The Washington herald., 1921-09-25
SEPTEMBER 25, 1921.
PLEA FOR LEAGUES F1UMANIZATION

ence will fail in it's biggest chance if it is a secret
affair, conducted out OF sight and hearing OF the
worlds democraces and aloof from human sent-
ment and emotion. ~
Now, the problem is how to achieve that human
izng process. In the FIRST place, it must be shown
far more clearly to the great masses of working
folk how such things the league the conference
will affect private lives and domestic conditions for
good i'll. They must be told vvidy, in way
they cannot fail to understand, that unemployment in
Great Britain, in the United States and elsewhere is
mainly due the downfall of European markets IN
consequence of the to the fuctuaton OF foreign
exchanges by the issuance of paper money that has
reality. very little; by disease and decay in
countries like Russia, Poland, Austria and Turkey
owing to false economic system; to the failure Of
industry and agriculture to enrnty, strife and the
the cost of ornaments. 1t must be brought home to
the bosoms and the business of men. Bacon would
say, that there be chance of houses in Great
Britain, trade revival in America, no economic re-
covery in Europe long the big nations maintain
big armies and navies and the little nations put up
barriers Of trade hatred between each other.
THEY must know that modern batteship costs
i something like 100000 pounds sterling and
that it grows old very quickly; that two-thirds at
least Of all taxation is for war purposes and war
debts, and that more water taps in the tenement
houses more food in the larder, margin for fun
in life depends the of that world Of
justice as far as it goes and upon what will happen
in Washington in November.
For all that, is true although even people of
learning and leaders do all admit is true even
They do not that we must save another {
100000 starving people in Russia for our own 4
sake, we'll in charity because if Russia sinks
deeper, the rest of the world will sink deeper too
and If Germany goes bankrupt, all markets will suf
fer, and if Austria and Poland are not rescued from
financial chaos, distress will continue, and so on
around the globe from country to another where
the tides of trade longer fow
Now, how are such things to be got into the
heads of people? l think every newspaper should
become hot gospeler of such truth. They have
enormous chance and bounden duty so far as
their words carry. Upon that body Of men, to whom
have the honor to belong depends very largely the
future of civilization, and ii will be their testing time
during the next few months. II tss s
Some of them have risen nobly to their chance.
would like to mention the names of journalists in
America, Canada Great Britain and other countries
who belong to this confraternty of good will and
good sense, but that would take too much space
There is one body of men, however, who are
missing their chance in the most lamentablc way.
That is tie clergy Of all the churches, With some
notable exceptions here and there, they fail to realize
their present mission which is to speak from every
pulpit every time they speak Of these problems and
the hopes Oh humanity. lney nave IN Europe ana
elsewhere the most wonderful opportunity of human
izng the league of nations by explaining its use as
an instrument Of reconstruction as weapon Of de-
fense against international aggression, court Of
justice to all peoples within its membership If only
it supported by popular, passionate allegiance
made strong by the spirituality Of the masses made
living by the urgent demands Of service. But the
clergy Is silent for the most part reactionary and
narrow minded when they speak at all or so little
acquainted with these economic facts which dominate
all politics and all life in the4 days that IL thl1 ALI !