Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-16
Receding War Spirit Seen
As Germany Enters League

at is sometimes easier for the loser
to get back to condition than the VIII
ner of a great struggle.
Admission to the League" declares
the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
means that Germany, seven years
after it's unparalleled humiliation AZ
the hands of the allied and associated
powers, which found expression IN the
treaty of Versailles, shakes off its lost
vestige of subordinatiOn to its con
uuer0rs in the European system ana
fakes it's place on equal terms Will
them" The Bulletin, however, fears
that "GermanV's presence Is certain 10
raise issues which will apparently
make for agitation and dispute rather
than tranquility in Europe. Never
theIess that paper feels that ~ Il
we'll for world peace that they VIII DO
raised in a form in when an pal
tenants are under moral and even
written Constraint to settle theIh WIN
ont recourse to arms
"If universal peace and Good VII.
were not the highest aspiration 81
tho world" AYERS the Birmingham
News. this entry of Germany mlgh'
be regarded as a miscarriage Oh Ju
tice And vet Germany in these later
t.oars seems to he living straight,
having her debts. coming clean. Keep
ing busv. She deserves whatever she
NAV win fairly in European ana 90
nestle trade
Germany, it is said. now is eco
nonically the SOundest country III Eu-
rope" remarks the Albany f-Vei,II's
News while the 81. Louis PoSt-Dis-
notch points out that "she has gone
about the business of reconstruction
With the industry and zeal for which
her peopln are noted; has met me
stern oblfga tionS of the Dawes plan
without WhimperinE: her currency Is
stabilized. her factories are smoking,
her fields are being titled. by TINS
displav of character she has won
the right to- sit on the principal gov
ernirg body of the League OF Ma
lions" concludes the Post Dispatch
OF her right to equal footing with
Fra nee. Great Britain. Italy and other
members of the League. the Passaic
Daily Herald affirms there can De
no dispute"
The Seattle Times. nevertheless.
holds that undoubtedly the entrance
of Germany TO the international So
ciety will give new confidence al
though It admits that whether the
net result Of the deliberations at
Geneva will be to make world peace
more certain or whether new embroil-
ments will be the outcome, no one
is competent to say. Our part is that
of the interested spectator only as
sertS the Times.
Renewed encouragement for the
Leagues future" is the verdict of
the Houston Chronicle, while the In
dianapolis Star feels that 1.-The League
may be expected to WELD increasing
influence" OF the record of the
League, the Lynchburg Advance states
that 1t has done valuable work, has
settled troublesome questions and in
more than one instance has prevented
minor conflicts" The Rochester
Times-Cnion predicts that il will
emerge from the meeting of the
seventh Assembly stronger than 1t
has ever been before" and the Jack
son Citizen Ratrio recognizes that
lin reality it is asserting its strength
at last"
The Columbus Ohio State Journal
concludes that lit is gratifying and
promising 10 see the bitter enemies Of
less than eight years ago gathered
in friendly council, if it can be kept
friendly" The Christian Science
Monitor halls the admission of Ger
many as evidence OF good faith and
= source of strength"