The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-15

! vital importance and it certainly
binds every nation entering into it
! to go to war whenever war may be
/ necessary to urcsorv" M" icuIjuii'l
integrity or political independence
! of any member NJ the league aE'inf.
| external lpgrrFsiou.
"It i5 idlo To s1y that congress ms
| power ~ refuse 90 1ufhori2" Fu,h
| "A war, FOR whenever the treaty calls
| tor war. refusal hy congress 10
| pass the ncccNnry rr'pluu0u "ould
| bc a refusal by our government ""
| kocp tho obligation ~ the treaty.
/ The altcruativ, would b" war or o.
| breach OF The solomly pledged iailh
! OF the United Sintor
I'VE cannot regard such provi-
ston zee necessary or us"iui Tor
| league To- preserve peace.
"Nc have reached th" Dou'luS'"u
! that the course 10 bring America INTO
AN effective l'aEu" tu preserve p'h'o
Ia not by lusiuiug with Mr.. Cox upon
! tho acceptance NJ surh - provision
las Article 10. thus prolunRiug IA"
unfortunate situation created hy Mr..
INIIHunH iusistouCc upon thlt article;
but bv frankly calling upon the other
nations TO agree 10 changes in the
prppusrd agreement which VIII obNt
ate this vital objection and other OBJ
irctious.
"Ifnr this course We can look only
tu the republican party ard It's cam
didatoa. tho democratic party and
Mr.. cox are bound to follow II. The
republican party is bound boy every
consideration OF good riith to pursue
such course until the declared OBJ
lcct is obtained.
s'sThY ygnIItltn az IfHTHUp ma 4 "a 10
essential that the Habilizing effect
~ the treaty already made between
the European powers shall not be
lost by them and that the necessary
changes be made by changing tho
terms OF that treaty rather than by
beginning entirely anew.
"That course MIR. Harding is will
ing To follow, for he said In his
speech Of August rs:
"I would take and com binc all
that rs good and excise all that IN
bad from both organizations thc
court and the lcaguc). This
statement is broad enough To in
clude tho suggestion that ir tho
league, which heretofore rivctcd
our considerations and apprehcn-
Slons, has been 80 ontWincd and
intcrwoven into tho peace Of Eu-
rope that It's good must bc pre-
served In order 70 stabilize the
peace Of this continent. then II con
he amended or revised 10 that wc
may still have a remnant OF tho
worlds aspirations In 1915 bullt
into the worlds highest conception
OF helpful cooperation In the
ultimate realization
we therefore believe that we can
most effectively advance tho cause
Of international cooperation to pro-
mote peace by supporting Mr.. Hard
ing for election to the presidency"
Tho statement bore the following
signatures;
Lyman Abbott: Robert S. Brook
ings, president OF Washington uni
vcrcity. st. Louis: Nicholas Murray
BuNer; Paul n. Cravath: CharIa. w.
Dnbney, University of Cincinnati.
William II. y. Faunce, president of
Brown unlverslty; Frank j. Good
now. president OF Johns Hopkins uni
vcrsity: Warren Gregory, San Frnn-
cisco. John G. Hibbcn; Herbert
Hoover: Charles Evans Hughes:
Alexander C. Humphrcya. president
of Stevens Institute OF Technology;
Ernest NJ. Hopkins. president OF
Dartmouth college; william Law
renee, bishop OF Ma massachusetts,;
Samuel McCune Lindsay. Columbia
university; A. Lawrence Lowell;
John Henry McCrackcn. Samuel
Mather, Cleveland. Ohio; George A.
Plimptop. Amherst college: Henry s.
Pritchett president or the Carnegie
foundation for the advancemcnt OF
teaching: Charles A. Richmond,
president OF Union college. Schencc-
tady N Y; Elihu Root: Jacob
Gould Schurmann. Henry l.. slim
son: Oscar S. Straus: Henry w. Taft.
Isaac NJ. Ullman, New Haven League
to Enforce Pence; William Allen
White; George w, Wickcrsha w
Willighsby, Johns Hopkins univer-
sity, and II. /. Wilbur. president OF
Leland Stanford university.