El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-26
League OF Nations
And Foreign olicy
LEAVES FROM AN
OVERSEAS NOTEBOOK

The f'Note1' make no preLeuce - pelnE
a discussion OF the league o. nations or OF
tho treatr They may have no value
Whatever but IL they do possess any value
% Is perhaps as much BY reason or the
---v have some Eirniflcance as indicating
how one mind was being made Up, durlnE
the progress Of the discussions ana the
/ conference. IN circurrisr stances irle from
~ affects Of American political discus
sion and the partisan atmosphere IN
] America
] printed without change or comment we
dates being given. Quotations from the
] Notes" VIII be given here day By day.
Is Nov. 191s-Our world problem
now IS not TO crush the German en-
erries but to turn them IN the right
direction. BY what means- snau "
/ ~ nv contact and diffusion Of ideas
Consider the ultimate consequences OF
7 ostracism. which is just and right ana
D necessary as Germany's greatest pun
I ishment. but has limit somewhere
/ in wisdom for the welfare OF the hu-
q pee. 1s1s-Germauy has as much
TO give 10 the world as she ever had,
and SC VIII be mist1ke 20 lsnyse
what is worth saving in the results
Q ~ Carman creative efforts. u is our
privilege TO select and use what ls
Z need be. destroy. what is bad
i. Jan. 191e-Lloyd George. llson
] and Clemenceau emphaucaliT refer
ate that they are IN complete accord
and in the same breath express VIA
differences and reservations Clem-
] enceau is for boundaries and aiil-
! ances": Wilson against balance OF
] power and in favor Of world group
l Clemenceau and Lloyd George TOT
freedom Of the seas under BRUSH
= Jan. 1sis-A military Dictatorship
I is no worse than a civil dictatorship.
Jan. 191e-Iu spite OF ali or
which the kaiser is guilty, I am not Pm
/ favor Of furnishing him az an mol
vidual and alone II is q big cues
I ton but here shall resolve 10 down
D 20 this. That the true OBJECT OF a4l
] human punishment is not revenge puL
] deterrent in fits aim-to prevent, u
I possible. the recurrence or the crime
D 10 preserve order. and 20 ADJUST COM
I nensatiou where possible 'Lnat clailloI
I for the punishment OF the KAISER Is
Z have no effect in deterring another 50
] disposed he should be put where ne
can do no more harm. and so with his
D entire cabaL But death would ne q
/ poor revenge and a poor. co1npes ns 81,
I don. he should be deprived Of ms
[ property IN proportion with All the
rest Of Germany. There is danger OF
] uneUnected and unfortunate reacllon
/ IN this war settlement be reduced 70
the level OF merely reTenEln8 a per-
sonsl crime. it viii SAVIOR OF president
] Wilson's ridiculous message 10 con-
D rress OF nersonal spite against one
] TTuarta 90 The present situation l9 un-
. sunnortable. but 90 sit IN solemn court
upon the lzaiser's case would be giving
] too much eauctitv TO his 'martyruo11
] ss some would cau IT, The world, in
] Guiding Germany, VIII know MS shame
] and hold him ln detestation forever.
Does the world believe the wore
/ vengeance IS mine. I viii repay, saith
I the Lord"2 believe vengeance IT, no
I nrorer function OF human law, but
] ONLY protection Of human rights must
I be considered There would now
l ever. be one good reason for prose
] cutting" the kaiser under The Hague
] conventions etc. and that would ne
Q TO "Eet Go all in the record EFen
I so, should be in favor OF Including
more than the kaiser perhaps an the
( German people and Austrians, etc
Is Jan. 1eI9-The Berliner. Iage-
! hlatt publishes a warmly elloelslle
article by count Won 6ernstorll apolt
Z his friend. Col j.. II House, upon the
] occasion OF a report OF the death or
] Col House. Berust0rff evidently re-
I Earded House as very friend ly DIS
! posed
] ternatioua1 contact and counsel but
I unfavorable 10 international govern
/ ment and control so Tar as the united
Z States is concerned Farlp lf-s 2 &
/ Clemeuceau. LET Us be world minded
but LET us De Americans first There
/ viii inevitably be balance OF
[ power within the league Of ma
| tons"
I peace conference square with Wilson's
I repeated declaration for open en-
] gaEements openly arrived att
] Feb. 1g19-The chief merit or The
I league Of nations is the element Of
{ council or counsel I have strong
I feeling I'm opposition 20 the United
I states tying itself as 20 future poll
I cies. in view OF the fixed limit OF
I the earth's land surface suitable for
The support OF the human race, the
/ territorial division and possession VIII
] always be En- fluN- The map OF the
/ world is never finished, no matter
] what a Jew geograpner6 or statesmen
y may say Biological laws are su-
. perior TO mau-mace laws Prior ap-
I preparation and beneficial use In the
NJ interest Of human progress should be
I the basis. the measure. and the limit
OF the right OF any nation or any peo-
pie 10 rule or administer any portion
Of the earrh's surface, or 20 control
the extraction and utilization OF the
\ raw materials that may be therein
An equity court is about the limit 70
] which league OF nations can 90, ana
I where is the power TO enforce de-
/ crees2 There are times when nations
I and peoples. the same as individuals,
] hold certain impulses and principles
above love q life itself And
D
always wrong, even though they be
disapproved by a majority.
Feb. 1g19-OnnOsltiou to the league
. Of nations IS voiced by Reed and
Borah; thus once more wisdom
: comes out OF the west" The more I
] consider The proposed league. the
l more I oppose It. I am generally in
/ accord with Reed and Borah. but
I neither so far has isolated the
/ germ" which is the attempted parti-
/ ton OF the earth's surface and forced
{ guaranty OF existing titles, and en-
I phasis upon the rights Of small ma
lions instead Of duties. It is Eng
/ lands league, not ours
Feb. 1871 have always favored
/ an international council Of the strong
I est representative. and cooperation
4 and contact and spread Of iuterna-
D tional education. but j object 20 the
I United States binding Its future ac-
tions. Recau Wilson's Mobile speech
about Latin-America, haW FAR it de-
] parted from sound American policy
and how dangerous its promises.
Feb. 1919-After observing how lit
tie Americans and Europeans under
3 stand each other. how widely divergent