The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-04
NAITONAIISN WINS.

Natonaiinn WINS. .The voices in the air are
mo longer strldent, deceptive and discordant.
Instead they go9lhc and sustain the unfatoring
trust nf patriots kiss the tired oyclids Of the
nation tntogsweot roposo, kinde anew upon the
altars OF pstriotic fervor a peoples devotion to
their heroes Of the past and paint In glowing
coors the burst OF dawn which horalds a new
era OF hAnonih devotion
BY majoEiues so great that thoy almost be-
come vicious, n nation has expressed its con-
,taInpL Tor A.eadership whose sole claim to fame
Is that ~ possessod the courage to misreproscnt.
and ina voice pregnant with Indignation ordered
that leadership TO resign instantly It's co.nmls-
sion.
without fear OF contradiction. we assert that
while other presdents have been defeated,
woodrow Wilson Is the first to be ordered to
resign! No other meaning can bo read into the
majorities piled up against the man who in
suited the national conscience when he uttered
his scrvile, "wha, no promised will to the
fuilextent OF my ability deliver"
rhc president has had his Solemn rcfercn-
dun' and the nation Its Sweet hour OF re-
vefEe." Let the reservatlonists, the mild reser-
vationists and those who seek substitute less
objectionable than the league that has been
offered take warning along with those who
favored 1t without the dottng OF an II" or the
crossing Of a 't"
The voice of America has spoken In trumpet
tones 1t win serve useful purpose. too. for
all 10 appreciate just now that II was the voice
of America and not tho voice OF partisan or
ganizaton. That voice intonod the death OF
internationalism, repudiated the doctrine that
virtue must give bond FOR the performance OF It's
high office, and proclaimed anew tho intention
of this nation to live It's own life in It's own
way to the end Of the chapter.
IL those who were the bcnofciaries OF tho splen-
did verdict desire to show their appreciation and
Justify the faith expressed in them, lot them
direct their energies and the energies OF the
nation 10 setting before America a worthy Amer
lean nationalism. II they would stamp out
hyphenism, let them preach ana act nauonalism.
Because il is fact clear that IL cannot al
ways bo disrcgardcd. that hyphenism grew in
America only when national leadership broke
down and failed to hold before the nation an
aspiration and motive OF It's own.
II they desire to arouse an intense regret In
the nation for the decision just rendered let
them concern themselves with foreign relation
ships OF any kind that In the rcmotest sense
constitute cuutractual relations or political al
lianccs. Both coure,s viii be urged by men
claiming 60 Doe inspired America wants no
league she has ..vor wanted a league Thoeo
who have urged the contrary view never spoke
for America, but for cotorio OF idealsts and
cabal OF mcrcouorics who wanted America to
want a league.
No party not even the triumphant republican
party OF 1920, can survive an effort to violate
the traditions Of the republic with respect to
foreign affairs Every such effort Is tinrod with
treason. Post the danger signals now beware,
Beware!
The country faces the future confidently. The
passions of men, looscd from their lalrs by AN
impossible and mischevous idealisn. will bc
driven back into their hiding places 10y the com,
mon sense OF great people The troubles OF
our country are largely due 10 a state OF nina
Cure the state OF mind, as Il can and win b,
cured by an appeal to racial ambitions, natona
aspirations and constant reference TO the pas
glories OF the nation. and the dlstcmper viii
disappear.
We have seen what leadership is capable o
accomplishing unsafe, impractical am
at times radical and almost reasonable leader
ship. Christian leadership. practcing tho aneien
virtues OF the old time religion. consecratcd &