Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
Fair Mindedness Necessary
To Arms Farley Success

nations, in my Judgment. that re-
suited in its rejection by the United
States Senate and prevented this
country from joining its world
movement.
Who doubts that IL all those who
yield their Intellectual assent to
the doctrine Of the fatherhood OF
God and the brotherhood of man
had translated their faith into con-
duct that America today would be
a member OF the league, that this
country would not have seemingly
rejected the league idea at the
polls and would not have con-
sented to a separate peace with
Germany? The league Of nations
is, of course, not dead in Europe.
1t Is doing much good for the
ton for this country in It's efforts
to unite all nations against war.
Hope Is abundant that unless some
other way to promote the peace OF
the world 10 found and adopted the
league plan will be resurrected in
America, where just now 1t is dead.
The responsibility of q Christian
is not to be shirked with the mere
statement that church and state
are separate In America. Church
men and women are American cit
liens and they must bring Christian
principles to the solution Of Ameri-
man problems. Christian leader
ship and ideal government, beauti-
full as both are. get nowhere with
out the Wholehearted support OF
the people. Grave as I believe was
the result Of our failure to crys-
tallize our pretended sentiments
into action behind Woodrow Will
son, l emphaticalIy feel that 1t is
now the duty Of every one to stand
by President Harding. II. alas.
the arament conference should fail,
then America should turn to the
league.
/ often recall the serio -humor-
GUS view Of a high official that the
world war perhaps might have
been averted If biography and
stenography had not been invent
ed. He was willing to argue that
il the chancellories of the world
had been compelled to write out
by hand all they desired to say and
by post there would have been more
than enough time for nations to
have cooled off,. We cannot. how
ever. change the methods of mod
ern life. Neither writer nor pub
lie speaker can guarantee the Ian
guage he uses will convey to the
eye or ear of others the exact
thought he has in mind. 1t is.
therefore, important that charity
and discretion shall govern US
with reference to the proceedings
Of the conference.
Why should we loftily declare
that each other nation is looking
after itself when we, ourselves.
refuse to forget ourselves and in
sist that the sum Of our duty is
to look after America? There Is no
hope for Limitation OF armament,
no hope of our helping to form an
association Of nations. no hope Of
our joining the existing league Of
nations, until we frankly admit
that hitherto our policy has been
a personal policy. We must in
justice concede that every other
nation also has personal policy
and right to advocate 1t. If we
are unwilling to criticise ourselves
spirit Of self-determination, JUS
tice demands that we do not criti-
else any other nation for main
tanning a like attitude.
Therefore, let US be careful Of
criticism, and let US hope and pray
that when all personal interests
and all national hopes and fears
and ambitions have been fully ex-
pressed at the conference. a sober
sense Of the imperative necessity
Of doing something will enable US
to yield many Of the things that
we think are good for America to
the end that the conference may
do something that is good for tho
world.