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Show Denies League Will j Bring Perpetual Peace J I Former Federal Judge Henry S. ; Priest, Democrat, who holpel t" p'aa I the Immense meeting which Senator I Hiram W. Johnson of California, ad dressed at the Colisoum, recently, declared tho meeting "was a great patriotic tribute to a very great cause." ' ' ! Judge Priest further said: : "The League" of Nations Is a sub- ject of tho profoumlcst importance , that has confronted this pcoplo slnco' i thq declaration of , Independence j n question whoso answer will doivi- j mine, whothor wo shall remain ln- 1 dependent or again submit ourselves '- a condition of vassalage and de- y dunce upon Euiopean powers, i wo to survive "or perlshT We lovo peaco us fervently ns we hate dishonor- If we could by ar-t ar-t wish raise all tho yeoples of world to our high standard of. llzatlon, we would do bo with tho ability of a hundred million tongues. ton-gues. But we should refuse with desperate resistance to yield one jot I or tlttlo of "the happiness wo have achieved through our Independence to the martyrdom of a lesser civilization. civiliza-tion. "It is said tho League of Nations will make peace universal and perpetual. per-petual. This Is mere prophesy with no'omnipotent power to assure Its realization, and is discredited y the' hlstorj of tho past twonty centurion. ' Tho most powerful sentiment that has actuated tho most advanced civ-' lllzatlon has beaten against war to, more than 2000 years without effect. "Our generosity and philanthropy is appealed to In Its support. Wo aro aBked to mako sacrifices that others may be benefitted. What sacrifices shall wo make pait with our conception con-ception or- happiness, sense of liberty liber-ty and justlco that others may mnko us bondsmen to their? "Wo have set upon tho pinnacle of the world an example of liberty and Justice; we havo poured out our tieasuros In benefaction wh -rover distress, misery and Ignoranco havo .found a habitation; wo have b'i'n tho .herald of righteousness, liberty and morality to tho world. Can wo justly just-ly to ourselves do morn? "It is said that If we refuse to become a party to the league our foreign commerce will bo jeopardized CONSTIPATION Tho beginning of almost every kit-lous kit-lous disorder Is constipation. I? you want to enjoy good health keep your bowols regular. TIiIb Is best ncout-pllshed ncout-pllshed by proper diet, nnd exercise, but sometimes n medlclno Ib nooU-a nnd when that Is tho case you will find Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent. ex-cellent. They aro mild and goullo In their action, easy and plcaBa'i: to talco. Give them a trial. They only cost a quarter. Adv QHICHESTER S PILLS W .rs. Till: 1IAMUN1 nilAMl. A JVWi I..llr.l AUT""rl)ruijl.tr r A X'4l &1 ' hl.ehrtprlUnionrTlrandy fUijQi. TIIU In llcJ nd tlolj mrulUcW v mTj t'oiet. inlcJ with lllu Utttan. TVi VA'J TmLo no lhf p. Uur of vour II Of lrniI.U A.WfnX 111.4 III.H.rriI It t lllAMONIi IIIIAMI I'll.l.H. f.lt5 -V r SOLD BY DRUGOISTS EVERYWHERE This cannot bo true. When other nations want what wo mako nnd wo want what they make there will be commerce. Hut this Is an appeal to tho basest motives. Judas yielded to tho persuasion of thirty pieces of silver. Shall our patriotism bo betrayed be-trayed by the usurer's scales? God forbid that the sovereignty of our beloved be-loved country should bo betrayed thru any such selfish appnnl to tbo passion of avarice. Lot us not ho steady patriots of the- world alone the friend of every country but our own." |