New-York tribune., 1922-02-19


rsrope. mll appear in The Tribune
By Frank A. Nandcrlip
p.,i. was not wholly without vision
nd some attempt at sound recon
anu ...on the formation Of the
,-srue q Nations was the evolution
- WORTHY ideal. If the same spirit
~ genuinely dominated tho terms
ss - reace the treaties would have
~ far more wisely drawn, and the
seS" s.ssr;nr O, both Allies and enemies
".,,d have been immcasugahly less.
IN IN constituting the league there
sound attempt to create q new
ssrcv Of order and rccuperation in
-. Faith in What that agency
L'rht LO,s accomplish was the only in
91.s..r,.nt ~ which led some Of the del
uoo o,a. 10 sanction agreements in
ef rE;sb they did not believe.
doubt II any enc can claim that
~. Constitution Of tho League OF Ma
.9 .ssn. was perfect conception, And
m., never convinced that the United
e.s,.. ought to become member un-
10. some Of the terms Of the cove
ut were altered. Without the
Wr;s.d States. however. the league
-, almost fatally handicapped from
o.. beginning. The United States
.nuld have brought 70 the admins
..s,;on Of tho league an objective
.,d authoritative attitude which no
rn1onesn nation can furnish.
We have generally undere stlmatcd'
,,r.vcr the actual accomp'l shmcnts
=. tho league since It's formation 1t
s.. meant lar less than its designers
toned but It has pointed the road to
future European welfare.
Unless among tho people or EUROPE
there Is g growth Of thc sn'r't OF JUS
~ I, International rclatious, an un-
s.rstanding Of the folly OF self shness
.rd intrigue snd recognition Of their
.SH IT. ~ interests. there = nothing but
S..sv and di integration sheed. These
u.'nc;nje. form tie moral bagis Of Che
i.srue Of Nations.
rorop.an Civilization Is
y.eine Complete Break Down
IA not perfervid rhetoric to say
A.t European civilization is facing p
.onnlete break down. IN isVN"d
.,mnsnhere Of continued suspicion and
.ntaoonism there is death. for Europe
,,n onlv live through co-operativee
.sor Militarism. urcrrbed racial
I.treds. blindness to the Importance
a, eeonomic interdep endence and e.
,rcerated nationalism arc all pushlr <
Errone toward & Sd ter. The only per
nsnent economic agency for the re
,nneration of the continent which has
10 far been put irto operation is the
ksgue Of Nations.
An observation Of the work OF the
league at Geneva leads one quioKy e
the conclusion that i. is not super
,tate. although one mlCat suspect after
reading the covenant that It would be
come one. II m ght be ssid that Il has
nroyed to be weak: that it has bsAr
impotent TO accomplish iniportan- aims
and TIA. it discusses but does not act,
bu. the fear that political Franfcn-
stein has been buil5 up should b
cuieted However far short oi eXpec-
tations tha accomplishments Of th'
lesgue have been. il has by nc mss Al
been barren Of practical results.
The secreta-iat OF the league, tn
permanent executive Organization. wai
! rich mine OF opportunity and infor
nation. It appears to ne TO DC com
vosed Of men who had been eelecta'
because OF fitness. high purpose sn
psss,onate enthusiasm f0T human serv
Ice. Considering the fsct that A'nerlc
Is &c. party to the league, It va
urprsins to find q cons'deraole nemoe
Q. Americans holding responsible pos'
lions in that organization. The ser!ou
research which the league has bee
carrying on for over p year on eco
ncmic and social questions has grow
into tree Of knowledge. the frults Q
which we are free TO gather.
Monument tc Efficiency
And the Eigheat Purpose
Sir Erie Drummond, the perm aueu
secretary of the League Of Ncsjo1S, /
At the head Of the secretaria.. So fa
as he Is responsible for the creation Q
the permanent organization ne is build
Ing such monument to efficiency an
Nigh purpose az is given to few men I
erect. A comparison u this smsl
group Of men with the organizstiol
representing any government c- otne
undertaking WITH which ] am famllia
Is sstorishingly to It's advantage.
1t has proved that there can b
brought together group of men Q
high purpose who can rise above naE
POW national pref judice TO view EuTop
eomptehensively The world is rip
toT new type Of statcsmanship, on
that conlprehends the unity o. intcros
NUony the diTe-en. rcfiors OF FurODe