The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-30
League Terms Invite War
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acc Ihrc I'm m" COyau"ut that those shall
. roman fNed FOR all timo lmmutnbIr
ma uh'hhhEulblr when this b.
accomplished the LESSER nations ~
/ lhN 'trh are to be called into ns
/ siHt IN" Dig five or nine in the hd
/ iuiulstratlVn Of this world cmplro
/ hnd 10 voice 1n enforced appruynl
/ AiIor distributing the world Wuh the
/ hhWo complUrUncy that tho Rumnn
/ lf'uWvlr1ie pnrcClod II out or old
tho big GN" undertake at some time
To hhuo -FOUR other nations 10 Flt
WIN them IA the executive council
"i ma" world and Runrant"" the ter
ill"ual integrity ana political indie.
p'ul'n'" ot 'h" mrmb'fa Of the
l"agu" Tor All time against external
nrgf"sHlon what IN this but the
duplication on "a moro colossal scale
~ the PROJECTS Of the congrcss Of
vienna ana lirrliu tn whni -Htc i'm
WruSliy ~ purpos" and orudrncE- of
design does II dlffor from the holy
tlianc" ana m" qundruplo treaty
Iru", that inspired pact profcsscd 10
mott ~ efforts 80 Introduce IA,
millennium. and mako the tetDhlngs
uf the gospel the rule ~ national and
individual action iu the irrrllurIcH Of
IA" slEunturios and ~ their denlInRg
with the world This latter day pact.
more prudigul I'm ~ provisions and
NOR" generous I'm ltH blessings, IN
drrthkrs 10 bostOw them on the
signhtoricH and nonHlgnatOries a
boHtuwul that win br accomplished
by fore" n necessary II Is from this
wltrh"H' HucthIug oauldron Of trouble
and turmoil We arc told Is to spring
universal perpetual peace. who can
read THIS covenant IN tho light ~
history ana with knowledge uf man
ns he r. not nH we might wish him
10 be, ana fail To soc that tho pro
posed covenant is the fertile breeder
Of dlscord. the ever ready Incubator
Of strife. the fecund mother or war.
Founded ON FOrcc.
Who can 80 read II and fail to
realize that II gives and is intended
10 glvc tho primlcy ~ the world To
the five great nations and tho four
lcsHer ones that may later be called
to share this primacy with them
who can study TINS most remarkable
proposal In the worlds history
without arriving A. tho concluSion
that II In founded on force and IL
nm attempt to enforce tho mandates
~ tho executive council by armies
and all the pAraphcrnalla OF war!
That such In the fact is evidenced
by tho declaration OF the president
IN presenting tho covenant on the
part of tho committee having II IN
charge. 10 the peace conference. In
his presentation. the president said
Armed force In IN tho back
ground In this program, but II Is
In the background. and II tho
moral force ~ tho world will not
suffice the physical force OF tho
world shall, but that Ia the laat
resort because this Is intended az
n constitution OF peace. not hs "a
league OF war"
This In moro than threat Il Is
the proSalc unequivocal announce
nlsnt that the edicts OF this political
sd1N Ncdrin shall be enforced by war
II necessary
Truo II IN. that according to the
president. force II 10 DO tho last re-
sort Certainly war is and ever has
been, the last resort The ukaao OF
this self-created council OF five or
nlnc IL, Listen and obey" Obey.
ana the world lies In peace. Dis
obey and war and world ostrrcism
and all their dreaded consequences,
arc NTteN upon tnS recIuCltfhnt
When did tyranny promise lcr~s or
threaten more7 When did eastern
despotiem ever wage war before CIV
Ing opportunity for obedience
TO It's dread decrees;
Involves Us In War.
Again, that the covenant ,nsurrr
not universal peace but recogniL |
war ana makes tho United States
a party TO, every war that may arise
In tho world ismade evident by preai. |
dents speech, In which no says
we know for certainty that
n Germany had thought for mo-
mcnt that Great Britain would so
In with France and with Russia,
sho never would have undertaken
the enterprise, and the league OF |
nnl'rins " meant as n notice to all