The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10
America, Crusader
! In War, ShouldLead
+ In Preserving Peace

uneasy partnership between hustfl
ana hungary mad been one rather q
interest man OF kinshlp or sympathy
ne SlaVs whom Austria had chose
70 iorce INTO her empire on the souu
were KEPT % thelr oocdiencc by no'h
ing but ieaf'
ihe,f near" were w'th their klnsme'
IN u'e balkans lheSe were all arrange
meh'' OF power not arrangements o
u''ut"l union or ASSOCIATION. 1t wa
'oe imperative task OF those wh'
would make peace and make II m
'einEehtiy 20 establish new ordeI
Wn''n would rest upon the tree choic'
"i pcop'cS ia'her man upon 'Ie aroi
W'fE au'hofily OF iapSburgS or lion
cnto''ef'S'
A New Rumania.
More than that, great population,
bound 10y sympathy and actual klr
To kumanih were also linked agaMs
their will 10 the coDglomerate Aus
,ra Hungarian, monarchy or olher
alien sovereignty, and IT was part o'
the task of the peace to make new
Rumania as well as a new Slavtt
state clustering about Serbia.
And no natural frontiers could 6t
found to these new fields OF adjust.
ncnt and redemption |. ~1s neceS.
'ary to look constantly forward tc
other related tasks. The German col.
h'eS were 10 De disposed OIL hes
'ad not hecn governed they mad beer
'Nplo'tcd merely, without Thought oi
NC interest or even the Ordinary MI
nan flRh,. ol thcir inhabitants.
turkey heM feoplei In Bondage.
ne luFklSh empire, moreover, hal
@',rn apart. as the Au'tro- hungarian
lad. II mad never had any real unity
I hah been hcld together only by
''tIesS, ihhuInan iorcc. ls peoples
ricd aloud Tor release, tor Suocor
ON unNprdk"tSc u'Ntrc>>, lor all tnat
ne DAY ol nope seemed at last to
u lAg WIN It m IT'S dawn. Peoples
ulhcr'o m utter darkness were to he
cd out INTO the same hight and given
II TdNt he'ping hand, Undevclopci
copies and peoples ready tor rccogni-
ION hut not ready 70 assume the iul'
.eSponS'biiitles OF statehood were to
'c gwen adequate guarantees OF
ucno'y prolecuon guidance, and as
'iS'ante.
Opportunities Presented.
ANA out ct the execution Of these
great enterprises oi liberty Sprans
opportunities TO attempt what states
nen had never found the way before
o DO; an opportunity to throw sac
ydards about the rights of racial, n,-
ional and religious glinorl,les by
'oIemn international covenant; n op-
lortunity TO lltnh and regulate mill
AIRY and establishments where they
we're most likely 10 be miSchevous,
m opportunity to effect complete
md systematic Observation-Disclosures Of
waterways and railways which were
lecessary 10 the free economic life
" more than one nation and to clear
many OF the normal channels of COM
nerce OF unfair distractions Of law
r ot privilege; and the very wei
ome opportunity 10 secure for labor
he concerted protection Of definite
International pledges of principle and
ractlce.
War Created New Task,
These were not task, which the
difference looked about !, :, find
nd went out Of its way 10 pcrlorn
hey were mseparablc from the set
cments of nc3cc They were thrust
pom il by tircm,,anAs which could
N be overlooked The wai had
-eated them In aft ouar,ers Of the
orld old established relationships
al been disturbed or broken and al
irs were At loose ends needing IN
meudcd or uuitd again hu, 60. Id
D, be made wha, thew were before
hey had to he set right bu apnly,ns
,mc uniform principlc Of iystice or
expedienrv And ,h.v
mid no, he adjusted nv merely pre-
r,b,ng in a treaty vha, should he
me New ,,a,cs were +, h. sct nm
,ich could M, hone IN live ,brouoi
cir f;r<t o.r;od of rc,l,css vii.
/ assured support by the grea, ma
ms that had consented TO their Gre
on and won for them their indc-
ndcncc. III governed colonies couli |
I be mt in the hands of govern |
.u,s which were TO act as trustees |
r their pcople md not az their mas
IS II there was 10 he no common !
thorlty among the nations TO which
~ were 10 I've RESPONSIBLE. in the
ccu,ion of their trust Future in
national conventions with regard
tho control ui waterways with re-
I'd 20 rOnrr traffic nf many kind,
arm, W iu deadly drug, or with