Show 1 i i JUT U. U S. S WAS TO FURNISH I The excuse for the failure of ot the thel l league igue of nations to function in France is found at the doors of the Ln United ted States says the Illinois State J Journal If It the United States had hadI I teen leEm ten a member of the league thi things gs v. v v w lI nd d l lave 14 J been different according to the apologists for its failure ll lland urs Wars that have devastated Europe ant and committed unspeakable cruelties ou il-ou ti tio o Innocent almost almo t from the theIa's days clays the league was organized would not nt have occurred if it our country had Joined it If the these e excuses are valid there isone Is Isone Isone one obvious conclusion that may be drawn we are counted upon the formation of ot the league to to tobe be th the force that would make it work i e were to produce the sinews that would Mould have vitalized its edicts and orders it would have hare been our money and troops that would have restored economic equilibrium and anden en enforced peace at the point of ot bay bay- onet enet That the league has failed to peace in Europe Is ia confessed confess confess- confessed ed fd but to blame that failure on the absence of ot the United States from Its ts membership is s a frank admission that our nation was WIlS expected to furnish fur fur- nigh nish the force to compel canIpe peace |