Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-27

err says that America should ente,
the League of Nations; the world must
have peace. the world will have peace
only when the nations renounce ma
tional selfshness as the supreme mo-
tive OF government"
DR.. Prank Crane
DR.. Frank Crane, prominent writer
IN an editorial in the Current Opinion
TO TOR September. comes out very strong
League of Nations and take the
liberty to cite some extracts from the
same. to-wit:
the cit xd rs the t most important issue in
1T is more important than any issue
tnat mas ever occurred in the history of
II you are going to oppose the Leag-
ue OF Nations to me, you must propose
some other way to stop war, or I will
not listen "1''
1T took the most fearful war of his
sether and consider the League of Ma
lions; must we wait for another?"
nave been lifelong Republican,
m ana ny IS,; tta;tihsr was Republican before
the League was proposed by the oppo-
site political party, or by a President
they 90 not like. should be willing to
s s." ~ % their pride and favor the Leag-
they cannot do this they put partizan-
ship above humanity, and are enemies
to the human race
we must remember this is a new
step for the nations; we must exnect
lmperfections. All beginnings are difi-
cult. But it is such overwhelming i'm
bbo o to mankind that we ought to
america started the League 1t is
our League: 1t means the American-
ization of the world"
=, MUCH has been made of the bugaboo
that If we join the League American
boys may have to be sent to Armenia
emma or Africa to fight battles in which
We nave no concern: That may be true;
put without the League four million
american boys had to take up arms to
fight in Europe" ~
And without the League a similar
crisis is likely to arise any day"
f., se 1T not be better to have a
lice the world. than to have the great
body of American manhood called on
any minute to 70. help put out a universal
Does it mean nothing to you. mother.
that your boy may be called out when
ne reaches manhood to take his post
in the next world war;
Does 1T mean nothing to YOU bust
ness man. that gigantic taxes be en-
and navy?
Does it mean nothing to you. work
inSman. that YOU may be used as pawn
tional chess?'
Does it mean nothing to you. o lover
OF YOUR race. when you pray daily tina +
wars may cease and brotherhood pre.
vail. that at last the nations of earth
are honestlH trying to answer your
rrayer?'
but the final. conclusive and alb
solute argument for the League of
Nations is simply this: If not this
then what"
What is the alternatives"
For If there is to be no League then
we must clump back into the Old Order.
every nation must go on armins to the
teeth. tax burdens increase, and wars
occur occur with the regularity of Hells clock
An American Product
That the League of Nations covenant
american product, is proved by the
fact that Wilson advised with Mr..
Hughes, MIR. Root and former president
TAFT as to the same and each one of
these men proposed a number of chan
ses and of the seventeen changes thus
proposed, fourteen G4) were adopted.
Ihls explodes, and ought to set at rest,
me NE arguments S!,ine that Wilson refused to
Being an American product WHY
should we repudiate our own product
after de1d havi adan ind4eed the rest Of the
using many kinds of "scare-crows" by
which to deceive the voters. The most
common is that the League will breed
war; that by joining we will lose our
Independence; our sovereignty; the Mon
roe Doctrine. These arguments will not
prove true as any person who will study
the ao. question III ilmpartially can readily
settling international disputes in vari-
Gus other ways, arbitration, by a world
court. and provides for boy-cotting a
nation which refuses to abide by deci-
back bone comes armed force. and it
must be evident to all that boy-cottins
a nation by all other nations in the
world is sufficient punishment to hold
serves merely as gun behind the door.
a burglar will have respect for a house
II ne knows that there is loaded gun
behind the door and the owner of the
gun will have no small chance to use
No! the League is to promote peace
In the world and not war. but the OPP
position to a reform is sure to use the
arguments that it will promote what
the reform is designed to prevent Take
the prohibition cause, for instance, was
1t not argued that it would cause more
drunkenness?
As to Monroe Doctrine
As to the Monroe Doctrine" if the
' World peace will destroy the same, then
by all means let it be destroyed, for we
Will have no more use for it after we
nave world peace; every country will be
let alone. AS to sovereignty, we have
hundreds of treaties with foreign coun-
tries now. Have we not agreed to main
tain no Notifications along the Canadian
border? Have we lost any of our SOW
erignity on that account?
AS to our indepenence-Are not all
the other members of the League equal
ly jealous of their independence? Why
should we now be towards? The indie
Tendence referred to in the Declaration
or Independence stands in no danger.
II the opposition refers to our indie
pendence in the matter of grabbing
neighbor's territory, spending billions
or money for ornaments and to main
tain large standing army for such
purposes. such independence we can
well afford to loose No doubt those
interested in the manufacture Of arma-
rnentS will hate 10 loose such independ-
ence.
Article s provides for reduction arm
aments and objects to the manufacture
OF war material by private enterprise
and the League will have something to
say in that respect.
1t has been argued that if we now
were members Of the League of Ma
tons. we would be reading casualty
lists in that our boys would now be in
Roland fighting Russia. This is about