Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-15
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

- + LEAGUE OF NATIONS ~,- I
Editor of Little Falls Herald:
I speak at such time as this be-
rf can mot hold my W. T5s
are too fresh and strong within me for
me to keep silent. Not as democrat.
or as a republican, nor as partisan of
a ANY an American Citizen hs do I desire to
release the best and most loyal spirit
created within me by the Man Of Cell
gave addresses on "Waging World
a ~3 World M@ WIDE Peace!" 70 aid in wag:
ing that ss agd my my d%S
T THs f aPt1 part Of the world program.
America has helped to carry !yu out to a a
Worid Wide War" Now is our great
country to funk in cooperative work
with the rest Of the world program IL, in
winning q world VIDE feace: Up
of battles, emerging from the smoke Of
guns, and coming out of the wisest and
best counsels Of allied and associated
natUns 1adn in ca the fa1h
Tesgae of f Nations. In order to pro-
mote International cooperation and to
as 2 Of tSess
nations are now within that league
now functioning,, except +h the n onitea
war have acceded to the league, until
forty one nations now stand and work
together. cooperating to secure and
make safe the world: The Counc'l % OF
meet in November next the 18th in
Geneva. The United States alone - J.. has
baked. The peace of theW S a.. says y,
ready been much delayed by the united
states not having come into the League
of Nations"
The nations now outside the league
world war, namely: Germany, Austria
Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria oes1Tes
Russia and the United States. me
the United States the End Of next No
vember, is not whether or not there IS 70
be a league of nations, for the league
is fact and going ana g rowiin;g 11 fsct
and force ever taking form and actlon
among the nations of the earth: But
the question this coming November Is
powerful nation take regarding this
the only world organization OF the ma
tions for the purpose OF eliminating the
Likelihood and probability OF anotner
Of the earth in friendly cooperation
and mutual counsel in creating condi;
tions making for common good 20 az
peoples and races IN ne tn fa 1et 90 of
the earth, shall the United States un,:
dertake to keep itself out and stang
outside the counsels and leadership OF
Kind and remain in proud and selfish
isolation? An insofar nation under
these conditions is an insolent nation:
we would hayS Eng of fhe %od
We would have the league of nations
to deal with in thousand ways.
when out of 1T, and might we oet!er
When in it? our national sovereignty
is not lost when entering the League:
Lloyd George states that the very pa
sis of the league is national sovereign
the league have not surrendered their
national sovereignty. Our sons are not
on this. that, and the other internat'on-
al dicu'ty to be 10 mot to be
violated or abrogated. Let not these'
hoods determine the ballot you are 70
speak about in a subsequent article in
this paper if the Editor will permit
Shall we not finish the latter part OF
the program Of "Wagdng oa W Winnins soe
World Wide Peace?'' 1t took the Unit,
ed States one year, seven months ana
Ave days, from April 6, 1917 to NOV
ember IL, 1918. in alliance with other other
great nations, to wage to a succesS1u,
finish the world war, now we are called
with other great nations to conciude
world wide peace. We were equal 10
the first part of the: program and are
we not equal to the second part? IN
November il. 1918, when the people Of
this and other nations went wild WIN
10Y and Civilizations as peace dawned on
the day of the armistice. lawyer;
Catholic priest and the writer OF TINS
article spoke to crowd of cltlZens
wild with joy. all three of us hailed the
coming of q new order among the ma
tions Of the earth, when right and not
might should rule the earth, ana the
nations should come together IN
treat world wide league to eliminate
the return of such an awful carnage
and make more secure peace ana sooo
will on the earth. Our country is too
big to be a light under bushel. or to
within the house. The United states
has given the Covenant Of the League
of Nations to the world and the world
has received it. Shall We reject our
own best gift? Shall the League of
Nations come to it's own and its own re-
ceive it not?
Yours respectfully,
d. NJ. BROWN: