The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-21

Germany has not only a moral
right to compliance with the general
promises made it. bu, a firmly ground
ed, definite, clearly defined claim. &C.
eording to the basic rules Of iuterna.
tionsl law on all the entente powers
and especially IN the United States.
Specific recognition Of the right Of
Germany and of the German peoples
10 4 peace Of right. justice and recon-
ciliation. instead OF the paragraphed
song Of hate which was written At
Versailles. is contained in the note II
the American secretary OF state, Lam
sing, on Nov S, 1918
Fourteen Points Cited.
In il the secretary of state notified
tie Swiss minister in Washington un-
conditionally that the established basis
Of President Wilson's fourteen points
should be authoritative for the peare
conditions.
Secretary Iansin. announced fur.
,her that the entente governments after
careful consideration also were pre-.
pared TO recognize the conditions set
up by President Wilson as the basis
for the conclusion Of peace.
The declaration Of rights emanat-
ing from these ,pecific declarations
OF all the entente powers and the Tilted
States constitute Germany's sole asset
in the general moral breakdown Of aIl
international politics which has found
unsurpassable expression in the Ver@
sailles terms.
Looks to America.
"Gerpany answer, them with III
clearly juristic right in international
law, Toward the politico- moral bank.
ruptcy Of Versailles, the German M.
tion stands as creditor with unde.
niable rights and il is not in a no.
sl,lon to yield on this chief point.
Germany concluded Wace on the basi,
OF President Wilson'S fourteen points,
which all America had made is own,
and all America everv individual, 10
RESPONSIBLE for the fulfillment OF its
claim.
1T is not the German peoples busi.
ness to indicate how its right, shall
b realized by the fourteen points. OF
especially by the not OF Secretary
lansing That. rather. is the task a
those who constructed the fourteen
points and brounat them to accent.
ance, thereby inducing Germany 10 fsy
down her weapons, We, do not be. :
lieye that President Wilson, Secre.
tary Lansing and the American people
can take other than this German
standpoint, II they do not wish TO do
that which President Wilson in his
message Of December 4. 1917. cm,1
demned categorically when he said:
We would dshonor our own cause n
we treated Germany any other than
Justly and in non-partisAn manner
and did not insist uoon Justice towavd
all. no matter how the war ended, We
demand nothing which we are uso.
ready 10 admit
Comparison OF Terms Demsnoo9 a
And the German people deoeo1
more than that which President WIZ
son announced In this declsYalina. o1
demand nothing more than thst Aslot2
leans place the fourteen point1 G<
po,i,e the peace terms. We ~ f|
believe that anyone In the UoI
States will then have the eoue6H
claim that there can be fouN1 y -
peace conditions one single trseo
Of President Wilson's psognm 4
And hers bslias Americas dslIN1
duty TO step H. Amsfiea either "a
put liz fourteen poIWtl thscuoh -
must declare thsi \ D ussAgs u
SO, or that n does M wsnt 10 n ~
so that IN 10 rse msy she world " \