The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
Politicians Do Not Dare
Oppose Wishes of People
President Tells Hearers

Wilson, spraklng ~ NtW oik IhA'
night SAID
NV fellow citizens, stoept the
in,lmalion Of the ar Just played !
will not conc back 'ull rs over
over there And ye' ! pray God ~
the interests Of peace and OF the
world that NAV he soon.
The first thing that ] am going
tb tell the people On the other SIDE
oi the water {, that an overwhelming
majority OF the American people Is
in favor Of the league OF nations
] know llat that &, true ! have had
unmIsiaklblc limitations Of II from
all parts oi the country and the voice
rings true IN every sense.
Happy to Be With TAFT
81 count myself fortunate 10 speak
here u.lcr the unusual circumstance
oi th,s evening I 9u happy TO asso-
ciatc m,seli with N. lah IN tn.
great cause n. la. displayed an
elevation W ,Ir, and devotion 10
public du'y which s beyond praise
"Ani am the more happy be-
cause this means that ib. !, not
party issue No party has the
right 10 appropriate Tins issue and
no party will ~ the long run dare
oppose o.
I'VE had listened TO 60 clear and
admirable an exposition ot many OF
the main features oi the proposed
covenant OF the league OF nations,
iha, II is perhaps not necessary for
me ~ discuss IN any particular way
tho contents Of the document. ! will
seek rather 10 give YOU IT'S settings.
Impressed by Conference.
81 du not know When ] have been
more impressed than hy the confer.
cnocS ul the commission set up by
tho conference ot peace 10 draw up
= covenant tor the league ot nations
he representative, oi fourteen
nations sat around that board not
young men, not men inexperienced 10
the affairs 40 their country. not men
inexperienced ~ the politics OF the
world. and The inspiring influence OF
every meeting was the concurrence
nt purpose on the part ~ those men
so come to an agreement and an ei.
tct'iNe working agreement with re-
gard 10 tins league ot the civilized
world
here was a .nI l.'Nn IN the
whole impulse there wa, con,i,-
i'un that this thing ought 10 he
done and there was also the con-
N.tion that not = man there would
venture tn 60 home and say he
had not tired 10 do H.
Set Picture OF Failure.
"Mr TAFT has set the picture FOR
you ot what failure Of this great
IurpoSe would mean We have been
hearing ipr all these weary months
that this agony oi war has lasted he
,ausc ot the sinister purposes OF the
central empires, and We have made
maps OF the course that they meant
their oouQuestS 10 take. Where did
the lines OF that map lie. NJ that cen
tral line that VIZ used to call from
Bremen 10 Bagdad3
They lay through these very re
giunS to which Mr. Taft has called
YOUR attention, bu, they lay then
through united empire, the Aus,ro-
Hungarian empire, whose integrity
Germany was bound e. respect as
her ally Law in the path II that line
oi conquest. the Turkish empire.
whose interests she proicSsed 10 make
her own, lay M the direct path that
shc intended tn tread
Responsible as Trustees.
"And ROW what As happcucdl The
hustro-Huugarldn empire has gone
20 piece and the Turkish empire has
disappeared and the hands that ei-
ieotcd that gJca, tcsul'-lor i, was a
result u' lhrrauuN--arc NOW re,punS-
ible aS N, trustee, ut the assets oi
those great nations,
You NOT only would have weak
nations lying IN this path but yuu
woul' have nations IN which that old
poisonous seed oi intrigue could he
planted with the certainty that IN,
crop would be abundant, and one OF
the things that the league at nations
is ntcndt for is TO watch the Cuurs,
ui ntrigr
Intrigue cannot stand publicity
and II tn league Of nations werC
nothing but great debating society
II would kill intrigue.
IL is one OF the agreements OF thi.
coyen MT that It is the friendly rgh
OF every nation a member OF IN,
league to call attention 10 anythlnC
that u thinks will disturb the peac,
Of the world no matter where tina
thing is occurring
Week Would Have Prevented War
here is no subject that may
touch the peace ot the world whC'
4, exempt from inquiry and discus
,.Yn and think everybody here
present will agree with me that Ger
many would never have gone TO wa
Il she had permitted The world &
discuss the aggression upon Serb;
tor a single week
"rhe British foreign office
suggested, 1t pleaded that there
might he day or two delay so
that the representatives Of the
nations Of Europe could get to-
Sether aud discuss the possbili-
'ies Of a settlement. Germany
did not dare permit a days dis
cussion
"You know what happened. A
soon as the world realized ,ha, a
outlaw was a, large the nations be
g.n ono by one, to draw togetht
4 against her