Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-10-19

of war driven through tn ir bleedin,
hands and feet.
In the case above cited we sea
what group of nations Organized
for peace really can do to prevent
war. The dispute between Poland
and Lithuania was arbitrated nv tho
council of the League of Nations. The
Council heard the claims on hotn
sides. 1t reported findings. Both side,
accepted those findings. A commisa
sion has been appointed by the cow
Gil to lay out the boundary lines and
carry out the terms of the dec, So,
That Is all there is to it.
If the League as now organized
can become permanent, the process
by which new war was averted will
become the process in all cases Of
international dispute. It will coma
to be recognized as the accepted way
of settling quarrels between nations
1t will prove to be such an intelligent
and such humane plan no nation.
as the Oregon Journal we'll expresses
1t, will DARE to defy it. Indeed the
League will come to be looked upon
by all nations as a welcome and
honorable institution for composing
differences and for saving the world
blOodshed.
1t has not been the peoples Of tha
world who have wanted war. Their
rulers dragged them into war. It wax
the kaiser of Germany who dragged
America into the late war. With
many of the late rulers laid low and
with self-governments substituted for
their thrones. the time is peculiarly
tit for establishing an organization of
nations to make peace permanent and
to end war altogether. Another such
chance may never come.
The League Council simply decided
what was fair and just between
Poland and Lithuania, and both sides
accepted the findings. Their soldiers
can now return to their homes. Their
families can be reunited The men
that were in the trenches can go
back to the farms and grow food
for the people.
What has just taken place is the
practical application of the biggest
idea in all history. To redeem tho
world from war is one of the noblest
conceptions of man. Christ came into
the world and was crucified on a
cross. preaching peace on earth, good
will to men. II the League Of Nations.
with its plan Of averting war between
nations and peoples, is not the prac-
tical application of the thing that
was a part of the Nazerene's mission
on earth, what was It?
Some people in America are con-
demning the League Of Nations. Sena-
tor Harding condemns It. He says it
is dead beyond resurrection" and
Senator Hiram johnson. citing that
remark. declared in speech last
Wednesday that the Republican can
didate for president had "scrapped the
League of Nations" and he gave that
utterance OF Senator Harding's as his
own particular reason for supporting
him.
But, in the face OF what has just
happened in Europe. how can Sena-
tor Harding say that the League is
dead beyond resurrection, or how can
Senator Johnson say 1t has been scraD-
ped? Poland was armed. Lithunania
was armed. Their armed legions
faced each other. The great guns
were in place. shotted and primed.
Only the word was waited to plunge
the contending sides into deadly CON-
bat.
But the word that came was peace.
1t was the word for the swords to
be sheathed and for the guns to be
unsolicited and for the armies to so
back home. How can Senator Hard
ing and his associates condemn such
things? 1t Is politics, wretched. rotten,
n oct otfvn v1n1ff1rC
America in the League would make
1t forever permanent. The moral in
fluence of our nation would be the
Leagues rock of safety, its guiding
star, its charter to permanency. Our
membership is necessary In order that
all the nations may be led into dis
armament.
TO American boys who fought and
to American boys who fell in the
world war, no monument that could
be raised up would be SO sublime. 80
majestic and so exalted as would be
this World League of Peace. Since
they made 1t possible, with what salts
faction could they and their children
! contemplate its existence and behold
the peaceful settlements it would
bring among the nations!-Puyaliup
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