The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-20
GENERAL bRUNDAcE COMING
MONDAY TO PROBE VICE and MURDERS
LEGION SHEDS
TEARS ATPLEA
OF YPRES HERO


new OrIe4nS, L6., Oct. zU.-t6y
The Associated Press. 1.-The repre-
sentatiyes Of the Veterans Of the
World war III eight of the nations
associated in the war against the
central powers, men who have
given health, eyesignt and limbs III
. war which they believed was 10
end wars. today made their plea to
the American Legion to help them
make that promise and that hope
come true.
Their spokesman was J. B. d.
Cohen. of Great Britain, one time
major in a territorial regiment. At
Ypres, Major Cohen lost both legs.
He was brought to the front II
the platform Of the convention hall
Charles Bertrand, of France,
after he had been intro
duced by H. Nelson Jackson,
one of the American delegates to
the convention Of the Inter-Alliel
Veterans Federation which has
been celebrating here for week.
AS Cohen was wheeled forward
there was hush in the great hall.
One Of "COntemptibles."
Here was a man who had given
everything that active men hold
dear, because his country called
on him to do SO, man of the old
hundred thousand of England's lit
tie army Of contemptibles," of the
unframed, tattered, lean, stagger-
ing, mad heroes who fought until
they dropped and then got up agair:
and fought some more.
There was hardly a dry eye in the
house. Men cried and laughed and
were entirely unashamed Of their
emotion. Then Cohen spoke.
He laid before the convention
sight points" ON which the wound
ed veterans Of the inter-Allied Fed,
Grafton have agreed, on which the.
pin their faith of ending war. They
are:
Here's His Plan.
"1-That all international agree.
ments among governments affectinf
the entire people shall be open an
'above-board, with full publicity.
"2-That treaties make the Law
between the nations and they mus
be executed in good faith.
"3-To oppose territorial ag
grandizement.
Il TO vigorously suppress with
in our. boundaries all persons an
! propagandas to overthrow by fore,
government existing by will Of tht
people.
"5-That the financial policies O
the allied governments must have
as their aim the stability Of ex
change and the resumption of in
! ternational commerce and we rec
ommend the suspension of traf'
relations with countries maintain
ing armies organized for aggres
sive purposes.
Wants Own News Bureaus.
| "6-In view Of the distorted poll
tical situation tending to unbal
ance the public mind, we recon
mend that there shall be establisht.
! by the Fidac a news disseminating
| bureau with representatives il
every member country; that thi'
agency shall receive the officia
sanction of the governments of tn
respective counties; that it shall
collect and issue news designed Il
Offset destructive and inflammator.
propaganda, particularly the proga
ganda put forth by the proponen;'
of bolsheyism. with the intent tt
change other forms Of government
THAT an International cour
be established to outlaw war.
"S-To proceed as rapid!
as conditions permit and whel
the DEGREES Of such court becom,
operative Except for machiner.
necessary to maintain them an
the minimum police forces) to en-
4 tirely disarm and disband our land
sea and air forces, and destroy TIL
| imnlements of warfare"