The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-18
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the persons OF their leaders. TO de-
clare Judgment upon colossal crimes
and TO decree new order In the
affairs OF nations
And with all these spectAcular al
tributes, the supreme interest OF the
occasion was enhanced by another
circumstance. Though long fore
seen, and In some measure discount
ed, the event produced n striking i'm
preston OF audiences. For months
the minds OF men had been G,s-
tracted by speculation and suspense
by confusion OF tongues and the
strife Of Wills, From the beginning.
public judgment had been heHlldered
/ by the changing rumOrs that spawn
from secrecy, and almost TO the last
hour there had been manifest tho
| conflict OF irreconcilable purposes
Then the completed work was dis
! closed and all that had been battling
and obscure disappeared. As when
the whlrl OF Kaleidoscope IL ar-
rested, there was suddenly projected
from the dazzling confusion IA pattern
OF intricate yet precise design. Long
II had seemed that errors OF judg-
ment and misconceived theory might
wreck the hopes for which millions
had died But out OF tho darkness
OF uncertainty there emerged at last
the figure OF the power of civiliza-
tion, tho supreme authority or n
united world asserting It's mastery
over the forces OF rebellious ambi-
ton and lawlessness
A settlement so vast In scope that
II effects the remotest regions Of the
earth and changes the destiny of uu-
numbered millions dofies present
analysia Volumes of Interpretation
will be written upon It's terms, the
effect OF which, indeed. only eN-
perience can prove and only history
will be able to assess, But the feature
OF surprising concern now is the
fate Of Germany and what II means
10 the human race.
Four years and nine months ago
that nation. driven ~ - consuming
lust OF dominion and deluded by a
monatrous doctrine. undertook 70 de-
stroy tho institutions or world law
and establish reigESyf force. For
moro than Il generNnn the willing
instrument Of rapa cious autocracy,
II had devoted It's energies to pre-
pairing means OF ruthless conquest.
intoxicating itself with false phlloso-
lNlN tHN AlNlNllN Nl conquest. open -
eyed and eXultAnt, tho German peo-
pie and their leaders chose tho path
OF dishonor to roach the goal Of n
commanding political and CONNER
clal empire. World mower or down
fan" This was their audncious
challenge. and for four years they
maintained 81 with all the fury OF
irfatuaHon and all the cruelty OF
baffed desire
And the end is downfall. that
dreadful alternative which they pro
claimed only as "A defiant taunt to
destiny Of the towering structure
OF rrusslan imperialism there re-
mains no fragment OF power or
prestige. The German nation exists.
hut only upon sufterance and under
drastic restraint The Outlawry
whsh It took upon itself has been
confirmed by the court ot civili7R-
tion. and tho sentence runs until the
crime has been cxpiated
That the penalties laid upon Ger
many would be severe had been OK
peciet. hut a persistent propaganda
had led the world 10 believe that the
requirements NJ Justice and safety
would be modified TO suit certain
ideals OF nkruistic ComDrowiSe Of
such a result there Ia In the sum
married treaty no trace II there
IL any measure OF precau,ion that
has been withheld, any demand for
rcparntion that has not been
pressed the lack is not 20 be easily
discovered
Germany Is required 10 surrender
az .un territories stolen IN her war
'Nrpys Of tho lost 90 Years. and to
deliver others. whore alien popula-
tons we're held IN subiectlon. To new
rVtiors liberated from despo'ism.
She Is 10 rclinqulsh All possessions
bcyoSi her narrowed borders. not
because her title TO them was less
sound than that OF other nations to
their colonies and dependents, but
because she abused her trust and
taught tho world that her control
was menace to peace. She is TO
ho disarmed. so stripped OF military
and naval power and the means Of