Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-02

At tho request of The World Colonel
Griffith has prepared the following
interesting article.
(By col. GEORGE GRlFFlTH)
The greatest need of the hour to my
mind, to meet tho conditions as thc%
exist. Is "A Lord NorthClff OF our own.
As the readers of your paper VIII re-
member who have followed the + uro'
pcan war from It's inception, Larc
NorthClift. up to II months ago. was
the most popularity hated the English
government had for the fact that he
continually put his finger on the cr-
rors OF the government and the Cabi-
net. and no matter how good or ad IA
government is they cannot see their
own faults and shortcomings. and that
f. lust our need today. A man sur
flCicntly powerful and with an organ
behind him, us In the case of North.
cliff. to bo able to point out TO the
people, whose war this Ia. the grleNi,
GUS errors committed from tine 10
time. II was Lord Northcliff who
forced across the coalition cabinet ana
n was this same man that broke up
kitchner's iron rule and made the GER
tain necessary changes there. Ii was
Lord Nurthcliff who evolved the great
LLOYD George, small in stature but the
y
II was Lord Nurthcliff that published
the several blundcrs which finally
forced Asquith down and out Il was
this same Lord NurthClitf that looked
into these years Of horror and SAW
where 1t was going to he necessary to
bury all partlsanship. all personal ans
bl'ion and face the awful ordeal which
he, as one of the few. fully petceiN ed.
Problems nt Home.
And now what Of us Is II not the
greatest need OF this country today
that some man with like keen per-.
Ccption OF our future In this thing,
and with absolute fearlessncss, can
place his finger upon tho evils and
the shortcomings which exist ut this
moment England and Autocracy-
America ana Democracy. This country
today has brldlcd free speech to a far
greater extent than has get been
known. They have, It ~ believed hy
many of our leading jurlsts, exceeded
the rights given 10y our constitution
uud iU a certain measure there has
not boon "a consistency In the program
Uud management up to this time. II
L. asked that the masses buy ponds
and yet nothing has been done TO re.
hCVc the dire need of the MASSES in
the matter OF the cost OF living. IL
this government has the right to 30
into the homes OF this country ana
take by force of cOuscripuop the
young men OF those homes, they must
certainly have the right 10 40 conserve
the natural resources ot the country
and thus bring rcllcf from what Is now
the terrible high cost Of living and hy
So doing they would. in IA large
measure, facilitate and help the
MASSES to buy the bonds that are Of
fcrud aud the sale OF which Is inn
pCT1tiVc.
There seems to the writer further
and greater Inconsistency In this mat
ter Of Couscriptou. to 40 into the
homes aud forcihly take many young
men who are not willing TO 70. wh,
would not, under amy conditions, make
good soldier. for experience shows
that the couscript is not the equal as
II tighter OF the volunteer but To- take
this position, nevertheless. and force
across the Conscript rulc before hay
ms In any measure exhausted the
volunteer. in fact having rejected
two hundred thousand OF ready. walt
ing volunteers. whom l know. In
largo measure, are men having hat
the only experience at the war gam,
whom we have IN the country. To re-
feet and refuse these men and thei
reach across forCihly and take tn,
young men who. 10y the way, on az
count OF the age have not had the op
portunity. IN other words IL cliu mate
the only men OF experience who have
in the United States. All Of on
Spanish war veterans We have In Thu
country are also above 81 years. ]
Il came to "A matter OF these volunteer
going as believe they should, the!
should certainly have some right an,
voice In tho matter OF their leader, I
these men are willing to give up al
they have and even llfe itself the littl'
matter OF Theodore Roosevelt leadinl
them should certainly Ice granted.
Coalition Cabinet.
hnvo read much that has beer
written pro and con in this matter.