The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-10


much greater ..@eNery way than
ere instrument for carrying out Il
provisions OF political treaty.
was universally Recognized that : a
the peoples Of the world demanded ,
the conference that il should crea,
such a continuing cpacett Of free n'
tons as would MAXI wars OF agyre,
SION and spoliation such as this thu
has just ended. forever impossible.
cry had gone DOT from every home
every stricken land from which Son
and brothers and fathers had gon
forth to the great sacrifice that sue
sacyifice should never again b
exacted. II was manifest why it ha
been exacted. 1t had been exacte
because one nation desired domipio
and other nations had known n
means OF deiepse except armament
and alliances. War had lain at III
heart OF every arrangement o
Enropc-oi every arrangement OF tn
Norld-that preceded the war. Rest
i've peoples had been told that fleet
and armies. which they toilcd 10 sus
tam. meant peace and they now knew
that they had been lied to that fleet'
and armies had been maintained I:
promote national ambitions and meant
war, They knew that no old poles
meant anything else but force. force
always force, and They knew that il
was intolerable.
Monster Must Be Chained.
Every true heart the world, and
every enlightened Judgment demanded
that. at whatever cost OF Independent,
action, every government that took
thought for its people or for justice
or for ordered freedom should lead 1t
self TO a new purpose and utterly de
stroy th, old order OF international
politics. Statesmen might see difficult
ties, but the peoples could see none
and could brook no denial \ wal
IN which they had been bled white &c
beat the error that lay concealed II
every balance OF power, must not end
in a mere victory OF arms and a new
balance. The monster that hid re-
sorted to arms must he put in chain.
that could not ht broken. The unit
ed power OF free nations must put a
stop to aggression, and the world
must Ne given peace II there wa moi
the will or the intelligence TO accom-
pl,Sh that now, there must be another
and final war and the world mus,
he swept clean OF every power that
could renew the terror. The league
o, nations was not merely an instrr-
'ment 10 adjust and remedy ord
wrongs under new treaty OF peace
it was the only hope Tor mankind
Again and again had the demon OF
war been cast out of the house the
people and the house swept clean by
a treaty OF PEACE; only to prepare a
time when he would enter in again
with spirits worse than himself The
house mGN now be given tenant who
could hold it against all such. Con-
yenient. indeed indispensable, as
statesmen found the newlyrplanned
league of nations to be for the exc
cuilon OF present plans Of peace and
reparation, they saw IT in a sew as
pcct before their work was finished
They saw II as the main object OF
the peace. as the only thing that
could complete il or make it worth
while They saw il as the hope OF
the world and that hope they did
not dare to disappoint Shall we or
any other free people hes to ac-
ccpt this great duty? Dare We REJECT
il and break the heart OF the world?
Result Stands Incomplete,
"And so the result Of the conference
VI peace. so far as Germany is con-
-crncd stands incomplete. The dii-
iicultlcs encountered were very many
Sometimes they seemed inSuperab!c
Il was impossible TO accommodate
he interests Of so great body OF ma
ions. interests which directly or IN
directly selected almost every ma
lion in the world, without many
minor compromises, The treaty as
-e.ult is not exactly what we would
ave written. Ii is probably not what
INV ore of the national delegations
would have written But fesults were
worked cut which or the whole bear
est. | think N,at II will be found
hat the compromises which were ac-
'ep,ed as inevitable nowhere cut to
he heart of any principle. The work
" the conference squares,\a \as a whole,
With he principles agreed upon, the
,asis of the peace as we'll as with the
PRACTICAL possibilities of the interna-
iona situations (which had to be
aced and dealt with as facts,
Submit Defensive Pact Later. -
Il shall presently have OCCASION to
ay before YOU special treaty with
France. whose object is the Temporal
y protection OF France from unpto-
'oked aggression by the power with
whom this treaty OF peace has been
iego,ia,cd. Its terms link ii with this
reaty take the liberty however, of
e,erving it for special explication on
mother occasion.
The role which America was to
lay in the conference seemed deter!
,ined by the universal expectations
t the nations whose representatives.
rawn from all quarters OF the globe,
'e were to deal with. II was unlycr-
ally recognized that America had en-
rrcd the war to promote no private
, peculiar interest of her own but
My az the champion Of rights which
he was glad to share with free men
nd yers-of justice everywhere. We
ad formulated the principles upon
hich the settlement was 10 he made,
lc principles upon which the armis:
&c had been agreed to and the par