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ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST "LEAGUE OF NATIONS" By Gilson Gardner - Washington, Jan. 30. The argu ments for and against President Wil son's League of Nations may be sum marized as follows: Arguments for.: 1. Blood-letting does not settle any dispute, whether between indi viduals or nations. 2 It -is time to apply to nations what has -been applied successfully to individuals, cities, tribes and states. y- , d Sucn a league would tend to reduce armaments, with their exces sive cost, and to substitute reason and justice for racial and industrial antagonisms and diplomatic intrigue. 4 Such a league would tend to substitute freedom of commercial in tercourse for the exploitation of the weak by the strong. 5 Individual liberty would be less likely to be violated if the small na tion enjoyed the protection of a ma jority of the great nations. Arguments against the president's proposal are: 1 It is opposed to the history, and traditions-of the country. 2 It is opposed to the advice of such men as Washington, Jefferson and Monroe, whb warned against "entangling alliances." 3 Acceptance of the idea of a World League at this time would leave unfinished the struggle be tween democracy as "represented by France and England and militarism as representedby Prussia. 4 Membership in such a league would make it impossible for the na tion to resent a trespass on certain "inalienable rights" or to resent a challenge to its "sacred honor." 5 A World League might super impose on the world such a peace as might prevent or make more difficult the fundamental right of a people to overturn any government not satis factory to them the right of revolu- tion set out in the guarantees of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. Under the above heads the matter will be discussed by President Wilsdn if he finally does decide to take that western trip which he wants to take. o o NEUTRALS TEMPORARILY HELD AS WAR PRISONERS London, Jan. 30. Germany is keeping as "war prisoners" all neu tral members of crews of armed prizes taken by latest German raider, according to stories of neutral sur vivors from Yarrowdale, arriving at Copenhagen today en route to their homes. Twenty-six such survivors Americans, Swedes and Norweg ians arrived at Danish port direct from Germany. They had been tak en from unarmed vessels captured by raider which all agreed was the Moewe and brought into Swine munde on the yarrowdale, later be ing released on their showing of neu tral citizenship, and because ships on which they served were unarmed. The twenty-six survivors united in identifying raider as German cruiser Moewe", and placed her speed at well over 20 knots. The raider was de scribed as almost new, with cleverly disguised guns so concealed by false rails that her formidable character is not apparent until she drops the mask. jHer crew said she was suffi ciently 'supplied with food and fuel to last her until March. Her arma 'ment was given as four large guns, two smaller ones and four torpedo tubes. Survivors at Copenhagen said their meals aboard raider- were mostly macaroni and biscuits and during their confinement in Germany noth ing but cabbage and bread. o o . ROB BARTENDER OF $10 Two gents walked into a saloon at 575 S. Halsted this morning and asked for a drink. When the bar keep leaned over to get it, they hit im on the head and beat it with $10 -Sfc&s. ggykj rfsftJiiS