The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-01
LLOYD AND THE LEAGUE.
Chicago Tribune.

Mr. Lloyd George tells a Tribune
correspondent that the United States
ought to join the league of nations and
he believes it will join in the near
future. As Mr.. Lloyd George is re-
| sponsible. with NJ. Clemenceau and
! MIR. Wilson. for the establishment,
such as it is, of the league, ii is
natural that he should look upon it,
ostensibly at least with the fond eyes
of parentage. But we doubt his quail
lcation for prediction of American
action. The credit of the league in
America is not, so far as we can OBJ
serve. improving. AS marvellous
contrivance for preventing war, the
league does not loom up very i'm
pressively from this side the Atlantic
Mr. Lloyd George asserts that all it
needs to function perfectly as adver-
tised is the United States and that
tine moment Uncle sam sits down at
the supreme council table world peace
is certain.
What MIR. Lloyd George is thinking
of is not at all what our academic
leaguists and internationalists have
in mind He spoke more plainly when
he says an alliance of Great Britain
and the United States can impose |
peace on the world That may be; |
it probably is true, but the American |
people are not ready to assume the |
moral and material responsibility of !
such an imposition. Neither within
nor without are we ready to say to
France: You must get out of the
Ruhr; or TO Germany You must
cease resistance and accept French
dictation: or to Italy: You must give
up Fiume: or to Greece. you must
give up Corfu or Smyrna--if you don't
we shall declare war. military or eco
nomic or financial or all combined.
When Mr.. Lloyd George speaks of
peace. imposed by a league with the
United States holding the balance or
~ an English speaking alliance, he
assumes an identity of interest of
Viewpoint between our nation and his
which does not exist We have enough .
n common to keep our peace. so far ,
IS any prediction in this changeful
world may be hazarded. but each has
particular interests of its own in
which the other does not share and q
his is true especially of the far >
eaching network of the British EN- +,
ire. h
II is easy to cOnjure up a glowing Z
icture of pax Anglo-American, If il
re are ready to assume that both q
aticns are moved solely by selfless II
lotives and a unique perception of d
leal Justice. But we cannot afford :,
, be deceived by any such self-flat-
Try into entering the maze of fierce W
mbitions. ancient suspicious and ran p
,rs which we can see very clearly OF
imposes what the international poll a
cs Of Europe is today. has been for 70
INJURIES. and in all human probabil- 70
Y will be tomorrow. is
The frequent suggestion that we ba
ar from foreign statesmen, includ- tt
g Mr. Lloyd George, that the YER co
lilies treaty has failed to bring forth W,
uits of peace and restoration simply or
cause the United States refused to is
tify and help impose it's terms. does of
I impress us. The treaty of Yer mi
lilies was a resultant of the political is
rces of Europe, in which it has been ste
r wise policy not to entangle our to
YES Far from being conscience viii
'icken for having refused to help pa
pose it, the American people, save Wis