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Show I AV3ATI0N "ACE" I OPPOSES LEAGUE H B ' ! Covonanl of Nat'sns He: :jt One H jM ' . Meaning, War, Declares Capt. H ' "Eddie" Rickenbackcr. B I SPEAKS FOB SOVS WHO FOUGHT I ' B I Says Lawyers May Aroue Point, but Bj Soldiers Would Interpret Our 31a- Bj I nature Only as Pledge to Fight B i Which Must De Kept B J The following is the first of B j four articles by Capt. "Eddie" B j Jtickenbacker on "Why Soldiers Are B I Against the League of Nations." B j Capt. Uickenbacker uas the ace of Hi' I eces in American aviation on the B I ' ron in France. His acquaintance B i among the soldiers of the late war B i nationwide. When he speaks for B them, he speaks what he knows. Bj , By CAPT. 'EDDIE' RICKENDACKER. i, ' Chapter I. B lj i Tor n soldier, the I.caguo of Nations B;r J os J vist one meaning war. It Is a BV ' contruct to fight. If we Join the league BT i w agree to light when called Id to Bt do so. B : International lawyer and diploma B tltts may argue this point Soma My Bl we majr alga the league covenant and atlll net fight onleaj w vfant. B Tliey argue that, nftar ocr allies call B , n ns, wo atlll are at liberty to go In B ! "r stay out. B ! r Tlie soldier does not look at the H league covenant In this way. lie doe not bother with tho law or diplomacy. H "We sign a contract; wo tnuirt keep It. Hi r i IVe give a promise ; we must redeem ( l t ft. lie does not even think about If i -i B iSiSsSv B (MHwV I , Www sv W V Capt "Cddle" Rlckenbacker. If i ' h whether It la morals or law Hint binds I ! us. lie only knows that If wo give a & plulge we are going to stand by It. I Tnke, for Instance, nrtlclo 10, the ' war article of thu league. The soldier . rends thero Hint tho memhers of the lca;:uo "undertake to respect and pnv erve against external aggression" tho territory und Independence of all other I members. Thut Is the Inifguago j - of the covenant. The soldier transit trans-it hiti'S tint language In bin mind Into United Slnto.s. lie then uouhl put the I pledge, If signed by tlio I'nlu-d States, ' . In about this form: 'The United States undertakes to rri-iiea und preserve against external uir,vesHon the territory of all mem- !m vn of the lengtie." Add to this that 1o ihe soldier "exlenial uggrcsslon" Is merely u pollto name for war and you li.ip aillcle 10 as he sees It Every- thing elsp Is to him Just camoutlage. J IVe -give our word to stand rendy to I limit, mi cull, fur tui other uatlnu In I the leng'ic that Is suftVrlu; from it cafe of "vxtrtiinl aggros-ton." Once given, I ; c hate to keep It. I The trouble might route In Chlnn, or I ' rilmil llreece, liidlu or Kg.ipt. Wo I in kIi be ealleil to lltfht to keep UO.OOO,- (kio Chinese In Shantung under .lap I uri'se ni'u. or to bold India In the I ' r-IInb einplrn; we might not like Hit I Jii''S Kf might even Hymputhlzo with j I! KC;hlnese. oi Hindus, but we should I ' llw; p!en our word, In u plain con. ' ' " "''. '""' UG shouhl bavc to keep It. I i That Is the way a plain soldier ' tiw'tp at the league enntnrt and nlnc- jfi ty (lye In a hundred soldiers do not I ' H'ie It. They have Keen foreign nn-I nn-I fit 'bait und 'now thej are foreign to ns. I Vliev I now iliat eery foreign nation, ft. ' ! in nr or pence, aits first and last for H I Itwlf. If a foreign nation gets Into ' J ttf.r while artlns In Its own Interests, j "'ey do not ne why they should bo '--j shipped to I'urope or Aslu to help It; i thfl)' do not underslnnd why American I j . Mwd should be hheil to build up any I If h'ts'lgn tmtlon. Therefore, they aro I 4 HimuiKt taking the pledge; they aro I , tigl nsl article 10; the are against I .' U.e I'menaut. I To light In war Is the sotemncst lnr'ne on earth. Those who fought l l.tioiv this better than unybody else, rml they are ognlnst fighting for uny country except the I'ulted Stales. ! : . . |