New Britain herald., 1922-09-26
AN IMPORTANT DEBATE.

'ResolFed that the lnlteu Slat's should Immediately join the League of Nations" Any debate by well informed persons on this subject is Of vital interest. Any debate between representatives of the universities of Harvard one of the greatest institu- tions of this country, and Oxford occupying a like position in England would be of interest. When such an important subject is discussed by representative debaters of these insti- tutions there is given a double signifi canoe to the occasion.
 And this is the question that will be discussed and these are the insti- tutions which will furnish the speak CTS in Boston October 2. The repre- sentatives of the American university will present points aimed to prove the inadvisabilty of the United States immediate entrance into the League. while the Epglishmen will argue in  favor of sucI entrance. Thus the men from England will take the posi- tion of most Englishmen-that there is no proper reason why this country should not enter the League, and the Americans will support the position our representatives have taken in regard to the League. There is no question but that the men from Eng land have back of them an almost united public opinion, while the Americans have for their moral SUD- port a sometimes questioned united approval There are more people in this country, who favor the entrance of the United States into the League than there are people in England who believe this country is wise in remain ing out of it,
 The question is not a dead issue. The last Presidential election did not kill the League in the minds of people in this country. Today the resignation of Justice Clarke from the Supreme Court bench, and his relations with former Governor Cox, recent Democratic candidate for the Presidency. and their attitudes re- garding the League are subjects of oh I from Harvard and from Cambridge will present undoubtedly the latest subject is approached from the view point of whether or not it would be enter the league there is little ques- tion but that the Englishmen will have a far greater field from which to choose their arguments than will the Americans If, however the ques- tion is viewed solely from the narrow standpoint of the American who con- sders only what is best and most edle anu NlSe lOE tlllS country, lHe Americans will have, possibly, the more practical arguments.
 And therein lies the weakness of the case of those who argue against the League idea. Isolation from the rest of the world and a refusal to take part in world affairs requires the emphasizing of narrow self-interest. This cannot be the ideal of the big man, the big nation. The time will come when it's pettiness will be uni versally recognized.
 The debate to be held in Boston October ?, quite aside from the merits of the question to be discussed, is worthy of note as a splendid encour- agement to the development of young men in their interest in international questions, in world questions, and thus another forward step in Amer ica's effort to emphasize the import ance of the training of men in the school of diplomacy wherein we have been weak and in which we must become strong,