Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-07
WHAT THotlGHTFIt MINDS
THtNk.

of business and professional meu
handed together to educate and eS-
lWcss puhlb opinion. recently held a
vcte 81 questions relating t. Amesica 5
intsrna tiunal relations. The result is
interesting when It is remembered
THAT many 81 the leading thoughtful
men 81 zach community are members
ef this leasue.
Hcrc is list 81 tho most important
questions and the answers given
Il should ~. / nitcd states refrain
f,,m ioipine any assnciattou ~ na-
ticns' YES lia l5 pcr cent No,
so g pct cont
should The t'nued states enter
thc existing League - Nations with
r,rdta,atiops ~ general such as ver,
as-"pta btc - he Serat. - he t-nitcd
states Nes ss1. 6s rer cent. ~
2ss ~ per cent
4. should tho nited states bacnme
= party ~ the Rnot phnltmore per
manent court of international Justice
aarcted b, tho AS~emhl, u the League
at Geneva and ALREADY referred to
mcmher nations Tor ratification
The United states az ouc of the
states merioned IN the annex ~ the
covenant ~ the League. j. entitled
- heroine PARTY - the ,Out1 With
out heing a memler ~ the League
Yes sac. 81 per cent. M. ST.. por
cent
I should the nited states ratify
the Versailles Treaty ~ Peace With
reservations Yes. 7lo. % per cont
~ 221 28 per cent.
lf your ansvpr l. ~.
should the Inited states proceed
independently 70 negotiate treaty
~ peace with Germany Yes. l7-.
No a1
5 should The United States repeal
its var legislation Yos S53, IS per
cent No IS ! per cent.
5 should the United states take the
Initiative in summonine conference
with Grest Rritain and Japan for the
limitation or reduction II naval arn,a
ments
both. houses ~ Congress in the last
session passed amendments to the
Naval Appropriation bili making such
provision. bar they did not become
effective owing 10 the failure Of the
bill 70 become law) Yes. SIS Sc per
cont. No, ia. Il per cent.
should the United states take
the initiative in summoning gem
eral conference for the limitation or
reduction of land arnamentss Yes.
sss, 50 per cent No, 12S. y per
cent
s. should The United states cancel
the so COO 600 900 Indebtedness Of the
Allies to the United states Yes. 9s
80 per cent No. $50. IS per cent.
n your answer Is no:
Ia Should the United states ac-
eept IN payment Of Relgium's in
oehtedness 10 II. Reparation bonds is
sued by Germany to Belgium
CThis proposal was transmitted To
Congress on February 2i. 1921. in
orier that suitable action may be
taken Al an appropriate time" as a
result ~ an agreement reached at the
Paris Conference in 1870. Yes. s51.
No. 4e3.
fhl Should the United states make
like provision Tor the indebtedness Of
the other Alheso Yes. l54. No. so4
Il y worthy of note that only 15
per cent Of the members circuIarized
teiieve that the United states should
refrain from joining any associat ton
~ nations. and that IS per cent SAY
that " should enter the existing
league with notifications in general
such AZ we're acceptable to the SEN
ate ~ the United States.
The answers to the above uuos-
tions were thoughfuliy given by
tnourhtful men with no political axes
b grind. They represent cross
Section q the best professional and
business thought of the country. They
decidedly do not represent the vari-
able views Of shifty demagogues. who
favor measure merely FOR political
experiencv.
IL = to be hoped that President