Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-07-07
UNITED STATES Will ssUocEsrI
AN INTERNATIONAL ORGAN
IzATIoN in DUE TIME.
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DEVELOPING AARpl!Nge,s IDEA
settlement o. Several Great Problems
In Europe Is Awaited-Adontlon Of
the New Name is Credited to Lady
BIZ JAMES P. HoRNApAY
Astor.
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time may nor be very far In the fu-
ture-the United States will propose
the formation of an international
league of peace. No definite time for
making the proposal has been fixed be-
cause this government feels that IL
would be unwise to bring the subject
to the attention of the world until
conditions are more favorable than
they are now. The treaties that we're
adopted at the Washington conference
on the limitation of ornaments must
be ratified before the subject of a
league that will embrace in its MEM
bership practically all the nations of
I the world Is broached, and the great
enterprise must await certain develop
ments In Europe VI
The proposed league Of peace
springs from the association of ma
lions germ about which Warren G.
Harding. then candidate for Presi-
dent, talked at Indianapolis August
IS, 1920. and Mt Des Moines Septem-
Der z, 1920, and to which he made
| frequent reference between the date
of his election and the date Of his
inauguration, and even after his In
auguration. The Harding administra-
ton from the outset has been COM
mitted definitely against taking the
United States into the existing league
of nations and In favor of the organ
ization of an association of nations
which would be a modification of the
league of nations and would succeed
that organization. The ambitions
of President Harding along this
line are well known to his
friends. Undoubtedly he feels that If
during his term in the White House
he can be instrumental in bringing the
nations of the world together in an
organization pledged to maintain the
peace of the world he will have ac-
complished a great work. Charles e.
Hughes, secretary of state, 1t is need
less to say is thoroughly in sympathy
with every effort that has been made
nations, together in. an endeayor to
preserve the peace of the world.
League Of Peace Its New Name.
Only recently the name league of
peace" was substituted for the original
Harding conception association of ma
! TONS" A story is being related behind
the scenes to the effect that 1t was
Lady Aston, ,the woman of Virginia
birth who is member of the British
parliament, who Is responsible for the
Harding administrations preferring
the name league of peace Lady
Aston, during her recent visit to the
United States, made many speeches in
favor of the formation of a league of
peace. AS she has pointed out since
she returned to England, she avoided
the use of the term league of nations
because that combination of words
has come to be an offeDse to many
persons In the United States. while
the title league of peace" has a pc
culiarly effective appeal to the people
Nothing else would satisfy the ad-
ministration quite,s SO we'll as inter-
national developments. of character
that would open the way for the sub
mission Of the league of peace proposal
during the present summer or early
fall. There is political side to the
subject which. Is receiving more or
less attention in q quiet way. The
Democrats In the various states will,
1t is generally assumed, in making this
years platforms indorse the league
of nations. The Republicans who are
shaping the, coming campaign are by
no means certain that the Republican
party ought to take definite position
in opposition to the United States GO
ing into the present league in case the
league covenant should be properly
modified. A happy way out of the
situation so. far as the Republicans are
concerned. 1t is pointed out by some
of the politicians. would be for the
administration to make0its league of
peace proposal a month or so be-
fore the November elections. The
danger Of the whole enterprise, If it
ever takes definite form, would seem
TO be that itawiH possibly become a
political issue just as the league of
nations I1ps became a football for the
politicians.
Bread Attorrible Example,"
Fifty cents out of each dollar the
consumer pays for bread isaabsorbed
In the cost of distribution. according
to a statement made by the joint con-
gressional committee of agricultural
inquiry. y" M 'sfsti 's ~
This statement is based on average
figures for 1918, 1915 and 1921, the
REPORT says, adding 'that In 1913 the
entire producing cost was Al cents and
the distribution cost So cents Bread
is held up by the commission as u
Esstriking example Of what happens to
the farmers product In the way OF
costs and profits before 1t reaches the
consumer st'l vs ~
lsn,The farmerslwheat Is the snbstan-
tiaf raw, material element from which