THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, JA Plan Reflected In I (Continued from Page One) hat once said that you have to con- sider the excellence of the men as well as the excellence of the laws. The recommendations of thie prize winner will help to focus and articu- late our views. Themachinery sug- gested may have to be modified but it should contribute to reach a settle- ment where chaos is now reigning. Mieralisna's Rallying Point- J. P. DAWSON, '24L, chairman University League of Nations Non- Partisan Association: It is noticeable' that the attack on the soundness and wisdom of the Bok award seems to have concentrated on personal cen- sure of the judging committee on the ground of "pacifism." It should be significant that the merits of the win- ning plan are practically ignored in an effort to reawaken that suspicion of the plotting foreigner that was so convenient in the political skrimish of 1920. Such emphasis betrays that inadequacy of our isolationists when confronted with a constructive scheme for world organization, which satis- fies all the objections so far raised. The preconceptions of the judging committee, of course, are important. But it is absurd to offer an indict- ment on the ground of "pacifism," for inspection of the prologue should re- veal its object, to present "the best practicable plan by which the United States may co-operate with other na- tions to acl.ev'e and irese'rve the peace of the world." The only mem- ber of the committee with a truly blackened heart is Colonel House, who participated in the nefarious opera- titions of 1919 at Paris. And the chaiges against the rest simmer down to this-that they are intelligent citi- zens with an outlook on the world. For only the unintelligent or provin- cial can survey world politics today without realizing the need for inter- national co-operation of a practical kind. The substance of the plan is essen- tially so reasonable that the opposi- tion seems to be sacrificing consis- tency to its now ingrained antagon- ism. It corresponds closely to the hopes of the League supporters in this country, including those who feel that to join an association incapable of using force, even thoiitgh the use; of force be authorized by its funda- mental law, would do us no harm. But the reservations insisted. ,upon, which, by the way, are exgctly those demanded in 1920, should remove All' possible objections on the score that: the League requires a surrender ofI sovereignty or self-control. The World Court is obviously the first step to be taken toward inter- national co-operation. It is but a truism to say that the Court estab- lished to decide questions of law, is- inadequate to handle the great ma- jority of internation questions, which are economic and political. But those gentlemen who oppose our adherence to the court on the ground that it will lead us willy-nilly into the League reveal (1) the fundamental! weakness of their objections, which,! as they admit, will be insufficient to1 restrain a politically independent na- Another Plan tlement of international disputes; doctrine, and, as the prize winnerj he C am pus that the United States has really points out, it is in essense an alliance taken a large part in this, though in against the United States. an advisory capacity only; that the The latest statement intended for xVI. With these features eliminated, League is assured of a permanent po-!the public, which Theodore Roosevelt the League is nothing more nor less sition; and, since only one such or made before his death, was an edi- than the crystalization in a compre- ganization is practicable, its provis- I;torial, "The League of Nations," for hensive scheme of the accumulated ions should be so altered that the the Kansas City Star, and this dic- 1 experience of the past one hundred 'United States may adhere. The prin- tation had not even been typed when years in the development of interna- cipal change recommended is the his sudden death supervened. His tional organization. Every important elimination of the sanction (coercion) armonitfon was,-"Let nothing be done feature rests solidly upon the faun- implied in Articles X and XVI, al- that will interfere with our preparing dation of settled international prac- though this coercion is now apparent for our own defense by introducing tice. And the League is an existing and not real. From the three and ;a a system of universal obligatory mili- institution which includes most of halfs years' experience with theI tary training on the Swiss plan. the nations of the earth and which is League, he concludes: "The only kind---- gaining steadily in stability and use- of compulsion which nations can "It Is So Very Tactful"C fulness. We have co-operated with it, freely engage to apply to each other DEAN A. H. LLOYD, of the Gradu- as the Bok plan points out, and we in the name of Peace is that whi, ate school: The winning plan in sub- shall undoubtedly co-operate more ex- arises from conference, from moral stance has my cordial approval. I tensively as time goes on. The Bok judgment, from full publicity, and have to admit that its strength will plan offers a feasible program for from the power of public opinion." seem weakness to some. It is so, very1 further co-operation. Its announce- I He makes little claim that the League tactful. Perhaps in these days of a ment is the most significant event in has accomplished mach in settling in- still xar-befogged partisanship and of this country since President Hard- ternational disputes. He advocates certain familiar obstinate complexes, ing's notable measure urging that the immediate adhesion to the World which any mention of peace or of the United States Participate in the Per- Court. L of Nations has had to meet manent Court of International .Tius- reau CrIn comment rather than in citicism tact was needed above all things. Still tice. it may be said that if }the League i while under all the circumstances should ever decide to purge itself of Plan 1469 is as non-partisan or non- "Be Prepared" the superlative sham which is its antagonistic as any plan for the same PROF. W. H. HOBBS, of the geology raison d'etre, the pretense that it is purpose could possibly be made, it is department: It was a foregone con- an effective preventive of war, and iii my opinion really genuine. It does clusion that the contestants for the therefore a substitute for military face squarely in the right direction, Bok Peace Award would treat the preparedness-in the pronunciamento even while it allows reservations. Ac- League of Nations and the Interna-I of Mr. Wilson at the promulgation in tually the facts and policies on which tional Court of Arbitration, in essence Paris, "It is a guarantee of peace"- it is based lift it above any important the recent Democratic and the older then, and not till then, may our na- piarty differences and insure wide and Republican! doctrinest respectively. tion safely join with the fifty-seven derious attention to it and not of course The prize winner has handled the varieties, more or less, which now unanimous, but generous support whole subject very adroitly. His argu- constitute the League. Until that fromi all parties. Perhaps thee will ments are that the League of Na- happy, but rather unexpected event, of the country is at last to' be effec- tions has already accomplished much the League is a menace to our secur- tively unified and mobilized. Pehaps good in other directions than the set- ity through it promulgation of a false the era of America's post-bellum pa- cifisi n iear its end at last some- thing positive is to be done. In any case there are times when a little, timely progress is worth more than a lot of isolated safety and prosperity. Admirable for the Present PRESTON SLOSSON, of the history department: As a practical sugges- tion for the nmediate pr fent it seems admirable and I hope it will be seriously considered by the public and by the' senate. If there is a weakness in it perhaps it may be found in the exclusive reliance on public opinion to prevent war. This is efficacious among nations which prefer a peace- If u settlement of disputes to the pos- sible gains of war. But moral suasion, unsupported by military force, would not have halted German in 1914. In the long run all law must be backedj by police power. Perhaps it is utopian to expect the League of Nations at present to be more than an agency for mutual counsel and concilliation, in view of the unwillingness of cer- tain Eruopean governments to sub- mit claims arising from the recent war to its jurisdiction and the un- willingness of the American govern- ment to lend its authority to the pa- cifleation of Europe. But eventually the League must be a "League to Enforce Peace." Let us hope that public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic will be ready for this step in time to prevent the next Great War. A Substitute for Passion PROF. M. P. TILLEY, of the Eng lish department: Mr. Bok has per- formed a notable service for our !country in focussing attention upon a (Continued on Page Twelve) II [ m. Superior Foods at Edward L. Filene And now comes Edward I. Filene, prominent Boston merchant, with' an offer of prizes totalling $50,000 for a series of essays on peace by writers of France, Great Britain and Italy. The plan was suggested by Mr. Bok's; tion after the facts about the League become known, and (2) the basis of their position-a wholly emotional hostility to the alien. It is such hostility alone than can prevent the ratifications of the Bok award. No one who reads with. an open mind the temperate and well- considered language of the plan can fail to be convinced that the League, an existing institution of proved prac- ticability, must be lent the weight of our approbation in the not far-distant future. For timidity or.pride to cause a repudiation of all our promises would be no less lamentable. As a forecast of the nation's eventual per- formance and as a rallying-point for liberalism in this country, the Bohk plan seem to justify the .hopes of its donor. Tuttle's Lunch Room 238 Maynard St., South of Majestic S F l fifi{{ k t,: p) Lt t l I It Has Taken the City by Storm Ann Arbor Dairy Company ICE CREAM It's pure and delicious. You'll say it's the best ever when you taste it. 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