The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-04-20

nation Of social vice, and many other |
subjects, the government has already |
| undertaken a considerable range Of &C |
| tivities. 1 assume the maternity bill,
already strongly approved, will be en-
acted promptly, thus adding to our
manifestation Of human interest. But
! these undertakings have been scat
| tered through many departments and
bureaus without coordination and with
much overlapping of functions which
| fritters energies and magnifies the
cost
| Rights Of States.
| In creating such department it
| should be made plain that there is no
purpose to invade fields which the
states have occupied. In respect TO
education for example, control and adj
ministratiOn have rested with the
states, yet the federal government has
always aided them. National appro-
priatiOns in aid of educational pur-
poses the last fiscal year were no less
than $65,OOO,OOO.
Hat Lynehings.
Somewhat related to the foregoing
human problems is the race question
Congress ought to wipe the stain of
barbaric lynching from the banners of
a free and orderly, representative
democracy. We face the fact that
many millions of people of African de-
: scent are numbered among our pOpu-
latiOn, and that in number Of states
they constitute very large proportion
of the total population. 1t is unneces-
sary to recount the difficulties incident
5 to this condition, nor to emphasize the
: fact that it is a condition which can
, not be removed.
Appropriation Bills.
1t is needless to call your attention
to the unfinished business inherited
from the preceding congress. The APP
preparation bills for army and navy
r will have your early consideration.
Neither branch Of the government
can be unmindful of the call for re-
duced expenditure for these depart
/. ments Of our national defense. The
government is in accord with the wish
to eliminate the burdens of heavy
t armament. The United States ever
t will be in harmony with such move
, ment toward the higher attachments OF
: peace.
r Need Of Defense.
|
q our agencies for defense until there is
removed the need to defend. We are
ready to cooperate with other nations
4 to approximate disarmament, bu
merest prudence forbids that we dis
arm alone.
The naval program, which had it:
/ beginning in what seemed the highes
t assurance of peace, can carry no threa
off tha lot Of nJIvv n
Il unselfishness. The reasonable limita
5 ton of personnel may be combined
a with economies of administration t.
L lift the burdens of excessive outlay.
; The war department is reducing thu
l. personnel of the army from the maxi
mum provided by law in June, 1920, t.
the minimum directed by congress in ;
subsequent enactment. When furthe
= reduction is compatible with nationa
D. security, it may well have the sane
% ton of congress, so that a system o
l. voluntary military training may Offe
le to our young manhood the advantage
"a of physical development. discipline an
commitment to service and constitut
D. the army reserve in return for tn
u training.
d End Of the War.
- Nearly two and half years ag
:; the World war came to an end. and We
=, we find ourselves today in the tecl
- meal state of war, though actually a
u peace, while Europe is at technics
peace, although far from tranquilit
and little progressed toward the hope
IL for restoration.
lie 1t i'll becomes US to express impa
C. tience that the European belligerent
III are not yet in full agreement, when W
OIL ourselves have been unable to brin
le constituted authority into accord i
Is our own relations TO the formally Pre-
y claimed peace.
Rejects the League.
~ Little avails in reciting the cause
NJ of delay in Europe on our own failur
- to agree. But there is no longer e,
~ cuse for uncertainties respecting som
~ phases of our foreign relationship. l
~ the existing league of nations, worl
~ governing with its super powers, thi
~, republic will have no part. There ca
- be no miSinterpretation, and there wi
ds be no betrayal of the deliberate e,
e. preston of the American people i
-. the recent elections and settled in on
~ decision for ourselves, it is only fai
-, =, TO say to the world in general, and t
~ our associates in war in particula
Nv that the league covenant can have u
sanction by us.
The aim to associate nations to pr
~ vent war, preserve peace and promol
~. y. civilization our people most cordial
y, applauded We yearned for this ne
1a instrument of justice, but We can hay
oe no part in committal to an agency {
~ force in unknown contingencies; "
u, can recognize no super authority.
~ Manifestly the highest purpose
81 i the league of nations was defeated
~. linking it with the treaty of peace al
u, making it the enforcing agency of IL
II, victors of the war. International a
a. ISOLATION for permanent peace must I
'n conceived solely as an instrumentali
:. of justice, unassOciated with the pa
~ sions of yesterday and not so cons,
a. "a tuted as to attempt the dual fun
IL. tons of political instrument of II
ne cOnOuerOrS and of an agency of Deac