The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-29

the world demanded that a seriow
attempt be made by the leaders OF
the allied governments to formulate
a treaty of peace which should pre-.
vent the recurrence OF war. Every
rightful impulse OF the human heart
was In accord with that purpose
From time immemorial. men have
dreamed OF peace; poets have sung
OF It; philosophers have written
about It. statesmen have discussed
It. men everywhere have hoped and
prayed that the day might come
when wars would no longer be nec-
essary in the settlement of interna-
tional differences.
For the first time in the turbulent
annals OF the human race, such a
project had become feasible. The
destruction OF militarism. the crum.
bling of thrones. the dissolution oi
dynasties. the worldwide apprecia-
tionsof the inner meaning of war
and the final triumph OF democracy
had at last made IL possible to real
lie the dearest dream that ever
crossed the night OF mans dark
mind. The opportunity for service
was as great as the need OF the
world and the failure to render II
must stand as a reproach for all
time.
II is said that ~ the dead who
died In the great war were placed
head to feet, they would stretch
from New York to San Francisco.
and from San Francisco back again
to New York: and IL those who per-
ished from starvation and from
other causes collateral to the war
were placed head to feet, they would
reach around the great globe itself.
At this very hour, millions of men
and women and little children are
.he victims of our hesitancy. How
can the heart of America be closed
TO these things?
/ have been many miles In this
country and 1t has been my fortune
to visit most of the states of the
union. II has so happened that I
have been in many of these states
when the boys were coming from
the front. l have seen the great
avenues OF our splendid American
cities lined with the populace, cheer
ing and cheering again as these
brave lads marched by, happy that
they had come triumphantly home.
But ! have never witnessed these
| inspiring sights without thinking OF
| the boys who did not come homd
| They do not rest as strangers In AZ
| strange land---these soldiers of lib
| erty. The generous heart of France
enfolds them. The women and the
| children of France cover their
| graves with flowers and water them
with tears. Destiny seized these
lads and led them far from home to
die for an ideal. And yet they live
| and speak to us here in the home
land. not of trivial things but Of i'm
mortal things. Reverence and pity
and high resolve-surely these re-
main to us. In that heart OF hearts
| where the great works OF man are
wrought, there can be no forgetting.
OH. God, release the imprisoned soul
of America. touch once more the
hidden springs OF the spirit and re-
veal us to ourselves!
| Let the true purpose uf our party
! be clearly understood. We stand
squarely for the same ideals of
peace as those for which the war
was fought. We support without
flinching the only feasible plan for
peace and justice. We willonot sub
nit to the Reputation of the peace
treaty or to any process by which II
is Whitfield down to the vanishing
point. We decline to compromise
our principles or pawn our immortal
souls for selfish purposes. We do
not turn our backs upon the history
of the last three years We seek no
avenue OF retreat. We insist that
the forward course is the only
righteous course.
We seek to re-estabhsh the fruits
of victory. to reinstate the good
faith of our country and to restore
It to its rightful place among the
nations of the earth. Our cause con-
stitutes summons to duty The
heart of America stirs again. The
ancient faith revives. The immortal
part OF man speaks for us. The
services of the past, the sacrificegIof
the war, the hopes of the future.
constitute spiritual force gather
ing about our banners. We shall re-
lease again the checked forces OF
civilization and America shall take
up once more the leadership Of the
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