The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-25
Went Only One Way.

never came back until he could do
II when he pleased
And now do you realize that MI, I.
confidence we have. established /
,hronghuu, the world imposes a bur. !
den upon us-if you choose 20 call
Il burden
II Is ono Of those burdens which |
ans nation ought 10 be proud 30 carry |
Any man who fesists the pres
ent tides that run IN the world
viii find himself thrown upon a
shore so high and barren that II
will seem as II he had been sep
afatsd from his human kind for
ever.
The Europe that lcf, the other dly |
was full Of something that It had |
never iclt hll %, heart SO lull before
Europe Full Of Hope
II was iu'l ~ hope The Europe
OF the second year ol 'hc war the
Europe Of 'hp 'hlrl wear u' the war,
va, sinking 90 sort u' stubborn
desperation
They dtl NOT see anv great thiag 10
be achieved even whcn the war should
be won
They hoped there would he some
salvage they hoped they could Sc,
mp their homes and start their indus
tries afreSh
But they though, il would simply
he the resumption Of the old Lie that
Europe had lcd-lcd IN fear, led in
anxiety. led IN constant suspicious
watrhiulncs, They never dreamed
that il would be Europe Of settled
peace and Of justified hope.
Ard now these ideal, have
wrought ,ni, new magic. that all
the people Of Europe are buoyed
tr AMI confident IN the spirit OF
hope because they believe that
We are at the eve OF a new age
IN the world when nations viii
understand one another. when ma
tons will support one another IN
ctcry IuSt cause, when nations
will unite every moral and every
rhvsical strength 10 see that the
right shall prevail.
what II America Fails2
II America were at this junction 20
fail the world, what would come OF
| Ii'
/ dn not mean any diSreSpect to
any other great people when ! say
that America is the hope OF the world
and II she does not Justify that hope
tho results arc un,hiukahle.
Men will be thrown back upon tho
bitterness Of disappointment not only
but the bitterness OF despair.
All nations will be set up as
hostile camps again; the men al
the peace conference will go home
with their heads upon their
breasts, knowing that they have
iailcd-for they were hidden not
10 come home from there until
they did something more than
sign treaty OF peace
Only Modern Scrap Of Paper,
Suppose We sign the treaty OF peace
and that II is the most satisfactory
treaty OF rcaCc that the confusing Gle
mentS Of the modern world will afford
and 60 home and think about our IA
bors. VIC will know that We have left
written upon the historic table at Yer
Sailles. upon which NctgenncS and
BENJAMIN Franklin wrote their names
nothing but a modern scrap OF pa
per; no nation united TO defend IT, no
great forces combined to make il
good no assurance given to the down
trodden and fearful people OF the
world that they will be safe.
ANY man who thinks that America
; will take part IN giving the world any
such rebuff and disappointment as
that, does no, know America.
| invite him to test the sentiments
OF the nation
We set 'h, mp TO make men free
and We did nCt coni.ne your concep-
tion and purpose TO America and now
We will make men free.
, Her Power DisSipated
), II We did not do that the fame o'
y America would he gone and all her
y powers would he diSSipa,ed
, She would have to keep her rowe'
/, for those narrow, selfish, provincial
" purposes which seem so dear to som,
mind, that have no sweep beyond tn,
. nearest horizon.
. ! should welcome no 'wcetcr chal
I. lcnge than that.
n have fighting blood in me and i
. is sometimes a delight TO let it hav
s .e scope but Il II is a challenge on thi
!" occasion it will be an indulgence.
Is Think Of the picture, think Of
y the utter blackness that would
fall on the world America has
ci failed America made a little
essay at generosity and then with
IN drew America said: I'VE are
ID Your friends but it was only for
IS today not ior tomorrow
lg America said Here is our
N power to yndcate right and then
the next day said Let right take
care Of itself and We will take
=. care OF ourselves"