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VVVVVVVVVWWVVV V V V SCHOOL NOTES. V V \ vvvwvvvvwvvvvv Resolved, That America Should Join the League of Nations. AFFIRMATIVE. America should join the League to protect tc* liberties of the world. -- t? :J~?4- w;i_ (If we do tot join, as riesmcuu ???. | son sayi, '^e will set up a great j ideal oi liberty' and then refuse to; aid th? Drld to win the privileges! which we ourselves enjoy. But, to j do this would be against the principles which Washington fought for; it would be contrary to the ideals which sent our sons to France. The oppressed peoples of Europe look to us to show them the way to freedom. We are today the hope of the world. Quoting further from Wilson's speech at Boston: "If America were of +Vmc -innM-nre to fail the world,' I what would come of it? Men will be thrown back upon the bitterness, not; only the disappointment, but also the bitterness of despair. Think of; the picture?think of the utter blackness that would fall upon the world., America has failed I America made, a little essay at generosity and then withdrew. America said, 'We are your friends,' but it was only for today,, not for tomorrow. America said,; 'Here is our power to vindicate right' j and the next day said, 'Let right take care of itself, and we will take care, of ourselves.' America said, 'Wej set up a light to lead men along the ?? lik?*?4-xr Tirn liovo IaW-! UB pauis Ul liUCl l/J f I/Wif nv "Uiv *vtf , S3 ered it. It is intended only to light, 9 our own path.' Bl "Suppose we sign the treaty of ?9 peace and that it is the most satisfactory treaty of peace that the conBfil fusing elements of the modern world will afford and then go home and jfl think about our labors; we will know, SH that we have left written upon the historic table at Versailles, upon B8 which Vergeunes and Benjamin KH Franklin wrote their names, nothing BM but a modern scrap of paper. No ?9 nations united to-defend it, no great HI forces combined to make it good, no ,j\ ? - i H assurance given to the down-trodden j IB ^qH KB W mmaaM l I Women B Cardui, the woman's HH tonic, helped Mrs. William Eversole, of Hazel ?jj| Patch, Ky. Read what jji she writes: "I had a general breaking-down ; of my health. I was in bed for weeks, unable to get up. 1 had such a V weakness and dizziness, ! IM ... and the pains were A very severe. A friend AH K told me I had tried every- WW JB thing else, why not WM fl Cardui ?... I did, and WBSj W soon saw it was helping ^ me... After 12 bottles, JngK jl I am strong and well." j The Woman's Tonic h Do you feel weak, diz- h V zy, worn-oat? Is your Jf lack of good health caused w from any of the com- wH J| plaints so common to uM ?1 women? Then why not MM* kf\ oivo rarrtni a trial 9 It rBkffl || should surely do for you f I what it has done for so MgP " many thousands of other I women who suffered?it I should help you back to Hff~ * Ask some lady friend I who has taken Cardui. H| I She will tell you how it I helped her. Try Cardui. * _ ... t arid fearful peoples of the world that they will be safe. Any man who thinks that America will take part in giving to the world any such rebuff and disappointment as that does not know America." The League of Nations will take a long step toward cutting of America's isolation. We have been separated from the powers of the world long enough. There was a time when this was to our advantage, that time has passed. For the same reason that an individual has no right to withdraw from society and lead the life of a hermit, no government should be cut off from its sister powers. The individual grows warped and cynical. His mind becomes narrowed, his Kir flio llTOlf. nf illl/CX COU9 UVU11UVU KfJ viiv lituiv va. what he sees day by day. It is the same with a nation. If America is still to uphold the torch of liberty that was Washington's ideal, we must be brought into closer touch with Europe. If we are to be drawn into social and commercial relations with the Eastern nations, political relations between us must exist. The League of Nations is to consist of a body of delegates from the leading nations of the world, an elective council and a permanent secretariat. The elective council shall consist of representatives from the United States, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan together with representatives of four other states, members of the League. Should a dispute arise between members of the League that cannot be settled amicably by ordinary diplomacy, they will in no case resort to war without previously submitting the question of the arbitration or inquiry of the Executive Council. They ..^11 mAr>fV?C rOPfllVlCT Will wail UHCC xnv/uuiio uxuvi Avvvif...^ the decision before commencing hostilities, and even then not against any member of the League abiding by the recommendation of the Executive Council. If a nation fails to abide by this rule, it will be considered as having committed an act of war against the other members of the League ,who will take immediate action to cut it off from* all commercial relations with themselves, and also to stop trade between it and other nations, whether members of the League or not. If a dispute arises between two countries outside the League, the members of the League shall invite them to submit the question at issue to the jurisdiction of the Executive Council. If one of these countries refuses to accept the decision of the Executive Council, the members of the League shall take the same action against it as against any unruly member of the League. If both nations refuse to abide by the decision, the Executive Council may take such action and make such recommendation as will prevent hostilities and result in an amicable settlement of the dispute. The League of Nations will not bring about the millinneum, but it unquestionably marks a forward step in the advance of cvilization. It will reduce the chance of future wars to a minimum and thus pave the way for a new era of peace, prosperity, and guaranteed liberties. If it had been in existence in 1914, the world would have been spared the bloodiest of all the wars of its history. And the League in undergoing the criticism of the American people will on]/y be repeating the experience of our constitution, which when submitted to the approval of the States, was condemned by many statesmen as impracticable, unworkable, and a dangerous encroachment upon the rights of the colonies. And can my opponents suggest any other plan for averting war if they do not approve of the^ League? Gwen Bristow, 10th Grade. ?o? Resolved, That the United States Should Enter the League of Nations. NEGATIVE. The League of Nations would vio late the Monroe Doctrine. If the United States should enter the League, of course she would have to send her troops to Europe or anywhere else if a little petty war would break out. This would be contrary to the Monroe Doctrine for her to interfere with European affairs, but if she enters the league, she will have this to do if she is going to carry out the principles of the league. Free American government would, through the League of Nations, be j displaced by a government controlled so I largely by "European Monarchs and T1 ! Asiatic Despots." Senator Borah, of w< j Idaho, declares that the league would pe j abrogate the Monroe Doctrine, involve America in all world conflicts th and compel submission of vital Am- m erican questions to a foreign tribu- be nal. Among the vital American ques- wi ! tions are: Monroe Doctrine, immi- Ti ! gration, Destruction of American I ' Ships, border disputes, seizure and W search of American seamen, defense ar of the Panama Canal, and the seiz- th ure of the canal. j England will be very likely to domI inate the league and, on all questions j the United States will be overwhelm- I | ingly outvoted. France is greatly in- 1 I debted to England. So are Italy and I , japan. JNaturauy tnese countries | j will have to do as England thinks j ! best for them to do. Now the Unit-, | ed States would have to do just what, , the other countries, or England says, i for with the other countries on the^ side with England, she would con-; : trol a majority. So the United [ States would not have any power atj all to say what should be done in the, league. The League of Nations will be a |j great movement for intrenational-jB ism. Even the very fangs of Bol-;B I shevism are very plainly visible in j u the league constitution. Shall our,| j nationalism be stricken down and ? , internationalism be put in the place g j of it? And, shall our true, indepenj dent democracy come under the con-1 j trol, either in whole or in part, of j foreign monarchs or foreign Bolshe-| |Vik? Emphatically, NO! But if the' I United States enter the proposed' j League of Nations, our democracy; I shall come under the control of these | j foreign monarchs and foreign Boli sheviks. Some of my opponents who favor I the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations may say that the league will bring liberty to1 ' all nations by uniting against one [ country who starts a war and putting! an end to the war. But how are they going to knowja who started the war? There is nol nation who will stand up and say^ffl that she was the cause of the war orIB 1 that she started it. I should like for;@ my opponents to tell us how they:Si think that the league will stop war'l 'with war. Merely joining the league |j | win not;, Dy any means, Keep uuun-i ' tries from carrying on war. "Shall j we surrender by the pen what Wash-' ington gained by his sword? No^ very long period of time has everj ' elapsed in which there was no war, ' of some kind being carried on tome : time or some where. There will al-j I ways be wars as long as this world j ! exists;, and United States soldiers would be continuously going to some foreign countries to help try to stop B I ' | 1 MR. JOE H. E ed a large business i -1 /^ii . I be at the doming ! J. M. I jj with one of the mc j ?g | WOOLEN ! 91 j |g?5. j J| Being measure* taker. You have t be made as you wa I BLUE F 1 BALTIMORE me little countries from fighting, j no : here are no five nations in the| that orld today who can always keep: gain sace throughout the earth. ! the My opponents might also argue! for at the United States should be a| wha ember of the League of Nations' T icause President Wilson thinks that tofo e should and because ex-president She ift is in favor of the league: But alwj wish to remind them that Woodrow she ilson is not the only person alive, of t id that because President Wilson the inks it best to enter the league is this Notice to of Ford I \ \ E. F. PSTEIN, a Practical Tai > in Columbia, and who i Store of ANDERSC )AY and 1 Friday and Saturday >st complete lines of Sprir ing all the lates weaves AND PALM /-\tiw iTKin T~*r LLU1 Mirv^ i by a practical tailor is di he satisfaction of knowing ,nt it. 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Afferent from the ev r a fit is guaranteed a esenting the ORING COA B sff ' wnmsEsammmm the people, and for the people, a government partly by tyrannical kings and emperors. America entered this great world war a complete sover eign. She was the arbiter of her own destiny. Shall she, as a victor of the war, come out a mere constituent state of a League of Nations dominated by "European Monarcha and Asiatic Despots?" Mary Stevenson, Slang. Slang is a language consisting ei(Continued on Page Six.) I c I an authorized Ford ion. We will repair nd carry full line of | ou have your car re*et no imitation Ford repair Ford Cars ash, our prices are g lotor Co. I have been | ness since the first . We guarantee first itronage solicited. $ >LD r of years conductrt in his line, will j| ggf 'ANY | OW 1 V n this city, includ)L CLOTH J eryday measure nd your suit will 1PANY 1 MARYLAND ? l saaafflBBMSBKi