The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-16

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Mr. TAFT further SAYS that the
league docs not dro'lr" Vnr. hut rec
omm"nds IA" declaration uf war
which "" are oi liberty to dorhr" o'
not, a. We ~cc III, and. therefore. hr
anNs there ~ no loss OF sovereignty
| here. This Is porhup. true. ronsil
cred as special pleading but ls Who'.
! H inaccurate ana misleading in thlt
! II implies the necessity Hud provision
/ Tor dee crlara'iunuUt war Tho covenant
| does not recommend 10 declaration OF
/ war. on the ocrvrrcu," NJ certain
! events the ltaEu' does nor declare
war, does not recommend th" d"DIo.
ration ~ war: II d"rr"'s that 20" 60.
| CAlcliraut nation ZIP hu ttr'o 'n have
| committed an act ut war hrI.n-. H'
other members of the lc1Eur thus
q state Of war exists between ino "Ui.
! law ot ils wrath and IN" m'mNrf
! OF tho league, 80. assuming 'hw lD.
gaIlty OF the covenant static ~
war ana all i's consequences exist
and the United states ne lraTH"
member II ip 80 farto at war on th"
mere announcement ot the .'nEur
without the necessity of any u'il'h
on It's part without the need 90 amy
action ON iis part and without i7
consent thereto, iurlher thtn con
sent Ia Implied by momh"rship IN IN"
league, and NiS, II may be, WIN
nation with which the United S'A''r
has hitherto at All times been o'
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tr,io h,c,lse n tho nation against /
vybn,,, ,n. ,,,ruc declares "A state
of war exists. IL a powerful nation |
and one possessing navy sufficient
is strong TO enable II to attack the |
United states on the Atlantic or Pa
Difc seahoard. or any of its out
lying island posse Ssions the United
States would necessarily be COM
pellcd 20 create force sufficiently
strong TO overcome and defeat such
attack. II viii not do to say that
the distinction here drawn between
"a declaration Of war and an an
OF tho existence OF war
is captious. Indeed. We are now en-.
gagged In "A war with the central cm-
p.res without any declaration OF war
los us.
Congress merely by formal rcso-
luton, recognized and declared the
state Of war which the central cm-
pircs had forced on the United
States, existed This also Eccms To
be the view of the president ms ap.
pears from the press reports pub.
.lshcd In the eastern papers. in which