The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-25

which implies human passions, 1eal-
ousies, false pride and ambitions.
"If the League of Nations had been
based on the idea that the great
powers alone should control the
belligerent inclinations of small ma
tions, it might have a chance in a
reasonable time to achieve the de-
sired object. My opinion, for what
it is worth, based on a good deallof
observation, is that the League of
Nations harbors the very dangers
that the world seeks to avoid.
System Of Intrigue
"In this sense, the votes of Liberia,
of Nicaragua, Of China, of Ecuador,
are just as potent as the votes Of
France or Great Britain.
at is true that the British en-
pire, being composed Of component
states, has a number of votes
Canada has a vote, Australia has a
vote, New Zealand and South Africa
and the Free State of ireland each
has vote, but how can you COM
pare even the dominion Of New
Zealand with the vote of, let us say,
Costa Rica?
"Now, these people clutter up, en-
cumber, balk, obstruct and defer
the very policies which the great
nations alone should decide, and the
result is interminable discussion,
argument, delay and resultant
1oct- IF ,,Y,o,,iy,1itv
More than that, this germ
carrying talking machine in Switzer-
land, an over-grown bureaucratic
debating society which is fulcrum
for every crank idea, naturally pro-
duces a system of intrigue, of back
stairs gossip, of underground COM
munication In which the basic
ideas of peace and good will are
submerged in a petty flood Of local
luminosity and self-intereSt.
"It is essential that there should
be peace. But the more you talk
about peace and make no move to
produce a desire for peace by the
elimination of poisonous talk and
unnecessary intrigue, the more you
bring about the very state of affairs
chat the whole world is so intensely
DESTROYS of avoiding.
my own view Of a League Of
Nations is a spontaneous agreement
between Great Britain and the
United States, France, italy, Ger
many and Japan, without elaborate
treaties, without turgid pamphleteer-
ing campaigns, without ambassa-
dorial expositions, to see that each
looks after It's own affairs and that
there is no aggression on the part
of minor states.
Small Nations Cause Wars
"For it must be remembered al
ways that great wars are generally
provoked by some tuppeny little
state which has nothing to lose and
perhaps something to gain by con-
f1ict and always carries in the back
ground of it's mind the hope and
belief that one of the great powers
being a neighbor, will take its part
which is generally the case, and
thus pour out lives and fortunes
and sacrifice happiness.
an Great Britain there really are
no illusions about the League of
Nations. would like to emphasize
the fact that there is no one In
Great Britain outside of the luna
tic asylum who wants even an
hours repetition Of the terrors Of
the last war.
I'VE had too many losses Of lives
not a family was left untouched;
we had bombs flung on us night
after night, whenever 1t was clear;
we heard the shrieks of innocent
victims-and we want no more war.
For that reason Great Britain
wants to be left alone and she wants
to let alone. The only thing that
will drive her to war will be an at
tack on her liberty and the attempt
to prevent her from carrying out
the destiny of the British Empire.
Present League Hamstrung
"She is not interested in the con-
tinent and does not care about the
petty ambitions of pinchbeck Ma
poleons. so she complacently takes