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Supporters of a
League oNations
CHURCH
Lyman Abbott
Neheralah Boyton
Chkuncey B. Brewtter
Arthur J. Brown
Edward Cummlnte
Thoraaa P. G!lor
J. Cardinal Olbboni
Charlea E. Jefferaon
William Lawrence
Frederick Lynch
Fundi J. McConnell
William T. Manning
Shailer Mathewa
Frank Maion North
William T. Ruaeell
Charlea D. WiUlama
Luther B. Wilson
Stephen S. Wiao
LABCfc
Jarata Duncan
John P. Frey
Samuel Compera""
Warren 3. Stona
John A. Veil
Frank P.'Valah
JSINKSS
Benjamin i. Bush
Irving T. Buah
E. B. Caulkina
George W. Clark
Sam P. Cochran '
William F. Cochran
Michael Cody
Henry L. Corbett .
E. J. Couper
John C. Cutler
Edward A. Fllena
Philip H. Gadsden
John Hay Hammond
William T. Kemper ,
Charles D. Kimball
Sam A. Lewisohn
Vance C. McCormlck
James J. McGraw
LaVerne W. Noyes
R. Goodwyn Rhett
Charlea M. Schwab
Flnlcy J. Shepard
Harry A. Wheeler
Pearl White
William N. Williams .
EDUCATOR.
Marlon L. Burton,
John Bates Clark
Henry S. Drinker
Irvine Fisher
Harry A. Garfield
Henry C. King
Henry Noble MacCracken
Samuel B. McCormick
John H. T. Main
Cyrus Northrop
i.eo s. Kowe
Henry Susralo
M.
Carev Thomas
Mary js. woouey
EDITORS. PUBLISHERS,
WRITERS
Felix Aenus
Joseph Blethen
Edward Rok
George Booth
John Ste-wnrt Bryan
Arthur Capper
Winston Churchill
Calvin Cobb
W. II. Cowles
M. H. de Youne
Solomon Bulkley Griffin
Hamilton Holt
John C, Kelly
George Horace Lortmer
Frank P. MacLennan
Robert Lincoln O'Brien '
Victor Rosewater
Ellcry Sedewick
John C. Sltafter
Booth Tarklneton
William Allen Whlta
Casper Yost
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Victory Democracy Peace
Make them secure by a
Supporters of a
League oNations
GOVERNORS
Simon Bunberfsr. Utah
R. Uvinrston Ueecknutu Z. I.
Thomas W. Blckett. N. C
Emmet D. Boyle, Nov.
Charlea H. Brouilt, Ark
Martin O. Bnunbaufb. Pa.
J. A. A. Bntacjnl't. Minn.
Sidney J. Catta. Fla.
John J. Cornwell. W. Va.
James M. Cox, O.
Huah M. Done. G.
Walter E. Edge, N. f.
Lynn J. Frazlar, N. D.
Frederick D. Gardner, Ho.
Julius C. Gnntcr, Colo.
W. L. Hardlne. Iowa
Emerson C Marrinftoet, ltd.
Charles Henderson, Ala.
William P. Hobby, Tsias
Georee W. P. Hunt, Ariz.
Henry W. Keyej. N. 1L .
Ernest LUttr, Wash.
Samne W. McCall, Mas.
Richard I. Manniac S. C
Carl MITtiken, Me.
Keith Neville, Neb.
Rnffin G. Pleassnt, La.
A. E. SUeper, Midi.
A. O. Stanley, Ky.
William D. Stephens, Calif.
Samuel V. Stewart, Moat.
John O. Townsend, Jr.. DsL
Charles S. Whitman, N. Y.
R. L. Williams, Okla.
James Withycombe, Ore.
DIPLOMATS
Lara Anderson
James W. Gerard
Myron T. Herrick
Theodoro M arbors
Oscar S. Srraue
Henry van Dyko
BENCH AND BAR
Alfred W. Ages
C. B. Ames
Ediar A. Bancroft
Hugh Brown
Norris Brown
A. A. Bruce
Joseph M. Carey
Jacob M. Dickinson
C. W. Dillon
Nelll B. Field '
Walter L. Fisher
Robert J. Gambia
Georgo Gray
James II. Hawley
Will H Have
Job E, Hedges
Charles E. Hughes
Frederick N. Judson
Martin A. Knapp
LeRoy Percy
John M.-Slaton
Henry St. Oeorge Tucker
M. J. Wade
S. Harrison Whits
Tbomaa Raeburn Whit
Ansley Wilcox
John Sharp WiUlama
John M. Whitehead
WOMEN LEADERS
Miss Mabel T, Boardman
Miss Mary A. B&rnham
Mrs. J. Malcolm 1'orbea
Mrs. Philip North Moora
Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
AGRICULTURE
Kenyon Butterfield
Poster Dwicbt Coburn
E. P. Ladd
K. T. Meredith
Clarence Poe
P. H. Rolfs
ir. L. Russell
H. V.. Stoekbrldt
E. P. Taylor
Oliver Wilson
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this year dawns on a world groping from war toward peace. The world hopes and prays that peace may
be established on justice and safeguarded against future wars. $& The army of occupation that sleeps till the Judgement
Day in the graves of France will have fought and died in vain unless such a PEACE is framed. jOur Soldiers
and Sailors, returning from VICTORY, will have fought and suffered in vain if that VICTORY is not made secure.
All the peoples of the free nations will have given in vain billions of their wealth and millions of their own flesh and blood if
DEMOCRACY is not established forever. , . ,
These things which the whole world longs for can be gained only by the creation, right at the
Peace Table, of a LEAGUE OF NATIONS. President Wilson has declared for such'a League and
is in France for the express purpose of guiding its formation. Ex-President Taft believes in it,
heart and soul, andjs urging his countrymen tnat a
League must be established and that the United States
must join.
A LEAGUE OF NATIONS is necessary ,to do the
things no one nation can accomplish alone. Victory
and Peace have brought a multitude of new problems:
7Ae New Nations:
We propose to carve out of the Old World a dozen
or more Republics based upon the principle of Self-determination.
Can we make the world safe for Democ
racy if we create these new nations and then leave them
to shift for themselves? A LEAGUE OF NATIONS
will be needed to guide and protect them.
German Colonies:
Germany has. proved her unfitness for colonial-rule.
To return, her colonies, is unthinkable. They must be
come the wards of all the free peoples, banded together
in a LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Economic Questions:
Access, to the sea and access to raw materials are
two of the international questions that can be handled
'pnly by a LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
It will be possible for the Peace Congress to estab
lish only broad, general rules' for the regulation of these
problems. No one nation can make safe and effective
use of Economic Pressure to prevent war. The right to
employ this weapon must reside, as President Wilson
has pointed out, with a LEAGUE O NATIONS.
Interpretation of the Peace Treaty:
Without a Supreme Court to interpret its pro
visions and a national police power to enforce them, the
'Constitutionof the United States would long ago hav
Itrinrg Prngram
Adopted, November
TTHHE war now haotillv broutrht to a close baa
H been above all a war to end war, but in
order to ensure the fruits of victory and to
prevent the recurrence of such a catastrophe
there should be formed a League of Free Na
tions, as universal as possible, based upon treaty
and pledged that the security of each state shall
rest upon the strength of the whole. The initiaut
ing nucleus of Jhe membership of the League
should be the nations associated as belligerents
in winning the war.
The League should aim at promoting the
liberty, progress, and fair economic opportunity of
all nations,' and the orderly development of the
world.
It should ensure peace by eliminating causes ot
dissension, by' deciding controversies by peace
able means, and by uniting the potential force of
all the members as a standing menace against
any nation that seeks to upset the peace of the
world.
The advantages of membership in the League,
both economically and from the point of view
of security, should be so clear that all nations
will desire to be members of it.
For' this purpose it is necessary to create
1. For the decision of justiciable questions, an
impartial, tribunal whose jurisdiction shall not
depend upon the assent of the parties to the con
troversy; provision to be made for enforcing its
decisions.
2. For' questions that are not justiciable In
their character.? Council of Conciliation, as media
tor, which shall hear, consider, and'malie recom
mendations; and. failing acquiescence by the
parties concerned, the League shall determine
what action, if any, shall be taken, ,
3. An administrative organization for the con
duct of affairs of common interest, the protection
become a dead letter. Yet the framcrs-of the world Peace treaty at Paris face difficulties a hundred
fold greater than those which confronted the fathers of our Republic.
It will be impossible to apply the provisions of the Peace treaty without an international court
to interpret them. How shall this court be appointed?
How shall its decision be enforced? There is but one
answerBy a LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Your Responsibility:
This is a movement in which every man and wo
man in the United States can share. You believe in the
principles here set forth. You want to make the world
safe against the menace of future wars. You think that
the progress of Civilization depends upon the co-operation
of all the peoples of the world. You believe that
the Team Work which won the war should be con
tinued and utilized for the world's future prosperity.
The League to Enforce Peace offers you an opportunity
to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
fceague to Enforce Peace
Bush Terminal Sales Building, 13t W. 42nd Street, New York
WILLIAM H. TAFT, President ALTON B. PARKER, Vice Preaidont
A. LAWRENCE LOWELL, Chairman Executive Committee
W. H. SHORT. Secretary HERBERT S. HOUSTON; Treasurer
four GUjriBttttas SttmUntint
You have Just answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. Will
you enlist to-day -with those who believe in a LEAGUE OF NATIONS?
This advertisement appears in fifteen of the largest cities in the
country, East. West, North and South. It is paid for by a fund to
which more than one thousand persons have contributed all over the
United States.
We want this message' to reach every man and woman In America.
This advertising campaign will be continued and pushed as far and as
long as funds are available. Will you fill in this coupon and mail it
with your contribution? Don't wait! Do it to-day as your Christinas
gift to Humanity and Civilization. N
3, 1918, as the Official Platform of the League to Enforce Peace.
and care ot backward regions and international-
ized places, and such matters as have been jointly
administered before and during the war. We
hold that this object must be attained by meth
ods and through machinery that will ensure both
stability and progress; preventing, on the one
band, any crystallization of the status quo that
will defeat the forces of healthy growth and
change, and providing, on the other hand, a
way by which progress can be secured and nec
essary change effected without recourse to war,
4. A representative Congress to formulate and
codify rules of international law, to inspect the
work of the administrative bodies and to con
sider any matter affecting the tranquility of the
world or the progress or betterment of human
relations. Its deliberations should be public.
5. An Executive Bodyy able to speak with au
thority in the name of the nations represented,
and to act in case the peace of the world is
endangered.
The representation of the different nations in the
organs of the League should be in proportion, to
the responsibilities .and obligations they assume.
The rules of international law should not be, de
feated for lack of unanimity.
A resort to force by any nation should be
prevented by a solemn agreement that any ag
gression wiir'be -inet immediately by such an
overwhelming economic and military force that it
will not be attempted.
No member of the' League should make any
other offensive or defensive treaty or alliance,
and all treaties of whatever nature made by any
member of the League should at once be made
public.
Such a League mtut.be formed at. the time of the de
finitive peace', of the opportunity may be lost forever,
Present this platform for discussion and endorsement by your Church, Club, Lodge,
and any other organization. It hds been approved by thousands of leading Americans
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