| Show LEAGUE i PARTY ISSUES APPEAL TO 10 AID AID- CAUSE Taft T aft and ana Associates Ass Sign Statement That Lauds Nations' Nations Society A Bitter Biller Creek Wyo 0 Feb 23 Appeal 3 Appeal to tho the people of or the ho United States to express express' their opinions on the proposed league c of stations nations so clear cear and strong that our representatives In in Congress s lOa may know kno- that the people of the Unit United ed States Sta arc are determined to assume their part in this crisis of human history his his- history tor tory was made in a statement Issued Issued Is Issued Is- Is sued hero tonight to the Associated Press b by William Howard Taft TIt and other members of oC the party part touring tho the country countr in the interests ts of ot the proposed pro- pro proposed proposed posed league Asserting that tho the alternative to 10 a league of nations In is tho the h heavy v burden burden burden bur bur- den and the thc constant temptation of ot universal armament and that without without with with- out a league a ue a new war of ot even greater great great- er dimensions Is threatened the statement statement statement state state- ment points to the thc disorganized state of or Europe and possibilities of ot German autocracy Il again aln getting the tho upper hand The Thc statement issued as their train reached here was signed by b Mr r. r Taft Tart JIl henry nr A A. A Lawrence Lowell Lowell Lowell Lo Lo- Lo- Lo well and Henry Van Dyke It bears tho the caption An tAn Appeal to Our Fellow Fellow Fel Fel- low Citizens and is as follows The war against military autocracy autocracy rac racy has been won because the great free Cree nations acted together and its results will be bo secured only If It the they continuo continue to act together The Tho force torce making for autocratic rule on the one hand and for violence of oC Bolshevism on the other are arc still at work In fifty years ears the small state of or Prussia so 80 organized central Europe as to defy deb the thc world In la the tho present disorganized state of ot central and eastern Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope that can be bo done again on a still larger r scale and menace all free in- in I DI l P Pear arThe nr ar The Thc death of or millions of ot men and the he destruction and debt in another w world war would turn civilization Backwards for or generations In such a avar war var we wo shall certainly be Involved In and our ur best young men will be sacrificed as 39 is tho the French and English have ha been sacrificed In the last four years ears Such a a. ca catastrophe he can be prevented prevent prevent- ed only b by the reconstruction of ot the small states now seeking solf-gov- solf on tho basis of freedom and justice but this is impossible without a a. i league for divided its Ils members are not lot strong enough h for the thc task Should the he victorious nations fail to form a a. league German Imperialists would have a clearer field for their designs B By the abundance of ot Its natural resources by the tho number ecco and nd character of ot Its people cople tho the Unit Unit- United united ed d states tates has become a world worM power It t cannot avoid the thc risk risks and nd must assume saume the thc responsibilities of or its po- po It cannot stand aloof but must face ace boldly thc the facts of ot the day ar with confidence in lt and In Its future among mong the thc great nations of the earth before people United as never ne our have havo avo fought this war war united and above 0 Continued on Page 2 I LEAGUE PARTY l f APPEAl PEAL TO AID i B CAI j Continued from Page Pase 1 I. f 4 party pat we must consider the of ot peace resolved that so far itus it ii us lies war var shall no more aces mankind IThe t I Tho The covenant co reported to the Pi PJ conference has las como come since the I election and the people have hare hid chanco to pass judgment upon 1 lt If this journey from coast to co t thao have o looked into the faces of ot than titan typical Americans believe bellevo that tho the great majority ot I countrymen desire to take part partial mi mia a league as Is 18 proposed in that that'd ft ment mont Wo We 0 appeal to our zens therefore to stud study carnett l question and express their wi with th a voice olce so 50 clear and l d dour our representatives ta tl vc In rc sf know that the tho people of oC the t lc id States aro are determined d to assume l il part In this crisis of oC human historY The Tho alternative to a 3 league Of 01 lions is the bea heavy burden and c stunt ot or universal slant temptation meat ment air air- m |
