Evening star., 1926-03-29
League Had Close Call, But
Will Live, America Believes

bosses will have to he placated by
promises of patronage"
* X x x
"All in ALL" the Dayton Daily News
suggests, 1T would seem that the
European atmosphere has been clear
ed considerably. Without the league,
secret understanding would have
been more than a suspicion, and
Europe would again have been well
on the way toward restoration of the
national groupings from which the
World War came" The Hartford
Times finds satisfaction in ''the fact.
which grows more obvious every day,
that nobody has put anything over
and that mo nation in Europe dared
sponsor the throttiing of Locarno."
The Baltimore Sun, however. recog-
nizes that "the feelings revealed at
Geneva exist, and it is better for the
world to have them in the open and
subjected to the instruments of con-
troll and regulation that may be found
in an international orga niZation than
to have them tester in secret" The
Sioux City Tribune goes further and
holds that "the final flare in the league
session is encouraging rather than
otherwise" for it was demonstrated
that "the league is not under the con-
troll of any one nation" The Bir-
mingham News is convinced that there
is every reason to hope that in Sep
tember everything will be arranged so
that Germany can come in as a per-
manent member"
Y x X x
The opinion that there will he
much negotiation between now and
next September and that ''it is prob
able that by such time diplomacy will
have prevailed over international
iealousies'' is expressed by the Cincin-
natl Times Star, while the Louisville
Courier Journal advises that lit is
the part of optimism to see in the
fiaSco at Geneva gesture of discre-
tion; at least a serious international
smash-up has been avoided for the
time being" The Omaha World
Herald. more positive, states that 'ft
is not too much to hope that sober
second thought will lead to a. happier
outcome in September" The Charles
ton Daily Mail also approves of time
for more careful thought as well as
opportunity for passions to die down"
The Importance of time as a healer
of wounds and adjuster of difficulties
is upheld by the Salt Lake Deseret
News.
NdJlOndi SROIlSIn, says IIl6 new
Orleans Item Tribune, lis the curse of
the league and may cause its downfall.
1t diStortS perspective. These dele
gates attended world conference.
but they had only a national per-
spective." The deadlock impresses the
Morgantown New Dominion as dis
heartening not so much because of the
failure of program as because of the
spirit engendered," while the Houston
Chronicle is convinced that Europe
today is as near the brink of political
chaos as she has ever been. Some
heroic and unselfish work must be
done before next September" con-
tinues the Chronicle, ''if she is to be
saved from the abyss" The Williams
port Sun calls conditions decidedly
disturbing" and the Lansing State
Journal feels that mo one knows now
what factors to reckon with" The
st. Paul Pioneer Press, however,
offers the explanation that the league,
las originally constituted, was too far
in advance of it's times" while the
New York World concludes that
Europe is no worse than 1t was three
months ago, but is simply not so ad-
vanced as 1t was advertised to be-"
there can be no hope for permanent
peace until rivalries and jealousies
arr replaced by mutual faith" The
Seattle Daily Times emphasizes the
fact that the powers have ignored the
importance "of the rising Hispano-
American group of nations" and adj
viseS that ''it would be good policy
to conciiiate this new International
group"