Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-31

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England. France aud tho luI''l
s',t,s It ls vested ln 'hc cnfrnn. 'i''i
citizens
tn ofdrr 10 mptr = i'tFli" ~ "A.
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q. write &C. d',f'.e. bout '. '.'. .'
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coniemplntcs some sort - ini''''
tnnn 'rlhuaal which shall d''.""
the righi, duiir. ana nhIraHu". ~
! ~. commitment mrmbrrr du'ru'.'
Their external policies ana Do" ."'
cuurf - lhsi resort loo rl' wh''IH ~
drput, priHlng -'w'r. member nn
! ti.rs while ut ~" rim, time 'ri.
,islur yupriltnHhlp over r''IuuH u"l
iecmcd 10, the ,'.U i'-'' 10 n"
/ eligible flr adm . 90 hr l'tTu"
| II H HupsrH''d i.u. r''ipnH mIrht
enter ,rls 'onrlo upon making r"r.
/ tain tssrr, ,tluur vI.n reHpo. ~ lu.
+ 'ernal lnllD"r. lu' n should hr fr.
mcmhrrri that ~, reservations Zee.
/ come suuncr uf later the prey io "n.
croh,hm"nt on tho part ~ the tu-
p-rluf power
4 situation somrwhnt analogous
confronted ihiS country when ihe
union VH fprw'i MANY ~ tho
states believed that IN iulnlnE the
union 'hcy did not thereby rclinIulsh
their sovereignty hut simply to' up a
central authority ~ conduct the AZ
fairs ~ government for what they
recognized ~ a confederation mere.
" pld sovereignty vest In the whole
p~opls with the adoption ~ 10" con.
rtltutionr pid II gradually flow 10
tho whole people with the accept
ancs by tho mn iorliy of tho states of
tho long linc NJ John MarshallH de-
cisions' or ala each state retain ii~
sovereignty7 Those questions lrd to
tho civil war which definitely To-
Gated sovereignty from 1874 up 10
tho present time Arc W. now 90
ps.. II to n higher power7 No doubt
both sides In IN. bioody controversy
OF III. eos are agreed that the out
come was for tho b-~t Interests Of
the cuuntry for II welded this great
republic into n homogeneous nation.
Arc We prepared TO affirm. however
that q war to compel us To abide by
the arbitrsncnt Of an International
tribunal would conduce 10 the best
interests OF this natlon7 No league
can he set up unless zach nation
delegates some OF its powers. or. In
other words, yields its Sovereignty.
and the aggregate Of power thus del
esated 20 tho central tribunal ron
dsrs II more powerful than any
member OF tho league.
"If the decision. OF the tribunal,
acting for the league. ara binding on
the member~ thereof. then the
United states must he drasged into
every brdA In Europe. and since the
league will have to see to finish
any ordeal by sword into which u
enters the resources Of tho greatest
Industrial and most peace GLOWING ma
tlon on ~~rth must always be nj the
command OF the league.
Arbitration with such enlight-
ened nations as England and France
will suffice In the future. as II has
during the past century. 10 smooth
out difficulties. and n will he much
more effective with other nations,
Impressed as they have been with
the horrors Of war. ana with the
unity OF clvlliying purpose possessed
by England. France and tho United
states Hut ~ Ions ~ any two ma j.
tionr. o. groups ~ nations. are In
sis,ent on po'~e~s.ns AN Identical ad-
vantage no league on cnrth can an
solutcly prevent war. while to at
tempt to prevent war hy force Il. of
course u contravention. The slnl-
wert manhood and courageous wom
anhood ~ America will repudia,e
the idea once II has been fairly pom
deted They want no entangllng NJ