American Membership Not
EssentialToNations League
Work of League Going on and America Participating in
Much of It* Work Despite Rejection of Member
ship by Harding and the Senate
By DAVI1> LAWRENCE
C*ryr4?M IM fry Tha Oatly A*m?m
(ThU U the 11th of Mr. Ufinct't dliptlrhei from ICurap* dealing ?lih M ?if iwoMnidloo prob
l?M 41 the* untr to him After fir* rear* tbarOK. Ilr rtnda that the rrnnh hat* made amaiini pr??
raaa la rt*?rtBi (hoae portion* of their country that w*r? d?*a?tated IB Ikt war. but that their mood after
flw yeara la atUI am* nf ?Md war rwollerlkma. Tha*. la rtr h? *tartrd hla aur**y of Kuropran rerun
*tn*r<ton oa Ik* battle field* of Franc* wtiera bi iafr?*?r? atudent of French pel try should Mart.)
Geneva, July 28.?There has been a distinct change in atmos
phere here with respect to the prospect of America's taking her
vacant chair in the League of Nations. The time was when the
absence of the United States was keenly felt and when few peo
ple thought the League could accomplish anything without
America.
Three years and a half have
passed since the League was
born and while no doubt the
moral influence of the League
would have been greater if Am-'
erica had joined there has been
built up just the same a greater,
confidence in the ability of the
League of Nations to achieve re-'
suits without America.
It Is much the same as an Individ
ual dependent upon a rich or power-1
ful brother or parent heinK suddenly
thrown on his own resources. Qual-f
itles of self reliance are developed I
and talents are brought out which
might otherwise have remained dor-;
mant.
Thirteen former allied powers
composed the membership of the
League when It started, but within !
a short time all other signatories to |
the Versailles treaty except the Unit-!
ed States had joined. Then came all
13 countries which had been neutral |
during the war. Including Scandin-1
avla, Holland, Spain and Swltxer-1
land. New republics born from the
war applied and were admitted and
finally three former enemy powers,]
Austria, Bulgaria and Hungary were
received Into the family.
There is a strong undercurrent of i
opinion In favor of admitting Oer- '
many If she applies. Certainly Tur-|
key will come in next autumn as the ;
new Lausanne treaty entrusts to the
League Important administrative
functions of special Interest to Tur
key.
Today when the rolls are called.4
52 nations have a right to partici-!
pate in the deliberations of the i
League. If there was for a time any
danger of a rival association of na-1
tlons being set up. that danger is i
past. Even the Washington confer- i
ence on armament limitation and '
Far Eastern affairs failed to provld:*
any permanent machinery to keep
on considering and chocking up on
many questions and principles raised
by that meeting and probably the
League Itself will some day be found
keeping a watchful eye on the prob
lems growing out of the Washing
ton treaties.
With practically every nation?la
the world In the I-eague and with no
danger of a rival Institution being
created to break down the organiza
tion already formed, the League has j
gained mom<*ntum and strength. If i
America comes In. so much the bet
ter, but the nations are finding the |
League valuable as an International)
mechanism for the settlement of dot-(
ens of Intricate questions. -The hu-j
manltarlan and haelth work of the
Leageu Is making a deep Impression 1
on the whole world and even the |
United States Government sent ofTI-!
clal representatives to the opium con-J
ference recently conducted under the.
League's auspices. Incidentally, the|
writer, In examining the minutes of
that meeting, came across the fol
lowing statement made in a speech
by the Right Reverend Bishop Prent,
who was President Harding's ap-!
polntee to the opium conference:
"The League of Nations, with
whom through you we are treating i
In this matter represents the great
est association of nations In all his
tory solemnly bound by agreement.
to think and act in terms of man
kind."
Although there Is an Impression In]
America that the League Is dead. It
Is a fact that the United State# Gov
ernment directly and Indirectly keeps |
In touch with League work and
Americans have sat on some Impor-j
tnnt commissions In conferences con-J
ducted by the League.
People In the League think that
ultimately America will Join. They
have heard President Harding say
?'no," but they think Ills voice is
that of one political faction and that
even he has turned favorably toward
one of the greatest of the League's!
achievements, namely, the establish-!
ment of a permanent Court of Inter-)
Gelfand's Relish!
and Mayonnaise at all
good grocers.
Where Society Brand
Clothe* Are Sold
D. Walter Harris
Tbo City Tailor and Clothier
BANQUET
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Comfort In Hot
Weather
This depends largely on whether the pore* of the skin
are kept open.
The best way to keep them open is to take h bath dailv
in warm water.
The best way to get hot water is by means of a gf?A
water heater.
Southern Gas Imp't Co.
J. T. STALLINGS, Mffr.
"They say that Ga? Can Do It Better"
?H?I JuUm. Bo thay (Ml thai
Id time American sentiment will
swing to the League. It may take
five or ten years, but what la that Hi
the life of an organisation whose
I members think it will. In time, be
come the greatest moral Influence (or
the preservation of peace In all his
tory? ... ..
Both President Harding and Secff^
tary of State Hughes hare wished
the League success for the sake of
Europe, but hare professed to be
lieve It could beneflt America. Time
alone can tell whether the United
States will beneflt from the policy of
aloofness.
Certainly the League is no longer
ithlnklng in terms of America, but is
proceeding confidently on Its way to
I help make th ewhole world progres
sively better In the age-long struggle
between greed and higher morality.
Mrs. J. Walston of Stalloh Is
visiting Mrs. W. C. Sawyer of North
Road street.
OPTICAL SERVICE
DR. J. W. SELIG
OPTOMETRIST
521 Main St. ? Elltabeth City
THtRHDAY EVENING
An Ice cream supper for the bene- i
fit of the Berea baseball team will be
I held at the home of Charlie 8cott,
1 Clinton Prilchard's old place, on the
Forji roid^T^rada^ evening from
Ueven to ten7 fiVeirybo<Ii_jB iurlted.
Welcome
Free Demonstration
SPECIAL SALE
Gelfand's
Products
TUESDAY, Jl'LY 31
Gelfand's Relish, 8 oz.
jar 35c, with one jar
Gelfand's Mayonnaise
FREE.
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DOUBLE
Hour Savings
It CAN be done
Two Kinds of Interest?Personal and 4%.
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IN
The Voice
FROM
The Minaret
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To the desert where they loved
in {mortality, their spirit draw*
a woman to forget her vows
and a man to lose himself in
love I
Acclaimed the peer of "Smil
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by Frank Lloyd. Adapted by
Frances Marion.
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Tuesday and Wednesday
Whale of a Sale
? PRICES ON ?
Straw Hats
$2.50 Hats $1.75
$3.00 Hats $2.25
$3.50 Hats $2.75
$4.00 Hats .. $2.95
$5.00 Hats $3.75
$6.00 Hats $4.50
WEEKS & SAWYER
TERMS OF SALE CASH
Leather Goods
at 25% off
Right in the midst of the vs
tion season when you most need
luggage we are putting on a twen
ty-live per cent reduction on lea
ther goods, including a new ship
ment of wardrolte trunks and suit
M. G. Morrisette
& Co.
at
^foshcfoy mam
v\7HY dread washday with our
* * wonderful laundry service
waiting to help you?
When you contkler the time?
the worry?the physical effort we
save you?you will realize It it
more economical for us to do your
washing?and your clothing is
better laundered.
We can prove this, give us ?
trial.
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""" SKIH?S?^fMi
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kr* abaolataly floor* of quality (old by th* laadlag
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