Evening star., 1933-04-05

While there Is expression of regret
that Japan has withdrawn from the
League CT Nations, chief interest At
taches to the future Of the League and
the attitude of various nations toward
charges Of violation Of treaty agree
ments. Two years notice Of with
drawal retains membership for Japan
during that period and the resulting
situation, combined with the Japanese
claim to inundated islands IN the Pa
cific, offers a problem of diplomacy.
'The causes Of war would have ex-
tsted more numerously, and the dan
ger Of it would have been just as i'm
minent," declares the Louisville Couri-
er-Journal, without the League; but
they wouldn't have been discussed.
They wouldn't have been generally rec
ognized. That democratic safeguard.
freedom OF speech, has become inter-
national under the auspices of the
League. With it inevitably has arisen
consideration Of warfare and arma-
Sment from the taxpayers point of view.
Health, wealth, morals, peace and every
interest of the international community
have been studied correlated and
brought to the attention Of all the peo-
Piles by the League staff. The influ-
ence has been more profound than
perceptible; but one need only compare
state papers and the news of former
days with the present style to aepre-
ciate how completely international re-
lations have been revolutionized."
Toxic seems to see signs of life,"
remarks the Baltimore Evening Sun,
that nobody else can see in Geneva.
If the League is really too hot for
Japan, this fact Is the most encourag-
ing evidence of survival Geneva has
shown in many years." The Fort
Worth Star-Telegram views the resig-
nation as "a mere gesture and relative
ly unimportant. 1t adds that I'VE
have been knowing for year that
Japan never has belonged to the
League-in cooperative spirit; that
membership" The star-Tsiesra,n
voices the Judgment: "The United
States refused to join the League,
founded largely by our war President,
but We have constantly been q par
ticipant in League aims. Japan has
been a member rendering lip service
the while it was biding its good time
for conquest of China. In interna-
tionalism, as among the units of the
human race, Nothing counts but the
motive"
'aTo resign from the League of Ma
tions Is possible for any member; to
secede from the world of nations Is
impossible" asserts the Jersey City
journal, with the comment: 1T may
be that thelresignation of Japan from
sas natdGnl aoha yhia upan was an sn
advice of The Privy Council, will mark
the end Of the League of Nations-but
that is very doubtful. More probably,
the resignation Of Japan marks the
beginning Of a renewed worldwide
to make the League, or some
of 1t, more effective in
strument for the preservation of the
peace of the world"
1.-The hope Of the world" proclaims |
the Pasadena Star-News, 'is that ia
sation's a T respect. There here "a are cob OBJ
servers at Geneva who believe that the |
surest way to peace In the Orient and |
In the world Is for the League, Joining |
with the United States and Russia, to |
take q strong position at the outset.
Because of the Leagues report, adverse
to Japan, and because of Japan's de-
cision to withdraw from the League
and to proceed with its Jehol cam
paign in all haste, the situation Is
approaching . crisis which requires
,Ool heads-as distinguished from scare
heads as well as from timid hearts
N every world capital"
THE League has brought to bear ON
his strange and threatening situation
n the Orient" says the Salt Lake
)eseret News, "a weapon that human
history has proved to be greater than
,un powder, armored vessels or bomb
ng planes-the force of public opinion
National pride, trade advantages, the
omplex Of race. will often hinder the
fleet of world opinion. On the other
ide to help it are the sense of justice
lal quality Of brotherhood, which
nows no bounds Of rivers, mountains
Y seas. The League has brought to 4