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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919.
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Almost with his last breath Colonel
Roosevelt uttered a word of admoni
tion regarding the proposed league of
nations. Foreseeing the formidable
obstacles in the way of such a league,
he advised against attempting too
much at first and suggested that the
confederation be. formed with only a
few of the larger objects in view.
The advice may or may not be re
quired at Versailles. The experts
there may have arrived at the same
conclusion. They, too, may have de
cided that a concert of powers which
attempts to regulate all international
activities will have essayed an im
possible task. In any event Roose
• velt’s counsel will appeal to most of
us as^containing the same perspicacity
of judgment that we observe in Wash
ington’s farewell address. The con
cert of powers may easily become a
hopelessly entangling alliance for the
nations that join it, especially for the
United States which has the Monroe
doctrine on its hands.
A supreme court of arbitration, a
perfected body of international laws
for that tribunal to interpret and ad
minister, together with an agreement
among the powers to abide by arbitra
tion and "cooling time” treaties might
form an adequate foundation for a
broader agreement when some meas
ure of success has been achieved by
the league in its actual operations.
Perhaps the most valuable feature
of a preliminary agreement will be
the “cooling time” stipulations. Al
ready many of these treaties, negoti
ated by Mr. Bryan, are in force. '.They
provide that before going to war each
nation shall wait a certain period and
meanwhile submit the points in dis
pute to arbitration. The greater the
number of nations brought within the
purview of such treaties the better.
The weakness of the “cooling time”
treaty was evidenced at the begin
ning of the world war. No such agree
ment by itself is a protection against
a military power bent on agression,
conquest and domination. A military
power strikes unexpectedly and arbi
trates only when it is defeated.
But it is hoped that the league of
nations will be able to eliminate
powers which seek to prosper by war.
Whether this ideal can be attained
only the development ot the league’s
operations will demonstrate. Nations
■can be war powers thi^igh great
navies as well as through great stand
ing armies.
Americans have viewed the league
•of nations with misgivings because
they have seen it as a body which
would be calling upon the United
States more or less frequently to em
ploy its army and navy in regulating
the affairs of the eastern hemisphere.
They have feared that should such a
league be formed it would require the
\ abandonment of the Monroe doctrine.
If we acknowledge that it is our duty
to use military pressure against the
people of the eastern hemisphere we
must admit the right and the duty of
the powers in that hemisphere to em
ploy military pressure against the na
tions of our own hemisphere.
One way to obviate this difficulty
would be to incorporate the Monroe
doctrine as a part of international
law and stipulate its recognition by
by the league of nations. r"
The idea of the league, of course,
contemplates that the league should
act only in accordance with the prin
ciples of justice, that it should always
represent the conscience of mankind
and that, in the course of centuries,
it would seldom commit an act of in
justice. But if everyone agreed upon
the application of justice there would
be no need of courts. A dispute can
not arise so long ts both sides agree
on the principles of justice and their
application. It is only when the right
is in doubt or selfish passions or ig
norance blind one side or the father
to the right that disagreements occur.
And when such disagreements occur
not even a league of the greatest pow
ers of the earth can always amicably
settle the dispute.
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ALASKA PRESS COMMENTS.
The retrenchment that has beeh
necessary at Nenana, and its result
ant throwing men out of work, is an
eye-opener as to what a part the rail
road work has taken in the life of the
interior. It proves that the policy
followed by the government in work
ing from both ends was a wise one
and has done much for the interior.
In spite of the fact that there has
been all sorts of adverse Jftticism, it
is a fact that the railrcnQLork has
furnished many men WithTfmpft^ment
since it first started in the interior—
Fairbanks Citizen.
Governor Riggs is optimistic that
better mail service will be secured
for Alaska. Let us hope that he is
right, for the winters are long and
tedious enough in the north without
the added handicap of semi-occasional
mail service such a3 the country has
been suffering from for the past six
months.—Douglas News.
Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang is
one of the city’s most prominent au
thors,""having just completed a book
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merchant marine to the far points of the world. Our railroads must no
longer end at the ocean. We are building an American merchant fleet
of twenty-five million tons—three thousand ships. We are backing modern
ships with modern port facilities, establishing our bunkering stations all
over the globe, and'will operate with American railroad efficiency.
We will carry American cargoes at rates corresponding to our rail
road rates—the cheapest in the world. Fast American passenger and
cargo liners will run regularly to every port in Latin America, the Orient,
Africa, Australia.
We must all take off our coats and work to bring these American
ships home to the people of every American interest and community. The
manufacturer must think of customers in Latin America as being as
accessible as those in the next state. The farmer must visualize ships
carrying his wheat, cotton, breeding animals, dairy products and fruit to
new world markets. The American boy must think of ships and foreign
countries when he chooses a calling.
British policy seeks to develop all the resources of the far-spread
British empire. A world-wide inventory is being taken of the metals,
the fibers, the crops and other resources of British colonies, so that John
Bull may supply his own needs as far as possible and may increase the
prosperity of Britons everywhere by developing their resources, broaden
ing their trade and raising their incomes and living standards.
Our task is to use American merchant ships, American dollars, Amer
ican factories and American ability to help other nations in the same way.
Since the Givil war we have learned what railroads, money and energy
will do for undeveloped sections in our great West. After the world war
we must learn what American ships and American money and American
energy can do for the undeveloped sections of other nations—such sections
as the rich mineral country of the west coast of South America, the great,
fertile Amazon basin, the growing natidns of Australia and South Africa,
so like our own in many ways.
Our new merchant ships will take us into this great field of inter
national service and international opportunity. It is time for Americans
everywhere to think of world trade from this angle of raw materials.
Our merchant marine of today and tomorrow will
carry a message of good will to the nations of the world.
Millions of cruelly starved folk face westward from
every shore with mouths open to the promise of Ameri
ica. These must be fed, and clothed, and also supplied
with other necessities of life.
Highway transport facilities are at the farmer’s
gate, and “at every farmer’s gate” must immediately
suggest the initial phase of overseas distribution. The
highways transport service is the first step in the great
system of transportation to the sea and then on the
WOMAN MEMBER
LOOKS OUT FOR
OLD SOLDIERS
OLYMPIA, Feb. 13 (by Associated
Press).—Mrs. Frances M. Haskell,
“the lady from Pierce county,” the
only woman member of the 1919 Wash
ington legislature, came to the ses
sion, she said recently, to try to help
improve the surroundings of the mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Re
public who must rely upon the state
for their living.
“^elp beforehand rather than
after” is the creed Mrs. Haskell de
clared she followed in her work for
the veterans. "I hope to do things
for the G. A. R. homes and also to
help in public welfare work,” she
said.
Mrs. Haskell lives in Tacoma. In
politics she is a Republican, and, ac
cording to her friends and fellow mem
bers of the lower house, her brand
of Republicanisnf is "regular.”
Speaker Fred A. Adams made Mrs.
Haskell chairman of the house com
mittee on public morals, and also ap
pointed her to the committees dele
gated to handle appropriations, edu
cation, state soldiers and veterans’
homes, state library, medicine, _ sur
gery, dentistry and hygiene.
Mrs. Haskell made friends on the i
opening day of the session when she ]
introduced a resolution intended to
permit the men of the house to smoke
during the sittings. A Washington
rule makes it necessary for a resolu
tion to be passed before legislators
can smoke while at work making laws.
None of the men wanted to introduce
the resolution because Mrs. Haskell
was present, so she introduced it her
self.
In her G. A. R. work Mrs. Haskell
speaks with authority, for she is a
past president of the Tacoma branch
of the ladies’ department of the vet
erans’ organization.
She has been active for some time
in politics in Washington. When
Charles E. Hughes ran for the presi
dency she organized women’s clubs
for him throughout the state. At '
present she is president of the Pierce ,
County Women’s Political Club.
v/hich will be in every household in
the near future. Mr. Lang recently
caused to be published a comprehens
ive book of questions and answers on
"The United States and Its Govern
ment” which is one of the best things
of the kind ever issued for those de
siring citizenship. It has a list of
questions to be learned by the pro
posed citizen which will make him
familiar with our government, and
also make him a better citizen. It
should be in every school house in
the territory.—Valdez Miner.
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are trying to make reverence for law the polit
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Ponder on this utterance and let it be a guide to your
action in the reforms that should resolve 4rom the pres
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future for us, but without a bank account you will be
handicapped.
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