South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-29

"a general association OF ma
lions must be formed under
specific covenants for The pur-
pose OF affording mutual guar
antees OF political Independence
and territorial integrity 10 great
and small states alike"
Sen. Lodge himself before the
/ eXigencies of politics forced him 10
take the other side. said that an at
| tempt 10 make a separate peace
| would brand us with everlasting
| dishOnor" and that the intent Of
the congress and the intent OF the
president. was that there could be
no peace until we could create a
situation where no such war as this
could recur."
Former Pres't Roosevelt. on July
18th, 1913. said:
| Unless we stand by all our al
lies who have stood By us. we shall
have failed in making the liberty Of
| we'll behaved. civilized peoples Sc
cure and we shall have shown that
cur announcement about making the
world safe for democracy was an
| empty boast"
No Protest on Armlstice.
! on Nov. 4th, 1918, the armistice
was agreed 10 and il was concluded
upon the basis Of the fourteen points
set forth I'm the address of Pres't
Wilson delivered TO congress on
! Jan. Sth. 1918, and the principles
| subsequently enunCiated by him. At
no point, al no time. during no
period while this history was in the
making. was one responsible Amer
lean voice raised in protest
| Thus. before we entered the war
we made the pledge; during the
/
! when the armistice was signed, al
| OF the nations, ourselves included.
| renewed the pledge; and il was upon
| the faith OF these promises that Ger
| many laid down her arms. PraC-
tically all OF the civilized nations Of
| the earth have now united in
| covenant which constitutes the re-
demption Of that pledge. We alone
| have thus far failed to keep our
| word. Others may break faith; the
| senate Of the United States may
| break faith; but neither Pres't VIII
| son nor the democratic party will
break faith.
| The Fundamental Purpose.
In this hemisphere, the mere de
| claration OF our young republic that
| the attempt Of any foreign power to
| set foot on American soil would be
4 considered an unfriendly act, has
/ served TO preserve the territorial
| integrity and the political indie
| pendence" Of the nations OF Cen
| trail and South America. The
| treaty pledges all Of the signatories
/ TO make this doctrine effective every
| where. 1t is the Monroe Doctrine
of the world.
| The purpose of the League is TO
II ha4 ,-afc
| its menacing hand and seeks 70
| cross the line into any other coun-
| try, the forces OF civilization will
| be aroused 10 suppress the common
enemy of peace. Therein lies the
| security OF small nations and the
safety of the world.
| Every war between nations that
| has ever been fought began in an
| attempt 10 seize foreign territory or
| lo invade political independence. If
IN 1914, Germany had known that
| i'm the event Of hostilities. Great
| Britain would have entered the war;
| that France would go in; that Italy
would go in; that Japan would go
| in; and that the United States would
20 in-there would have been no
war.
objections TO the Treaty.
II
out Shall we send our boys abroad
TO settle a political quarrel in the
| Balkans" Immediately, the un-
| thinking applaud and orator records
"a momentary triumph. Have we
| forgotten that that is precisely what
| America has already done? Have
we forgotten that we sent more than
| two million men TO France, spent
more than twenty billions OF dollars
and sacrificed nearly a hundred
| thousand lives 10 settle a Balkan
! dispute?
There was a controversy between
\ Serbia and Austria Territorial
questions. political rights and
| boundary lines were involved. The
crown prince of the house OF Aus
tria was assassinated. A little flame
of war licked up into the powder
house OF Europe, and in a moment
the continent was in flames. IL took
all the power Of civilization TO put
out the confiagration. How idle 10
inquire whether we wish 10 send
our boys 70 settle political disputes
in the Balkans!
Why Waste Only Asset
1t is extraordinary that men
should waste our time and veX our
patience by suggesting the fear that
we may be forced into future wars
while forgetting entirely that Amer
lea was forced into this greatest of
all wars. No League Of Nations
existed when we entered the war;
and il was only when we formed
i'm haste, in the midst Of battle, a
| league of friendship, under unified
command, that we were able 10 win
this war. This association of ma
tons. held together by a common
purpose, fought the war 10 a vic
torious conclusion. dictated the terms
OF the armistice and formulated the
| terms Of peace. If such a result
could be achieved by an informal
and temporary agreement, why
should not the association be con-
tinued in a more definite and bind
ing form? What plausible reason
can be suggested for wasting the
one great asset which has come out
OF the war? How else shall we pro-
vide for a permanent court Of in
| ternational arbitration? How else
shall we provide for open diplo-
macy? How else shall we provide
safety from external aggression?
How else shall we provide for pro-
gressive disarmament? How else
shall We check the spread OF boil
shevism? How else shall industry
be made safe and the basis OF re-
construction esta blished? How else
shall society be gtpadied so that the