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Show : WOMEN 00 NOT FAVDHJ.EAGUE See Falsity of Democratic Arguments Argu-ments That Such a Body Will Prevent War. SAFETY OF AMERICA FIRST No Covenant Which in Any Way Affects Af-fects the Welfare of Their Country Can Expect the Support of Female Voters. The Cincinnati Enquirer prints the following convincing editorial on woman's wom-an's attitude toward the Wilson League of Nations, in a recent issue: "It is fallaciously being urged in this campaign, we think, that the women of America with practical unanimity are for the League of Nations," says the Enquirer. "The promulgators of this statement base their faith upon the fact that women hate and are opposed to war. So are all right-thinking men opposed to war as a general proposition. proposi-tion. Good men hate war. Save as righteousness, justice, the interests of civilization, demand the sacrifice, men the same as women oppose the sending of their sons to feed the maw of battle. bat-tle. This is why the nation Is not going go-ing to be rushed into the acceptance of a League of Nations, the assurance of the success of which is a matter which must rest on the knees of the gods until tested in that crucible in which boil and bubble the passiODS, prejudices and seflshness of men. "The president's dictum that this league will keep us, along with other nations, out of war Is a dictum and nothing more. He can no more prove his case than he can prove the earth is flat because Job refers to Its four corners. We know that he did not keep us out of war. though barely winning win-ning his election through the assistance assist-ance of that appealing slogan. "Why should women favor the League of Nations? That league, now in existence, not only failed to keep Poland out of war, but frankly deserted desert-ed her in her hour of need. It was France, not the League of Nations, who lent vital aid to Poland, thus proving prov-ing the worthlessness of that Utopian dream to function effectively. "Pacifism assumes many guises, yes, and disguises. But neither the men nor the women of this nation favor any sort of pacifism which leaves In doubt the safety of America. "The women of America never have refused and never will refuse to give their sons to the country in time of national na-tional crisis nor in time of the world's great need. But they may well hesitate to be bound by the terms of a covenant over which parties and chancellories and individuals are disputing; some saying that it means this, others insisting in-sisting that it means something else, while nobody knows or can know really real-ly what it does mean." This, from one of the strongest and most influential independent Democratic Demo-cratic newspapers in the middle West wilt convey some idea of the reason why Harding will carry Ohio, with Cincinnati contributing to the grand total about 23,000 plurality. |