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Show Bresting The Current ! '- The New York Times of Sunday, I March 2, said: "It seems to us that Senators of tho United States who oppobo our en- try Into tho Leaguo of aNtlona wlth- out" suggesting some substltuto tor tho league, somo othor plan by which thopurposes of tho "League" may bo ' accomplished, aro breasting the cvr- , - rent of an lrrlslstlble public op r.l.in ', which will sweep them away.'" Tho fundamental error It the po-", po-", sltlon of tho average defenders o' Mr. "Vyilson's "Covenantor League ct ..Na tlons" Is that they assume this pro- gram will bring about a "p.'aco of righteousness" and give ponuuncnt poaco to the world. hTo Ijfow Vork I Times Is In this caegory of support- I crs of tho "Leaguo" If this nBSUmp- tlon is correct, tho proposed Lsaijue' ! should be instantly indorsed by all. JJL Hut history and exporlencu point to 'tV tho fact that no "League of Nations" !,, founded on moro moral forco C3U succeed suc-ceed or even reach the fringe of unt-c unt-c vcrsal -peace. r , Sonators who oppose Mr. WHson'A " "Leaguo of Nations" nre in wmt- i,- what tho samo position raauy 3rna- tors wore when Mr Bryan forco 1 tho IS "Free Silver Coinage" upon the L thought of the country, nod camo x very near overwhelming the gotfl 5senso of thousands of othorwlw hard headed and sonslblo people. It wan said then by tho defenders of Mr, Bryan and his "Idea" that Senators who opposod Free Sllvor vrittout suggesting some substitute, by which thr "Crown of- thorns and tho Cross of gold" might be lifted ,wero training train-ing the current of an ' irresistible public, opinion which will sweep them I away" But tho good senBo of tho ' majority finally prevailed, and the danger to tho nation was averted. ' The situation today, as far as an "l'r- resistible public opinion" la concern-1 cd, is not n. little unlike the sttutt-' tlon In 189C The war, dreadful from whatever t i angle viewed, has twisted tho vision of many people, and brought to thc( surface inany"eiuptIonB and skin diseases dis-eases that are symptoms of a temporary tem-porary disorder, but which, if taken in tlo and probed to tho source, will ' pass away, and yield to tho sober' 'thought of tho men and women who,1 whllo anxious to help along human-1 Ity and witness Uie dawn of "peace' 'on earth," realize that human nature has not changed since 1914, and tho probloms of today aro tho samo old problems of yesterday, modified slightly by tho atmosphere of war, and tho memory of horrors. j But this should bo the time abovo all times when sober, serious thought and wisdom drawn from the pages of experience should prevail. Sentiment and hysteria, false assumptions and still ore falso arguments, should be cast aside lAVat appears to bo "an Irreslstiblo public opinion" should not bo mistaken for sober reflection. Tho people want to do the right thing. Give them time to think carefully care-fully and straight; then and thon only on-ly will there be " a current of irresistible irres-istible publl copinlon" which will Enlde the Sonators and the Ship of State to a safe narkor The Times assumes that Senators are in danger because they do 'not offer some substitute for Mr. Wilson's Wil-son's program This raises the Question, Ques-tion, whether tho people and tho nation na-tion aro ready to Join any "Leaguo at all If not, why should any Senator Sena-tor offer n substitute for Mr. Wilson's Wil-son's "Leaguo?" Tho assumption of I the Times also brings up tho quen-itlon, quen-itlon, Why this hasto in so Important I a matter? Instead of being In danger dan-ger by opposing tho Wilson League It would seem that tho Senators aro doing tho nation a great servlco Thoy aro putting on tho biakes at a critical lime and simply asking the people to stop, look and listen. Tho very fact (hat so much. doubt Burrounds tho language and meaning of tho Covenant is sufficient reason i for unusual caro ad consideration .before anything Is dono I Finally, if after reflecting upon and digesting tho proposed Covenant and ascertaining Just whero it wilt lad tho United States, tho people really re-ally want to enter Into such an International Inter-national League of Nations, there is plenty of time to do so. It on tho other hand, neither this nor any other oth-er League appears to bo tho best .thing for tho United States, those .Senators who today run counter to .what appears to bo "t'ho curront of an irresistible public opinion will bo held up as the saviors of the Union, tho defenders of the Republic Public opinion is a very strange and often a dangerous commodity, jit is as often wrong a it Is rlrht It Is often brn to temporary frenzy, not infrequently produced b frenzied, fren-zied, leadership and unwholesome demagogy In democracies, or ratl.'r in republics, strong and magnetic leaders frequently exercise a.i hypnotic hyp-notic Influence ovor people, and public pub-lic opinion U the opinion of tho dangerous dan-gerous man. Public "opinion Is never safo to follow until it has hi I iline to think straight and thlnl: slowly Tho great majority of tho Amoilcan people want to do tho right ti.lng In determining tho destines of nation Thoy will do it this timo if given tlmo For that reason thoy owe the Senators who aro opposing Mr. Wilson's Wil-son's ill considered plan, and asking for tlmo to consider and think, t dobt of gratitudo Amorican Econ- |