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

thnt instrument 10 he the supreme
law VI the innd. and no superior
efficacy II given Ia either over the
other"
Within the last twent years nu-
mcrous treaties with foreign nations
Notwithstanding the explicit grant
OF power To congress TO regulate
rommerccJ. have been made, giving
reciprocal rights with reference 10
the exchange Of commodities, ana
taking the commerce OF such nations
ont Of our general tariff laws. !
anVe never even heard II suggested
hat these treaty engagements CON
'raNcne the constitution. In 1908
and 1903. we made standing arbl-
ifatlon treaties with all The LEADING
south American countries, and with
numerous powers Of the Old world.
SO far as | am advised, these stand
unchallenEcd from any source. The
proposed pact now offered stands
upon the same footing, and in my
Judgment, is not subject TO any valid
constitutional objection.
am equally persuaded that the
proposed arrangement is In no man
ner contrary To the Monroe dostrinc
but. on the other hand, II an cNten-
sion OF the just principles OF that
doctrine TO the world at large II
will be remembered that in 1928,
spain had lost all her South Amer
lean possessions. and France had
lost Haiti Under the operations Of
the holy alliance however, there was
an evident q Isposltion on their part
70 ro-cstahlish their dominion over
tho free peoples Of South America,
and President Monroe. and John
Quincy Adams. his secretary OF state.
felt IT incumbent upon America TO
champion the cause Of these peoples.
and to prevent the extension Of the
European system 10 this continent
They promptly notified the powers
Of Europe that the United States
would not submit t0 anything of
The sort II was definitely stated
hat II was not proposed Ia inter-
fcrc with any OF the remaining pos
sessions OF any European power. but
that II did not propose 10 submit TO
the establishment Of any others. In
1851. In accordance with the prin-
ciples announced by President Mon
roe, Mr.. Lincoln compelled the with
drawal OF the French troops which
had been scItt to Mexico 10 support
the Archdukc Maximihan In his
pretensiOns 1t was reinforced 10y
GeneEal Grant and his secretary,
Hamilton Fish, and by Grover Cleve-
land Mr. Olney. his secretary of
state. II seems to me that so far
from surrendcring any principles
which have heretofore been an
uounced and enforced as the Monroe
doctrine, wc will simply he trans
ferrinE those principles across the
Atlantic. and making them tho true
rule and guide in European affairs.
Surrender of Power.
But lastly II Is urged, with much
vigor in some quarters. that in eN-
change for any benefits we may or
can derive from the proposed league
OF nations, we must inevitably sur
render some portion OF our own
power. | admit the fact unhesitat-
lngly but ] challenge the conclu-
sion. deny that this is any valid
argument against the proposed
league being both desirable and ex-
pedient Precisely the same attack
was made upon the constitution OF
the Emitted States Ws hHa strug-
glcd for l3 years to establish n true
nAtionalism in America under the
articles of confederation. But that
instrument was rendered Intellectual
TO the ends 1t sought for the very
reason ! haze already stated that
the Hague convention proved i'm
potent Experience had demon
stratCd that II we were to establish
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