Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-05
Presidents Mount Vernon Address


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[ This is surely fitting place from
which calmly 10 look out upon our
task tina! veg may fortfy our spirits
for lig accomplishment And this is
/ The appropriate place from which
/ IA nvow, alike 30 the friends who
I look pu ana 10 the friends with
whom we have the happiness to be
associated In action, the faith an-
purpose with which we act
Plot Written Plain. II
"rhia then. ia our conception OF 4
/ tho great struggle IN which we are
engaged. The plot Is written plain
upon every scene and every act OF
the supreme tragedy On the one
hand stand the peoples Of the world
not only the peoples actually en-.
/ gagged but many others also who
glffcr under mastery but can not
act; peoples Of many races and IN
| eyory part Of the world--the people
uf stricken Russia siill among the
rest though they are for the moment
unnrgnni2cd ana helpless, Opposed
TO thcm. masters Of many armies
stand an Isolated. friendless group
OF governments who speak no com
mon purpose, but only selfish ambi-
| tions Of their own by which none
can profit but themselves. and whose
peoples are fuel In their hands; gov
ornmeBs which fear their people
/ ard ycD are for the time their sov-
orclFn lords making every choice
| Tor them and disposinE OF their lives
ard fortunes as they will. as well as
kVf tho lives and fortunes Of every
/ people who fall under their power
governments clothed with the
strange trnppings and tho Rimtiye
/ authority OF an age thft is alto.
| Rrthcr alien and hostile TO our own
| The past and the present are in
deadly Erapple and the peoples of
the world are being done 20 death
between them.
Only Ono Issue.
"There can be but one Issue. The
/ settlement must be final! There can
| be no compromise. No halfway de
cHon would be tnlerabe. No half
way decision is conceivable. These
are the ends for which the asso-
ciatcd people OF the world are fight
! ing and which must be conceded
thom before there can be people.
"l The destruction OF every arbi- !,
trary power anywhere that can sep
apartely, secretly and Of It's single
choice disturb the peace OF the
world; or. II It can not be presently
destroyed, at the least It's reduction .
oto virtual impotence H
"2s The settlement OF every quesA,
Hon, whether OF territory. OF SOW
! ereignty. Of economic Arrangement.
dr Of political relationship. upon the .
basis OF the free acceptance Of that .
settlement by the people Immediately .
concerned and not upon basis of the
material Interest or advantage OF any
other nation or people which may
desire different settlement for the
sake OF its own exterior influence .
or mastery.
Consent OF All Required.
80 The consent OF all nations to he !
GeSerned 10 their conduct towards
each other by tho same principles
OF honor and OF respect for the
Icommon law nf civilized society that
govern the individual citizens OF all
modern states in their relations with
one another, To the end that all
promises and covenants may be
sacredly observed, no private plots
Nor cuuEpiraCies hatched no selfish
| injuries. wrought with impunlty and
| u HluAuul ATuSt tdNdullhIltu uDOn Int !
handsome foundation OF n mutual ,
respect for right
3D. The establishment of an or
ganizatlon of peace which shall make
Il certain that the combined power OF
| free nations will check every in
vasion oof right and serve to make
| peace and Justice the more secure
| by hffording to q definite tribunal
Of opinion to which all must submit
and by which every international re
adjustment that can not be amicably /
agreed upon by the peoples directly /
concerned shall be sanctioned .
Objects Summed Up.
"These great objects can be put
into a single sentence. What we
seek Is the reign of law based upon
the consent of the governed and sus-
mankind. % d. " ''S""'"'' 'p'"''" VI
There great ends can not he
achieved by debating and seeking 20 .
reconcile and accommodate what /
statesmen may wish with their prof.
ects for balances of power and OF
national opportunity. They can he .
realized only by the determination
OF what the thinking peoples OF the
world desire with their longing hope
and opportunity.
II can fancy that the air OF this
place carries the accents of such
principles with peculiar kindness
Here were started forces which the
great nation against which they were
primarily directed AT first regarded
as a revolt against its rightful au-
thority. but which 1t has long since
seen to have been n step in the .
liberation OF Its own people as well .
as tho people Of the United States
and | stand here now to speak.
speak proudly and with confident
hope-of thh spread OF this revolt.
this liberation, TO the great stage OF
the world itself The blinded rul-
crs of Prussia have aroused forces
they knew little of--forces which
once reused can never be crushed
To earth again, for they have at their
heart an Inspiration and a purpose
which are deathlcss and OF the very
stuff Of triumph"