Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1920 — GOOD WORK BY THE LEAGUE; [ARTICLE]

GOOD WORK BY THE LEAGUE;

New York, Sept. 25. —The statement of Premier Branting of Sweden lauding the league of nations fqr its peaceful efforts to adjust the Aland islands dispute between Sweden and Finland is to be a leading text of Democratic campaign orators, i This wae announced by George White, chairman of the Democratic national committee, who said that Instructions had gone out to speakers to stress the matter. “Americans should mark well Premlei’ statement to the effect that the league of nations will be able to avert between Sweden and Finland a tense situation over the Aland islands, a situation which might have led to war,” said Mi J White. “If Sweden and Finland had gone to war, instead of to the league, Europe might again ( have become ‘ embroiled. And since a certain dispute between Serbla and Austria in 1914 finally engulfed the United States, who can say what the conse-. quences of a Baltic war would be?”