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Show I MORE CONFIDENCE NEEDED. One of the best Informed of British statesmen, Lord Buckniaster, recently was asked if the reservations demand pd by the V, S. senate would kill Ihe Loafctie of Nations and he answered "All of us who tried to understand the American feelinp, mu.t hi c rea. lized the difficulty of causing such a sudden change in the fixed traditional policy of the country as acceptance of ihe league involves. We hoped that ihe shock of events and the horrors of war. brought actunl and n:iked before the American people, might have cto complisbed even this great change. But the moments passed by each day dims the recollection. ;md I understand, under-stand, though I deeply regret, the rc sistance that the proposal excites. "Personally, I do not think reserva Itions fatal to the league, though tbe impair Its efficiency seriously. The league will not fulfill Its work-strengthened work-strengthened by the great authority of the United States, but none the less its work should be begun, and I hope time and experience will ultimately remove re-move the obstacles, and that In hr end we shall work together Kfl equal partners in securing our object, which, as an ideal is no less dear to the people peo-ple of the United Stales than to ourselves. our-selves. " Let no man think that suddenly in a minute all is accomplished and the work is done. '.' It is about time for the pei pies of the world to have more faith In each Other. Nearly all th' powerful monarchies monar-chies have passed out of existence and ; which was at the bottom of much "f with them has gone th? diplomacy ' I which was at the bottom of much of the world's discord. Today there are few nations in which the voice of ho people is not heard. Americans, of all nationals, should have faith in the peo pie. |