The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-26
TRIUMPH FOR
-, AMERrGAN IDEALS
Peace Treaty the Mose'Nmome"'0u'
Document Ever Prep ahed' Oy
the Hand Of MANI

The Treaty of Paris is the 10 uses, s,s
single treaty ever signed, IL IS ne
times as long as the treaties OF L -
peace Of Westphalia 164S) anu 'eA
times as long as the treaty OF VlehhS
QS15); it is as long as the latter anu
all the subsidiary treaties resui'ine
from it. Though 1t covers pioae
ground than any other treaty mace
II was prepared in half the time r.
,ouired for the peace Of Vienna anu ~
less than one tenth Of the time Ie
auired for the treaty of Westpa '"i'''
This phenomenal result is attriDb 'eu
by European statesmen to the iniCh y
adoption of the Covenant OF the
League of Nations, which provides lot
the future settlement of a large mum
Der of perplexing problems. Despite
opinions to the contrary, the Yerdlcl
OF history will unquestionably be thai
the Peace of Paris carries into effec'
TO a remarkable degree the program
accepted in advance by the peoples
of the world, and embodied in the
Fourteen Points put forth by the
American government on January 8,
1918. ten months before the actual
signing of the aunistice.
OF the Fourteen Points thus ac-
cepted by a world in arms, serious
objection has been raised to only one
the 14th. That objection has come
from a faction in the United States
Senate This 14th Point as embodied
in the treaty is Article x, of the
Covenant Of the, League Of Nations.
Germany herself has insisted upon il
as an essential part of the peace.
The treaty as signed makes a new
world, politically, physically, morally
and spiritually. The mandatory sys-
tenn ends the old regime of exploita-
ton, and makes wards of the whole
world in Asia, Africa and the isles o.
the sea The Treaty has established
In the place of artificial states natural
political and national units. 1t has
removed from the map numerous his
toric wrongs which have long served
to embitter the international rela-
tions, It has set the world upon a
new path of progress marked by the
following guide posts:
1. international cooperation, in
cluding the consolidation Of all exist
ing international administrative ac-
tivities.
2. Extensive machinery for co
operation in League Of Nations open
TO an that prove worthy Of member
ship.
3. The creation of labor con
ference and labor bureau to solve the
problems Of an industrial civilization
4. A pledge to reduce ornaments
and as a first step toward it the dis
arming of the one nation whose geo
graphical situation has made 1t q
menace to the world.
5. The abolition of conquest by
Article X, without interfering with
other methods of territorial adjust
ment
g. The declaration that any war is
matter of concern to all, and the
erection of machinery for dealing with
conditions which endanger the peace
of the world.
Z. An agreement not to go to wal
before peaceful settlement of disputes
has been tried
s. Automatic provision sanctions
for the punishment of the breach of
agreements voluntarily taken.
3, A representative Assembly
meeting regularly and, among other
things. carrying on the work Of codi-
flying and revising international law
begun by the Hague Conference,
The treaty is the most momentous
document ever prepared by the hand
of man. 1t sets the world right about
face. 1t marks the triumph of Amer
lean ideas, policies and institutions,
by extending to a league Of sovereign
nations the democratic principles first
embodied in our league of sovereign
states.
EDWARD CUMMINGS,
General Secretary,
World Peace Foundation.