Show HISTORY LEAGUE LJ AGUl OF OI NATIONS DAY DAY- DAY DA Y- Y January 10 In view of the present world peace conference and the dlf dif difficulty I that is being experienced with getting Russia Hussla to agree to the several items that this country and England feel are necessary if a n stable peace is to be enjoyed In the tho I world it is interesting to look back backover backover over the contest that followed the organization of the League of Na Nations tins and the efforts of President Wilson to secure its ratification by Congress Con ress It will wi be recalled that the League of Nations was an cf- cf fort following World War I to set setup setup setup up an organization that might work for continued world peace After most of the other nations had hind accepted the plan the Congress of the United States refused rC to rata rail fy l f the terms A review of the thC situa situation tion tinn and anti conditions its I repudiation by Congress is not at atall atall atall all unlike the situation which the leadership of other nations faces fares in its efforts to bring bling Russia in Inline line Russia Hussla like the Congress of the United States back In 1920 is frankly suspicious and frankly critical cri cri- critical critical of everything Z proposed She Sho Is taking no chances is taking nOth nothing ing log for granted and is trusting no one Stubborn Stubbo as Russia is there is lacking in her hesitancy he the per personnel bitterness and the partisan partisan- partisanship partisanship ship while which influenced the Congress in 1920 to repudiate the League of Nations Before BC ore we condemn Russin Rus nus Russia sin sia for her actions today we e should turn buck back and read rend the history of the action of our own Congress in inthe Inthe inthe the matter of the worlds world's first ef ef- effort effort fort toward world peace pence through a just under the profile and to the left of the date These initials stand for John chief en en- engraver engraver graver of the Philadelphia mint and not Joseph Stalin as the wire wire- cracking coin collectors contend they do on |