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Show WEST IS FOR LEAGUE, CORRESPONDENT SAKS East Less Broad Minded John Lloyd Balderson, on Tour, States. The sentiment of the middle west and' west is in favor of the league of nations, John Lloyd Balderson, special correspondent of the McClure Newspaper Newspa-per syndicate, who is ton ring each section sec-tion of the country, ascertaining the political and community sentiment re-"ardiurr re-"ardiurr the league of nations, says. Mr. Balderson has already visited tho east and middle west, and is at. present covering 'the west. While in 8alt Lake, on his way to the coast, he stated, that as nearly as he could ascertain. 1 ho middle west and the west are almost n na nimously in favor of the league, which they regard as the best means or' bringing everlasting peace to an unsettled un-settled world. Tho east, he savs, is rather against the league; chiefly, he thinks, because of political affiliations, and the belief that the United States should sacrifice nothing. As lie comes west he finds the people broader minded. The west, he says, is anxious for a plan that makes a peaceful peace-ful world, while the majority of the easterners, he stated, have read and reread re-read the covenant, and arc suspicious of article 10. They also argue that the Monroe Doctrine will be sacrificed. Mr. Balderson was & war correspondent correspon-dent during part of the war. and was with the British armies from 1914, and on. He is an Oxford man, though an American by birth. His war work brought him in touch with conditions in Europe ; and he states in England, especially, the league of nations is fa vored, chiefly because of the work of Lloyd George. Without him the league would be impossible, Mr. Balderson Bal-derson declares. France also seems to favor the league. During the latter part of the war .Mr. Balderson assisted in the United States public information office in France. |