Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11

MIR. BOX SPILLS THE BEANS

Most of the critics of The Peace Planreprnted n full with ballot voting yes mo on Page oi th ls sue of The Patroseem have forgotten that MT Bok oe purpose in offering give the of slO0O00 o pro mote world peace Tn the heat of deron and denuncauo that in quarters greeted the of the chosen an one can shuts one eyes and that the food gates of wrath Presidential campaign open again pon the land The voices both individual and journals tie national local saying again Tn the same tone oi frenzy things they said against the League o Nao and the Wilson Administration m IJzO bul ts tune ei H little more anger little irony and little derson while these have become slightly maudln shghty eraeked onavering and neoheren 1920 these voices sed the League of Nations Mr Wilson out of office and put Republican party in Now the situation IS different 
 Mr Box has spilled the beans. At just the moment when the party had believed that they had turned the houghs of the electorate inward outward he projects consideration world peace into the midst of presidential election year regard for party lines of any kind he las suddenly peace world once more naoha issue with ultimate membership of this country m the League of Nations part his chosen plan And this almost more than the venerable voices grown falseto, can bear
 l. is perfectly that Mr Box to widespread er s for having chosen Il committee award that numbered 80 large percentage of Nation supporters On the o CT hand it may truly that supporters of the League o Nations are about the only people this today who ap pear hang about promoting world peace and nnyng the of And to be doubted at even th exeep tiona stage of the worlds development that Heavensen genius could would have chosen plan that would have gained immediately the definite support oi that class e Americans managed persuade themselves that plague famine and bound 10 follow any pare patton of this country the affairs of the outside world h class would have greeted any plan with deo ana espe ciay any plan that possessed the quality of novelty
 The Box plan isn't novel II ism even strong plan but II does possess general this country join m the work towards peace Il takes the existing League of Nations m an implement at be employed towards the desired end an which large proportion of the world peoples already making Of The Plans suggestions are in brief, follows.
 l. That the United States shall immediately ioin the Per manent Court Of International Justice
 H. That without becoming member of the League o Nations shall cooperate with the League under conditions which
 a VIII substitute force and public opinion for the military and economic originally implied in Articles and XVI
 b. Will safeguard the Monroe Doctrine
 C. Accept that the United States will accept no oo gaons Treaty of Versailles except by act of Con gress.
 Propose that membership in the League shall be open all Nations.
 C. Provide for continuing development of international law
 There plan nutshell It leads, of course to uti- mate membership the League. H IS plan that the strong League advocate opposes contains all of those rese vations which long debated l9l92O It throw" Irreconeables paralysis of everything but the tongue because t dares o mention the League aloud
 However Mr Boks plan before the nation and is being upon Whether the referendum will be great and cost lv joke remains to Whether will be splendid and historic success likewise is in the balance Al least nothing has been spared pu before the people Such an organza- ton of publicity Mr Bok has found at his command IS m t self twentieth century wonder One thing is certain. and that Mr Box has accomplished something which many considered impossible He has suddenly and astoandhgF turned the thought of the country consideration of world peace law and order He has pro eeted League Nations foreeuy into the thoughts ot the very much Co be doubted that the League for the United States during the months will continue to be- as recently called it. "a closed incident