Evening star., 1925-11-11

handful of councilmen al Paris did
in pointing these hot-headed fellows
the righteous and decent and wise
thing TO do"
IF the great powers in all sincerity
make il specifically clear that thev
will stand by the league and submit
to its ediCts, as Greece and Bulgaria
have been compelled TO do" accord
ing to the New York Evening Post.
then the league will have attained
the ideal upon which il was founded"
Other statements uphOlding this view
are those of the San Francisco Bul-
letin, that obedience without applt-
cation of threatened naval and eco
nomic blockade is proof that the
league Is a force for peace in Europe:
by the Sioux City Tribune, that ''the
quarrel provided a good test Of the
possible future effectiveness Of the
leag que: by the Madison Wisconsin
State Journal, that "suCh incidents
are stones Ccneuted into the structure
of international law that viii have
force continuously thereafter" and
by the Oakland Tribune that the
league is in position TO exert power
ful pressure
'Snappy work by the league" il
commended by the Chicago Tribune.
which holds. however, that the league
did not need the United States and
continues: I'VE are glad the league i'm
Europe can work in Europe More
power TO it in its own business, with
the United States attending to it's
business. And the New York World
declares "the great powers i'll Europe
do really seem 10 mean 10 have peace.
and to that end they are re-creating
and reVivifNing the league" although
the Charleston Evening Post is of the
opinion that there Is no reason for
anybody to expect that it will talk to
France or even to Italy as il talks to
Greece and Bulgaria: it must creep
before il walks, and it is creeping
very we'll"
# Z !:
This incident in the Balkans i'm
presses the Omaha WOrldiierald as
II new chapter in human history
and ii believes that it would be worse
than foolish to deny the influence. in
future crises, of the precedent here
established The World-Herald adds
the comment: mo man can read the
future surely. The League Of Nations
may, on some momentOus occasion,
fail to accomplish its purpose and
war gain may come. But the league
Will be there to function, there to try,
there to make the Will to peace ef-
fectiVe if it exists. And that mere
fact, we venture to say. is the great
est achievement III decentralization
ever recorded in the worlds history
The Providence Bulletin says that
IF there comes the formation of a
new security agreement for the
smaller nations. the entire world will
be given cause for rejoicing" while
the Lynchburg News suggests that
lit has begun to appear that affrma-
tive action of the United States in the
near future is not altogether hope
less" On this subject the Portland
Oregon Journal offers two queries:
rs il better for regulations affecting
world commerce and actions to be
laid down by the remainder of the ma
tions or is it better for America to
have a voice about what is going on?
What have the isolationists to sug.
gest?"
X 4 !.
"IVhile there may be regret" says
the Canton News, that a Spok es.,.
for the United States was not in -
foreground of peaCemaking, there is
no lack Of pride that the instrument
employed by the peacemakers came
from American ideahsm." former
grave deficiency" according to the
Atlanta Journal. lis now supplied by
the League of Nations, with good will
and good sense" The Seattle Times
also halls "a temporary return Of com
mon sense while the Schenectady
Gazette declares that the next and
the final test must be with the great
nations" Referring to those '.who
have seemed TO hope that this effort
against war would fail" the NIilwau-
kee Journal affirms that they will
not be 50 bold about their opposition
when the meaning of this new thing
in the world reaches the fathers ana
the mothers in America