The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-05
LEAGUE WILL
PREVENT WAR
SENATOR OWEN SAYS THIS
IS so BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE NOW RULE.
ATTACKS LODGES ARGUMENT
Oklahoma Senator Says Republican
Leader Seems to Forget That
Military Autooraoies Have
Been Swept Away"

Of Oklahoma, in a speech in the sen
ate, Saturday, replied to the argu
mcnts advanced August 70 by Sen
ator Lodge against the League of Ma
tons. The Oklahoma senator devoted
his attention particularly to the funda
mental purpose of the League Of Ma
tions, namely, an instrumentality fol
the maintenance of the worlds peace
THE Massachusetts senator calls at
tention," he said, "to the allurine
promises made in the treaty of Paris
of November 20, 1915, and the high
purposes alleged in the treaty of the
holy alliance, and shows historically
: that wars followed, and not peace. He
argued by necessary inference that
these promises of peace and assurance
of high purposes did not produce
peace but war, and therefore that the
declaration OF purposes found in the
present covenant OF the League of
Nations would naturally be followed
by war, because mankind repeats it.
self
THE obviate fallacy of this argu-
ment is that the alleged purposes OF
the holy alliance had nothing to do
with the consequences which ensued
from that alliance. War did not re-
suit from the yirtuous promises made
to the people by the holy alliance.
The holy alliance made willlully, de-
oaitf,-I oud folga pror,iroc of hrot n.
er1y love and peace in order to de-
ceive the people of Russia, Prussia
and Austria, and thus prevent them
from going into a revolution as tho
people had done in France under con-
dltions OF tyranny and brutal military
power. The fact that wars followed
the holy alliance was because the
treaty was between military dynasties,
controlled by intrigue, by rival arma-
ments and ambitious secret purposes.
They were lined up against other sim
liar governments at that time not
greatly in advance of them in Struc-
ture OF government or in conception
OF liberty and popular rights. Eng
land, however was becoming steadily
more democratic and soon withdrew.
THE cause of war was wrapped up
sn the treaty of the holy'talliance of
Russia, Austria and Prussia because
OF their then several secret, dynastic
and military ambitions. There was
during that period no available or
possible provision in the world for
Cancellation and arbitration in the set
Element of international disputes.
There was no means of promoting
progressive disarmament, and the lust
for power, unrestrained by law, un-
ayoidably led to war as a necessary
consequence. There was no adequate
restraining power in all the world,
and no forum where the organized
opinion and power of mankind could
make itself effective for peace as
there is available now.
"The trouble with the senator from
Massachusetts is that he has shown
himself unable to discriminate be-
tween the consequences of govern
ments based upon tyranny and brute
force, such as Russia, Prussia and
Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, and the
consequences favorable to peace of
governments based ON the consent OF
the governed, by Justice and liberty,
such as the United States and Canada,
the South American republics, Aus
tralia, Great Britain, France, Belgium
and Italy.
THE senator from Massachusetts,
has failed to discover what every stu
dent of history ought to know who
has a discerning mind and an intelli-
gent comprehension, that the mstabil-
ity and wars of military dynasties had
an adequate cause, and that these
causes rest in the rule of the few
moved by intrigue, by gross human
selfishness, by ambition and lust for
the property of other people, leading
them to develop great armies nom
mally for defense but always secretly
for offense, SO well described by Won
Bernhardt, in his description OF the
Iiohenzollerns and of Frederick H.
Everybody seems to know this except
the senator from Massachusetts. The
stability of republics and their power
for peace is not based on preamblesI
nor lofty promises of high purposes,
as the senator from Massachusetts
seems to think. They are based upon
sound principles affecting the struc-
ture OF government, which go to guar
antee justice, liberty and humanity
and the organized righteous self,
Justice of'the people. These are the
which guarantee stability.
These are the principles which not
1nly promise but will, make sure the.
peace OF the world. /.
'rhe senator loosely argues, that
since mankind repeats ITSELF and
since the holy alliance made vir-,
uous promises, and war followed,
therefore, that the virtuous promises
II the present covenant of a league
# Tree natioas can mean nothing bu.
var. The senator argues from the
alse promise that the promises OF
he autocrats of the holy alliance were
incere. They were not sincere. They
ere Wickpdlv false