Show j Other er Points o ot of View r I LEAGUE J.E. OPINIONS G AT AI RANDOM DOM pro Uro hear much in nil all the discussions of the league of or nations about tho the substitution of economic pressure for military force in to future dl dI disagreements agreements between nations I and the idea t that al Is conveyed con intentionally or 01 not is that economic pressure is seeming more humane less costly and more effective than war Tho discussion however howe seems to be that between shooting a man and starving star him to death In order to convince O him of the error of or his ways nays as Tho The people Incensed to the point where thc they have o In the past been bear willing to go ro to war arc are not likely to give gl up their desire because some of or their foreign or domestic trade is threatened German Germany is a case in point for fol it required a preponderating military force In addi tion llon to the heaviest hla economic pressure that thal could be imposed Imposed Im Im- pos posed 1 to secure her on Economic pressure pressure can hardly be a a. substitute for military force It will require military force to exert the pressure and then We wo will be bo back where we started Seattle Post It Jt I Is an cas easy matter to arrange a league of or nations to fit circumstances in the tho world as aa they arc tolJa today but if It the league is to endure it must be so organized and Its duties and limitations so framed as JS to meet the ever ever- changing conditions In International relations To act intelligently oh 06 on such a momentous proposition n n. senator should cast his mind over O a a. period of at least fifty years ear A At t that time much of the animosity occasioned b by this war will have pa passed aWn away and new understandings among among- the countries of or the world will have come corne about Iet I et tho tiro ne new proposal bo be applied to that situation Perhaps Per Per- Perhaps haps one of or the countries in Mesopotamia will rebel against ag undue influence of England which it Is understood under under- stood will be given a controlling interest in that part of the globe I If the league leas favors the sm smeller smaller nation nation arc are wo we to help compel the thc acquiescence of or Gr Great at Britain I That is merely one of or an infinite number of ot complications that ma may present themselves none of ot which concerns concerns con con- cerns the United States in the tho least Former Former Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr President Wilsons Wilson's position In our democracy Is Js that of a magnificent sovereign and It Is extremely perilous One has heard of no man In n contemporary days clays who ho possesses pos pos- more authority and power Popularity has given him what hat divine right has not always conferred hereditary monarchs On the other himi hanl h H h. th flan upon j toa PV of reaction his responsibility is greater than that thit of an any absolute prince If Ie Wilson succeeds In organizing the tho world according to his dreams his glory will dominate the heights of or glory But it must be frankly said that If Ie he falls he will 1 plunge lunse the thc world into a chaos of or which Russian Bolshevism is but a n. poor imago image and his responsibility re responsibility re- re before the conscience of humanity will surpass surpass sur sur- pass that which can bo be born b by an ordinary mortal Paris Figaro liaro I IOne One Ono form of or war ar seems to have ha escaped attention while the tho covenant of or peace was as in pr process cess of or construction It says fas nothing about civil war nar or what is the same sarno thing revolution That matter Is s sure to come up sooner or later and disposition of or It will I l not bo be easy cas- cas ew York Times While tho the war ha has been won it il would perhaps be more accurate to say that there 12 is a lull in the storm There Thoro still remains a chaotic an and fruitful Russia from which great help ma may bo drawn by tho the cs Georges u l |