The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-21
TED's BEDTIME STORIES


forgotten and all over long ago.
What's all the talk about anyway?
1t was Ruth talking to Jack after
their evening meal. II heard Freddie
and some of the boys saying that the
next election would show few things
about whether the world club was
dead or not"
"Well," replied Jack who wanted
to give the big brother answer, if
possible, II know from what Uncle
Ted has said that the world club is
dead so far as the United States is
concerned but the club has been meet
ing in Geneva, Switzerland, and may
be he could tell US something more
about it if we asked him."
"Go find him and ask him to tell US
story about it," said Ruth.
Uncle Ted was found in the gar
age, but as usual gave in to his little
chums and the three we're soon gath
cred together for another story.
$50 it's the world club plan again,
kiddies," began Uncle Ted. "Jack,
you say you thought it was dead. 1t
is, in one way, but its menace still
exists because of the fact that certain
Democratic leaders realize that their
party is absolutely up against it. for
an issue for the next general cam
paign. At this time there doesn't ap-
pear to be any other issue from their
standpoint, and James M. Cox, former
governor of Ohio, who was defeated
by Mr.. Harding with the greatest vote
ever cast for President, has been in
Europe and made himself ridiculous
with his many statements. He has
tried very hard to reopen the case OF
the world club before European audi
ences and it is to be hoped that the
people of Europe will realize that he
| is speaking simply as citizen and
one who was overwhelmingly defeated
for the Presidency. But Europe is
thousands of miles away and those
people may not understand. When ne
landed in New York he said, among
other things, that the big issue in the
: Forthcoming Congressional elections
would be the failure of the Admins
+ration to participate in the affairs of
i the world
"Mr. Cox made that statement
fresh from his visit to Europe and
with a European, not an American
viewpoint. He probably forgets that
the thousands of people who voted to
put Mr.. Harding into the White
House did 50 because they wanted
none of those alliances which all true
Americans know would mean disaster.
America has not forgotten the wis
dom of our Fathers, of George Wash
ington and Lincoln. He also has pro-
badly forgotten the greatest confer
cnce ever held, the most practical
might say-that Conference in Wash
ington almost a year ago which end
cd with the first real steps toward
world peace and understanding. The
present administration has dug as
deep into the affairs of the world as
it is safe to dig, and the people OF
, America know it. The words of a
defeated candidate will have little
weight.
AT the conference in Washington
the United States participated in dis
cussion of world affairs only so fa1
as this country is interested. We did
not NEEDLE with European politics
.,,atters of reduction of armament
We're discussed openly, and agreements
were reached the same way, and the
meeting closed with all nations rep
resented better friends. Secretary OF
the Navy DENLY who has just returned
from Japan and China found that the
people of those two far eastern coun
tries feel closer to the United States
than ever before There is no doubt
of the good results Of that confer
ence. So, for that reason, if for M
other, Mr.. Cox's words will have lit
tie weight among those who read ane
know what actually has been done.
GAS for the world club itself, thu
third assembly recently came to :
close at Geneva. Many reports from
that meeting are misleading ant
would make some people feel that the
club is 'cure-all for every kind O.
national and international illness
But such is far from the case. NJ
less man than Lord Cecil, a mem
Der of the British delegation, early il
the meeting asked that a new peace
plan be adopted to take the place o:
many phases of the famous Article \
of the world club plan. The fact tina
Lord Cecil should ask such change
shows that the plan is failure whe,