Casper Daily Tribune

THE WORLD AGAINST IT.

"We note with only modified horror," says the New York Evening Post, "that a fell conspiracy is under way to deprive the League of Nations of a living and drive her into the cold, cold world. We are told that Japan and the United States are engaged in direct negotiations concerning Yap, Shantung, immigration, and alien land ownership—without the aid of the League of Nations. From Washington comes the news of a congress growingly insistent upon armament discussion with Great Britain and Japan—without the aid of the League of Nations. France is discussing with Germany the reconstruction of the devastated regions and the formation of an economic entente—without the aid of the League of Nations. Mr. Hughes uttered a strong word for diplomacy in the open such as we have been carrying on—without the aid of the League of Nations. Public opinion in this country and in Great Britain is increasingly alive to what can be done for world peace by these two countries united in friendship—without the aid of the League of Nations.

"Other enemies of the league are no doubt at work. We shall perhaps be confronted with plans for the international regulation of labor, for the international promotion of health, for the protection of women and children—without the aid of the League of Nations.

"Such are the cruel blows directed against the league from every quarter. We may yet witness the culminating atrocity in the form of an Association of Nations for the Prevention of War—without the aid of the League of Nations. The sad prospect confronts us of the league sitting at Geneva, twiddling her thumbs, because the nations, 'directly' among themselves, have deprived her of a job. Well—