The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-04
Wilson Administration Bitter
in Opposing Irish Freedom

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homan
Oppose Irish Freedom.
The NusoulAu parry ss repre-
sou'od here hy he Tribune Democrat
ana iu oklahoma CRY ny ihe Okla
homun. and H. other bo called demo.
cratic papers elsewhere, is opposed
10 tho freedom ~ Ireland because
opposition tu iHlf freedom is noe.
ttBlry part of mo new iutorna'ional-
IHm. which would make perpetual the
present boundaries ~ he BRUSH
empire. ana of NhIrh tho British
government and Lloyd George are
Ut once tho grcai advocates and
rXomplnra. And lu order 20 serve
faithfully thoif foreign masters the
WliHoulau party ana ne parrot news
papers are willing not only to ever
HHluE'y DUurh ana fastcu the
HhH'Ei'H Oh ireland but also hctriy
'hr.r own country. i's uhlIouhl'u
ana ts 'ridItIYus Tulspmo flntery
FOR Kings md other foreign pOtcn-
tpfcs enthusiastic praise ana ap-
pruvnl FOR Wuunrghlal institution.
ndura ION for social clHie ana other
marks ot royal lis'in,tjon have taken
the place Of respect FOR the Amcri.
can constitution aud government
ana pride ln IT'S people and their
achievements.
There are those who believe TIM
the great danger 10 America rs not
IN rhr dirty faced bolshrviyin, nor
in tho uuwashed foreigners. II II
rather seen IN the SILK hated ana
kd rlovrd inirruati0nH.is'g of whom
I speak Like President Lowell ot
an eastern college they would re-
gard Washlngton's farewell addfesA
merely Da the uttcrAucc of u great
/ clti2on, which has bearing "uu the
duties Of the ancient past and ot
I'uttlu or no importance today
Thcy would forget WaHhinRton's fear
ut the spirit which might permit
Tho chief OF some prevailing fac
ton To achieve the purposes or his
own elevation on the ruins OF public
liborty"
All the world knows that the
present administration has utterly
broken our traditions and mat oven
now efforts are being made to drag
us farther away from our iino-tried
mooriugs Ana II the International.
lsts OF the higher strata, ayailing
himself OF his advantage ~ culture
ana Influence has a right TO hurry
his country into new and strange
policies then the properly despiscd
red. with "a mentality moro or less
warped. has equal right TO sock such
ends as he may think will bring
about what he II pleased to consider
social aud political regeneration"
Love Of America First.
United states citizens are utterly
wrong. no matter what their class.
who do not reverence tho funda-
mental laws and traditions OF Amer
lea and give unstlntcd loyalty
TO their country In all things. For
without that reverence and loyalty
our charter of rights In insecure and
the inevitable anarchy which would
follow would set back for centuries
II not for ever. tho doctrine OF hu-
man liberty.
! Happily. however, we are no,
among those who have lost hope
rather we can see In the no distant
future that America will never sur.
render to internationallsm OF any
type, Columbia is not TO be sacrificed
on the new altars and the stars and
stripes will not be lowered Rea
Americans are on guard In the sen
ate and the people OF tho United
states are but waiting for an oppor
tunity to cast out the false gods ant
to place again In the tendency tn,
standards which have made this ma
tion the beacon light OF the world
Happily, also, We have In The TulEa
world "A stalwart defender of Amer,
lean natiOnalism, superior not only
In mentality but In power and In,
tluonce 10 tho hybrid combinations
We take comfort in predicting tina
the nation will stlll 1.-Two when tn,
dream of internatlonalism hai
passed into tho limbo OF forgotten
things. The old order changeth only
In this--that the great parties vii
henceforth be divided as advocated
or natlonaliSm versus international
Ism and the same God who hai
heretofore guided tho destinies uI
our beloved country will give tn,
victory to those whose slogan is no
only America First" but America
Always ana Forever"
And when that day comes we shal
again find that sympathy for the up
pressed OF all nations has again be-
come an American policy, "withou
tho aid or consent OF any other ma
ton on the face OF the earth" |
Will no longer be considered nm
American to believe that God mad,
no exception when he created man
Kind and that the language OF III,
. declaration or Independence TX sug
copublc OF only one Interpretation
however many Versions there may b,
, or Mr. Wilson's II points and re
gardless OF what reservations ma,
I or may not be made to tho dootrIp,
or the self determination OF uatiob,
as outlined hv him