Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-08-01
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Il War ii to compare with
Armistice Day, 1918. And thus
far there is nothing to compare
with the spectacular Peace Con-
ference of 1919. Yet we have
reason to hope that the series of
efforts during and since the end
of World War III
Success To will accomplish
Conference far more toward
In Paris la ting peace
than the Yer
sailles Peace Treaty and the
League of Nations.
The peace conference is now on
in Paris. Twenty-one nations
are represented although the big
four will determine practically
all points of controversy. But in
advance of this gathering of
nations in the 1916 peace confer
ence we have in actual being The
Atlantic Charter as the draft of
a new world order. We have
the United Nations Organization
\ created at the San Francisco
Conference before the wars
ended. We have, as an adjunct
of the UN, the Security Council
and plan for frequent confer
ences of foreign secretaries.
1t is, however, to the ultimate
peace conference that many of
us looked during the early years
of the war. During the months
of the so-called "Phony War"
and the anxious months which
followed Nazi
Our Hopes invasion Of the
For A low countries,
Lasting Peace the defeat OF
the French and
Britain's Dunkirk we had little
to look forward to but hope. 1t
was during these troublous times
that many of US wondered
whether, when peace finally came
again, the United States would
have an important place at the
peace table. 1t was also during
this time that we saw the steady
gain of isolationism in this coun-
|. try headed by men whose ma
tional regulations gave impetus
to the demands that we steer shy
of embodiment in the world con-
fict.
In order to get a comprehen-
sive picture of the peace confer
ence just getting under way in
Paris we should review, in our
minds, the anxious moments of
1910 and 1871. We should make
an effort to recapture some of thu
determination we had in those
days to do our part toward assist
ing in establishment of peace
which would be as nearly perma-
nent as human minds could
evolve. 1t took Pearl IIarboI
with it's bloody sacrifice of more
than three thousand American
lives and the
Prayer OF crippling of opll
Every Parent Navy to conyim'
In America our people that
e we were actually
part of the world and were
forced to accept war as the first
step toward that peace of which
Woodrow Wilson dreamed.
The prayer in the heart of
every parent in America should
be that the delegates now assem-
bled in Paris will be divinely
directed in their decisions. This
conference is only the beginning
Of final peace treaties. The prin-
cipal ones will be left for a later
date but the accomplishments at
Paris can well be made the pat
tern for the future.
We are so completely engulfed
with current domestic problems
that it is truly difficult to follow
world affairs as closely as we
should. Actually nothing in our
hVes matters nearly so much as
.he effort to set up machinery to
insure permanent peace. My ap-
Apeal TO readers is directed to
those mothers and fathers who
nave youngsters who would be
.he natural soldiers of the
future. 1t is up to them to make
the voice Of America heard inst
as it is up to parents through
out the world to let their leaders
know what they expect in the
effort to establish a lasting
peace.
10 those Of us who have seen
two world wars with the conse-
quent loss Of life. crippling Of