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Show NATIONAL AFFAIRS average American who has received a Written for this Paper by Frank P. Litschert In an interesting European article in a recent issue of the New York Times, Jules Sauerwein, foreign editor of Le Matin, published in Paris, as a friend of the League of Nations discusses the decadence of the league. After setting forth in detail the cross currents of European politics which have brought about the decline of the league, Mr. Sauerwein says We are reverting to the pre-wpolicy with hasty stride. Alliances bring counter alliances and if this ' liberal education in European politics during the last few years. Somehow or other the scene of your Uncle Samuel independent and distant enough to judge European quarrels dispassionately dealing justice to the Balkan jungle cats and the quarreling neighbors of Russia, does not seem quite convincing. Imagine the United States in the league or the league (council furnishing the deciding vote on the Albania question with Serbia and Italy at swords points or telling Poland and Lithuania what to do about the possession of a disputed city, and supplying the moral or perhaps physical means to put the decree into effect. From one horn of the dilemna we would then have reached the other only to find that it had a sharp and decidedly dangerous point. With his cosmopolitan population and his troubles at home, Uncle Sam is not looking for a job of this kind, an 1 if the friends of the league in Europe are looking for succor from such a posssibility they are going to be disappointed. Everyone in America would be pleased if the league could work out some sort of an agreement for the pacification of Europe. But after all Europe is the trouble maker, not America, and Europe will have to put its own house in order. . St. George New Arrowhead Hotel opened to public. ar goes on the League of Nations will be nothing more than a tribune where ministers of various powers will come to speechify once a year. The League of Nations is therefore sick. But Mr. Sauerwein has not given up hope. He has a remedy for this illness. The league, he declares, must have central energy and authority. This it cannot have now, yet he adds But let the United States independent and distant enough to judge European quarrels, dispassionate and strong enough to have great influence on the decision of the council resume her position as the founder of this institution and everything at once would become different. M. Sauerwein has correctly described the present situation. The league is in a decadent state. The present situation in Europ indicates that the United States senators who blocked our entrance into the league were endowed with almost prophetic vision. They told us in the debates in the Senate that either the league would become as M. Sauerwein now describes it a tribune where various powers will come to speechify once a year or if given military power would eventualy involve the members in serious difficulties. Well the first horn of the dilemna is the one which has grown most. The league has been given no teeth and no sincere support on humanitarian grounds from any of the great powers. It is doubtless lucky for the world that this has been so, for otherwise Europe might easily have been plunged into new conflict. But the result has been the decay of the league and now M. Sauerwein and his European friends propose to give it rejuvenation by inviting Uncle Sam into the family circle. But the picture is not one which will be regarded as particularly inviting by the Proper Lighting Brings Greater Enjoyment To Your Borne Incorrect lighting in the home is responsible,' to a considerable extent, for defective eyesight, especially among school children. Are your fixtures of the modern type which provide a plentiful, soft, restful light. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR UNUSUAL OFFER Beginning October 1st, and continuing for a limited time, we are offering home lighting equipment of the most modern n type, beautiful in design, which will remove the cause of and enhance the beauty of your home. eye-strai- $1.50 DOWN $2.50 PER MONTH INSTALLED IN YOVR HOME ALLOWANCE WILL BE MADE FOR YOUR OLD FIXTURES our display rooms for a representative to call. See these superb fixtures in General Insurance NOW! or telephone Agency ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE Fire, Automobile and Liability Insurance 161 South Main Chickering Bldg. Phone Was. 2006 UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. EFFICIENT PUBLIC SERVICE I |