PEACE PLAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1924, Page 3

PEACE PLAN.

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NEW VOH K . Jan. (!. I lie Balt Peace Plan ills boon published. Tlio author statesEive-sixtli» ol nil the nations have already approved of the League of Nations. 'lhe ( lilted States’ co-operation with the League becomes inevitable bv sheer force of international gravitation. The 1 idled Stales lias already gone far in co-operation with the League, namely, at the Washington Conference, and in I’res ii lint Harding's I'croiiiliielulalion *ha t the Cnit-d Shat'", re in the World Com i. Th<- Cniii d States is officially and u: i oi:i .< 11 y i ('presented Upon many of ' " I nv' , Commission,-, such as ih'"'- on health, the opium trallie. flic un-fin- in women and children and lie imbi-Mm! hygiene. The (Tilted Stales ( .o\eminent should

also co-operate with the oilier humane and reconstructive agencies of the League, including the Labour Organisation, and by adherence to the World Court plan. The author shows that the ambitious promises of Articles 10 and 10 of the League Covenant have been found impracticable, and the principal organs of the League have practically condemned and reduced them to something like disuetude. No force is employed. Peace can he secured only by conference, moral judgment, full publicity, and the power of public opinion. The League further refu-e- to intervene in any Anierie.in eniitruversy thus obviously recognising the United States’ leadership in the Western Hemisphere. Force of circumstances, in other words, is gradually moving the l.'-a-gue into a p-isition upon i lie foundations so well laid by the world’s leaders between |H|!‘) and 1997. 11l view of the international councils of that

period, the Cniled Stales should i-n----operale v. ilb tin- League under 1 In* following corniitimis. Xu oltl to interfere with ipiestioiis of the policy or the internal adniinistrai ion of any .Stale. The .Monroe Doctrine will he maintained. America will assume no obligations under Articles Ten and Sixteen, and will incept no re.-ponsi-hilities under l’cacc Treaties, save where Congress has authorised such action. The I.engue in list provide for eontiimilig the development of interuationa! law. Membership in the Lea-

gue to be open to any self-governing •State. The plan whose author’s name will not be revealed until after a retenondum is lie'd oil it will be subjected to the widest possible test, concerning the approval or disapproval of the American people. Tt promises to revive the old League of Nations lights, and the bitterest feelings which the latter engendered. Washington despatches stale the irreconcilable Senators condemn the plan, and openly boast that the Senate will never aeeept the League ol Nations, even if the American people overwhelmingly accept the plan. I hey say the League is a dead issue. The 'Republican Party probably fear adverse effects from discussions on the plan just before the election, since it wishes to go to the country on purely domestic issues, notably the reduction of taxation, governmental economy, and aid to business prosperity. The plan, which is one of ’-’.-So submit ted, is approximately 3.j00 word* long, and is simply written.