The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-23

4 n h H. United States 10 hls work
n Iplioa publlshsd In 1912. This novel
h II his disregard Of law and his
)3 h rsvolstion. George d. Her
\ ~ ietsly the presidents envoy to the
bo0hoviSt government In Russia. says
= ~ prtSident In 1917: He 10 q
btvolssisassy beyond anything his
1ug1t svsal.' Five members Of the
ioopi1oats cabinet are tainted with
6oojol|sm. A vast swarm OF his ap-
ootntees are known 10 be open and
6bUWed socialists. The administra-
slpo Of Woodrow Wilson even under
(aslitutionsl forms Of government, Is
II hybrid between q French revolu-
koa and an Oriental despotism. His
~ would forget the reign Of Caligula
y he sxcessea and follies Of the
Nmesiaa government operated under
~ league Of nations interpreted by
Etssidtnt Wilson and Colonel House"
IL League Scope "Unlimited."
v Taking up the covenant section by
bection, Senator Sherman said that
= the very outset the instrument gave
. the league q scope OF action prac-
Hcally unlimited by empowering il to
Sesi with any matter within the
Gope Of the league or affecting the
Hoste Of the world"
.s"The Identification OF the new Of
hnism % = permanent and indepen-
3tnt government is complete" he
aatlnusd. Time will develop and
1lsen0then i,s hold upon the several
aAAlo0S.
ssThs sovereignty Of thi, nation
tnsses from the territorial limits OF
Qnf country TO foreign capital.
Congress cannot legisla.e. il oanno,
nss appropriation bills. nor collect
pvenues, II cannot enact labor legis-
4Gion nor exercise the usual police
l6wes belonging to an independent,
shte until the DEGREES Of the latest or.
l. n Of the Geneva council or measures
l. he assembly shall have been
&pdied. War cannot be declared nor
tSes concluded, armies raised and
imported, navies provided and main
hoined, nor the national guard oi the
uvssai states mustered and equipped
Article l6 declares ii any member
/ the league resorts TO war in disre-
Uord Of Its covenants. IT shall OF itself
b deemed an act OF war against all
Ilher members, This creates a con.
1tion Of war without declaration by
eonefess. We are at once subject 20
invasion and our merchant shipping
exposed TO a hostile navy, wherever
feund. We covenant thereby immedi-
slsly to lay an embargo on all COM
htercial and financial relations with
~ covenant breaking star. This
GSain 10 power exercised in this
e0satry By congress and by no other
aethority,"
History Of Taxing Power.
Tracing the historical development
q the taxing power, Senator Sherman
dkclared il must be preserved inyio-
liable. But it would be lost, he 5, !
uAdsr the article pledging financial
power without reference 10 congress
."Creat Britain" he continued, has
no written constitution Great Brit
aims representatives at the peace CON
terence may not fully appreciate the
Importance Of the constitutional dill
farences in the character OF the two
governments. assume they repre-
slat and guard the interests OF Great
1sitsin. II 10 the duty OF our repre-.
pontatives to safeguard the United
Bates. They have yielded to Great
Boundaries Final.
The league fixes in Interchangeable
limits the presen, boundaries OF every
uVombsr nstion. Its frontiers are final.
When France Joined with the Amer