Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-22

lnOmCnlOuS question that nave ever
been considered by the American
people. Heretofore our foreign re-
latiOns have not concerned the peo-
pie. Hitherto politics has stopped
at the boundary Of the United
States. That is changed! We have
entered into world politics whether
we would or not. We are consider
ing a league Of nations. n concer.
to preserve the peace Of the world.
Purpose of the War.
Owe entered the war for de-
finite purpose, That purpose was
not merely contest between the
United States and the associated
powers with Germany and the CEN
trail powers to determine which
group might be the strongest. It
| has been the dream Of the ages to
| put a stop to the slaughter of hu-
man beings. The people Of the
world are becoming civilized. The
( have devised means of settling per-
sonal disputes without resort to
personal combat. The nations are
! becoming civilized and they are
demanding a method of settling
prior ~ mo ontr,t. of tho I'nited
lttates into thc va, if was stated
ana rono,,,lI,. rnderstood that we
,,,torod .ho ,,.,, tn INK, sucb con-
tests in the future impossible
through a concert TO enforce peace.
more than scventy-five years
ago n peace society was formed the
nrrnoea or which was to hiring
nhGnt an a.sociotinn If nowors to
nravent waI, Tbis society nublish-
Oh a iourn,I advocating tho doc
,rircs ~ noacafuI settlement Of in.
,o,,,,otionaI disnutoe prio, to the
,,,.,I1 v,a,. . eociet,. called the
I a,,,no IN Enforco pooca was o,.-
,,.,ni,od ,,itb ov. pr, eido,, taft a :
nrneident Tbia eociatv nreached
a gnsnci nf . concort of nations to
urovent war That society advo-
ratod military force to enforce the
locie;n,s ~ on aforementioned fri T..
Iurol
ponscyc,, ,Iso Active
"1n lq1O Theodore Roosevelt ac-
.o,ta1 tl,a NahoI nooco nri1o for the
r,rt in tho contamination of pcacc
! hntwcou Dussio and Janan and IN
~, enoncb dncI.rod fo, n Ioague ot
ma,;oro u,itb nowor. IN settle inter-
| ,,",i,,,,, ,lign,,,os ava enforce its
Iooig;nns he mi,itarv force
"tn to,S canoto,. 7 odgo in an
,dd,oss horora Union collage even
m,nro cIoorIv cot forth a league TO
a,,foroo tbn ,,andotea of an inter
,a,ianoI anrcort
( 1t" , ,,.ro.,,, ~
| "Thc democratic platform OF
! 1916 declared for the formation OF
a league OF nations to settle lh'c'-
/ national disputes anu preSerV' NV
peace among the nations The re-
: publican platform OF the same
year also proposed the formation
of an international court OF justice.
In the campaign of that year there
was no protest Whatever against
these proposals to prevent the re-
currcncc Of war,
an 1877 before the United states
entered the war the president went
! before the senate and asked thaI
body TO cooperate to settle inter
national affairs, He did not say
that the United states was inter
estcd equally with the nations then
at war, but he ana say that t"c
United States would be equally m
! teresjcd in the results OF the war
, In January, 1917, an address by
the president set forth that
whether or not the United States
became party to the war there
must result from 1t a concert to
preserve the peace of the world.
"War TO End Wars"
I'm April, 1917, before a Jolht
session of congress the president
set forth and interpreted the rea-
sons for the United States enter
ing the world war The war wa,
not to be fought for conquest; IT
was not mere trial of strength
It was to be fought for something
higher and more noble than u
wager Of battle to destroy huliia'
life. Civilization, the president de-
clared was at stake. Autocratic
nowcr was making the world un'