Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-20
Based His Remarks on the Relation
OF Great Britain and
America,
PLEADED FOR THE TRUTH
And Asked For What Was just and
Fair In the students
Tax Mind.
WHAT WE OWE INDIVIDUALS
Could Not Have Beaten England II
PcOplc Had Backed
Rulers.

Few. King Of the Episcopal church
talked to the general assembly on
Thursday his subject being purely
historical. He said It was great
privilege 10 be asked 10 talk To so
many young people on this subject,
as most all the pupils OF the high
school have studied more or less
history.
The phase of history on which he
based his talk was our relation as II
nation to Great Britain. II am not
an Englishman." he said. ''nor here
pleading for the British nation, but.
for tho truth and what is just and
fair in your minds.
II realize this is no time 10 say
anything about the French people,
as justice is based only upon what
is happening today. However. IL Is
not to France that we owe our In
dependence, Whatever credit belongs
there should be given only 10 in
diViduals. such as lafayette The
French monarchy, in 1875, saw
good chance TO war upon Great Brit
ain. chance for which they were
waiting. The French nation, more
over. is the only nation which has
ever violated the Monroe doctrine
They did this when we were in
strife against ouraelVeS, Napoleon
III being on the French throne at the
time.
"We owe our existence note to
France. bur 40 the English people.
. England is the mother OF all modern
democracy, England has been fight
ing for democracy from her earliest
history TO the present time, She has
probably tho most democratic gov
ernment of all the world. England
"a the country which Btarted democ- |
ra4y in the western hemisphere. The |
English people have always stood for |
democracy. we have never been at |
war with the English people, as tho |
war which was fought In 1875 was
against the English monarchy, head
ed by O representative of the same
nation we are fighting today
Didn't Back Their Ruler.
I'VE could not have beaten Eng
land then IL the English people had
stood back of their ruler. lie was
obliged to send TO Germany to get
troops 10 fight against tho colonies.
Such men IA Burke and Chatham
were working In parliament for tho
colonies. Richard Oswell, who rep
resented England in negotiating the
treaty OF Paris In 1888. had fur
nished VIZ with a large sum of money
to carry on the war
"In the year 1903 when Jefferson
was president. Napoleon. emperor OF
France. owned the Louisiana terri
tory and WAS waiting for n chance
to take the thirteen colonies. Jeffer-
son was not unaware of the danger,
but he knew that we stood no chance |
of sighting Napoleon. The miniater-
of England communicated with our |
minister, England advised the |
united states either to buy thu Louis
ana5territory or to fight for 1t, as
suring us that England would stand |
with the United States, With such |
support France could only agree TO
sell tho territory; to fight England |
was impossible.
I'm 1928 n congress was held at
Veronna, italy. Germany, France, |
Austria Hungary and England were
represented. England being repre-
sented by the Duke Of Wellington
This congress proposed that all the
governments combine their armies
and re- establish monarchial govern
ments In North America, South !
America and Mexico When the Duke |
Of wellington reported this to his |
government II suggested to the |
United states the adoption Of what
has since heen known as tho Mon
roe doctrine. England said she
would stand back of such n doctrine
and enforce it with her army and
navy.
England Saved u. s.
"Three times England saved tho
United States from extinction, and
from war twice. II was England
again that enabled us TO talk so
freely when Germany was trying TO
get Venezuela
"Germnny's decree to Mckinley
was that he must not interfere in
Cuban affairs. or Europe would take
a hand in helping Spain, England.
however. assured the United States
that she would not participate in
this, but would stand with us.
IF 1t had not been for this action
on the part of England, we could
not have concluded this Spanish war
When I was boy my
'ahter bought me a history. This
book so nisrepresented England that
nv greatest desire was 10 grow up
soldier so l could spend my time
shooting Englishmen. When
jtudied history in college, I realized
now false is this prejudice of the
American people We must get rid
II such false preiudices,
"I am not saying that Great Brit
lin has no faults, but I believe l
inow that we owe our very existence
q Great Britain; that we are living
n a free land and have the oppor-
unity of free education, We owe
Sreat Britain the constant defense
md, support in. the western hemi-
phere." w. II. G.