The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-11
Democrats
Not United
On League
ny DAVID LAwRaHOn,
,copyrlEht by This 1ntslllKsnesf.)

Washington. Ian. 10 rw" years TO
day hRV" passed Hln'c III" l"nwu" "f ma
lions wae born. hut only ln m" a"lf-
Imposed spcluslon OF hls private cit-
Eenship does the man who had most to
do with Its creation celebrate the birth
day. Woodrow Wilson. admittedly the
parent Of the league OF nations. whlSh
now embraces nrly y-Onr nations. did not
interrupt his silence to point out that
the league which had been declared
dead so many times was Indeed awe
and functIonine. Nor did no lirt HID
voice To contend that while America
had not yet Joined the league. there
was no association Of nations In exist
ence as yet to tako the place OF the
league.
Nnr are there any spokosmen for the
Wilson viewpoint arguing the case one
way or anUthcr. The Democrats VINO
followed Wilson when ho Mas In ofnCe
ui.. not the s.,ine Al"sI Of them have
Al. .r1 TIuIn tho Wilson standard aud
tai. - IL tuT EIanI,d th.t the league Ia
a dead affuII f"T thC United
hIatoa Ia .mI,,urnod tInIy "a sUntll sT"up
,lInsa -. ID. n',ti." ih"t tho league las
Hina ii,ss "Uh '"iI leo Llllsh a"l Ih"'
tha ,"oI", ics"o 81 th" iJii 10 "aih""tl"i
,amtraIs" III lee ~. ls"h"s 81 ""'I''"s
sr"l"
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n.,,i. .ts,t'I '.I,"i,,,.''" 81 -" I'"'''"
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s.,,- - ~" Wlla'." 'i'''i'i"" -" ~ '"'g
h.. rt,,IIsd - frI",, ,.r",I,olr"r %" "'
ru,nan Ihrt -" r'.r'"t r''ri""rp y"
rre-1i"r 10 dur dlrr. ~ ," ~" f"il"r"
nr tho I."n,d E,nI"s =" I"ln wlIh tho
,,ihsr now rrr ~ Tho pr"-"rvnII"n "r tho
lsp,r 81 ~" v"rId particularly Fuf"pn
Mr. IIull.p rlou f"r N""u"ml" """r"'"-
tInn and hts pIri"ucnt that world
Wilde economic ""nt"r"n"' IL "HEcntlnl IN
but III" rorr"llrrN 10 the Democratic
argument that tho tack ~ crnp"mlc CO
operation In tho Inst ~" wears Is rs-
Eponsihle for present conditions.
Democrats Not United
Rut Mr mrs ideas nEr by no means
shared Ivy his party D." congress II
isn't that 10 II opposed IL In simply
that tho Democrats havo no pronounced
policy on foreign arrnira and that when
PRESIDENT Harding shroVdy took under
kls Ulug fur the armament conference.
ths Democratic leader Ia tho senate
Oscar TndcTv""d h lett hls political
opponents I" founder.
On the urhcr huud. ir tho Democrats
hTo d., Idsd u"d have no objective. TIA"
H,puLil,uHa have "WahTHoi 1" th1iI
u.w responsibilities la I"icign "tia''N
ThuTs aIo noH"hii'""H h'IS Nh" h"lI' 'r
thU a,u,o,usnt ,"Etcitu'c. iit" """at"h
"f Nn,Eaasr,i., It,,, .'y 1" a. n"tt''"'.
,,..,, 10 ,",,tl"b" ~" distw,i'h Il "f ''n
as.sC.s ." lko nUa"tlsI '''"f"''"o" "''
I.I,,u"t tl"nnI -. k""ss ""j 'hs IU'G'hi"
rn,ti,Ipriiu" ~ tIn tUI,sd .ii"is' i-'
ha s,,,uu,i,tr ,',t,t st.','.. ,"li.d Toe ""H' I
sio.,h r" ',."." 80" "u "''"s - s"i' /"
aL,.ts ih. 70 l,.i 90 iI"r-I lee 4" ~" hi'''
r-,, 80 :. is"p"" - r,'.,."- -"""'.l"
,iru ,,t u"ii"," "s 'n- ''~. ',"y h"
Ub-.a- ~ spI'n
f, account 81 Dhn, hrs hoUp""''l
.IU,. -. I-,r',r - nuil,up '''us I"t-
s.Is,arrr r""ld 30 accurate -th""' .
statement 49, ihr Erad',aliY 'hnnrlnU
spI,u 81 ,ho IIr'dl"r Dh,nI"irtreiI"" ="
ward th- IorUuo ~ urtI"pP Nsrlf r'sR
Idsut IInrdIrr nrd Hs'roin'y li"EhN"
~" 80 determined ~ "vSr nat :" c"w'ni,
tho United H'st"s l." msnb"rHhlp In tho
ienEue u.s. Ht present constituted hut ln
moro ways than nno thry bav" shown
an attitude ~ fflsndshlp Instead "f
hostility They hpSa Indignantly u"
nlsh that America would In any way
try o. rudrr,uIno tho league Of nurl"nr
Mr. Harding has Rnnc 80 far To
nay ihnt tho league II u good thinu FOR
IH tho nero mention or tho league con
Hidofod impoTtlnont. OtnriRl- roC"Enin"
tho league RH n going concern with u
apcCInC object This doczn't mean. nH
some OhrsrvcTs have hoped. that tho
I'nltad Hthtoa IL ready to Hubmlt for tho
approval of the league Ccrtain treaties
which arc agreed upon Mt tho WaHhing-
ton conference and which must ohvl-
ously 10 mado world. wido In their Rp.
pliCAtlon To bo ofroCtiNc,
It dooa mean that the United States
will continuo 10 deal with tho frty ono
nhtious In tho league Of nations an In
diVlduNl countrieA This viii not pre-
won't Great britain OrFTRnCo or any Of
tho powers which haN" attended tho
Washington conference from using tho
mAohinety Of tho league or nations q"
haSton tho adoption generally Of thono
treaties which only IA small group or
nations aligned NJ Washington.
RFisaaly RsiAtions
The pTosps0ts are that Arthur James
HalfDur 10 GTaat Britain who has al
Nays bosn prominent nsufe la tho
unsetinGs Of tho ouunCii or tho league Of
nations will Tsp"Tt To tho lasHua Of ia
tlons at the nsst opportunity and NIli
sndeaVOr Ia psTpstuato a rTishdv raia
tienship Bstwssn spsoiat CnnfoTonosa 0f
q small numb~r or nations zach a. took
place hefs abd tho larger body which
includes the whole world with tho
osptisn Of tho unitad ptRtss HsTinanY
ana Nussia-
The b~liar prevails among many or
the foreign delegates hora Tor III" arms
conference that Within = year both titus
Ella snd UeTmRny will be admitted ="
tho league or nations and that ireland
win also take hsr place In tho league
assembly along with Canada. huHtrnliR.
South Africa. New Zealand and India.
~ was an unHVentful birthday for
the League of nstionH In Washing ton
unsVentful because most of tho forolEp
dsisaates considered IL indelleats 10 be
quoted. lcat they offend tho United
States government. and In thia policy
Of dsfsrsntIAl Hilsncs Woodrow Wilson