Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-21

some attention to what will happen after the war
There was detected in his ranting inkng that he
angling for some approach to peace negotiations
which mean but very little at this time. Even the
Republican National Committee which met recently
in Chicago, went record that there could not be
peace short of complete, and out victory by the
ant-Axis forces.
This country must be united to secure victory; and
we must be equally united when it comes to peace
with it's new problems and equally grave decisions.
The most of remember the events that follow
ed World war No. l. We had won military triumph,
and sought method that would end for all time the
menace of destruction of world peace. The League
Of Nations covenant, which was perhaps not perfect
production offered an international accord to police,
partially at the earth from such bandit disturb
ers as the present Hitler regime.
We believe that had it been permitted to function
whatever flaws may have developed from actual prac-
tice could have corrected, and this war would
not have occurred We should have learned tha lso-
laton was impossible, since hostile plane could span
the Atlantic in few hours, and submarines
could function with deadly erect OH shores nunule
of miles from their bases.
No sooner had hostilities ceased in World war NO
/ than enemies of the President who Woodrow
Wilson, started to undo what he had done After all
If was not the League of they fought but the
President. We had out OF the war the most
powerful country of them all-with a navy superior
to anything afoatbut America elected to go its own
way trusting to luck that the shattered world would
get along without In the Harding administration
under the terms disarmament conference, we de-
stroyed number of fine battleshps, while other
countries in the main, only tore some blueprints
We even went further than that. They gave us
the right to keep navy equal to the of any 9TH
er country but under the administrations of Hard
ing Coolidge and Hoover strength was per-
mited to deteriorate way below the treaty arrange
ment and our army to degenerate into mere skele-
ton That in brief is what isolation did for and it
was not until F. D. Roosevelt entered the White
House. that start made to repair the damages
But that solationist spirit remained the polit
cal opponents and steps forward by him fought,
even when the crash of arms was heard in Eur
ope. They felt could shut out foreign involvement
by forbidding sales of munitions to beligerents
Of course it did work. 1t became apparent that
the Americas were infested with spies and fifth col
umists bent on dividing they had done sue
cessfuy in the countries that fell like ten pins before
were the next in line if Hitler succeeded in smashing
the British. Then got to work feverishly to do
what we might have done methodically and calmly
years beforehand then the isolation group
snped remorselessly at the of preparedness In
spite of it we have accomplished the miracle-for
though few of the presidents haters make much of
every flaw have reached point of production be-
yond schedule-and that will win for
how much has experience taught us?
After have the war, will again relapse
into of drowsness did twenty years ago,
at behest of political enmy-and leave the next
generation again to face the sacrifices involved in
fighting for the preservation of human liberty?