The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-24
BRITISH RESENT
POLITICS THAT
MENACE FUTURE
Anti-EngIiSh Seen Drift i
Covenant Here

d.onlon TImra Cable Copyright 1912. by
the pumir ledger compnuiJ
LONDON. March 2+-lhc Times
in an editorial on American politics
and the peace SAYS
"Onr New York correspondent
warns Ms that agitation against the
league OF nations in America is ac-
quirng an anti-l;nglish bias. lie i'|
certainly able to quote from speeches
And new 'paper articles great deal
that gives substance to his warning
that we need not take rccrmlnauonS
IN party politics too tfagically but we
cannot make light Of them II there
is any chance of their affecting our
relations with the United states. For
Englishmcn, without distinction Tor
party, regard a better understanding
with America as crown OF victory
and we should like to think that this
"a true OF the Aicticars, too It IS
unfortunate Tor the ideals that so
MANY OF us on both sides Of the At-
lan,ic have heard that party feeling
should be running 50 high and that
there are many OF the sticks with
which the republicans are bclaborIng
the democrats Certainly We have no
wish to take sides m these party con
,royersies and have been at some
pains to avoid even suspicion OF
doing so. Our sole wish is 10 work
with the American people in what
we believe to he as much Tor their
deals and interests as Tor our own.
Wishing that, with whom should We
work. but the president OF the United
States? That he is also the leader OF
the democratic party was mere ac-
,ident to our minds, for ii the preSi-
dent should have been a republican
We should have been exactly at the
same pains to understand his point
of view and TO work with him. !,
would, therefore, be unfair il any OF
the bitterness OF the party con,ro-
.Nersy in America reacted upon us,
What They Can't See.
"But then ii is being said that
though the voice is the voice OF ia
cob, the hands are Esau'sWe never
have been able 10 understand how
so many Americans have got it into
their heads that President Wilson has
been made the instrument OF British
policy There were at the opening
OF the conference two general views
about the kind OF peace we ough, to
have There was the French view
which looked TO frontier rectiticatlons
and restrictions on German armed
strength. Today We are able to give
the detailed provisions Of peace or
this last head. The other side wa
the view always associated with
Mr.. Wilson and America that III,
best guarantees OF peace in the future
were TO be found in making soycr,
e.gnty depend on the wishes Of the
people whose allegiance was TO be
Changed by peace, in identifying ma
tionality and state organization and
generally in opposition TO the prin.
clples of the old diplomacy acted
on in the Vienna conference in a
newer democratic spirit No views
oi the settlement were SO Clearl,
identified with this country as ,hcs,
two views were with those OF France
and Amerisca And the chief instru
ment in the American view was the
league OF nations, This ideal is II
one form or another almost as old a
instrumental law and nearly eycrl
.s,Vr,ttr ,i. ,,..rll ha, ,,,a ,,t,t.
'our'''y III 'ue ",''u mas at one u'U'
OF a"o'nef .oh'' 'oo'eu - ~ out ~,
"pp'lalon 10 tNe pioo'en' OF '"I
war come rom america ln o'e mrs
Instance mere U.s. he''i''e' no PNe'
'oh al 'he conference "' our nm
Po'',R pou0y OF our own VIVA
we n4'e done Is 10 seek seek 10 feCon''I'
a., ''' ~ was P''''ole 'IC"'n ar'
.N"l'' Ah views H"I N|VtF lNtIc wa