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Show On The Conlary mmn Says the Now York World, a Froe Trade advocate ol the proposed Lcaguo Lca-guo of Nations." If the League ot Nations had existed ex-isted In President Cleveland's day ho Would not have been forced in tho Venezuela matter to threaten Great Brltlan with war slnglehandod. Tho refusal ot tho Government to arbitrate arbit-rate would havo been deemed an act of war against all the o,ther memb ers of the league, and if perlsted In "would hare led to the severance af all commercial relations, and ulit-lraately ulit-lraately perhaps, to the use of force by tho whole world against the ag-STcmJIvo ag-STcmJIvo pcrr. On the contary, it Mr. Wllsop'a League of Nations had bcon in existence ex-istence at that time, Prosidcnt Clove-land Clove-land would not have bcon permlted to luvoke the Monroo Doctrine and threaten force, it England persisted He would have been arbitrate tho affair; and If England refused, second, sec-ond, to refer tho mattor to tho Executive Ex-ecutive Council of tho League. That might consume many months, and la 9' tho meantime, what would England - M bo doing? jB In other words, the United States Bj woul3 have been copelled to ask tho BJ, League for permission to act In the H) matter . Suppose the League, con- BT. trolled by European nations, had up- Wk held England? What then? Where ft would tho United States havo been? K What wuld have becomo of tho Mon- Bf" roe Doctrine. Amorlcan Econ, "UI |