The Farmington times., 1922-01-20

not, we shall have to cooperate with
Europe in order to protect and to ad-
vance our own welfare, if for no other
seasons. And, with that realization,
we are beginning to wonder if we
would not have been much better off,
if we would not have saved ourselves
much loss, If we had recognized this
necessity in6the firstfplace and acted
upon it. We know now that we have
got to do something to help Europe to
| its feet before we can once more stand
| firmly on our own, and it is a natural
and reasonable assumption that if we
had Known this, and had done this,
| two years ago, we would be in a much
better position than we are at pres
ent.
We are learning, through the force
of griding circumstances, that we can
not live to ourselves. We are learn
ing that if we are to have prosperity,
if the great load of taxation that war
has laid upon our back is to be ma
terialIy lessened, we must associate
with other nations for the mainte-
nance Of peace. We are learning,
moreover, that there is nothing nee
essarily dangerous in such an associa-
ton, and by our own experience and
accomplishments we are finding out
how much can be done for the pro-
motion of international harmony and
its resulting good will by getting to-
gether and talking over in friendly
way the causes of irritation which are
the breeders of war. We are, in short,
developing a state of mind which per-
mits rational, unprejudiced and fap
vorable consideration of the idea of
general cooperation among the ma
tions, ourselves included, for the
maintenance of peace.
And while public opinion in Ameri-
ca is quietly but irresistbly trending
in this direction, the League Of Ma
tions, with it's fifty-seven member
countries, is as quietly pursuing the
even tenor Of it's way. 1t is, to be
sure, three-legged nag without the
association of the United States, Ger
many and Russia, and it must, of ne
cessity, move with difficulty. But it
is moving, and it is moving forward.
Even within its own sphere, as now re-
strcted, it cannot come into its full
power until such matters as the Ger
man reparations, which are renewed
by the Treaty of Versailles to the in
dividual nations concerned, are set
tied and out of the way. Yet, ham
pered as it is for the present by these
conditions, it is developing organiza-
tion, methods, system, principles; it is
bringing the member nations together
for the discussion of problems that
are vital to the welfare Of the world;
it is removing by this association
much of the racial suspicion and ami
mostly which is due largely to lack of
acquaintance; it is creating a congen-
ial and friendly atmosphere for the
consideration of world affairs. On the
S0th of this month the Permanent
Court of international Justice will be
organized at The Hague, and this
great agency of the league will be
ready for business. And, although
it is as yet building its house, as it
were, 1t is proving its power for the
achievement Of it's primary purposes
when the opportunity to use its power
is given. It settled the Aland Islands
dispute, which threatened war between
Sweden and Finland. The Supreme
| ISVuiISilb aItSi tAylHk AOE many wear y
months to solve the Silesian problem,
turned it over to the league which
solved it promptly, efficiently and
peaceably. The Supreme Council ana
the Council of Ambassadors were un-
able to put a stop to the military EN-
croachments of the Serbians upon Al
bania. The League of Nations stop
ped them very quickly.
4 Yes, indeed, it is alive. And time
J and circumstances are silently work
ing for it more effectually than words
could ever do. It is tile living embod-
iment of a spirit that is growing
stronger every day, in the country and
Throughout the world, as the meaning
of war is more and more forcibly inn
pressed upon the people in the clear
ing perspective. 1t is the embodiment
of that spirit, and it is the embodi-
ment of the only principles and meth
DDS whereby world peace can be per-
manently maintained and world jus-
tice made secure. II have no anxiety
| for it," says Mr.. Wilson, and there is
no reason for anxiety,-Globe- Demo-
crat. ',