Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — LEAGUE IN ACTION TO PREVENT WARS [ARTICLE]

LEAGUE IN ACTION TO PREVENT WARS

Armaments Survey Plans Laid With View to Ordering Reductions, a* * ENFORCEMENT BY BLOCKADE America to Be Invited to Send Representatives to Transportation Assembly in January. San Sebastian, Spain, Aug. 4. —The league of nations today took its first step to end war, in the opinion of delegates to the league council, now meeting here. The disarmament commission paet and made plans for a survey of the armaments of the world, as a preliminary to cutting down all arma ments to the minimum. The commission named three secretaries, who will be attached to the league, consisting of 6" Briton to handle naval matters, a Frenchman for military affairs and an Italian to handle aerial matters. After the survey of the world’s armaments has been completed and submitted, the league will fix the maximum armaments which will be permitted under the rules. All surplus war material will have to be destroyed. At its sessions yesterday the council adopted plans for: Blockade Included An international health organization, so that nations may co-operate in fighting disease. An air-tight blockade of any nation refusing to obey the rulings of the league.

Formation of a committee on international statistics. An international transportation assembly to be held at Barcelona probably in January. The United States is invited to send a representative. America’s Place Open “We are keeping for the United States her place in the council of the league of nations,” said Dr. Gaston Da Cunha, Brazilian ambassador to France and representative of Brazil on the league of nations council. “That place, during the absence of American representatives is filled with the gratitude of the world for the role of America in the war,” he added. The ambassador said Brazil was absolutely convinced of the benefits the league of nations would bring to the world in view of the sincere cooperation of the countries represented in the council. “All the Latin-American republics have given their complete, unreserved adhesion to the organization,” he asserted, “but what they can not understand is the absence of a leading nation like the United States.” Governor Roberts of Tennessee, unlike Governor Goodrich, believes his state operates under a real constitution. He has called special elections to fill 12 legislative vacancies prior to summoning a special session. Goodrich, however, failed to hfied the fact that five vacancies exist in the Indiana legislature, even j though the contsitution directs that they shall be filled before summoning the lawmakers together.

Governor Goodrich says he is proud of his second special session of what he characterized at the end of the regular session as “the best legislature in 50 years,” although he has had to call two special sessions in the last six months to correct errors of omission*and commission of that body. Taxpayers are wondering when the third special session will be called. ‘' Bill Hays says the law and order plank was purposely left out of the* Republican platform. James Eli Watson, who wrote a great part of that document, declares it was lost It

Is about time for Hays to serve another “harmony banquet" in Indiana, The Democrats should ref rain’Yrom criticism of the special session. It has done the most it could to make Democratic votes. ndianapolis News. Taft’s and Hoover’s silence on Harding’s repudiation of the league of nations covenant must certainly be pleasing to Senator, Johnson.