The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-08-12

Given a controlling moral prestige
and actual influence which at the
time admired to American and her
spokesman. 1t was open to America
at the peace table to render q SER
vice Of Unreasonable value to the
entire world and particularly. In the
sstins outcome. to those had
been our comrades in arms
The opportunity was lost, the more
the pity An eminent British states
man has termed the treaty Devastat-
ing in it's effects beyond all prece-
dents in treaty-mahing. destructive
OF the growers OF intercourse and OF
trade which the evolution of CEN
turies has created between peoples.
leaving behind II trail Of ruin.
starvation and racial hatred in large
sections Of Europe and the sciences
Of interminable racial strife"
As the result OF treaty of peace
dictated almost solely by selfish
national and personal motives, and
without consideration Of the treaty
board effect upon the welfare and
even the safety of civilization.
Europe has remained and is today in |
turmoil. The league of nations is
In full working order, but what |
has II done and what is II doing, -
what is II possible for II to do, ex-
cept by renewal of the war.-to |
transquilie Europe? Day by day
| Europe becomes more and more a !
seething vortex OF contending racial
and national hatreds and ambitions
into which our idealists ae SO anxious
to draw the American people to the |
infinite sacrifice OF our blood md
, treasure. &
The situation as between Poland
and Russia Is case in point. The
Paris peace makers lodged the
Russian and the bolshevik issue.
The war should not have ended until
Germany recognized military de-
feat or until Russia had been
brought, either by diplomacy or force
to the peace table. Though Russia
was not represented at the peace
conference, dispositions affecting
vitality the future of Russia were
made, andd of couse these were not |
recognized as binding by Moscow. !
Before the peace conference had adj !
| journed a dozen wars were on In
Europe to determine questions the
| Paris makers had left unsettled. /,
While the Paris peace conference
undertook to set up machinery for
the future government of the world !
| II failed to perform the functions OF
n peace difference and settle the
issues of the war. 1t dds thoor-
oughly good job OF passing the
buck" What service that conference
might have performed to the world,
! 10 Il had discharged the duty actu-
ally entrusted to II instead OF daily
ing with schemes of world recon
struction along idealistic lines in
tended for political expect rather for
the establishment OF just and en-
during settlement OF the issues
, which caused the last war and are
siiu in existence as basis for more
wars
The government Of Poland was
set on its feet along with dozen
other new nations arbitrarily created
In defiance. in some cases. of his
torial ana racial considerations. The
real -vrpose back of the creation
of ~ alsNf these. states was that OF
Presh pean 1 -. some nation and
st draft h,,cs 10 6,s ,o,bor in accordance
y in Fee d.. Hhs sood srce OF power
at he hd m % dahnos sndsks t in Europe
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