Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-06-28
Continued from last week.

the League again met, with Salandrs
celebrating and defending in detail
the point which he had arrogantly an.
nounced on September 1st. At the
meeting Of September 9Th he was re.
peating over and over that the oc.
cupation of Corfu was only temper.
airy and that Italy would make every
provision for the families of the vic.
Tins of the bombardment. On the
9Th, with the perspiration rolling
down his face, he was attempting to
side track the point at issue with a
vehement defense of Italy as being
the center Of art and the home OF
sunshine and beauty. By September
18th he was freely arguing the mat
ter from every angle with M. Poll
tbs, the representative of Greece who
sat across the table at the meeting of
the Council. Without, going into fur
Their detail, in less than four weeks
the whole controversy was settled
and the danger of war obviated by
the intervention of the League of Ma
tons.
In times of quiet the League of
Nations, through it's permanent Sec
tariat and the meetings of it's Coun-
Gil and Assembly, considers world
needs and issues warnings of contro-
versies which if not promptly settled
may lead to future serious rupture.
In times of stress the League of Ma
tons is primarily the great clearing
house Of the world public opinion be-
fore the bar of which no nation can
afford to stand and be proclaimed in
the wrong.
What a change Of heart the action
Of the League of Nations and several
months of contemplation have given
to Mussolini. Three days after Corfu
was Abandoned Mussolini said, "The
League has the inadmissable defect,
that it permits small nations to inter-
vene, discuss and regulate the affairs
Of great powers" On Decoration
Day last, only about two weeks ago,
in answer to. the question, What do
you think of the League of Nations,
Mussolini said:
II think everything possible should
be done to realize the ideal of the
League-the ideal of universal peace
based upon justice. At times in their
long history, Italians have been al
most too wide in their thinking and
in their sympathies. Still, if they
were, I reckon it among their first
titles to greatness. Remarkable think
ers-Roman among them-have fear
ed universalism as leading to national
decay. But our world is different from
what it was before the war. All hu-
mainly has a wider vision, keener
sense of fellowship, a quickened con-
science toward those who must bear
the brunt Of war, if war comes.
"Peace with honor, peace with JUS
tice, peace that does no violence to
any nations healthy and righteous
self-respedt Mat, indcet}, ~ some
thing worth struggling for, despite
any peril inhering In International
ism. Internationalism would not be
safe for single nation; it is safe for
all nations moving in concert toward
a rational scheme Of political, eco
nomic and cultural intercourse. Ma
tons need, and generally realize that
they need, lasting foundation Of
pacific co-existence. Such founda-
ton cannot be had without skillful
and patient building, and such build
ing is out Of the question without es-
tablished machinery for conducting
international affairs in accordance
with deliberately developed world O.
pinion. Governments and peoples
must work together. They can work
together only by understanding one
another. They can understand one
another only, so to speak, by fore
gathering in a common council cham-
Der or FORUM"
Now, what is our relationship with
the League Of Nations? From the
4th of March, 1921, until September
of that year the State Department of
this government did not answer a
single communication directed to it
by the League of Nations, but the
public began to protest and in Sep
TENDER 1921 fifteen communications
were answered. 1t is true they were
almost identical and all ended with
the following sentence: "The Secre-
tary of State has taken note of this
information for any purposes of re-
levancy to the United States as a
State not member of the League of
Nations - Nipo xuoro ockr ~, ylo1ood