The Colorado statesman., 1922-07-08
UNITED STATES WILL SUGGEST
AN INTERNATIONAL ORGAN
IZATloN IN DUE TIME.
DEVELOPING HARDING'S IDEA
Settlement Of Several Great Problems
In Europe Is Awaited-AdoPtion Of
the New Name Is Credited to Lady
Astor.
ey JAMES p. HoRNApAY

time may not 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 1t
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 were
adopted at the Washington conference
ON the limitation of drmaments must
be ratified before the subject of
league that will embrace in Its men,
bership practically all the nations of
the world is broached, and the great
enterprise must await certain develop
ments in Europe.
The proposed league of peace
springs from the association of ma
tions germ about which Warren G.
Harding then candidate for Presl-
dent, talked at Indianapolis August
%, 1920 and at 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-
tion 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 HarSng 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-
complishsd a great work. Charles Il.
Hughes, secretary of state, it is need
less to say is thoroughly in sympathy
with every effort that has been made
or is likely TO be made to bring the
nations together in an endeavor 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
tions.' A story is being related behind
the scenes to the effect that 1t was
Lady Astor, 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
Astor, during her recent visit to the
United States, made many speeches in
favor of the formation of 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 offense 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 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 a political side to the
subject which Is receiving more or
less attention in quiet way. The
Democrats in the various states will,
it 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 make its league of
| peace proposal 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 it will possibly become a
political issue just as the league of
nations became a football for the
politicians.
Bread a "Horrible Example,"
Fifty cents out of each dollar the
consumer pays for bread is absorbed
in the cost of distribution, according
to a statement made by the joint con-
gressional committee of agricultural
inquiry.
This statement Is based on average
| figures for 1913, 1916 and 1921, the
report says, adding that in 1913 the
entire producing cost was A cents and
the distribution cost sc cents. Bread
is held up by the commission as
striking example of what happens to
the farmers product in the way of
costs and profits before it reaches the
| consumer.
The farmers wheat Is the substan-
| thar raw material element from which
bread is made, but 1t must be trans