The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23
DISCUSS LEAGUE FROM
AMERICAN STANDPOINT

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England lrN hD.'n.. "i .'N.
Itrity Of national HHpl'iN"na '"l
racial habits. ir'IN." '..' '.'.. 'I
fs only u degree luHH conc ''l'' DOB
he maintAIutnCe ~ lh' M"''"' d"'
uIuc than Tho United Nid''' l'"'..
France iurHlhi| u'''''' '
continental attachments 'N'I' 10
mn proycnt no w,I.ull'r reason Tor
d, contrary course
Germany Ilt'. Japan l'2
roct ON the hNtrh ~ 'h. pact gee
ide. measure that against hII lhtl
would be- Involved in lh' IHppth'u
cal case being considered. h'u'hun. .
lIv your own anwrrr lhcro would
.tlll hc four members ~ Do" I"un'"'
hose rcprc9un'lu2 N" aWli'f ma
,lOnr
~ Appeal Was Taken
RAT .upposing thcre was not pres
on, ,r ,hc mari ,f .npAu u di-puai
lion Ia leave actticmcnt t0 the cNrcu -
,tve council. and nppcal was uaio
,o me board or delegates ThH
hndy n ban been pointed out VIII
,yen,uaIly br compoAod uf rcproacn.
tstiyes az nj least 80 nations. among
others. Of course, all the South nnd
ContraI American republics. TN"
issue would be the right ~ q Tovcr-
eIgno state To conduct It's affairs aA
II ..w Ht without Interference by
any other state so long aH its CON
duct vnS regular and pcnCcnhic. on
auch nm issue can there hc serious
doubt how tho smaller nations pt
the world would tine up?
DO The gentlemen who contend
that the Monroe doctrine ir not af-
facted by the proposed league oN-
peot to extend It's application 10 all
the world agree that the declhou
would almost certainly fall against
the United states? And will they
not further agree that such decision
would violate both the spirit and let
ter OF the Monroe doctrine? And
will they not agree that the ideuti-
cal point involvcde is almost certain
10 be raised sooner or later and prob
ably very soon?
The mere suggestion unAvoid-
ably directs the mind to tho possl-
biIity. nay the probability OF u
balance OF power forming within
the league the very thing II was
designed to end forever. This brings
us To n very brief consideration OF
that diplomatic term, balance OF
power"
The balance OF Power.
feel very sure the average man
who has attempted an nprejudiced
slxHy OF the diplomatic goings-on
IN Europe following the hiEning OF
tho arinIstice has found himself
sorcly norplexed To diffcrentiate I'm
~ practicable. understandable way
between the balance ef power and
the sgue OF nations, ! am quito
FREQ TO confess that | have And
The moro | have read and studied
the greater has become my per
plexity II has seemed TO me To he
nothing but u, smoke screen or
words, verbal camOutlage designed
10 obscure instead Of clarity
There has long existed the family
81 nations or the society OF nations,
zach member OF which haA sub
.cribed to and moro or less acrSpu
lously followed rhIoH of conduct
which have come To be known as
international law. Each member
has pursued Its own national MS
pirations, preserved It's racial Gus
toms, language and habits and
otherwise lived the ne u chose, liul
oaoh has recognized. In It's relations
with others. certain well defined
y les OF conduct acceptable to all
alike Wherein has this family ul
society OF nations fallen short OF
tl,s league idea II N insisted lha'
II, league. to bc a success. must be
r>Aar up Of all nations In order tina
thsro be left no nucleus FOR the f9'
nation OF "A new balance or. powSr
Assuming, then. that all tho natinur
have become memb bers OF the league
what have wcS
a.. ,,,, thnt u,pfIt