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Show M '!" i,! i he other nations ! l' re r.ctrtiie; ami . "I it to !1 !',,. u-,,,-1,1 ! 16 Docs it net intt-rfere with Tr;nty Mak.nn Powers of the United Sta'es? A. -V,. lr is n Treaty. We can make any I tvniy (. ple;iM I I 1 'iV-'jld we hav the Great War If weY ''' r""r 1 1 1 w,rl. A. Nil That -'U.iJ..'( Oui.'Ji iu over T.O'Hi.oon Uvea end . dollars. I m- the 18. Of what importance Is' the i j Leaguer r, A. It Is the proa test deed of ninn-klnd ninn-klnd In the history of the world. 19. Has not anyone a right to object ob-ject to the League? A. Yes. This Is a free country. Anyone Any-one has a right to any opinion he chooses. 20. Why Is the League so bitterly opposed by a few7 A. Because, unfortunately, any Treaty or League must be made by the President, and a President Is chosen by a political party and many members mem-bers of the opposite Party think Qiej must decry whatever be does. THE A B G OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIQHS By DR. FRANK CRANE. 1. What Is the League of Nation7 A. A union of the strongest civilized nations formed at the conclusion of the great war. 2. What is Its object? A. First, to promote the Peace of (he World by agreeing not to resort to war. .Second, to deal openly with each other, not by secret treaties. Third, to Improve international law. Fourth, to co-operate In all matters of common concern. 3. Does it presume to end war? A. No more than any government can end crime. It claims to reduce the liability of war. 4. What will be done to any nation that makes war? A. It will be boycotted and otherwise other-wise penalized, 5. How else will the probability of war be lessened? A. By voluntary, mutual and proportionate pro-portionate disarmament; by exchanging exchang-ing military information, by providing for arbitration, by protecting each nation's na-tion's territorial integrity and by educating edu-cating public opinion to see the folly of war. 6. What else does the League propose pro-pose to do for Mankind? A. (1) Securo fair treatment for labor, (2) suppress the White Slave Traffic, the sale of dangerorj Drugs, and the traffic in Wi.r Munitions, (3) control and prevent Disease, (-J) promote the work of the Red Cross, and (3) establish International Bureaus Bu-reaus for other Causes that concern the human race. 7. Who are to be Charter Members of the League? A. The United States of America, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, British Empire, Em-pire, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, China, Cuba, Czecho-Slovakla, Eucndor, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hedjaz, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Nicaragua, Nic-aragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Portu-gal, Rumania, Serbia, Shun, Uruguay and the following states wiiich are invited in-vited to accede to the covenant: Argentine Argen-tine Republic, Chili, Colombia, Denmark, Den-mark, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela. 8. What other nations may join? A. Any self-governing State which will agree to the rules of the League, provided the League accepts it. 9. What Agencies will the League have? A. (1) An Assembly, composed of representatives of all the member Nations, (2) a Council of Nino, (3) a Secretary-General, (4) a Mandatary Commission, to look after colonies, etc., (."0 a Permanent Commission, for military questions, (G) various International Bureaus; Bu-reaus; stub as the Postal Union, etc., (7) Mandataries. 1 0.Uiot-"erTvMri data ry ? A. Some one nation designated by the League to attend to the welfare of "law kwnnl peoples residing In colonies of the Central Empires, or in territories terri-tories taken from them." This is to lie a "sacred trust," and in selecting a mandatary the wishes of the people of the area in question shall be the principal consideration. 11. Does the League mean a Super-nation Super-nation ? A. No. It interferes in no way with any Nation's Soveregnty, except to limit its power to attack other nations. 12. Can any Nation withdraw when it wishes? A. Yes. The League Is Advisory and Go-operative, not coercive. 13. Does the League put Peace above Justice and National Honor? A. No. It puts Reason before Violence. Vio-lence. 14. Does not the League take away the Constitutional right of Congress to declare war? A. No. The League can advise war; Congress alone can Declare war. 15. Docs It destroy the Monroe Doctrine? Doc-trine? A. Exactly the contrary. For the |
