The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-13
SEES BLACK PURPOSE
No Worse Care Ever Sat
Behind Any Rider, He
Declares.
WANT WAR RIGHT RESERVED
Present Construction Al
lows Americans to Be
Sent to War.

WASHINGTON. Aug IA Renew
ing his attack upon the league oi nh-
tiUna I'm tho senate this afternoon
Senator Lodge, chairman of tho Tor
clgn relations committee. doclhl ol
that mo blncker care ever sat be
h.nd any rider than we shall ilnd ~
this covenant OF doubtful ana dls
puied Interpretation n II now
pcrches upon the treaty Of pence.
II creates an alliance rather han 2
peace League. hr asserts
NeiteratinR his nHSertion mat uu-
der the League America would ear.
Tifice her Sovereignty In Important
rcsptctH. lerume involved almost
without limit IN the affairs ~
other nations and Yield up policies
ana rights she always has main.
talned Senator Lodge said ne had
llttle fear that IL would break the
heart Of tho world" II the league is
not accepted Just hs II Htnnis, 1T
nhrogatcA tho Monroe doctrine no
said. and added that he could not
support tt In itH present form"
Il fear that the hearts Of vast
majority uf mankind he declared,
would beat on strongly ana steadily
and without any qulCkeuing n me
league we're to perish altogether. II
II should be effectively and benofl-
uoutY changed tho people who
would lie awake In sarrOw for a
sinble night could he easily gathered
In one MOI very large room, but those
who would draw long breath OF
relief would reach 10 the millions
No Hops In Covenant.
mo doubt he continued. many
excellent and patriotic people zee a
coming fulflllment OF noble idoalA In
the worlds league for peace. We
all respect and share these aApira-
tions and desires, but some OF w see
no hope, but rather defeat, for them
m this murky covenant.
Let US beware how we palter with
our Independence, We have not
reached the great position. from
which we are able 10 come down
into the field OF battle and help to
save the world from tyranny. by be-
ing guided by othera Our vast power
has been built up and gathered to-
gether by ourselves alone, We forced
ourselves upward from tho days OF
the revolution, through world often
hostile and always Indifferent We
owe no debt 10 anyone except France
In our revolution ana those policies
and those rights upon which our
power has been founded should
never be lessened or weakened. It
Will be no service to the world to do
so and Il viii bo OF lntulerable In
jury 10 the United states We will
do our share. We are roady and
anxious TO help In all ways to pre-.
serye the worlds peace But We can
do IL best by not Gripping ourselves.
America Worlds Hope,
THE United Statos Is tho world
pest nope, but IL you tangle her In
the tntriguee of Europe you will de.
stroy her power for good ana on.
danger her very existence. Leave
her to march freely through the
centuries TO como as IN the years
that nave gone. Strong. generous
and confident she has nobly served
mankind Beware how you trifle
with her marvellous inheritance, this
great land OF ordered liberty, for Il
We stumble and fall--freedom and
civilization everywhere will go down
In ruin"
Senator Lodge declared that
taken altogether. the provisions In
tho league covenant for war pre-.
sented what In his mind was the
gravest objection to the league In its
present FORM.
we are told that OF course moth
ing VIII be done In tho way OF war
like acts without The assent OF con
gress, he continued II that In
true. lot us say 80 In the covenant.
but as II stands there is no doubt
whatever In my mind that American
troops and American shipu may be
ordered TO any part OF the world by
nations other than the United
States, and that Is a proposition TO
which | for one can never assent II
must be made perfectly clear that
no American soldiers, not oven a
corpurafs guard, that no American
sailors, not even the crew OF sub
marine can ever he engaged I'm war
ar ordered anywhere except by the
constitutional authorities OF tho
United states To congress Is grant.