The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-30

devote their tueTgies IN thelr own
way 10 the pursuits OF peace, II would
seem the general welfare demands
tho speedy contamination OF peace
SO that we may turn ourselves To the
enactment OF the legislation ncces-
sary for the release OF our transpor-
tation and news facilities, provide
for the absorption Of our returned
and returning soldiers into civil lie,
To aid In the return OF peace con
ditiuns In order that Industry may
furnish employment for the unem-
ployCd. These things appear to one
not carried away with zeal TO re-
build the world, TO he task sufN-
Client to tax the statesmenship OF this
or any age, To one whose love for
America Is undimmed by devotion
10 interndtionHlIsm, It would seem
TO bc the first duty Of America. both
10 itself and TO the world al large
and the greatest beuefit IT could
confer upon itself and the world at
large. to put it's own house In order
before entering on an adventure TO
regulate the affairs Of the universe.
The covenant or the league OF ma
tons 10 seems, iS to be forced upon
us whether we desire to acCede to
II or not. we must take II in order
TO secure peace, This appears from
the remarkable declaration OF the
president in his New York speech
where he, speaking OF the treaty
says
And when that treaty comes back.
gentlemen on this side will find the
covenant not only In II, but so many
threads Of the treaty tied to the
Sovenant that you cannot disscct the
covenant from the treaty without de.
stroying the whole vital structure" a"
Take II or Do Worse.
This statement coming from con
stitutional officer who Is only in part
vested with the treaty max king
powers, is equivalent to declara-
ton that peace can only be had on
the terms he may prescribe. and pre-
scribe without consultation with OF
advice from his constitutional ad-
visers. The presidents power TO On.
ter into treaties Es contained In the
constitution and that document pro-
vidcs.
"lIc shall have power, by and with
the advice and consent Of Tho sen.
ate. TO make treaties. provided two
thirds of the senators present con.
cur"
This remarkable declaration seems
to indicate the settled purpose Of the
president To enter into a treaty In
such form that IL Will be impossible
for the senators to perform their
constitutional duty OF advice, except
at the expense OF proionglnR the cx-
istinE war. and this, not over the
terms Of peace. but over eXtraneous
matter that could In better attended
to In "A separate instrument.
IL This Threat?
~ this threat shall be carried out
aud the senate conveneu for the pur
pose Of ratifylnG "a treaty in con.
nection with which IL can exercise
only ono OF its constitutional func-
tions. tho function Of consent. and
that a consent obtained by force, we
will witness, the exercise Of cxecu-
! tiye power OF nature the world has
not seen since Louis NNIacalled the
parliament OF France together and
| compelled II TO record his will while
pretending the parliament was ex-
ercising it's own discretion and en-.
tering It's own DEGREES. To find a
! like instance In the hisotry of Eng
| lish speaking races, we will be com.
PEELED to go back as far, at least, MS
, the days OF Cromwell.
The constitution and constitutional
methods seem TO be relegated by the
advocates Of the covenant. together
with WashinFton's farewell address
and tkr advice OF the fathers. TO tho
dust heap, and to he no longer worthy
OF reverence or observation. The
president is giving n practical OK
ample OF this relcEation. Former
President Taft and Doctor Lowell
are giving us theoretical illustrations
Mr.. Taft endorses the president
threat tn the senate and indeed adj
yised the course before the presf-
dent announced II. Doctor Lowell
In his Boston speech, speaking or the
address OF George Washington, said
1t was a great document IN It's
/ day and so WAS the ten command
ments'
Tho Implication being that both
documents have survived their use
! fulness, that we have outgrown their
limitations. II not. why the coupling
4 OF the two why the use or the
mast tense? In these latter days, II
seems that the usefulness or both
have come TO an end and we are to
have a new moral as we'll as a nov
national creed, new moral as wen
as new national and international
laws.
1t is agreed by the advocates OF
| the covenant that the consHtuNon
and Washington's farewell address
contain rhe best wisdom or their