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Show NMRS.E.UENKIM& 1 TALKS PLAIN ON THE JIAGUE Below- Is a letter which was Bent to the Salt Lake Herald by Mrs. Elizabeth Cutler Jenkins. Wo aro reprinting this letter so that the 7 people can sco tho stand some of our '. Utah women take on slurs and slan- ders. t "Editor Herald: May I say a few wo'Jds about tho sentence a league lo enforce peace? A leaguo to enforce peace is wrong to begin with. That was what Satan tho son of tho morn-lng morn-lng wished to do at tho beginning of tho world. ' In the council In Heaven when you and I and all tho peoplo of M the world were there with God, Sat an proposed to como to earth and forco the people to bo good, "And .felvo mo the honor," he said. Jesus ,Jr Christ said ho would give peoplo Ihelr freo agency and persuado tho people to accept God's laws ."and thlno be tho honor nnd glory," he said. Ono third of tho people In theisplr-lt theisplr-lt world followed Jesus Christ and two-thirds listened to tho yersuastoa u of Satan. You anil I there rejected Satan's plan of force. Therefore why should wo adopt a plan at forcing forc-ing the nations to bo good now? "Why should wo be enforced Into a way of living that by a majority of votes, may be entirely different to our ideals. Tho first acts of the proposed league are to countenance wrongs, which are morally against America-Ideals America-Ideals and beliefs, which aro -no-grasping of weaker territories." If the league In the beginning countenances counten-ances Japan taking Shantung, with the hope, as B. H. Roberts said In his speech in the Tabernacle Monday night, that Japan will be persuaded in the future to return Shantung to China, what may wo expect from future fu-ture conferences, to keep peace at the conterenco and in the league? Aqd If Mr. B. H. Roberts, a man of the same religious bollcf as Mr. Jj Clark, can cast such slurs and vltup-CrJw vltup-CrJw orations on tho head of a sincere ad-I ad-I Tocat t Jesus Christ's methods, which are "to love our cnomtcb," and W , God will do tho punishing. Not "an f. eyo for an oyo and a tooth for a A ' tooth," which makes the enemy comw 1 back again for "for an eyo for an I eye and a tooth for a looth." I If such reflections aro cast in a holy houso of God, what can yon expect in a league 'of nations? Major Clark was a gentloman. He cast no slurs f was willing to sacrifice sacri-fice tho victory of his party rather than have America nccopt entangling alliances both Washington and Lincoln, Lin-coln, advlsod against. Ho tried to avoid hurting tho feelings, of anyone. Mr. Roberts did not. I say, If a man can ncouso n brother of being a pro-German, pro-German, which is utterly false, what may we expect lo a league of nations, na-tions, where only part" of tho representatives repre-sentatives bcllove In a God, the samo I " Jfrthe Christians? What may we I 2iyy oxpoct where their grievances of not ' Kjr being received on an equal race basis exist? What can wo expect of auto-I auto-I ciatlc, monarchic nations, who liavo I more votes than wo? t Thoy will try 1 to Emopeanlzo us. Who Is more null nu-ll tocrntlc than England In keeping Ire-I Ire-I land from becoming a republic? Can I wc Inculcate. American ideals into a I nations with more votes than wo? I What has boon our experience In I tho past, Wo bcllevo other nations I Ideals of liborty and free agency arc I far inferior to ours, but they believe 1 their methods aro superior. I Tho.Democrat party offlco lioldors I H BLbfcjJi..?-a..3i i. .fV) .. iiHiHiiM:iiiHliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHriiiiiiiSH put In powor In the District of Columbia Col-umbia by President Wilson, tried to quench tho samo spirit for freedom that tho Irish have, In tho American woman, by subjecting them to worse cruelties, both spiritual and bodily, than were practiced In the stone age. And In these civilized, enlightened days. Who knows but wliat tho coming league of nations may bo dominated by the votes of such nations as China, Chi-na, Japan or India, with their :jnll-llons, :jnll-llons, and other nutlons who believe In Idols. No God! No Christ I What would tlib laws for Christian Women who bellovo in God and Jesus Christ "be? Why not have a poaco treaty only; punish the German leaders; return each nation's properly; and thon keep out of entangling alliances. It has been prophesied that tho government govern-ment of the United States should hang by a thread. It seems that this Is the time. Unices wo keep out of entangling alliances wc shall have thg greatest war In history; whoro each nation will bo struggling for supremacy, and only Jesus Christ can calm the lurbulont emotions of the world by saying, "Peaco, bo still." I ELIZABETH CUTLER JENKINS |