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IS CIVILIZATION TO LIVE?I The League of Nations has been born and it cannot die. - Its conception was not at Versailles in the winter of 1918 and 1919. It did not receive its death blow when the senate refused to ratify it when it was placed before that body for that purpose. Neither can it be killed on November second if the people refuse to endorse f{t. As surely as there is a God who created the universe, as surely as there is ‘a God who formulated the plans of evolution, who created a lifc germ out of which all complex life has come, as surely as there is a God who has supervised the development of soclety from the first savage clan to the present complicated forms of government, so surely must the League of Nations take its place in the development and progress of civilization for it is ome of the stages through which the nations must pass to astain the state of perfection that must have been in the mind of tle Creator. .

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dance with the great scheme of pro-| ETess new forms of government came to be. As every transition is gradual, a new order borrows much from the old. The absolute monarchies wers bad, but they contained a germ of &ood, for the monarch soon discovered that his good was bound up to a ce:taln extemt with the good of his subjects, and by the gradual granting of concessjons to the people, théy came to learn their peeds and their power and in time they came to have a place in the government and finally to determine the policy of the government ‘until the limited monarchy like a worn out garment, had to be laid aside ‘and a governmeént more suitable the heeds of free, liberty loving men. was born, a democracy. No one-wiuld deny that a .pure democracy has been the culmination up to date of the progress of the cvolution of society. If our state or tuther condition is mow perfect, we have reached the pinacle, God's dream his been realized., and the millenjum ia about to be ushered in. . But as we look about us. see 1 world 'broken up into groups gazing with envy and hatred at each other, piling up armaments, perfecting the most deadly chemicals of destruction, waiting but for a pretense to again spring at the throats of each other; as we look within the confines of each and every nation, see the- insidious poisons at work stirring up hatréds and factipns see the destructive agencies plotting to tear down what civilization has accomplished thus far, we know that again we have ou: grown the existing conditions that the democracy standing alone, even ‘though every nation in the world became a pure democracy, is inadequate. That reasonable thinking men should fail to see this is inconceivable. = I am wondering what can have been |the good of two thousand years of christianity if this*{s the ideal and there is to be nothing more than international law back of treaties that can be scrapped at the whim of » madman. We have come to think that Christ stood for one thing .service to humanity. The. modern Christian is not satisfied with a beMef nor does he approve of his neighbor if he is merely religious, he demands of himself and of his neighbor that they serve each other that they strive to serve humanity, that they rest not until a brotherhood of man has been established. Ons of the ancients said, “I met a hundred men on my way to Dethi and they | were all my: brothers.” But we seem not t haove even the light of a Brahminist. We throw up our hands in ‘horror! Join the nations in a compact | to preserve peace, to develop great in {dustrial possibilities, to unitedly fight |immorality, to establish a world crus|ade against disease? Unthinkable!

Have you heard any of the petiy calamity howlers plead for the preservation of the Monroe Doctrine lest by reversing the filicy of our governmént of Amer for Americans wo weaken our nation? have you heard them say that the very .idea in the mind of Jefferson and. afterwards ipculcated in the message of President Monroe to 'confzes's was to keep us out of European brbils, and to prevent any European country from tampering with any American nation struggling to® work out its own problems of government? That is true neither Jefferson nor Monroe nor Congress had ever thought of such a thing as a eombine with a foreign natidn. That was almost a hugdred years ago. We have gone many laps since then. But were thoge men living today they " would have the vision commensurate with the needs of today and would vote for such an extension of the Monroe Doctrine that it would become the crystallized ideal of the people of the esrth: ¢ ’ s

I would say, then, that there are four great reasons for the endorsement and the ratification of the League of Nations :That war between nations may. cease. That the poisons at work at the very vitals of the nations may be stamped out. That Christ's ideal of the binding togetber of humanity for purposes of moral uplift and the establishing of the kingdom of love on earth may be fulfilled. And that the nations take the next step in the development of civilization that is inevitable sooner or later unless __civilization is to be obliterated, unless all that has been accomplished for good is to come to naught and unless the world must begin all over again to work out the problems of human happiness. e : ' ' : R N B

- VERY SERIOUS MATTER The selection of a circuit judge is a 4 very serious matter and its importance rises above party gain. A circuit judge in Indiana is elected for a term of six years and he has in his power to do much damage. Therefore it would be unwise -and extremely dangerous to select a man for this position ‘who is lacking in breadth of mind and & spirit of fairness and toleration. In judging candidates one must study the characteristics of the aspirant, his habits, his past record for even-tempered justice, his knowledge of the law and his courage to make decisions based on the law and the evidence. . A ‘narrow-minded, meddlesome man can stir up a great deal of trouble on the bench, create strife and ill-feeling and engender hatreds which lead to feuds. Any man ‘Who is known to be almost - insanely ‘vengful, spiteful t ano umreasonable degree, actuated by jealously and inJured vanity who will' go out of his ‘way to seek a quarrel with "his neighbor, is nota safe man ti place in judicial power. Suchajudgeisnot onlya tenace t 0 public order but is a constant thorn_ inuugea of lttumm who are obliged to practice before him or take a change of venue to another SRS R e e T e

cbviated by the election of David V. Whiteleather of Columbia City. | WOMEN MAY LISTEN An editorial calling upon all Methodist voters, regardless of party to support the League of Nations is publish¢4 in the current fssue of the North< western Christlan Adovacte, the official organ of the Methodist Episcopal church in the nofth and west. The statement declares the United States has already. wrought infinite mischief by remaining out of the league. and will court disaster by maintaining an anti-league policy in the face of a united world. The difficulty of getting 4 response to this appeal lies In the fact that but few men will permit religion to interfere with- their politics, Women, however, may fesl differently.

SUPREME COURT AND THE ELEC. : : TION ;

The purity and greatness of the Supreme Court of the United States is something that is dear to every Ameritan’s heart, and the fact that four new members very probably will be appointed by the pext President is a matter for deep consideration in this #lection. Four members of the Court are now eligible Yor retirement on ac-

count of age and if is probable there will be four vacancies on the Court to be. filled within the pext four years. - _Thoughtful people, therefore, will ponder the point recently made by Governor Cox to the effect that the Seénatorfal oligarchy Las for its a'm not only the control of the Executive through the election of Senator Harding, buf through him the appointment of four members of the United States Supreme Court, and thus, to bind the country to reaction for the better part of -the generation, L

Harding has not named the Frenchman that came to*him and wanted to delegate to him the task of organizing a new soclety of nations. One man comes about as near Trepresenting public sentimént in France as one man. would in representing /public sentiment in the United States. Even Harding does not represent it. : Veterans to Sapport Cox. - Goshen, Ind., Oct. 25.-—-Mliton M. Latta, a republican who served over: seas as a captain of infantry in the world war, and his wife, also a republican, have announced their intentions of supporting- Governor Cox and:the League of Nations. Captain Latta has ‘heen elected secretary of the Cox and Roosevelt cldb of that city and is taking an active part in its organization. » S The other officers are Rob ert G. Beck, president; ((Mr. Beck was taptain of an infantry cou.npany in the war) Mrs. Dean L. Barnhart, vice president and. C. -Bonham- Spohn, treasurer. : . ‘Milton Latta is a member of the well Known -Latta family of Goshen and won military -honors in Franee for bravery in action. He is known in Ligonier. e s Mrs. F. W. Black and Mise Fay Hull were Elkhart visitors Friday. : - Kodak finishing Hieber Stndin.

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