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GET Why let a by a mod< of the mc iWill This is po the work age of the ing. To why not a let us exp] Watch We will a demonstri T SH. M. TH President Says L[cagji WilI Make War Improbable (Continued from Page 2) ing them to ask the governments of Vienna .and Berlin to enter into dis cussion of these matters. "I was recalling my fellow citizens, 'the circumstances which began the ter rible conflict that has just been con cluded. Refused to Discuss D~emnands. "So soon as the unconscionable dec mands of Austria were made on Sr bia the other government of Europe sent telegraphic messages to Berlin and Vienna asking that the matter be brought into a conference. And the * ignificant circumstance of the begin ning of this war is that the Austriani and German governments (lid not dare to dliscuss the dlemands; on Serbia or' the purp~ose which they had in view. "It is universally adlmitted on the o~ther sideC of the water that if they had gone into the international con ference on the Austrian demands the war never wouldl have b~een begun. There was an insistent demand from London, for example by the British foreign minister that the cabinets of Europe should he given time to confer with the governments at Berlin and Vienna. The governments at Berlin andl Vienna dlid not (lare to adlmit time for discussion. "'I am recalling these circumnstanices my fellow citizens, because I want to point out to you what apparently hJas escaped the attention of some of the critics of the league of nations, tha't the heart of the league of nations -does not lie in any or the portions which have been discusse din public dJebate. The great bulk of the pro *visions of that covenant contained 'hese engagements and promIses on $ part of the States *ook to become members'6of it. Arbitration Frrst., "That in no circumstances will they :go to war without first having either auhmittedl the question to arbitration -in which case they agree to abide 'by the result; or, having submitted 'the question to disc e coun edi of the leagrie o - which ease they will vl ,he for the discussionk and to go to .war until three ter the eo 't has announ on up en 6r subject und< '43e that the hen venant -e ti legu 's th a .olk USY 11 that valuable ern stump pullet st modern and a tamsc sitively one of tl ery quickly. V ir idle moments Jo it the easiest WILLIAMSO] ain the merits c for the nnounce throug ition. homas OMAS, Mana (mnly covenant not to go to war fo nine months after a controversy be comes acute. "If there had been days of discus sion Germany would not have gon to war. If there had been nine (lay within which to bring to bear th opinion of the world, the judgment o mankind upon the purposes of thes governments, they never would hav dared to execute those purposes. "So that what it is important fo us to remember is that when we sen those boys in khaki across the sea we piromisedl them, we promised th< world that we would not concludle thi conflict with a mere treaty of peact We entered into solemn engagement, with all the nations with whom wa associated ourselves, that we woul bring about such a kind of settlemen andl such a consort of the p)urpose o nations that wars like this could no again occur. "If this war has to be fought ove again then all our high ideals an purposes have been dIisapp~ointed, fo we dlid not go into this war merel: to heat Germany. We went into thi war to beat all p)urposes such as Ger many entertainedl. Belgian Royalty Coming. "We are presently my fellow coun trynmen to have the v'ery great pleas uire of welcoming on this side of th. sea the King and Queen of the Bel gians. (Applause) And I for one, an perfectly sure that we are going t< make it clear to them that we have no forgotten the violation of Blelgiaunm that we have not forgotten the intol erable wrongs which were put upoi that suffering people. I have seer the devastated country. Where it wa: not actually laid in ruins, every fac tosy was guttedl of its contents; al the machinery by which it would b possible for men to go to work agaii was taken away and those parts of the machinery that they could not taka away were destroyed b exports nh< knew how to destro them. "Belgium was a ver successful con petitor of German in some lines o: manufacture, and the German armie were sent there to see to it that tha competition was put a stop to. Thei purpose was to crush the independen action of )that ;little kingdom-no merely to use it as a gateway througi which to attack France. And whei they go into France they not oat' fought the armies of France but the: put the coal iines of France out o commission so that it will be a decad or more before France can supply her ..elf with coal ,from hacu. m ON YO land occupied by would do the' w4 ,eliable stump pu Stel 1e very best macl Vith fall and wini and get their lai way, it is absolut \I? We would b >f this labor-savin Notice o b the columns c Live 5 r sources. Article Ten. "You have hea'n a great deal about - Article 10 of the covenant of the C league of nations. Article 10 speaks s the coience of the world. Article 10 is e the article which goes to the heart of f this whole bad business, for that ar e ticle says that the members of this 3, league-and that is intended to be all the great nations of the world-en r gage to resist and to preserve against t all external aggression the territorial , ntegrity and~ Political indlependlence Sof the nations concerned. That pro mise is necessary in order to prevent .this sort of war recurring, and wve arc s absolutely discredlited if we- fought Sthis war and then neglect the essential I safeguard against it. t ''You have heard it said, my fellow citizens, that we are robbed of some t degree of our sovereign, indlependlent choice, by articles of that sort. Every rman who makes a choice to respect Ithe rights of his neighbors, deprives rhimself of- absolute sovereignity but he dloes it b~y promising never to do wrong, and I can not for one, see any thing that robs me of any inherent right that I ought to retain, when I promise that I will do0 right. Protecting Others. "We engage in the first sentence of A rtic to X to respect and preserve from external aggression, the territo rial integrity and tho existing politi eal indlependence, not only of the oth and mebr States, but of all States adif any member of the league of nations disregards that promise, then what h;appens? The council of the league advises what should be done to enforce the respect for that covenant, on the part of the nation attempting to violate it. And hesre is no compul sion upon us to take that advice-ex cep~t the compulsion of our good con science and judgment. So that it is perfectly evident that if, in the judg ment of the people of the United States, the council adjudged wrong, and that this was not an occasion for the use of force ,there would~ be no necessity on the part of the Congress of the United States to vote the use of force. But~ there could be no advice of the council on any such subject, with. out a unaninmous vote, and the unani mious vote would include our own, And if we accepted the advice we wouldebe accepting our own advice. For lIneed not tell you that the representatives of the government of the United ptate would not vote without instructions (Continued on Pagre '1) stumps lay idle, when a few hour's work >rk. We have secured the Agency for one llers on the market, the el Stump Puller iines made. It is easy to operate and does ter coming on farmers should take advant Id in the proper shape for the spring plant :ely necessary to have a Stump' Puller.. So e glad to have you come to our stables and g machine to you. if Date of Demonstration >f The Times the exact date and place of tock Company, Manning, S. C. What Change Is in the bank for a person when they begin to save. And what a change in their mode of living and working. Saved money makes you in dependent of the world. Save a little and you'll reap a lot. Build your home and future out of savings that won't be, missed. HOME BANK & TRUST CO.