Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-16
SELF CONTROL FOR
TROPICAL AFRICA
British Labor Party Wants In
ternational Organization
Formed.
MUST REMOVE MlLITARlSM
Self Determination Must Be
Granted to Every People,
Say Representatives.

LONDON. Jan. l5.-The British lag
Dor party In q message issued TODAY
declares In favor OF placing the Whole
OF tropical Africa under uniform lu-
tcrnational control The more rapid
development Of self government for
India Is promised and "A protectorate
for the peoples OF Asia Minor by an
international organization to be CON
stituted by peace conferences. is ia
vored.
The message, which was issued by
the labor party In conjunction with
the parliamentary committees of the
trades union congress, saws:
We have reached crisis In the
war. The negotiations at Breg.
Litovsk haye been interrupted because
the Germans have refused TO adn>S
the principle OF seIf- determination OF
peoples and the doctrine of no annexa-
tions. In thus acting the central pow
ers are speaking clearly In the name
OF a militarist state.
I'm this crisis the British people
must speak because the Russians can
only succeed in their great and peril
Gus task n supported by the peoples
everywhere. The British people must
proclaim TO Russia and the central
powers thnt its aim Is Identical with
Russia's. that we, too see no solution
for the evils OF militarism except self
determination and no indemnities,
We wish to remind the Russian
people that Great Britain, taught by
the loss OF the American colonies in
the eighteenth century. was the first
modern state to grant complete self
determination TO any group OF Its In
tabltants. We intend to meet this by
more rapid development OF selfgov-
ernment. We respect the sovereil,l
independence OF the Turkish people in
their national home. but we believe
that the, domination of their govern
ment over other people is "A hindrance
to their own national development.
our government is pledged To some
OF those peoples-Arabs, Palestinians.
Armenians--that the Ottoman rule
shall not again he imposed upon thena
This responsibility should he undep>
taken by the peace conference and a
permanent international organization
that we hope Will be there constituted.
In tropical Africa we repeat our
remuneration of annexations. Nobody
contends that the black races can
govern themselves They can only
make II known that the particular
government under which tlfey have
been living lis bad In some or all res
spects and indicate the specific evils
from which they desire liberation. We
believe tbatf the peace conference
would be well advised TO place all
tropical Africa under uniform inter
national control
I'VE adjure the peoples - central
Europe to declare themselves or make
their governments speak for them In
answer to Russia and ourselves. We
call on them to renounce annsxations
In Europe with the same good faith In
which we are renouncing them In
Asia. We call on them TO give the
same self-determination to the
French, Alsatian. Italian. Polish and
Danish members OF their states as
Russia has given to Finland. Courland,
Lithuania and Russian Poland"
The manifesto concludes;
''rhe family interests OF dynasties or
the desire OF the German, Austrian
and Magyar governing Cla&ses To dOmi
nate other CLASSES and nationalities
must no more be suffered to prevent
self determination In central Europe
and thereby imperil II In Europe as "A
whole than the interests OF British Inn
perialism. OF British capitalism must
be suffered TO do elsewhere.
Peoples OF central Europe: This
catastrophe OF the human race. this
fatal schism In the civilized world can
only be ended by the defeat of mill
tarism on both sides and by the victory
on both sides OF moral and intellectual
fair denling IL the world is to be
saved. II must be saved by good faith
and reciprocity on the part OF all DO
not fail us now DO not let your gov
ernments drive the British people. as
they are driving the Russian people,
into the terrible choice between con
tinuing the war and abandoning the
only principles that can save the
world
III this choice Is forced upon us we
shall choose as Russia chose. We
shall continue, but the responsibility
will be yours"