The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is in corporated the West Coast Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925 FAITH

Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1925, Page 2

The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is in corporated the West Coast Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925 FAITH

I ; ; i,; pi.iliral atlim-pliere ol Klllope ! 111.-1 \ I• 11 ciurihcd lor the result 01 t!... a; I 'on loro nee. Tin' | j,:,aiv il l.olpod to settle linj an i .d <i!ii«■ !•«.*).• os. ami mutual 1-011-I u.u it. t- ..a. o.ii'i-ndored therohv. Thu j a;.: I trill. II t- »I < ( 1 1 li‘<! U-..i1l at l.uarno I (ft,- a lurtiior advontuio, its an Ameri- ! rail tt itii ha. put ii. in peaceful nt>. j ;.. liiilt. it.. Thu iicu- agreements with ! a!i tin \ promise at security lit Kuru,-o i v. ill .t .vagi hull alii! stt teg tut ft I lilt! : 1 Jittt c. report. for ill the olid everyi laing ih jiutiils upui the scrupulous oh- | r amu ut good laitli ii. all relaliuui -hips. 'I iiu in '.V agreements entered ; ii.i . at la.l ilium art- mil lo ho coliI . till.-. | :l' l. .'aliening ill" League of Null ■ \ ignoring it or m i t hi I rti wing j I ill.-:! i , - I UIU.-ll i t iia. . till' I hoy j . ..ii uvjn a -uli|oot 1.1 I ho ni- ■ vi a.mi I tin- ! .online, ami rofer at last I *.. • in I . t - a uu i o auitliiiiulv. lino of the ; ‘ .iu:;ti a;- I- that (L'nnany shall join ! i 1.0 :.a u in onlor to lie under 011111I IU")1 a 111 1;. l ily. The League, however, I - a v in 1.1-iuolu.-uv'o •irauui.iiiii.il. and j tin pur, i.-i , 1 1 those ngroeitn 11 1- i- i > j ...u; o il -oiy and spoeitioally hind the I iiali. ns. t. It ii - Ii .110 involved in tho F'li r-p. a 1 ■it'iatioii. to the policy of con- ; oiliati 'ii and iirhitration us regards I difui'lliti' . arising a I i 1 011 g thomsolvos. | Frame mil (b-rinuny iniiko sulenili and j .go.hie pledges to each other upon ! : hi-, point, ami I !rout Britain and Italy i i.iia in giving a guarantee to ouch of | ; l-0.0 contracting parties that tin- other I '■ ii! o! -oi've ooed faith, promising to | i.'Uie imiuediately to t! 11- dofoii o of the : , n aitasked. Furthermore, separate I smwmoii'.s are entered into between ! dermnny ami Czecho-Slovakiu and hei ; - <-: 1 Germany and Poland for the j arbitration of all disputes arising he- | ivorii them, and France guarantees | ! mi] -ides against default on the part i of the other. The policy is to .settle j such controversies among the parties 1 immediately interested, hut as members i of the League these contracting powers are pledged not only to each other

but to all the nations composing tlio League. and arc subject to tlic penalties for the violation of peace "liieli may be imposed by the League. 'llie strength of tiie.se agreements ultimately lies in tlio desire of all peo;les lor peace and for protection against aggression by others. The danger to peace is not in a universal desire lor uar Imt in universal suspr ion and fear. War has become' a calamity so terrible that all nations desire to avert it. hut they wnut sorurity ni»;imist each other. This tie- network of treaties, which throws out anchors in

m;itty directions, attf■ ::• [>t- to ‘-jve. The agreements will not of l hcmsehvs silence eoutroversv nr abate suspicion, hut they tend to bring every subject of controversy into the open tind compel every contestant to justify his claims before a tribunal composed in part ol neutral judges. In the treaties between (Jermnny on the one side and < '■/.<■' ho-Slovnkin and Poland as the other parties permanent conciliation ■ ommixsions are established which shall •onsist of live members. of whom the nartios at interest shall eat h have one and the other three shall he national- of three foreign countries, one of the latter to he ehairinan. AVhen confidence is established that these methods of settling disputes between nations assure peace and security, and afford relief from the burdens of military establishments, it may lie expected thtil all countries will join in supporting them, and voluntarily avoid a .is which will tend to unsettle that confidence. And finally out « f the negotiation- for tne settlement of political controversies there may develop a better understanding of (he economic interests which the populations of different countries have in common. Air interesting suggestion of thi- comes in a remark attributed to M. Itriand. that the I incur n'ii treaties are the first step to a I’nitcif Slates of Kurope. i Hher Kuropean statesmen are said to have made the suggestion more jointed hv saying that Kurope with her contracted areas cf trade, founded by custom houses at short intervals, never can lomecte with the Ihiited States, posse.-,-ed of a home market of more than |r0,0!>t).(!(|() people. The old idea of inevitable antagonism survives in thi- suggestion, hut once the apprei iation of mutual interests begins to /row the sniril of /warfare "ill Itegin to weaken in all relations. If lhc i t her man "ill buy your good- you may he interested in his prosperity, whether he lives next door or across the ocean.