Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-16
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
ABLY DISCUSSED
Campaign Issues Explained at
Democratic Meeting in High
School, Last Night.

Discussions Of the iss,fes IN the presiden-
tial campaign. ard the effects sought by
the Democratic platform. were the basls of
eddrosecs by four sDoakefs ai the Demo
cratic rally held in the High School audi
torum aat right Caleb T.. BuTcherai
ptceented clear explanation 0f the League
Of Natlors ssut ard n strong argument
IN favor of It's adoption Hon. Iohr Barton
Pawn. of Washington pointirR out the
lack of corruption and efficient work
the Democratic administration which y
coming 10 close. ex-senator Willard
Salisbury declared that men had made
mess of politics IN Delaware and that
IL was 10 TO women 20 clean things up.
There WIS one woman speaker, Miss
Ellen Samworth. who affirmed that
political matters were close 10 home life
itself in effects The auditorium was well
filed with audicrcc composed of both
women and men The speakers were heart
lily applaudcd
Thomas + Bayard, in Introducing Mr.
Burchenal. declared TINT the most i'm
portaut question Ecfore thr public ri the
present was whether the United States
shall orter the Icagric, o. adopt HardIf 9 s.
although it is not clear just what the
latter Is.
In his opening remarks, Mr. furcheral
stated that he had always been in favor
Of woman suffrage, ard that brir girg N
tho great body of womnnhood, of mother
hood, into political affairs would result
in wholesale be- Gifts
Our decision regardirg e the League
Of Nations Is important 70 the world,
he declared 1T would be suicidal for us
to stny cut This issue is not partisan.
II rs bocauec the covenant was formed
under Democratic administration that
tho Republicans oppose IT, and want to
make league of their own The purpose of
the proposed League of Nations Is to
cat.sc The natlors n disarm The league 5
council IN cases n difficulties between
powers forms "a court ~ settle such differ
ercas and the ratiors must abide by the
deere Il the court
In the council. he said are repre-
scntatiyes from France, England, Italy
and the United States. il she enters the
league, and four other representatives
are elected from the assembly 70 his
council The United State as as member
of the League by reason Of national Trend
ships would be the most powerf al member
but out Of The league, she viii have 70 pre-
pare n ravy which will be greater than the
combined navies Of tho world
VIII quote the IDEAS Of an American
who did much for his country. a man
Of great abili ty. ard who is held IN lgh
esteem though he was the target for much
criticism I hc0dore Roosevelt. Mr. Bur
cheual at this point was interrupted by
applause At the Hague in 1910, Roosevelt:
conceived such compact as the league
and he was for II According 70 Article X
territorial possessions shall remain, shall
not be conrucsted. Such was Roosevelt :
idea, and he would have been astonished
at nation not allowed to enter such a
compact Taft was also in favor Of such
a league The Republican party assumes
large obhg atoms, it IL IN favor Of a strong
central government, yet It has oppo sed the
league because the Democratic party Is
the father OF it.
WAR ALREA DY AvERTED.
"As a matter Of fact two wars have
already been averted by the league
one between Poland and Lithuanla, and
one between Finland and Sweden. Further
the covenant enforces the peace treaty
with Germany.
England. France, Italy and the rest
of the world beat Germany in the war
II Germany had realized in advance Just
what kind of an alliance she would even