Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
MUCH FAVORED PLAN
England Believes Germany VIII
Have 10 he Persuaded That She
Can Not Win Victory.
PEACE BASED ON IDEALS
Democracy WIN Have TO Rule Coun-
tries of World II Lasting Truce
N 10 BE Ruler OF World.
tBy X. wALTER9

LONDON, July 6.---W When IL thu
war going TO end9 That used 20 be
the great question How Is the war
going to end? That Is the question
| today. Not that there is any doubt
AS to what the conclusion will be
| 30 far az the German army Is con-
corncd: that is going 10 bs beaten.
But how is the. war going to be
brought to am end most rapidly.
most decisiycly and most democrat
ically7
Many people. here believe that
Great Britain and tho United States
could have ended the war before u
began N they had together told Ger
many that they would not stand
aside and see Belgium OUTRAGED and
france invaded; they believe that
| the threat OF an Anglo American ali
lance would have brought Germany
10 her senses apd that all this blood
shed might have besH avertcd.
| Others say that war would only
have been postponed by such action
and that eventually British. French
and Americans must have fought.
side by side In France as they are
fighting today. They go further and
agree with washington In his warn
Ing against entangllng alliances. ap-
plying tho advice TO this country as
well as 10 the United States.
League to Enforce Peace.
But new conception Of inter-
national slllanoe came up with the
Idea OF league TO enforce peace,
The league IL now in action, but II
is league only In a limited sense.
The world Is In arms to prevent the
fxf ~ nd
sails from the family OF civilized na-
tions: that must be the first step to-
ward making the world safe for
democracy. In England the league
of nations idea was not at first very
widely accepted; England was at the
time making heavy sacrifices In the
effort TO enforce peace, while the
country from which the idea came
was sacrificing nothing. Grey and
Balfour, however, the two most re-
Hpncted OF all liberal and conserva-
tive leaders. made the British view
OF II quite clear at the time. The
have nanher OF them changed In
their opinions then expressed that,
provided the contracting nations OF
the league have the power to enforce
international law, league OF hAe
tions IL practical scheme Uh-
fortunately. now. when the United
States ia showing that 1t has the
power as well as the desire to be
one In such n league Of nations. Grey
is not In public life and Balfour is
ia much the position that Wilson
ayould be in as an office holder In
Roosevelt administration. ! hear that
viscount Grey's health ls greatly i'm
proved and that he is being urged 10
return TO political life as leader OF
the liberal party. But this is by
tho way.
Whatever Great Britain and Amer
lea might have done, however, and
whatever may be the destiny Of the
league Of nations idea, there is great
heartsohrchng In England today to
know whether there is anything, sup
plemenlary to fighting. which we
could be doing TO bring victory
nearer General Shuts OF the Brit
ish war cabinet, ia leading example.
lie has defined the victory for which
we are fighting more clearly than
70 has ever been done by any other
British statesman, he voiced, in et-
feet. the general knowledge that
Germany loses the war II she does
not win a decisive military victory
and We win the war IL we prevent
hutu u hl'lplSr
Must Make Germany Know.
The aim, then. Of whatever might
be done supplementary TO military
effort must be to persuade Germany
that victory Is Impossible for .'her.
A faint realization of this is Begin
ming TO appear in the German press. o
they are beginning TO tall about
winning, not A. world peace, but a
continental peace. EugIartd and
America would fight an, they sup
pose even II German arms CON
quered France. Therefore, they try
by ever, imaginable means to create
distrust between England and Amer
lea. using Irish. Indians. anybody
that comes handy On our side the
government publicity agents are
presumably doing all that Is pos
sIble 10 let the German people know
that England and America will as
a matter Of course fiRAt on, and thar
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