Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-19

tho chancellori.- snd tho general
sisff- a mad program ~ universal
dominion. lcl lnnso their packs at
the limo fixed hy their genius Tor
intrigue ana sounded the horns Tor
III. chase. ordering science tai the
very TIME n was beginning 10 ahol
ish distances 10 bring men clnHsr
t0aother hud make life swe.isrb Ia
save the bright sky toward which
u was soaring ana 10 place itHsf
suhmisslvoly at the retVic. of Nio'
l.nce deha-lnH the religious Ideas
to tho extent ~ making H0d N.
complaoent auxiliary ~ their pas
rionz ana tho hccufnplices ~ their
Grimes In short, counting ss nousht
the traditions hud wills ~ peoples
the lives ~ citIh"ns IN" honor ~
women aud nll those principles ~
public and prlvhi" morality which
W. f6f our part have sud-aVored ~
keep unaltrrch throut hout IN. war
ana which neither nations nor iu.
dlylduns can repudiats or dlsfc.
gard with immunity
while tho conflict was gradually
sstcnding over the sntifr Hurfne er ~
m. earth the rlhnking OF chains
was heard here hui thare ana Cup-
wv NilNNNllN'lFH INNfN wv Nfl'iAN W
their nEo-long laiIr Criod oul tu us
Tor help. Yes more. thry escaped
10 come 70 our Aid
ROLAND came to no again ana
sent ~. troops The IEcohu. SloVbka
won their right ~ indeps nirnc- IN
Siberia IN France, IN Italy The
Jugo SnNs. che Afmeuihns. tho Rbrl.
ans and Levantinea tho Arabs. all
NlNtIIna
signed. of tn. historic deeds ~ inJus
tlC". all the martyrs ~ the past. all
tho outraged In conscience. al the
utranHlod Ia liberty, Waved the clash
~ arms and turned to us M their
natural defenders
The war gradually attained tho
fullne~ of ita first significance and
becsm In tn" fun sense of the tsrm
a crusade OF humanity for right. ana
II anything can console ur. In part
at l-nst, for tho losses we have sui.
forod n 10 Aarpredly tho thought that
our victory also 10 tho victory OF
right This victory 10 complr,.. for
tho enemy only asked for tho ar
mistIce 10 escape from an irrsrisv.
able military disaster,
In tho interest OF Justice and
peace II now rests with you TO reap
from this victory its full fruits In
order 10 carry out this Immense
task you have decided 20 admit nj
first only tho allied or asocia ied
powers ana In 30 far as their In
terests are involved In the debates
tho nations which remained neutral.
You have thought that the terms or
peace ought 10 be settled among our.
selves before they are communIcst tod
10 thoss against whom % have
fought the good fight The soiidar.
Wy which has united rs during tho
war and has enabled us 10 win milI-
tary success ought To remain unim.
paired during the negotiations before
and after rho sinGing Of tho treaty"
1T is not only the governments
but free peoples who are represent
% here. To tho test of danger they
have learned 10 know and help one
another. They want their intimacy
Of y~Stsrday 10 assure that peace Of
tomorrow. vainiy would our ems.
mics divide ua, II they have not ye,
tenounccd their customary maneuv-
err, they will soon find that they are
meeting today, NJ during tho hostili-
ties, . homogeneous block which
nothing will he able To dislntcsratc.
Even before tho afmiatice you
reached that necessary unity undor
The cid OF the lofty moral and no.
iiticni truths of which President vii.
con has nobiy made himself the In
J lterpretss, and IN tho light Of these
truths you intend to accomp lish
| your mission.
you will, therefore. seek moth
Ing but Justice that has no favor
ties; justice In territorial problems.
Justice In financial problems. Justice
In economic problems nut Justice
10 not inert, u does not submit IA
tn3usticc. What II demands fir-,
whom Il has been violated are rcsil-
tuition and reparation for tho peo-
pies and individuals who have been
| despoiled or maltreated, In formu
'stinE this lawful claim, Il obeyr
| neithcr hatred nor an instructive or
thous htlsss desire for repriala II
| pursues q two.fold object--to ron.
| der to each his due and not to en-
couruEe crime through leaving Il un.
punished.
Guilty ~ I've Punished.
"what Justice also demands. In.
spired by thu same feeling, n the
| punishment ot the ruilty and ef-
| fectivs guarantees against an active
| return OF the spirit by which they
are prompted. and II 10 logical 10
demand thst these guarantees
| should be given, above all. 10 the
nations that have been. and misht
| again be most exposed to axgros.
sion or threat, TO those who have
H. A.. n.