The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-03-25

| one class In the world power -
great that political governments would
be puppets in their hands, and yet in
10 light of the happenings of the last
nors labor could not be blamed,
Is entitled to protection
slaughter as we have Just
gone nd If the political gov
ernmentS. o take the necessary
steps the plaA eople will.
World NOW Closely Knit.
Internatlonalsm is cOming-in fact
IL is already here. Inventions have
brought the people of the world close
together. The wireless and the cable
give us the happenings Of remote parts
of the world in a few hours. Distance
has been destroyed. We are hccom-
ing neIghbors in knowledge of each
other, whether we live on the same
continent or not. Modern transporta-
ton is shortening the time between
places, An air service is in prospect
which promises to make London as
near New York tomorrow as Chicago
Is today.
We already have a successful inter-
nationalism in finance and credits. Big
business long ago obiterated national
lines The commerce of the world -
already organized internationally.
The important question at this tine
is what form will the new information
alism take? Will IL be an internatiOu-
alism of organized dollars? If so, the
world is in serious danger of tina.t-
cial autocracy. VIII il be an inte'-
nationalism of organized labor? II
this happens 1t means the dictatorship
OF the proletarat. Both are equally
undesirable. No part of the people
should be permitted to enforce their
will upon the rest. One kind of slal-
cry is as bad as another. The greut
majority of the human race wants
freedom, not advantage. II Is not am
bilious to dictate-it will not be die
tated TO.
A League of Nations is the solution.
1t is a union of the nations Of the
world, and as the nations of the world
represent all the people of the various
states such combination is demo
cratic. That ii is necessary is
plain Rivalry for markets, COM
petition for trade, ale bound TO
lead To war unless we have an agree
ment that these and other problems
will be submitted TO arbitration. 1t
is not necessary to submit questions
involving national honor. Few of such
questions ever directly provoke war.
1t IS when nations lighting eachRother
for markets reach point of positive
disagreement that hey begin calling
each other names These insults
wound honor, war results.
Peace Table Proves Worth.
A League of Nations is a ContInu-
ance of the peace table, and notwith-
Standing the wransngs of the pres
emf peace table there would have been
war in Europe before this If II was
not sitting IN Parts Two cases serve
10 Illustrate. Tie coal fields of upper
GaIicia, 10 be determined by a plebl-
settle between Poland and Germany
would have beer cause of war II
the peace table vas not IN existence.
Poland had troops on the border. Ger
many had her sddlers at the frontier,
One thing. aud one thlng alone, pre-
vented war-it was the fear of the
peace table. fhe same facts de-
scrsAs.s ~ ...ocl -aS-p between po.
Local Anesttes"aaa' ,a Maa l,,n'
mtting the Tesrhen question TO a vote
of the people Of the territory.
No League of Nations will have
much effect upon the future peace of
Europe which does not include the
United States. The nations Of Europe
10 not trust each other. Every one
RESPECTS the fact that the United
States does not seek territory in Eu-
rope. TIls gives our country the
commanding place rs the one dlsin-
telesied power In the world. With
this moral fot e We can do much to
maintain tie peace of the world.
The propaganda of revolution com
ing ont of bolshevik Russia, urging the
workers to organize an International
dictatorship of the prOleta-Iat and
seize the world, Is not neatly as dam
gerous to the peace of the world as the
political heckling against the League
Of Nations.
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