The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-13
THIRD SECTION
League of fNati0ns Covenant Conceived
and Written in Britain's Interest-DioQs

io that feature Of tho covenant which
requires that American lives. the
lives OF our braycst. best and dear
e-, should Ice yearly sacrificed. un
ever increasing numbers. TO sustain
The commercial supremacy Of Brit
ian. the continental dominance ot
France. or the territorial integrity ut
lho states 10 be created at The peace
conference
Agllp, let m" repeat. | have no
aulmuslty towards Great Britain, on
the contrary | entertain real and
deep admiration and great respect
Tor the Wisdom Of her statesmen and
their praCtica! achievement but
du not desire 10 see American in
forests mortgaged to pcrpctuate the
achievements Of British statesmen.
The, cOntcdcraCY or association ~
olf governing nations composing
what We call tn" British empire "
on" Of the worlds greatest assets
aud one of the strongest safe guards
OF peace. II In connection with the
nitcd States, France and Belgium
associated together to secure the
peace Of the world, is the most prdc-
teal, stncst and promising plan that
/ can discern to secure such end
Anglo Saxon solidarity.
The solidarity OF the Anglo Saxon
races. whether we recognize II now
or not. is an existing fact that the
years viii make more apparent,
snd time viii weld into stronger
links. 1t is impossible to conceive
OF this race cmharking on a war of
conquest and plumber or aggression.
France, since the fan Of the Ma
puNUns has hcr heart set on peace
and her ideals are as nearly the
same AS those OF the Anglo Saxon
nations rs different nations fash
Toned uf different races can he. and
the same Is also true of Belgium
I'm the alliance OF these four ma
tons and kindred races. lies the
true path to world surcease OF
war, the trucst path towards peace.
II is lts strongest safe guard against
wars Of aggression. In the limits
Of this article, cannot go into the
reasons why this is SO. many, II not
all ut such reasons. are AT once ap-
parent 20 any reflcCtre mind that
viii dlspassionately consider the
subject
Reluctance to admit an existing
fact does not alter its existence. fail
ure to recognize the existence of
facts does not rob them OF their po-
tency for evil, their potcntiallty for
good. and recognize, or refuse to
recognize 1t as we may, the fact re
mains that the weakness OF the pro-
posed league OF nations lies in the
fact that there Is no way to make
the world peaceable until its people
are peaCcahle. Pcaceable people
make peaCeable nations In the fact
that Germany Is now, as for the last
100 years she has been. the sole
source from which can spring a
world war, that In the league or
without the league, she Is menace
TO the worlds peace. and It TX dif-
fiCult to determine whether the
menace IL greater within or with
out. The fact that the league in
Cludes nations great and small with
equal vote and voice in the body OF
delegates. nations OF different de-
Erees and stations of development;
different mental and moral advance
ment. different ideas OF government
and morals; different religious and
political creeds: different social con-
cepts and views. different racial as
pirationS and antagonisms.
Weakness OF the League.
These are faCtS' that constitute the
weakness OF the proposed league.
and no refusal to face and consider
them can doiaway with the fact OF
their existence and the danger such
existence presents II is folly TO
expect peace to blossom from this
polyglot aERlomeratiOn Of opposite
political conceptions. antnRoniStiC in
forests, violent racial animOsities
and national rivalrics To the pig
my minds" that are mindful of the
lessons Of history. heedful Of the
teachings Of experience and reason
from cause to effect. instead OF
drawing entirely on the hope that
springs eternal in the human
breast" these are things that render
tho proposed league an incubator Of
strife and discord. the fertile
mother" OF thousand wars.
The greatest present security
against war. the most absolute safety
from the horrors and burdens OF
war now possible Of attainment. lie
In an immediate present peace by
the terms OF which the tangs OF the
German tiger will be pulled, bv
which the bloody claws Of the blond
beast will hc clipped and this out
law ~ nations deprived OF 'he power
io execute i's cruel will Chain the
German wolf and world peace ana
safety liz secured for a century per
hans for all time Gcrmany. un-
shnrn Of powcr, means war prcpnra
tions for war world d"solation and
misery against which covenants for
peacc are as unsubstautial "A barrier,
AZ inadequate q protection ~ IN"
..,,.,,,,rt.J neutrality OF BClEtum.