The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-27
biological Law That Each Nation Must
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and viii not stop TO thiuk what the
result vail be- ON questions yet TO
arise iu many cases. ~ MOST ctA"s
| no great harm I- me immediate -.
| Su4t of such CONSTRUCTIONS but on"
4 usurphtiou invites another ana W"
! have a S"Ji,, ~ thou, each precedent
r Tor the Other, ana fur constructions
set to come N'.'hcr ~ such con
/ struCtlous hy iasf soriouMy i"up.
utdlIlug Ib,rN Dor the nT,uuulhlvc
! force Of which change mo entire
! structure 81 N" instrument ami in
ycura permit II 20 b' used for pun
| poses ana u"cumo subject 10 con.
slruotlou ,rH ram"rs llilio dreamed
could rud support IN ii9 terms.
IN" Great Danger
This is The great danger inherent
. ~ All constitutions the great DANGER
that m"nhrcH Ia" security uf liberty
and freedom or action The ap-
pruhohcs 10 absolute power are al
ways WcHIthy ana IN constitution
Al government mad" under the gulsc
Of construction necessary to cff"ct
some beneficial aud popular purpose
and the danger that lies in such hp-
pronches is not apparent until We
view the basic change wrought by
their aggregate.
There iA no reason tn conclude that
the constitution to the league VIII
be exempt from likr expansions or
from being subjected ~ the sam"
strain Aith IKE result as our own
constitution II II lives ono can say
win certainty such viii be the re-
suit. and this IL why practical men,
falling to yet league TO enforce
peace hy armed force, have ceased
10 say that any other Kind ~ league
In destined TO failure ana become IN
sistent advocates uf the plan they
first described
Mr TAFT In IA man II signal clarity
Of vision and plain common sense
and great experience, and knows that
force IN the foundation OF all govern
mrnt. tho basis Of power In secular
affairs. and that an organization
which IL to live will acquire forco
necessary TO enable II TO do 80 II
may be this force will he acquired In
lmperceptiblo degrees, but none tho
less certainly. and knowing this, Mr.
Taft acceptA the league though not
containing the full force he wishes
II TO possess He believes the under
lying principle viii live and II II does
80. knows that IL viii by the laws OF
being acquire the force TO Impose In
tcrnatlOnnlism and secure the power
to enforce the leagues mandates by
armed force, and so defends IL with
the zcnlous energy OF n putative
father whose offspring Is threatened.
II is not the least OF Mr. Tafthl
claims TO foresight that he sought to
forcstall criticism OF the covenant
and secure the adoption OF the league
as II was written, and nper seing II
1s.I, "A ,afaNI nf In
ternationalism. too great n surrender
OF liberty and action and the sover-
eighty Of the United States, to be ac-
ceptable to the American people, he
Immediately changed from It's nd
vocacy ns written and favored the
amendments that would leave %
much OF interna tionalism and force
IN II as possible, knowing that II the
germ WAS retained. he could trust to
time for It's development.
Taft Ii no Dreamer.
MIR. Taft In no dreamer OF idle
dreams. no Utopian believer In the
security OF paper barriers. no idealist
who believes that written promises to
be good and peaceful Will insure
peace. He knows the nature OF man
and tho character OF nations hence
his plan for an army to enforce
celebrated bishop OF Winchester, he
loves peace NO much he Will have
peace " he has to fight to get It,
and he realizes that the proposed
covenant. even II amended, would |
by tho inevitable laws OF growth,
finally result in givinB'the Kind OF
league no desires
Mr. Tart has never been In sym
pathy with the plan OF lchgue or
nations as conceived and urged by
Mr. Wilson As late AS December
23. 1918, Mr., Taft. writing Of MIR
Wilson's league OF nations, wrote:
Mi Wilson Is II master OF an In
spring style OF promise In which
he encourages hopes OF ideals and
nwakens enthusiasm OF popular
expectancy without committing
himselfo to constructive sugges
tions OF II definite method OF
achievement -
But when British statesmen took
Mr. Wilson's league prog.am In hand
and supplied the constructive sug
gestions and definite method OF
achievement" Mr. Taft became ono
OF it's ablest. II not nblcst. and In
sistent advocates Az soon as the
principle OF forCo found n place In
the covenant Mr.. Taft was willing
to accept 1t In the belief and In the
knowledge that such principle would
develop into stalwart proportions,
That force Is tho soul OF the proposed
league clearly appears from Niscount
Grfy's draft of instructions to Cen
Smuts, outlining the formulation OF
tho plan. In such Instructions ap-
pear tho following
The second condition essential to
tho foundation and maintenance
OF league OF nations ls that tho
governments and peoples OF the
states willing To further II under
stand clearly that II e~ill Impose
some limitation on the national |
action OF each and may entail