South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-02

20 our industries and employment 20 wor.rel
And the LEAGUE is going on transacting its Su.
ness We may still get some Of the conceit taken o.
Of US on that point OF its being impossible
without US in it. II has already ayerted wsr
end that without the rafting OF a sword. than
previous arrangements Of history. Get this from Il
Chicago Evening Post one Of the strongest ind
pendent republican newspapers OF the middle we
declaring that "the League Of Nations has alrest
proved is value and the United States cannot affoI
TO hold aloof" II is good enough TO reprint in ful
1T is out Of such controversies as exist be-
tween sweden and Finland, Poland and Lithu
ania that great wars grow. The sparks get be-
yond control and the conhagration follows.
In the past the sparks have got beyond con-
troll because there existed no effective appara-
tus for eNtinguishins them. Mischief makers
were allowed 20 blow them into flames. Civilza-
ton aroused 10 its dangers when the FIRE
had spread too far 70 be restricted easily or TO
be put out with small loss and labor.
From the tragic experience OF the recent
years the word learned a lesson which led its
great nations 10 organize League for dealing
with the sparks before they were famed into
hoiocausts.
That League-the League Of Nations--is at
work today. sweden and Finland have submit
ted 10 its settlement controversy which had
al the possibilities Of serious trouble: Poland
and Lithuania have checked a already be-
gun In order that the League may have oppor-
tunty TO tramp out the sparks.
In one case the danger OF war is to be
averted: in the other hosulites already in prog
ress are TO be- ended; both the way OF
son and arbitration is to be followed rather
than that OF strife and bloodshed.
"While opponents OF the League OF Nations
are declaring in breath that il is dead, and
in the next that y is a menace to the worlds
concord. dramatic answer comes to both
charges the fact that the League of Nations,
operating a. a living organization, is prevent
ing war and restoring peace.
1T is TO be noted that is not some vague
association of nations, nebulOusly nascent in
the minds of certain gentlemen. but the League
OF Nations created at Versailles and operating
under the much-abused covenant which COM
mands the confidence of Sweden, Finland, PO-
land and Lithuania and acts now as the worlds
defense against strifes.
THE case Of Poland and Iithuania is of par
ticular interest. Lithuania is not a member of
the league. She has agreed to the submission of
the in recognition Of the moral authority
OF a body in which she has no place. She
cepts the principle OF peaceful settlement be-
cause il has been given q definite form and
means for functoning in the League. While it
remained abstraction il could be ignored
But embodied in organization which repre-
sents the reason and good will Of mankind it
cannot be ignored. Thus a great principle
obtains compelling moral authority through
mechanism designed for its application, calls
halt TO marching armies. siences guns and sum-
mons nations in controversy to the arbitra-
ment Of reason and justice.
THE best answer to the Leagues opponents
is the League itself It moves with wise DELHI
Grafton the dOing of its appointed tasks
Quietly IL has been charting out the ,ied OF
work while men have jeered and maligned and
misrepresented In spite of all efforts 10 weaken
and belittle 1t, the nations turning to il
for help ard guidance. Hiram Johnson SCOTS
at it, but Sweden and Finland trust il; Borah
procaims a maker of wars. but Poland and
Lithuania lay down their arms and agree 10
follow its path of peace.
America cannot afford 70 stand aloof from
the League Of Nations Whatever its defects, it
is iustfyng itself BY its service IL is claiming
Americas cooperation in making it stronger.
wiser filter for the guarding OF the worlds well
fare"
Better that League opponents-opponents 70
party regardless of American world welfare
think seriously something along this line oIhis
tries calculated to fool the people, such indulge
to save the appearance that "the United States vii
not be left alone" doesn't fool anyone when it
aloofness and the society that it assumes are un
derstood,-and that maybe after all. the League ca
get along better without us than we can without Il
a lot of lersons are willing to inject a little hon
esty into their lives if they there is none
in it.
Some persons envy a bank clerk because his jol
seems to consist mostly of holidays
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The hard coal miners not making it very sof
for themselves or for the public
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It is woman's choice now if she continues =
let her husband do her political thinking.
Sometimes married man is a slave TO a wife VIII
is slave TO fashion