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THE LEAGUE COVENANT
We are not of those who
the results of the recent
elections in Georgia for U. S.
and governor as a repudiation
The League of Nations by the
ple of this state. It is true that
winning candidates made their op
position to the League a main planl
in their campaign platforms. But
think they won in spite of this,
because of it. We think that othei
issues and personalities quite
clouded the League issue in
It is true, however, that
Georgians who have never read
League Covenant east their ballot.*
upon this issue mainly. Many
who are strongly opposed to
League, as well as many who
it, have never read it. Their
toward it is based entirely upon
sympathies with certain
tions of certain paragraphs of
Covenant made by certain
men. They favor or oppose the Lea
gue according to their sympathy
the spirit or principles, not of
provisions of the League
.itself, but of the variou* interpreta
tion*. of its provisions.
The League is still the main
in national politics today—the prin
cipal point of divergence
rock-ribfced Democracy and
Republicanism.
However, the outcome of the No
vember elections, whatever that out
conn*, will not settle the question
League or No League. It will
for whichever party acceeds to
to settle the question. It will there
fore continue a live question
some time to come. Every
therefore, who is sufficiently alive
take any interest in national or
national affairs should
himself with the provisions of
League Covenant at first hand.
We are publishing on
page of this issue the entire 26 ar
tides of Part 1 of the League
nant. These constitute the
provisions of the operation of
League of Nations. The League
enant in its entirety is closely
woven with the Peace Treaty,
the two documents combined
brace fifteen parts of 440
covering 56 pages of the Congress
sional Record of July 10, 1919.
of the other articles, however,
concerned with mere details of
Peace Treaty itself, and have
occasioned any general difference
opinion as to whether the
States should or should not
a party to the League of
Ail of the general provisions of
League Covenant are embodied in
26 articles of Part I, published
this issue of The Leader-Tribune.
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THE CLERGY AND THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
(By Dr. M. Ashby Jones in The
lanta Constitution.)
I have just received a letter
Mr. George W. Pepper, a
ed lawyer and churchman of
phia, bearing the title which I
chosen for my text. Mr. Will
Hays was kind enough to send me
letter (1 suppose Mr. Pepper did
have my exact address) with a
cordial note on behalf of himself
a committee of very
ladies and gentlemen, of which
seems to be chairman. He closes by
saying, “I shall be delighted to have
your suggestions at all times.” So I
take my pen in hand to make a few
‘suggestions.” At first I thought
sending these suggestions direct to
Mr. Hays, but he is so hard to catch.
It occured to me to direct “care
the G. O. P.,” but nobody
where the G. O. P. stays. Even Mr.
Harding asked us all to wait
until after the November
and then, when he had consulted
> • the wise men of the east,”
would tel! us. So I’ll just ask
to print. *>
A Question With * Moral.
My first suggestion grows out
a sentence in my letter from Mr.
Pepper. He writes me, “The
of the United States are, above
others, the men who serve their
and generation by keeping the torch
of idealism lighted.” Then a little
further on he writes, 4a Whatever
THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORI VALLEY, GA, OCTOBER 14, 1920.
the reason, it is the undoubted
that many of the clergy have
themselves among the supporters
the league proposal. This
statement of fact seem? to
and puzzle Mr. Pepper. I suggest
if he had written the two
together he might have solved
difficulty and found comfort for
soul. The clergy are "supporters
the league proposal" because they
“serve their ilhy and generation
keeping the torch of idealism
ed.”
The very fact that the
national committee have found
necessary to enlist the costly
and high-priced services of this
inent lawyer to write to the
of America in order to
them that they ought not to be
porters of the league proposal”
ries with it a significant
it reveals the truth that this
has a moral appeal which finds
well-nigh universal response
those who are the natural
leaders of the nation.
Unity and Peace.
Mr. Pepper with subtile ingenuity
seeks, in his effort to prove that
clergy are wrong, to find an analogy
between the effort of the Christian
churches for “unity,” and the efforts
of civilization to establish a perma¬
nent peace. In doing triis he
idwn this as his premise:
“Peace is the outcome of unity.
People, churches, nations, are in uni
Ly when they think alike and act to
gether.”
Let me say at the outset that the
analogy is far-fetihed. While there
arc regrettable differences between
the Christian denominations which
’ oo often issue in the overlapping of
work and great loss from lack of co¬
operative service, 1 deny that
is anything which could be
or likened to, war between them.
But on the other hand evidences of
a growing unity of spirit and service
are multiplying ’daily. Tin united
war work of the churches was the
most outstanding example. Here
Protestant and Romanist, Jew and
Gentile, found amid limitless differ
cnees of creed and custom,
merits and traditions, ritual and
ty, a common purpose, and united in
its triumphant accomplishment. It is
glaringly wrong to say that in order
for churches or nations to have unity
they must “think alike.”
No! If we waited for men
“think alike” there could be no such
thing as national, not even to men
tion international, unity. National
unity begins with the recognition of
differences of thought, interests
and ambitions. Government with its
courts and police for tbe peaceable
control and regulation of these dif
ferences, is the first expression of
unity. And that is just where inter
national unity must begin. Wars be
tween individuals and nations grow
out of conflicting interests. In the
case of individuals we have found
that the peace of the community is
too precious to leave men to fight
until they come to “think alike.” We
provide a court and, if necessary,
compel them to submit their differ¬
ences of thought for a peaceable de
vision.
The Right of External Aggression.
Space forbids my mentioning but
one other objection which Mr. Pep
per makes to the clergy being “sqp
porters of the league proposal.” This
objection is found in trie provisions
of Article 10:
“The members of the league
undertake to respect and pre¬
serve as against external ag¬
gression the territorial integrity
and existing political independ¬
ence of all members of the lea¬
gue. In case of any such ag¬
gression or in case of any threat
or danger of such aggression
the council shall advise upon
the means by which this obliga¬
tion shall be fulfilled.”
This advocate of the election of
Senator Harding objects on the
ground of “the reactionary charac¬
ter with which it stamps the whole
league scheme.” He calls it “putting
a strait jacket on the world” and pro¬
tests against any guarantee which
will “perpetuate the existing status
among the nations.”
Is it possible that the clergy are
reading this article more carefully,
or more fairly, than the eminent
jurist? There is no obligation
stated or implied to “perpetuate the
existing status.” The obligation is
to “preserve as against external ag¬
gression the territorial integrity.”
What a world of difference. Here is
indeed the “heart of- the league, •• It
is a defense against “external ag¬
gression.” There is no obligation here
to keep the world from changing, or
nations from growing. Is there no
other method of change or expansion
save by “external aggression?” Then
it were far better to “put the world
in a strait jacket.” This was the
Prussian method. Germany wanted
and She ted , _ Schlesweg- ,,
to «P - wa, '
Holstem and she took .t by v external
aggression. Then Alsace-Loraine
her expanding spirit. And
this same method of change and
growth deluged the world in blood
and tears from 1914 to 1918. And
■
now when the clergy are a
the league proposal” to bind
Prussian spirit, whether expressed
Germany or elsewhere, Mr.
protests against its
character” and pleads for the
alienable right of every nation
“external aggression.”
The Hunger for Peace.
There is something truly
in Mr. Pepper’s consciousness
estrangement from the
leadership of America on the
issue. He writes, “It is a
fact that the league scheme
have enlisted the support of so
intelligent and high-minded
after peace. The explanation of
strange phenomenon is tffle
phere in which it was generated.
the world was hungry for peace. n
Yes, Mr. Pepper, that is the
planation. The world was and is
gry for peace. And we entered
frightful war with the promise
victory would mean that we
lead the world toward a
peace. In the words of one who
a living sacrifice on the altar of
promise:
“Surely we shall not fail to
the promise sealed in the death
sacrifice of our incomparable
diet's, sailors and marines who
our verdict beneath the sod
France. »»
If the clergy of America did
stand today in support of
promise they could no longer
claim their faith in the Christ of
vary.
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GOOD CAUSE IN GOOD HANDS
We are publishing in
column on this page an appeal
Rev. T. J. Crawford, colored,
contributions for extension of
Missionary work of the
I Sunday-School Union of
j particularly among the negroes
the South,
j r ph e editor of The
has given a good deal of thought
care fully appraising the
and influence of leaders of the
ed race in this vicinity. This
i impressed
Crawford has us as
a sa f e> s ane and consecrated
j 0 f U p|ift work among his race,
wor |i walk and counsei, so far as
(
have had an opportunity to observe
st;cni to he characterized by a spirit
■ of harmonious cooperation and good
will between the races. He is cour
teous, respectful, and much above
the average of his race in
an ,t education. If there were
hj nl V ve do not believe
would be any race problem.
Crawford is the Missionary in this
territory of the American
s c i, 00 ) Union of Philadelphia. There
are but ten colored Missionaries in
t j, e employment of this organization,
Crawford was the first of these ten
t0 p c employed. He is also teacher of
t j )e a t the Fort Valley High
and Industrial School.
An idea of the comprehensive
wor ^ being done by the
Sunday-School Union may be
f rom the following summary of the
annual report of the organization
published in the September issue oi
I The Sunday-School Missionary, one
1 of the publications of the Union:
“For the year ending February
29th, 1920, the American Sunday
School Union has commissioned 236
; passionaries. Forty-one of
however, have served but part of
yeav As a result of their efforts, 840
.
new Sunday-schools have been
ganized and 742 reorganized,
these schools have been
5,905 teachers and 62,237 scholars.
“Nor have these missionaries
ed in helpfulness to the general
day-school cause. In addition to
pioneer work, they have visited
640 schools in which 38,265
and 460,497 scholars were being
fluenced. Eighteen thousand
hundred and forty-nine sermons
addresses were delivered and
exploring new territory or
in the districts covered before,
556 families were visited in
homes.
“While engaged in this work,
port unity has come to ihe
aries to distribute 5,167
9,939 copies of the New
and 6,620 copies of the Gospel
John.
“The total number, of books,
lets, maps, charts, and other
school requisites issued has
228,416. Books given ro
workers, theological students,
othersfrom special funds
for the purpose, 1,646. Books,
lets, Scripture wall charts, cards
rolls, Scripture portions, leaflets,
periodicals furnished to
and other Christian workers for
with our soldiers and sailors,
490. Combined circulation of
different Sunday-school
weekly, monthly, or quarterly,
officers, teachers, and scholars
all grades, 1,831,598.
“Thirty-eight churches of
denominations have grown out of
Union Sunday-schools in the
year. Seventeen of the schools that
have developed into churches
erected houses of worship.
two Young People’s Societies and 242
Prayer Meetings have, been estab
lished, Jfil regular preaching
stations have been opened,
and as a crowing glory to the work
4,358 conversions have been report
ed.”
The negroes of the South are
ly in need of the kind of help
ford is an agency in opening to them.
■ work is kept free from
If this
racial prejudice and questions con
ducing to racial unrest, nothing can
be more helpful to the negro race
or more conducive to harmony and
good will between the races,
We believe that Crawford is the
right man in the right piace and that
he should receive every encourage
merit and cooperation that, the white
people of this section can give him
in his work.
-o~
A MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC
As Missionary of the American
Sunday School Union, stationed at
Fort Valley, Ga., for the past eight
_
j years, it has been my pleasure to
travel over 20,000 miles throughout
the rural districts of Georgia; distri
bute several thousand copies of the
Bible, organize hundreds of Sunday
Schools in the rural churches; and
place Sunday School supplies and re
j ligious literature in reach of the
poor, visiting each year over 950
1 homes with helpful literature and ad
j vice. co-operated with the good
i have
citizens of Fort Valley, and the Gov¬
ernment in the sale of W. S. S. and
Liberty Bonds; and it has been my
aim and purpose to help every indus¬
trial interest as well as render ser
vice along the religious line.
1 have now been asked by the
American Surfday School Union to
raise $1 00.00 on the District, not for
myself or for my salary; hut to meet
the religious needs of the people in
the way of supplying the very best
publications for the young people,
and respond to the calls that come
| ' aid in the of Sunday School
for way
supplies. The MOTTO of the Ameri¬
can Sunday School Union is "To
Reach the Other-wise Unreached • ♦
and lead to the Sunday School every
boy and girl regardless of denomina
tion.
l ask you to contribute toward
this $100. Your gift will simply mean i
an expression of CHRISTIAN in
terest in the UP-lift work that is now
being done by the American Sunday
j School districts Union of America, throughout the rural
The names of those of Fort Valley
who contribute to this ($100)
! amount will be read in almost every
town of any consequence in t h e
United States. Those who do not see
] me and wishing to help may send
check made payable to the American
j Sunday School Union, !
j Feeling sure that you will help,
l shall take this occasion to thank
'you most cordially in advance,
T. J. Crawford,
j Missionary DAY-SCHOOL-UNION. of the American Box SUN- 133,
Fort. Valley, Ga.
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Our Methods are Modem £ £
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w We do not hesitate to change the methods of hand¬ £ £
ling our accounting and other clerical v\ork, if by so £ £
doing increased efficiency arid economy will result. £ £
Hi A large part of the work that once was done slowly £ £
and painstakingly by hand is now handled rapidly and £ £
with far greater accuracy by machines. A much larger £
bR is working force than we now have would be required £ !
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We do not aim, however, to iet the increased use ! £
of machines cause us to grow machine-like in dealing £ s
with our customers. In this respect we intend always
to remain intensely human.
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URGES NEGRO WOMEN
NOT TO REGISTER
f Cordele, Ga.—Reese Reding, 20
years a colored carpenter and con
tractor in Cordele, expressed his op
position to the efforts of colored
women to register.
“They do not know what they are
registering for. I have aeen here 20
years and tried to obey the law. I
have to live in peace with my white
friends all this time. The colored
man j las n0 £ reac Fed the point where
for him registering is best need and
I know the women are no better able
to register and vote than are the men.
I have been out west, up north and
east and I find the colored people
being turned out of work with other
cheaper foreign labor. They are
coming home. M
“The south and people here at
home know us better and are willing
to take up more time with us than
anybody on earth. The vote in not
° ur greatest need. To get where the
white people deem us worthy of the
vote os the main thing. Then there
will be trouble here. ft
no more