting which is now going Oh Mn northeastern Euro2e 10 end bolshsvist
tyranny. and 10 give the people If Russia whatever government ths manrfy OF
them desire. If the League OF Nations were in existence. its council would be
just the body which could handle the stnauoni in Russia effectively, which
fine, could max n end OF IN gon OF a continent BeforeE Europe m America
gathered under n banner even the astntesl and COS self confident of
bolshevist tyrans nus fear NJ trembe.
We have me more word TO say " way postscript Though generally we
do not take a tragic but only a serious View OF She reservations. there is "a
The reservations N regard TO Article d rot ~ m means kill the league.
The real trouble is found in the @rvauo under which america will not agree
p oN erarnnie for We n cn b.~dig sy 10 hem 1no.sh i. s he ruth "a r m
world n ther@ores he can safely he allowed the luxury OF insaains n this
ments and to reven me old deadly competition. ho~i is it poIhet that Europe
should ever healh her wounds? The mitigation ola ornaments. though admittedly
the most difficult POINT undo the league, IS also In pom Of most practical
Importance We car hardly survive unless we beat or swords into plough
shares. But in the present unrest and dstrust, hoy can we accomplish that
process unless there is a firm Island against competition ia armament, ms
some machinery for preventing ambitious nations from sacrificing tae material
interests Of their people in order TO have the opportunity some dag OF practcns
hat system OF international briganaage which w ehooed to have destroyed fE
ever when w DESTROYED The Frussian t.rants: