Show t I r Individual Guarantees As A A S the world undertakes the task of estimating the J ultimate effect of the constitution proposed for the league of nations the problem must be he approached from many angles One of these is the guarantee to be given the individual against future wars He lIe must have c something something some some- thing more than a tentative u understanding with the league for it i. i is Ls evident that the thc constitution as it exists docs does not guarantee g if it docs does not actually abridge personal personal per per- personal rights rig and liberties now no enjoyed Every individual in the United States today knows that mi military service will not be forced upon hi him except as s the interests of his own country ar are arc endangered t 1 Every cry mother and wife knows her support will not betaken be betaken taken from her or her ber affections torn asunder except as the national conscience dictates dictate They know what they do not know about Europe and Asia that the thc national na nn- na- na conscience of America is founded on righteousness righteous righteous- ness rather than family quarrels of ambitious rulers Blessings are arc guaranteed guarantee them under the existing order our national life Suppose Suppo e we enter the league of nations proposed in the constitution brought home by y President Wilson Wilson- what becomes of these personal guarantees 7 The constitution constitution con con- is strangely silent as to conscription and cn- cn forced military service ice Plainly the nation is pledged to lo support an any and md all military movements mo inaugurated b by 1 the league ngue which means that conscription must re remain re- re main a purl part of the national notional of the pan policy signatory powers pow pow- et ers r. r Otherwise the nations could not guarantee the le the league armed forces demanded because the national effort would could woul be he dependent entirely upon the thc desire of the individual Xo No doubt the thc league must have power to demand l military forces in any number if it it is to succeed The signatory powers in order to fulfill their promises in this s respect must have a full pow power r to raise an army Jf Ji it were not possessed of this force no unpopular con con- t inaugurated d by y the league could be bc given the necessary essary esary sar- sar strength th to success Every loyal American rec- rec the need of giving the government this power for Sor the protection of the nation r We e doubt however if it cons conscription appears in the thc same light when the thc wars ars to 0 to are arc directed by bj a league of nations and the conflict itself may be entirely foreign n to national in int in- in t ests may even en be he a brawl which we have hn-c noth noth- ing to do o whose whose- causes cannot annot touch us Proponents of the tLe league te constitution are making o ot an to lo appeal worried mothers mothers' wives and sweet sweet- hearts i ars who have c suffered f keenly as a result of the thc sac sac- i of the world war But while they hey are promising perpetual and universal peace they arts are making no tan tan- tan tan- gible guarantees to lo the in individuals The people must decide whether conscription directed in the main b by a i 1 league controlled and Ind domin dominated tea b by foreign powers ab- ab abrogates J or perpetuates the heartaches and sufferings which the tIle league a advocates use as emotional argument fc KM uc tei tei |