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S Officer Believes Con ConI New Bone of oft t I Contention There Thero has been a deal of or oi sophisms 5 and and and- tautological anent the Lc League of ot Nations NatIons' of ot late by Presidents ex-Presidents ambassadors returned warriors and distinguished In general enera An answer to the thc question Doe Docs the United States desire to have hei bel sovereignty abrogated abridged or limited In any manner whatsoever whatsoever- taken taen from our own citizens and ind given giver to the world at Jar large c will settle the thc expediency of or our entering or not entering entering en en- Five the Big lliS The leagues league's advocates seem disposed disposed disposed dis dis- dis- dis posed to use a a. species of or drag to force an acceptance of ot their views May we remind these gentlemen that calling a man names is not argument that those who oppose the league ask and shall continue continua to ask that their objections be bo met b by valid argument and md fair fall answers And we respectfully submit that It causes us much jO joy of ot soul to learn that our distinguished President Minister Plenipotentiary Plenipotentiary- Ambassador has fighting rightIng right fight ing blood coursing through his veins may he lie never bo ho too proud to us use It Also when our President expresses 1 l his horror at the misery that l Has lias suffered and pleads for the downtrodden downtrodden downtrodden down trodden of or the tho world we remind Mr Wilson that the statesmen and small patriots who now question this league whose voices voice arc arc uc the same persons cried In the wilderness for America to togo togo go 0 to t o aid of or the battered and bleeding allies at atthe the time Mr Ir Wilson was too proud to fight fiSh t when h ho he wanted peace without victory when he was not Interested In the obscure fountains from which the tho wars war's stupendous stu I n flood I Od burst and when t n he e was p st I running on a nucCI ne Kept CI us U WA u VA o u pla platform t fo Yes when our President was doln doing aU all of the above o and more practically every ver man no now opposed to our enterIng entering enter enter- ing Ins an any Ica league ue of nations was strongly favor or of or our avenging the mothers and uld babies who were drowned on the tho and aiding mankind as we eventually had to aid them The Tine ap apologists o for the league uc say its its opponents must offer something like better or else shut up On a line or of reasoning a lunatic can justly t tell ll you ou to swallow an ounce of potassium slum cyanide or else choose a method that will sill be efficacious when al all you ou ask usk is to he be allowed to nv live as you OU are arc and work ork out your our own destiny Outlaw POT Ioner Thc league advocates advocate realize that thai t impulsion of some kind thc they must have else ese their International Magna S r Charta wIlt will be about a as potent as the ube rube root mot of a vacuum so one method 1 of or compulsion Is All Alt nations ma may withdraw from all aU relationship with the outlaw nation that begins war var r. r Ma May withdraw ot of course as the world orld is now constituted a a. nation Is not allowed to withdraw from commercial como com corn o mercial mercia I Intercourse with other nations Will the leaguers kindly look Jook up Ordera Orders Orders Or ders dera in Council Berlin Decree Jeffersons Jeffersons Jef Je ferson's Embargo and our own on fuddling fuddling fud fud- dlin with Germany prior to April 1917 1911 and see tho the power of or non Intercourse with what you ou may consider an nn international international international inter inter- national outlaw And did C not the world worle withdraw from irom practically all aU Intercourse with the central powers when this war var be beani began be- be I be ian gan ani due to the tho strangle Je hold that John Bulls Bull's navy clapped on those tho-sc outlaws and despite the thc grand gloomy and peculiar position po that Germany German and her friends round found themselves In did not those powers carry carryon on their war war cause a world of misery and heartache d do damage and commit acts that are beyond Comprehension And did not said British navy nary suspend commercial contracts with Ith Fritz Just as thoroughly thorough thorough- J ly Jas as this league uc can ever do Yet see what a war ar went on for four years And Mr Taft Tat failed fatted to explain what the league would do In case nations outside of or the compact or Inside in inside inside In- In side of or it refused to obe obey orders when ordered tb tO to the outlaw outlaw outlaw out law A good bl big husk husky germ of or war lies right there And the league is supposed to do away with Ith all aU causes of war To proceed A uA violation of or orthe the covenant co on the part of or an any one nation Is 15 an act of or war against ever every In the lea league there league there ue there Is war far fr you ou on a plan that will make the tho present war war look Jook small And no ob obligations ob- ob are arc imposed on a nation to I send end troops troop In case caso Mars runs amuck again That means that two or more nations can cango o to war and battle until tie the ie weaker Is exterminated while the members members tt of the I league casu 0 sit s supinely by Y Yet t the league Is to prevent even causes of or war Limiting Armaments Perhaps our opponents will say that their supervision of or m manufacture manu manu- nu- nu facture will act as a check since they can keep down the instruments that are arc used to do battle with Who for instance will supervise Uncle Sam an a admiral lra of t th Irish rI h nav navy a field mar- mar sInai ahal ot or San Marino or will J J. J Ham have some of ot our South American neighbors send up their GI Brindles Hat l-fuU and Panama for In Instance Instance In- In stance Eventually It might bea Coland Colonel Colonel Col Col- and onel Von late of the tho lull lull- plumed flock nock of or shrikes that made mado merr merry at scuttled th the and murdered Captain Fryatt Or suppose the league has ha its Ita own specially sp lally appointed Inspector and he comes snooping around our country looking tor for George Creels Creel's phantom cann cannon n factories will factories will any anyone anyone anyone one say our sovereignty so still exists unabridged unabridged unabridged un un- un- un abridged Yet Mr Taft TaU the says league will 1 not nol Interfere with the legitimate sovereignty sov sov- of or any member Well no now brethren who is going to do the de defining den de- de n fining u of or legitimate And An say our le league Guc friends the league of nations does doea not propose to reduce tho the sovereignty sov soy nty thus limited in fn any respect They will limit our sovereignty Bo thus Since nothing legitimate Is to be lim urn Ilea fled it must be bo that there Is la some Gome- thing Illegitimate about tho the thus of ot Americas America's sovereignty is it possible that they dont don't know enow that sovereignty nty IB is something that cannot be limited It Is defined as is the supreme political power the power that lINES DETERMINES arid and r d ADMINISTERS the government of a state in the tho FINAL FINAI analysis dominion do do- minion nInion supremacy OVERRULING I-G I IN TN- OR OTt POWER And they talk of ot us sun still having so sovereignty nt thus thu limited If It member a. a supervises Its own making ono one of ot the big five or r some other yet ct to lo o join may surreptitiously arm to the teeth while whileS S I tho rest of ot tho the world Is nervous I I abrogate brogato th the tho league and a I t- t t t t t t M 4 44 t H 4 t Mf M ff f 4 t f Editors Editor's Note The accompany accompany- f fIng In Ing article on Hie to League of oC Nations Na- Na Naf a- a f lions was submitted d by an officer 4 in the United States arm army who f has given close clote study to the th con- con conf f 4 ff f 4 propos proposed cd b by the Paris Parl f 4 44 f. 4 conference It is full of or sound f ff f American prin principles and Is worth worthy I f of the thc thou thought ht and the tho com f ff f 4 LIon of ot all citizens Interested In InI f ff I f the future futuro welfare of or this nation f ff I f The Tho name namo of ot the tite writer Its Us with with- t tf I I 4 f held hed for Cor obvious reasons 9 t M M H 4 t f M tt M T TH H law as scraps of or paper with results about the same as civilization I h has experienced tho last four years cars Now ow Isn't that logic for you ou Stripped of ot the fog that surrounds it their contention con con- Is is The Tho league Is not going to force members to do anything and anil the league will use force Corce It is not going to abrogate ate any members members mem morn bers hers sovereignty unto Itself after It has haa thus limited It Really It looks ns as If some one ono who believes In leagues is getting mental gyro Sro scopes The Thc Monroe Doctrine Tho Monroe doctrine has stood the tho test of ot six ninety-six years cars It H along with tho the golden bolden rule has furnished tho the n nt ne plus ultra of or our greatest secretary All AU this has ha of statts stats foreign policy been done without any section 10 of or orthe I the tho league ue We lo havo have been in a position position position po po- po- po to say to all the world and we wo I have t several everal times said It It Hands off We Ye shall shaH no longer bo be in a po position position po- po to enforce the Monroe 1 doctrine If Ir we enter this league for wo we are outvoted and even the league advocates advocates advocates cates do not claim that their compact will eliminate the longing that more than one European state has for slices of ot South America The lands I arc are our tendon Achilles it Is axiomatic axiomatic axiomatic matic that we wo must control there ICa If IC Ifa Ifa a dispute were to arise and the league uc decided against us and some foreign power gets a foothold that h t near to our borders we wo nave a O land at our back door And there 1 H iI room for fOl disputes galore to arise over o that portion of tho the globe Tho The bipedal bi bipedal hi- hi pedal kilkenny cats black back yellow and tan who arc are our neighbors on the south will continue to make our determination de de' determination termination to stand b by the Monroe doctrine a problem for tor statesmen for said felines have had much freedom and practice o of ate lac In the gentle arlof art arC artof of or raising hell Why dont don't those of or league leas mania get the Monroe lonroe doctrine doctrine doc doc- trine recognized on black and white and then advance their claims about paragraph raph 10 Even then tho the league is an Impossible dream to America Article 10 however hOever guarantees and protects the political Independence and national integrity of or the United States Think of ot It And that from froman froma rom roman a an President ex-President Since when did this coun country tr become too weak to protect its own independence Search the tho annals an at Ln- Ln nals of or our land Jand from our birth down n downto donto to 1918 and find an intelligent and self self- respecting American making such an un-American un and denationalizing state state- mont ment Mr Taft Tart should feel proud of ot himself and indulge in an extra chuckle How the Illustrious shades of departed patriots from their retreat In must blush with shame to ta hear licar such an and I statement froth from a former President of this country I D t Rampant t This league Is merely the old congress con con- gress rc of Vienna in a little different attire Strip tho the new raiment off ocr and the same sarno old grizzley harlot of or in- in will stand forth giving utterance to the tho same maudlin hair hair- brained ideas that disturbed Europe durIng luring the tho nineteenth century and still disturb those countries There Is 15 a slight difference between tho the two peace peace cace conclaves In 1915 1115 it was autocracy au au- that was as to be thrust down mankind's neck now it is a form c cl CI democracy that Is fast sinking to Bo Our league friends cc know that any form Corm of gover meat ment that Is distasteful to an any or geographic group should not t I forced on that group One meaning Is self seU is s mere Bolshevism to arbitrarily han 1 out ut forms of ot government to the pro of or movement that a arising in Europe And are arc we e to keep back by galloping out that cults cult's m mor jor or premise premise- l Internationalism That what your league means in its la Ia a analysis ls The Bolshevists are a strenuous Internationalists It h hf h. taken aken of or the thc worlds world's populo ion tion and of or Its ita monto monto mon mono to o beat back the blond beast A Awe Awe Awe we to now accept the red beast by a our inalienable right ht to d d. d clde our own destiny and smile an imagine that wo we are ushering in t tl Saviors Savior's second con coming Coining ng Must lust we abr gate our sovereignty and pre as a nation blindly no openly s sail th ship of ot state on tho Scylla of ot ling ing alliances es and Into the of the red beasts beast's maw because Born eom of o our r fellow citizens love all aU but dont don't give a damn for America Am rl t s. s s. S ul l u UC cr If Ir We wo are arc wooed to sleep by the tho siren of or leagues where we shall be bc outvoted out out- voted thereby having no deciding word reg regarding a vital policy of ours that ma may be objectionable to other members who will Protect us Most certainly we shall JJ need article ten In that case ease nut But where does the he league provide for real protection for Its adherents It has no arm army no nav navy Wont Won't each nu nan nation nation na- na tion have ha V to have Its US OWn W ar armaments just u t the same as now either openly or secretly since Sinco we are arc not given to too storInG T T. N. N T T. T and makIng cannon anno fodder o of or our men except In cases case of ab absolute oute s necesSity It 1 Ar to say Bay that tha we shall hall be caught napping The T Tent nt Let us UIS take tako a concrete example that most likely will arl arise c to test the lea leagues specific for everlasting and universal peace Friction lies Ilea and is growing over oler our dislike for the Jap- Jap ane anese e We make a bad matter worse by assuming an attitude ot of smug satisfaction and complacency regarding Ics ice The our problem probien with the Asiat- Asiat our workmen Jap can and ancl does docs underbid In any vocation that he h takes up over here thereby out squeezing OUr own citizens In from the competing ing trade Gresham's cheap labor Jabor law applies to just as It does docs to flat ey cy the cheaper money mont mon article higher priced starves out the article That Is the tho ory and It Is theory theory the the- petted It In exactly What has hap hap- every state where the really Ja has hai Competed with AmerIcan Ins Ingmen workIngmen work worl rho senator and con con- Cressman who ar arc ch champin sal Hal military trainIng In from Pacific America are arc coast and states statu along with two other Western theIr Characterizes Acceptance l of Principles as American Americanism ism isIp Lost tried to top tosa states have hayo either passed or legislation Itron I p pass sa Japanese anti c strongly tron l suspect ct that the attitude of or these gentlemen Is caused b by the tho acuteness acuteness acute- acute ness of our Japanese problem TIne The arc Just as proud as we weare e Intermarry both nr are arc neither wants to detest the abhor half breeds and we Jap when shen he gets g our trade anti and liveli liveli- hood The Tho Jap Is proud and resents this attitude of oC ours h he lie will fight sooner or later If Ir we persist In It and we will CI fight hl sooner or quicker beCore before before be be- fore Core we wo will allow his competition |