The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05

| ant, some OF the men are VINO nave
been opposing il. II they do read
the English language, they do not
understand the English language as
| understand IT, II they have really
read this treaty and this covenant,
they only amaze me by their inability
to under stand what it plainly ex-
presses. SO that my errand upon this
journey is not TO, argue these matters
but to recall you to the real issues
which are involved.
Travelling as American.
ANY one of the things have
most at heart in this report TO
my fellow citizens is that they
should forget what party belong
TO and what party they belong
to. am making this journey as
a democrat, but am spelling it
with little %" and | don't
want ANYBODY to remember so
far as this errand is concerned
! that it is ever spelled with big
7 "D".
~ am making this journey as All
American, and as a champion of the
rights in which America believes
in, and ] need not tell you that as
compared with the importance OF
America. the importance of the demo
cratic party and the importance OF
the republican party and the impo--
,snce of every other party, IS absolute
ly negligible.
81 want you to notice another IN
teresting point that has never been
dilated upon in connection with the
league of nations. am now treadine
upon delicate ground and ] must ex-
press myself with caution.
There were a good many dele
cations that visited Paris waiting
| TO be heard by the peace confer-
ence, who had real causes to pre-
sent and which ought TO be pre-
sen,ed TO the view of the world.
But we had to point out TO them
that they did not happen. unfor-
tunately TO come within the area
of settlement; that their questions
were not questions which were
necessarily drawn into the things
that we were deciding.
| Calls Up Article Eleven.
| T therefore, want TO call your at
tention, il you will turn it up when
you go home, to article II. following
article 10 Of the covenant, OF the
league Of nations,
THAT article II, let me say, Is the
favoritc article in the treaty, so far
as am concerned. II says that every
matter which is likely TO affect the
peace Of the world is evcrybody's busi-
ness and that 1t shall be the friendly
right Of any nation TO call attention
in the league, to anything that IS likely
to affect the peace of the world, OF
the good understanding between ma
tons. upon which the peace OF ~
world depends. whether that matte
Immediately concerns the nation!
drawing TO il or not. In other word:
at present we have to mind our owr
business. Under the covenant OF Tho
lexgue OF nations, we can mind othei
peoples business and anything that
affects the peace OF the world, wheth'
es we are parties 10 II, or not, can by
our delegates be brought TO the atten.
ton OF mankind.
Hearing for All.
There is not an oppressed peo-
pie in the world which cannot,
| henceforth, get hearing a, that
forum. And you know, my fel-
low citizens, what hearing will
mean. If the cause OF those people
is Just. The one thing which those
who have reason 10 dread. have
most reason TO dread, is publicity
and discussion because il YOU are
challenged TO give a reason why
YOU are doing a wrong thing, II
has to be an exceedingly good
reason and il you give bad rea-
son you confess judgment and
the opinion OF mankind goes
against you.
Speaks OF Shantung
, There is another thing in th
: covenant, which was one OF mum
] Der of difficulties that we encount
cred at Paris. ] need not tell yo'
that at every turn in these discus
sions we came across some secre
= treaty. some understanding that ha'
never been made public before; som
understanding that embarrassed tn
whole settlement
: Il think it will not be improper 10
me- to refer TO one of those matters
When we came to the settlement 20
the Shantung question with regard t
China, we found that Great Brltait
and France were under specific trea
ty obligations TO Japan that sh
should get exactly what she got II
the treaty with Germany, and tn
most that we could dol mean IN
most that the United States could d.
was TO urge upon the representa-
tive, of Japan the very fatal polio.
that was involved in such 2 settle
ment and obtain from her fhe prom
ise, which she gave, that she woul'
not take advantage OF those portion
of the treaty, but would return. with
ont qualification, the sovereignty