The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-01-14
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JAN. II 1921
sENAToR HARplNGs wORLp
PEACE PLANs

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Senator Harding Is getting along
fincIy with bis substitute for the
peace treaty and the League Of Ma
tiOns. His was the simple task Of writ
ing something that should be enough
like the covenant to suit MI. TAFT and
Mr.. Root. and enough unlike tito
please Senators Johnson and Borah.
Ii is an easy task for a man Of Mr..
Harding's elastic intellectual opera
tions advanced IN his undertaking to
give the outlines
In gact, there viii be not much ex-
eA..e autIsaes about it. In reaching
the leaders" It is said on behalf Of
.he Fresident-elect, ethe discussion
must relate not to details but to broad
general principles.s This cannot be
too much insisted on. The moment do
tails are preached differences Of opin-
ion win arise. So long as only general
principles are discussed unanimity
may be confidently counted on For
example. Peace should be preserved
il we can get what we wish without
aghting.s swar is depiorable" IL So
better to be unassumingly wicked than
to be SYSTEMATICALLY good" These are
general principles on which unanim-
ity may be expected.
Theories Of international relation
ships throughout this discussion must
be kept IN state capable OF change
as various opinions are encountered. ?
Where the object Is 70 obtain una
nirnIty IL is impossible TO define tho
subject about which the persons to
confer are TO be unanimous. II any
conclusions are reached they must be
changed whenever anybody objects to
one Of them.
elimination OF all governing fea-
lures in an association Of nations.
Each nation shall remain free TO MAKE
its own decisions" Thus there viii be-
no agreement. or attempt 70 reach an
agreement. All the nations viii pro-
TESS as a general proposition that
peace Is better than war, but OF course
IL they can make more BY war they
are no bound TO preserve the peace,
and IL one nation wishes 20 invade
another Il will not be deferred by an
agremnen, OF 4S nations not 70 allow
the peace Of the world TO be disturbed
Imperial Germany would have cheer
fully entered an association OF this
sort.
The first thing 10 do IA 70 get five
leading nations to assent to IAN in
ternatIonai relationship based on the
world Court idea. deciding justihable
questions only" This ought 20 be-
simple enough. because no nation VIII
have 70 go into the Court unless it
chooses to. But II Is apparently sena-
tor Hnrding's belief that aside from
their military power, the Ave moral
leaders Of the world today are United
States, Great Britain, France, Japan
and Italy" But how can pagan ma
ton like Japan DO one Of the moral
leaders Of the world, and bow can air.
Harding enter into any sort Or a com
bination with nation that does not
worship God?
Only few weeks ago In a church
in Marion. Mr.. Harding explained that
he bolted the League OF Nations be-
cause he would not in the language
Of Paul ''be unequally yoked together
with unbelieyers9 Did he not say: 4
could not hope for very happy re-
lationship among nations unless there
was common thought among them in
recognition Of . Supreme Beingge the
presence Of Japan was an insuperable
obstacle in the way Of accepting The
League Of Nations, and yet Mr. Hand
ing is quoted as naming the big
Five Of the peace conference as the
I'VE moral leaders Of the world today.
Alleganian
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