The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-27

hDine iucouycnicnt obligation. Tho
obligation iS mat n any nation
viii not oh scTv, thN limitation
upon 80 national action. n It
breaks tho agreement which ~
the basis of thc league, rejects All
peaceful methods OF settlement or
resorts 10 force. the other nations
must. one ana all use their COM
hincd fOrcn against It.
force /, Necessary. .e>2
bpC'pr brUN,iH. the ,nnluru' writer
and HChularly professor an dVowci
lulrrua'ioudiat aud friend uf "a
l,uguc OF nations, frduKy admitS
mae iuT,' ~ necessary to make ID,
league worth while IN his ro.c cut
wutk. The Gr"at Peace, he s.ps.
It is pain iuat such u league
would involve II great cHrrodCn-
m"ut tpUL tu. traditional duiho..
Itv ~ me uatIuua. II. Is not Simply
the iiRht to maxi" war which IN
HithdltSu or uuTlaILI, but the
night ~ adludicatc or lnycsIlgalu
al thubc questions whicN give r.su
~ wac. IN current plans, thiH en-
rruhC upon national prcrO-
EHtINu it htId wIllln toe most mDh
crate limits. but this moderation is
raty Ihr concession ~ the right TO
~ 10 Ntr after inVesngutuu is
Iriuriiu. one, not 20 say a spe 'ious
one, f1l the intention Is piI.nly 20
mako Wli virtually impossible py
the investigation More Ahoryd be
demanded II more were lodged
pprsibie. but In this trans tom sthr
II Is thought best to leave the NJ
lions tt least the outer sem DiauC" .
~. national prerogatlNc But tho
uNowrd purpose uf iuc proposed
league ta To prevent war. and this
can be accomplished only by de-
ycl0plnS AN extensive and power
ful supornatiOnal authority. Tho
assumption usually is that with
the establishment Of such an au-
thoritY national differences would
tend To- disappear and thar the ~.
pernatlonal authority would have
little to do. Such AN assumption
seems w warranted. n the nations
become submissive and Indifferent
TO national ACKNOWLEDGMENT. II can
only b. because they have ceased
to bc the doers OF the real thing.
aA In the case Of the states OF the
American union but the lessen.
Ing Interest In the states has not
meant a lesscning activity on tho
part OF the federal government II
IN because the federal government
has absorbed tho substance OF state
authority that We no longer care
much about their individual Inter
ests or ACKNOWLEDGMENT. when We
recall that all equilibrlums among
nations. localities families and tho
like are continually being upset
by new discoveries and Inventions
above all by the unequal power Of
growth which so mysteriously
manifests itself In peoples, We
may assume with certainty that
the 1parnational authority thus
established would either break
down or he progressively extended
and strengthened, II the nations
continue To be the real power, the
old ambitions, Jealousies and con
flicts Of Interest win continue. II
International authority holds these
turbulent elements In permanent
equilibrium, II can only be by In
creasingly absorbing such OF their
functionsaas have international re-
actions This would mean the
gradual establishment OF n vast nd-
ministratiNe mechanism with |
numerous functions and nm exten- /
sive personnel. in. short, the for
nation OF a true supcrstate
Language OF Friend.
This is not the language Of an
'nemy but friend, for Doctor
COVERS proclaims that International
SIN has no "trrrors for him. Though
IN internntionallst and friendly 10
league, Doctor Powers seems 10
10 opposed u the present league.
rot on principle, hut solely that the
acrlflces asked nf America are too
ostly IN comparison with tho henc-
II To he received He says Stated
'roadly. We stand TO give 10 for one
n the proposed exchange OF hene.
It's" Again he saws,
"Rut one mistake in the present
project cannot be condoncd. II il