PEACE TREATY AND LEAGUE
FOR
I, therefore, would object to any
amendment or reservation that would
announce to the world that America
doeo not purpose to assume any re
sponsibility for political conditions In
Europe. America is a part of the
civilized world, and we cannot safely
lake an indifferent stand as to impor
tant world movements, whether in
our quarter of the world or not.
America is peculiarly fortunate in
possessing the confidence of the
world in the integrity of our purpose,
and our ability td perform. If we
wrap our cloaks about us, fold our
arms, and Bay to the rest of the world,
"Take care of yourselves," America
will fail In the performance of a
great duty and lose her greatest op
portunity. 1 am. therefore, unqualifiedly for
ratification without amendments or
reservation, if possible, or with reser
vations not detracting from the es
sential powers of the league, if such
reservations are necessary to com
mand the necesary majority If 1
eould save the league without reser
vation, I would save it. If I could
save the league, with reservations not
impairing its powers, then I would so
save it. Ratification is far more im
portant thatn the particular manner
or form of the ratification. America
ould perform bo greater service to
civilization than to promptly ratify
the treaty and take its place along
with the principal modern nations m
an endeavor to promote and even
compel the Judicial settlement of in
ternational disputes.
Syracuse University's lacrosse
schedule for 1920 will comprise twelve
tames according to announcement
coming from Coach L. D. Cox.
The chart as planned will be one of
the most attractive of all University
athletic books. Yale, Harvard, Navy,
Pennsylvania. Stevens, Cresent A. C,
Hobart, and the Onondaga Indians all
have places on the Orange lacrosse
l;ook. Lehigh, Johns Hopkins, Toron
to, Swarthmore and Penn State are
prospective opponents of the Hill la
crossers for the spring season.
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given four votes out of nine, a mater
ial share in the workings of the
league, one would think. But here
again there is no warrant for bellev
Ing that any small nation will be gra
titled at seeing another small one glv
en a seat in this important body,
There is no solidarity among the
!mall nations as such. One nation
rannoi represent anoiner, large or
small. The exclude-i ones will be
more restless than ever, and justly so.
It is an additional mistake, in my
opinion, to think that any nation can
long exercise authority out of propor
tion to its effective political power.
The four small states added to the
Big Five are a distrubing factor with
little addition of strength. We know
how difficult it was to get unity of ac
tion on the part of the Big Pour. It
will not be easier when the Big Four
becomes the Big Nine, four of whom
ought to sing small, but won't.
.Now you may say. "It is easy to find
uilt, but our mistakes can be crorect
cd later. The main thing is to be-
rin." True, but let us begin modestly,
;md let us know what we are doing.
Pon t let us put up a pretentious and
misleading facade when there is only
n small and a very different kind of
building behind it. Don't let us cack
le before the egg is laid. We have
no disarmament, no world court of
justice, no real League of Nations;
but an alliance (unnecessarily encum
bered with impedimenta) for 'he en
forcement of a French peace essen
tially that. You may talk disdainfully
if you like about "the old balance of
power," but it is what you have now
:ind it is what you will have to the
end. That is what politics is, a bal
ance of forces. We are joining anal
liance for the enforcement of a
French peace.
It is a fairly good peace on the
whole, but from the American point
of view it has one specially discon
certing provision. It makes us guar
antee the boundaries of Eastern Eu
rope, w here in many places only arbi
trary boundaries can be drawn, and
where, say what you will, fighting
will sume day begin again. Does any
one seriously believe that American
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troops will be sent to defend the
Greeks, let us say, from the Bulgar
ians on the Aegean coast? It is at
least doubtful, and no nation with self
respect is willing to promise more
than it Intends to perform. Article
ten is, in my opinion, inadmissible
and should be modified by a suitable
reservation.
Of course it may be argued that no
troops will be necessary. No nation
or group of nations, it Is some limes
said, will dare disobey a mandate of
the world. This seems to mo the
Great Illusion, the Illusion of Illusions
which is at the bottom of most acl
fist fallacies. Experience poijts In
the opposite direction. Small nations,
when excited, are as a matter of fact
as uncontrollable as hornets. Just be
fore the beginning of the Balkan War
the Balkan states received an unequi
vacol mandate from the Concert of
Europe forbidding hostilities and an
nouncing that under no circumstances
would the Balkan states be permitted
to enlarge their boundaries. Not
withstanding this provision, they car
ried the war to a triumphant conclu
sion and divided the spoils. At the be
ginning of the second Balkan war
Great Britain notified Turkey that un
der no circumstances would she be al
lowed to keep Adianople if she were
so presumptious as to take it by force
of arms. Turkey took the city and
kept it. Mandates not backed by force
are worthless and the nations ol tne
world show a wholesome dread of
burning their fingers, as is shown in
their treatment of Russia at the pres
ent moment.
i
It is also argued that wars may be ,
avoided through an appeal to the
league for a revision of boundaries '
where necessary. It has been said, ,
This treaty provides moans for Us .
own improvement." However, when .
we consider that this is merely an in-1
vitation to the disappointed states, !
who form the great majority, to Keep
their claims alive, to accept no settle- j
ment as final, to keep the witches'
cauldron boiling, the phrase loses i
some of its charm. !
Are these objections to the league !
an argument for the rejection of the I
treaty? They would be an argument 1
for the rejection of the league if it
stood alone; but since it has been un
warrantably included in the treaty, its
rejection seems to be impossible. The ;
consequences of rejection of the
whole treaty would be incalculable.
We have been deprived of the privil- !
ege of passing upon the league alone.
The host that can now be done is the I
adoption of certain moderate reserva-
lions, particularly with reference to1
article ten. 1 would not be understood j
an objecting to the league on the j
ground that it does not provide for a '
world court, a super-state. On the j
contrary, these shadowy and half re-1
ligiout conceptions are to me anathe- i
nia as applied to actual present day I
c onditions. They merely distract our I
intion from what is practicable.)
Politics should deal not with those
grandiose conceptions, but with an in
finity of laborious and rather unman
ageable detail.
Shall we accept all the senate re
servations? That also is impossible.
Some of the senators, in their desire
; to curry favor with certain partly as
similated nationalities among us, have
gone to absurd lengths in offensive
anti-British agitation. It makes one
ashamed to be found in opposition to
the treaty at all. Are you opposed to
the British empire as such? Then give
them their six votes. It will not be
a concession to England, but to the
colonies, who are growing up and set
ting up housekeeping for themselves.
For England it is an embarrassment.
The British empire is dissolving be
fore our eyes and the independent col
onial vote is an outward and visible
sign of that fact. I am personally not
opposed to the British Empire. Quite
i ihe contrary. But I favor the six votes
for a different reason. Canada, Aus
tralia and New Zealand will support
us in some very important metters,
notably In Asiatic exclusion; and their
influence will bring England to our
i-U'e. We could well afford to give
each of these young nations (they re
sent being called colonists) a vote in
ho council instead of the assembly
The more influence they have, the bet
ter for us. The best friends we have
in the world are to be found in that
political aggregation formerly called
the British Empire, now beginning to
be known as the British Common
wealth.
For the reason thus briefly and in
adequately given, I am in favor of
ratifying the treaty with moderate
reservations.
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ECAfiD OF REGENTS
UEET IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION THURSDAY
The Regents of the University of
Nebraska met in executive session,
Thursday in the Chancellor's office
with all members of the board ores-
vm
nt I
Professor Wm. L. DeBaufre was j
made chairman of the Dept. of Me
chanical Engineering in place of l
Professor L. W. Chase. The latter !
was asked to continue as director of
tractor tests and adviser in Agricul
tural Engineering for three months.
It is supposed at the end of this time
the new plow company with which he
's associated will reqquire his entire
service. Professor O. W. Sjogren was
made chairman of the Dept. of Agri
cultural Engineering which place Pro
fessor Chase has held.
The resignation of Professor E.
Mead Wilcox. Professor of Plant Path
ology, was acepted to take effect
April 1. He wili be the director of the
experiment station in San Domingo
agter this date.
A leave of absence was granted to
X. A. nengtson, Professor of Geo
graphy Si Conservation from January
1 to August 31. W. A. Rockie now in
Conservation & Soil Survey is trans
ferred to Georgraphy Conservation
with the title of Assistant Professor
and he will take Profesor Rengston's
classes during his absence. Profes
sor Pengtson has left for Honduras,
where he will be engaged as an ex
pert geologist In some oil investiga-j
Hons.
New appointments were made as
fellows: C. M. Duff, Assistant Pro
fessor of Engineering Drawing In
place of J. E. Rasmusec, resigned.
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ELI SHIRE, Pres.
Mrs. I.essie Knyeart Thompson, hos i
i-:-s i.' Woman's hall: Miss Marjorie
S, 11.., k. assistant to Dean of Women; j As . 1920 niai(,,.n wouW My 0p
M M. Lawritson. instruc tor in Dairy j port unity knocks but once every four
Husbandry; Iceland M Towle. assist- j years "
ant to the Kxerutive Dean.
The regents requested Brown and i Giila. look before you leap. Ec not
Miller to look after the interests of i like the man who look a drink of
the university
in the constitutional
convention.
tl t u j .
The fiow, n(, recommendation of
the faculty of the College of Agricul-
lure was approved:
"Moved that It be recommended to
the Chancellor and the Board of Reg-
ents that the age limit for girls enter-
ing the School of Agriculture be put
a' 16 years and for boys 17 years;
with the understanding that the boys
must have 3 months farm experience
on entrance and an additional three
months before he enters the second
year, if he is a city boy; also there
shall be either a recommendation or
certificate of graduation from the
principal for all students who come
from other filch schools."
A delegation of alumni was heard
ia connection with the athletic situa-jyear'
tion. ine board directed that the
c hancellor and Regent Brown person
ally visit such colleges belonging to
tl.e Missou-I Vallev Conference as
they saw- fit and interview presidents
and regents in regard to their attitude
towards resuming relations with the
university.
Recent J. E. Miller was elected
president of the board fir the coming
year and Regent John R. Webster,
vice-president.
The board authorised the architect
lo proceed with plans for ths gym
nasium, grandstand and general ath
letic development. Charles Hodgdon
of the firm of Coolidge Hodgdon, the
jnlversity architects, was present. Mr.
Hodgdon is In the city to discuss the
gymnasium and dormitory plans.
iiiptinnnnin
J
Co,
Bubbles
woo l aleohol and said. "I have made a
fatal mistake."
All men long for the bonds of mat
rimony and if their wish is fulfilled
i hey soon want Liberty bonds.
; Don., bIame g man fae givW) yon
lhe mittpn but pu, on our RloTea aa
depart S
j
, The women are not looking for the
i man with money to burn. What they
want Is a man w ith coal to bum.
1
j Signs of leap year: Number of
I women (aking domestic science,
It does not take a second thought
to realize why so many men are los-
in ,hHr pin8 since lne flr6t of tbe
Mi.ny a young man who plans on
marrying a hometown girl may be put
in n embarrassing position thie year
by some co-ed with whom he has
I'liliied the parlors for several conse
nt i'-e nichts.
A gill should never ask a man t0
j-hare he. lot until she has paid or
Fa id real estate.
Among the well known basketball
Players who have reported for prac
tice with the Marquette bskfbn
squad is Eddy Karst, a dental student
who hails from Fond du Lac. K"1
was selected forward oa the All-American
quintet last year by the A. A- V.
and Is considered one of the bt P1'"
era In the northwest..