The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-10
THE CANADIAN BOMB.

Scarcely had tho sensation offending the
withdrawal OF Argentina from the league abatcd
when new bomb was dropped In the midst of
tho SNUG European Statesmen by the member
from Canada, the very pearl OF Britains over
seas dominions.
Said the Canadian. In opposing somc OF the
prcsumptive propositions placed before the
league by the oId-world Statesmen:
Canada feels there are certain. questions
mat should not DC ,,. allowed TO la'' INTO Eu,
su!ders under the sod In France and F''an-
ders is the price Canada has paid for Euro
pean statesmanship.'
The dispatches say that this statement aston
ished the entire assembly. and deeply pained
British representatives.
To he sure. arthur Baifour and Mr.. Fisher
were plainly affected" OF counsel It matters
not at all that out OF consideration to the tender
sensibilitics Of the assembled statesmen the
speaker later took the floor and explained that
he intended giving no offensc to European ma
tons. 80
The outstanding fact Ia that the western hcmi-
sphere once again spoke those sentiments that
1t can never stranglc no matter how heroic and
determined the effort. Perhaps had single
representative arose In that absurd assembly
and pronounced what the intelligence OF all tells
them II q fact. that the final hegemony OF tho
western hemisphere is as certain as lunar's
phases, rcstoratives would have been necessary
before the session cuoid have been resumed.
Yet It is fact. There Ia nothing more alb
surd In reason or In the light OF history than the
belief that the western dependencies OF England
VIII always consent to be held In leading strings
by tho imperialists of selfishness and cupidity
that direct the government OF Downing street.
Both the spirit OF Independence that has i'm
PEELED Ireland, after hundreds OF years OF vas
aaiage. to demand Its God-given rights, as well
as the miserable example OF Englands hypoc-
rsy In the same case In corroding slowly but
surely the ties that bind the great western do
minions to the mother country. In addition to
that, the logic OF the situation as well as the ac-
cident OF propinquity to n people who have
thrown off those ties and who are one In all
things but name with them, ~ adding to the
corroding process In the case OF the Canadians
at least.
There Is no thought that Canada wilt ever be-
come n part OF the United States; no Wish that
1t may do But he has read history to
very poor purpose and ignores human nature
altogether who permits himself to believe that
Canada will long hesitate To declare her own
absolute independence. Titles and royal pomp
may appeal for yet time, but the memory ~
those fifty thousand sleeping In foreign graves
pawns claimed In a game that was foreign 10
her every interest will at last claim the only
logical reward for the sacrifice made.
Let the league survive until 1t sets up all the
absurd commissions and committees for the
dc,ation OF the world that 1t is busily engaged
on. Yet when those suborganizations begin to
obtrude themselves into the affairs OF the west
crn hemisphere it win be shattered by sun
dering OF the political cords which now bind west
20 east, and the hegemony OF the western hem
isphere will be accomplished almost overnight.
We speak not a prophet but mere re-
lator OF fact based on written history