The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-03-25

n class IN the world q power SO
great that political governments would
be puppets in their hands, and yet In
the light OF the happenings of the last
i've years labor could not be blamed.
The world is entitled To protection
against such slaughte. as we have JUST
gone through. and If the political gov.
ernments fail To take the necessary
steps the plain people will.
World Now Closely Knit.
Internationalism is coming-in fact
1t Is already here. Inventions have
brought the people Of the world close
together. The wireless and the cable
give US the happenings OF remot parts
of the world in a few hours. Distance
has been destroyed. We are becom-
ing neighbors IN knowledge of each
other, whether we live Oh the same
continent or not. Modern ~transporta-
places. An air service is in prospect
which promises 10 make London as
near New York tomorrow as Chicago
is today.
We already have a successful inter-
natiOnaliSm in finance and credlts Big
business long g obliterated national
lines. The commerce of the world is
already organized internationally.
The important question at this time
is what form will the new internatlon-
alism take? Will II be an internation-
alism of organized dollars? If SO, the
world is In serious danger of a lnan-
cial autocracy. viii 1t be an inter-
nationalism of organized laborI IL
this happens 1t means the dictatorship
of the proletariat. Both are equal,
undesirable. No part IF the people
should be permitted to enforce their
will upon the rest. One kind of slav-
cry is as bad as another. The great
majority OF the human race wants
freedom. not advantage. II Is not am
bilious 10 dictate-it will not be die
tated to-.
A League of Nations IL the solution.
II is q union of the nations OF the
world, and as the nations OF the world
represent all the people of the various
states such a combinatio Is demo-
cratic. That IL is necessary Is
plain. Rivalry for markets. COM
petition for trade, are bound 10
lead to war unless we have an agree
ment that these and other problems
will be submitted TO arbitration. Ii
tn not ru IN ClhTulf nllnGflnnS
involving national honor. Few of such
questions ever directly provoke war.
1t is when nations lighting each other
for markets reach a point of positive
disagreement that they begin calling
each other names. These insults
wound honor, wal results.
Peace Table Proves Worth.
A League of Nations IS a continu-
ance of the peace table, and notwith-
standing the w%ranglings OF the pres
ent a table there would have been
war In Europe before this " it was
not sitting 10 Paris. Two cases serve
to illustrate. The coal fields Of upper
-Galicia, TO be determined by a plebi-
settle between Poland aud Germany
would have been a cause of war II
the peace table % not In existence.
Poland had troops on the border. Ger
many had her soldiers NJ the frontier.
One thing. and one thing alone, pre-
vented war-it was the fear of the
peace table. The same facts de-
scribed the controversy between Po-
land and Czecho-S lovakia; war has
beer avoided by the peace table sub
hitting the Teschen 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
do not trust each other. Every one
spect the fact that the United
States does not seek territory In Eu-
p This gives our country the
commanding place as the II disin-
terested power In the world. With
this moral force we car do much to
maintain the peace of the world.
The propaganda of revolution com
ing out of bolshevik Russia. urging The
workers to organize an international
| dictatorship of the proletariat and
seize the world. is not nearly as Ian
gerous to the peace of the world as the
political heckling against the League
| of Nations.
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