Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-30
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ion as TO which was the greater char
acter in Shakespeare. Hamlet or Mac
beth. Knott thot a moment ana an
swered. My friend. really don't think
ought to commit myself on that
question. You see. this is q very close
District. Hamlet has his friends and
| Macbeth has his friends
| "You have q wonderful state.
| come in contact with your aiiairs
more intimately than any other mem
| ber OF the cabinet, almost every day
my duties call me to give my atteLuon
| to some matter that relates to Ukia-
homa. but did not realize or fully
appreciate your greatness until I came
| here"
He then dwelt briefly on the wealth
| and possibilities OF the state and said ::
| 81 am pleased to say that / have
| found here as Intense patriotism as
! found in Massa chusetts. which state
| I recently visited. As a Californian,
| however, I would not dare TO say that
would change my home and move
to Oklahoma. That is of course. ex-
| pected only of practical politicians.
| and j am not OF that class
| lie repeated a story of the late Adlai
| T. .SteVenson's campaign for the vice.
presidency. during which he assured
| the people Of each state he visited that
| II he ever left Illinois he would move
to that state. Finally he wound up at
| Yuma, Ariz, where only q few In
dians met him. clothed only I'm blan-
kets. The thermometer was 1?0 IN
| the shade and II was thot that surely
| Uncle Adlai" would not dare to re-
peat his removal proposition to them
but ne started out the same way, only
changing It by telling the Indians that
If he ever changed his style OF dress
he would adopt theirs"
Has Some Reservation.
80 If any Californian should COM
NIT himself to Oklahoma" said the
secretary, you may be sure he has
some reservation in mind"
] Launching then into a discussion of
| the wal and Americas reason for en-
tering IL, Secretary Lane eloquently
| declared the nations position and ar
| raigned the kaiser in scorching terms,
| depicting him as q ruler without pity.
who makes war in violation Of all
rules of civilized nations, slaughters
women and children on the seas. and
pursues methods which the savage
pirates OF the African coast aban-
| doned a thousand years ago.
Entered War Reluctantly.
1.-THE United States went into this
| war reluctantly" said he, "but will
| stay in 1t in good conscience. 1t is
loyal to its traditions and secure In
the knowledge that II represents the
highest type OF civilization. 1t has
come forward to say that the kind OF
| a nation such as Germany has Do
come under the kaiselr's domination
cannot and shall not master the worIu.
Germany is determined thar NOT
only England, and democratic France
and democratic Russia, and outraged
| Belgium and Servia, but all the ma
! tions of the world shall eat from her
| hand, live with her consent and do
| business upon her terms. She thinks
she can terrorize the world into av-
cepting her control.
When the time came that we real
| lied what this war meant not unY
to European countries, but to all the
| Gemocracies of the world. including
| our own, we said. this nation is not
| to be mastered by a ruler without
| pity"
The secretary then outlined the
causes that led the United states TO
| break with Germany and to enter the
war against her.
He referred to the sinking oi the
Lusitania, the breaking OF treaties,
violation of Belgium and the violation
of her pledged word of honor that
she would not sink ships withou, re-
| moving American citizens to safety.
| These, he said. were sufficient justifi
| cation for our action, but they were
| only incidentals TO the sinister devel-
| opments that have come since. heie
| he recited the secret Vaccinations of
| the German diplomats at Wasn,ng
ton, while their country was yet on
peace terms with us, negotiating with
! Mexico and trying to induce her TO
/ become involved In war with us
promising as reward three of our
| border states as reward for her treach-
cry. mot only that but she crossed
the water and connived in the same
manner with Japan" Then having
brought Japan and Mexico TO attack
u.s. Germany, he declared, would have
attempted the conquest of Canada,
and with America. thus hemmed in,
would have easily manufactured some
excuse to attack us directly.
I'VE chose the day when other
democracies are with us and we will
fight until we crush this insolent
| power that says the world shall be
run 10y might when we have adopted
the policy that 1t shall be run on
principles of liberty and justice. We
are fighting against kaiserism, Prus-
sianism and junkerism and we shall
not stop until we win, for we do not
wish 10 live under the domination OF
Germany"
Passing to the next sale of Liberty
bondc which are to be offered for
saN next Monday, Secretary Lane
said.
Il want to say a practical word to
you people. We are now about TO
float $4,000. .000,0 600 worth of the
Liberty bonds as our second war bond
issue We are thinking in terms we
never thot OF before, because the
world is carrying burden OF horror
II has never borne before.
1T is costing over 10000, 900
n day to finance this war" said the
secretary There are five million
cots in Europe and each of these has
been filled three times within the
last three years. Fifteen million men
have been injured and ten million
have been MANNED with the loss OF
an eye, n leg an arm or q chin They
stand there In Europe as a monument
TO tho future OF nation that tried
TO conquer tho world thru force.
1t is the spirit of justice that is actu-
atirg the nations that are fighting
feudalism; the spirit OF Christ against
the spirit of evil"
Secretary Lane concluded with his
appeal to Oklahomans TO support the