The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05

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VIII always maintain the ,iandard, |
which II has now yindcatcd hy some !
OF The most precious blood ever spill
The liberated peoples Of the Au.
'tf1-llungarian empire and oi the
Turkish empire call ont TO rs tor /
this thing II has not arisen ~ the |
council OF siateimcn
Europe Sick at Heart.
Europe 3, g Do, ,ick at heart at
this very moment because Il is seen
that their state have had no vis
ion and that the only vision has been
the vision Of the people Those who
suffer Gee.
Those against whom wrong IS
wrought know how desirable Is the
right and the righteous.
"Ihc nation, that have long been
under the heels ~ the Au,trlau,.
that have long covered before the
GrHmlu. thar have long su.. cred the
iulc,rfhablr dsluic, ui being gov
c.ucl hy the Turk have called out to
the world. generation after genera
''1n for Justice. Tor liberilion,, for
,ucyur and Ne cabinet m the world
has heard them
Private organizations plying
hearts, philan,hropic men and
women have poured ont their
treasure in order to relieve these
sufierings but no nation has said
TO the nations responsible, You
must stop; this thing is inioler-
able and VIC will not permit It
And the vision has been with the
people
Vision Come, From Need
My iricnas ! wish you would re-
llcCt upon 'hl, proposition
The vision as 10 what is ncccs-
sarv ixr great reforms ha, seldom
come a., the top IN the nations OF
the Wu,ld.
III has como from the need and
the aspiration and the ,cli.a,scttion
OF great hodic, IT men who meant
TO be- free.
And | can explain some of The
criticism, which have been levellcd
against this great enterprise only hy
the suppuSitlou that the men who
utter the criticisms have never felt
the great pulse of the heart Of the
world
And am amaled-not alarmed,
but amazed that there should he IN
SOME quarters such a comprehensive
ignorance Of the state VI the world.
Don't Know Minds Of Men.
These gentlemen DO mot know
what tho mind Of men iS iuS, now
| Everybody else does do not know
where they have been olo,e,ed, ! do
not know hy what influences they
have been blinded. but I do know
that they have been separated from
the general currents oi the thought
of mankind
"Nud | want 10 utter Tin, soil
emn warning not in the way oi
threat, the forces OF the world 10
not threaten, they operate. The
grca, tides Of the world do not
give notice that they are going TO
rise and rum they rise IN their
majesty and overwhelming might
and those who stand in the way
arc overwhelmed. Now the heart
OF the world is awake and the
heart OF the world must be,sa,ls-
fed
"Do no, let yourselves suppose for
a moment that the uucaslncss in the
populations OF Europe is due entirely
to economic causes or economic mo-
tveS; something very much dceper
underlicS it all than that.
No Defense Against Intrigue.
They see that their government,
have never heen able TO defend them
aRlinS, intrigue or aggression and
that there is no force OF foresight OF
Of prudence in any modern cabinet tc
stop war.
And therefore they say there must
be ONE fundamental cause for this
and the fundamental cause they are
beginning TO perceive to be that ma
tlons have stood Sinply or in little
lealouS groups against each other
fostering prejudice, increasing the
danger OF war rather than concerting
measures TO prevent it, and that II
there is right in the world, il there
is Justice m the world there is no rea.
son why nations should be divided in
the support OF justice.
Think Of Men and Women.
They arc therefore saving If
YOU really believe there is right
1t you really believe wars ought
10 be stopped. stop thinking about
the rival interests OF nations and
think about men and women and
children throughout the world, y
Nations are not made 10 aiiorC
distinction to their rulers by way o
success IN the mancuvcrs OF politics
nations are meant II they are mean
for anything, TO make the men am
, women and children in them secur,
and happy and proSpergis and no hs
ton has the right to set up special In
tetests against the interests and bene
fits of mankind, leas, OF all this grea
nation we love.
1T was set up for the benefit
Of mankind. it was set up TO it,
lustra,e the highest ideals and 10
achieve the highest aspirations OF
men who wanted 10 be free. aud
the world--the world OF today
believes that and counts on us and
, would be thrown back into the
blacMess of despair il we de-
serted It.