The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-07
KATE BARNARD
ANTI LEAGUE
America Has Business of
Her Own to Tend to
Without Meddling
NO SIX TO ONE GOES
American Lovers Of Freedom
Can't Help Having Sym
pathy With the Irish.

t,ons viii be tho issue which VIII
sway the coming prcHidontnl olec-
uon was made recently by MiF
Kate Barnard, tormor state commits
sioner ot charities, who II visitor
In the city.
I'VE are fncing tho most serious
crisis In our history since tho dnya
OF Valley Forge" Miss Barnard said
"Refore ! would botray my country.
] would betray my party In tho COM
ing election and my ballot VIII eh-
press my opposition 20 the league of
nations as n grave departure from
the principles upon which this re-
public was founded. If the demo
Gratis have no candidate who Will
protect this country. the women of
the nation win vote for the candidate
who will put America first"
Miss Barnard said that Rhc IL n
member Of the league for the prosor-
walton OF the American republic, tho
purpose OF which In To keep America
out OF foreign entanglomcnts ana, In
the event any contract be entered
into with Europe. to provide that this
countrys interests be protected
equally with those Of England's or OF
any other nation In the world.
Her opinion OF the league was OK
pressed In torrent of rhetorical
0uPNllOfts FUtil WV F'huu bN'l WV
sacred dust OF Patrick Henry and tax
ourselves TO keep armies In Europe
TO protect the territory or foreign
kings2 Shall we ray 20 the men who
died Mt Valley Forge and At Ioning-
ton, You died to keep this republic
free of foreign cntnnglcments. but
your deaths were In vnln'2 Are we
wiser than Washington, Jefferson
and Lincoln. that we may stand over
their ashes and undo with our living
hands the work these dead hands
wrought Was Lincolns warning,
Beware Of foreign entnnglomcnts,'
uttered In vain2 Shall we violate our
own Monroe doctrine and catch the
bread out OF our own mouths To keep
standing armies across the sea-
Hasn't America enough to do NJ
home tending TO her own busiucss7
Are we 40 busy feeding tho starving
children abroad that we can't feed
our own starving poor at homc7"
Wilson permitted English dip
lomats to euchre us out OF what we
won In the war, Miss Barnard
charged. what do the voters or
America think about giving England
six votes and America only ono ?
What do you thing would happen to
Lloyd George n he came over here
to America and signed Englnnds y
name to "A document giving the
United States six votes and England
one? For lesser offcnscs than this
in the history OF England mon have
been stood against n stone wall and
shot. In this covenant wherein
England has six votes and America
one. the United States convcys over
TO uper-govcrnmen: sitting In
London or elsewhere In Europe the
authority over the American people
which now rests in our federal CON
stitution, our president. our congress,
and the supreme court, quite az ef
fectually as II England had won this
mighty power In battle by force OF
arms"
Miss Barnard saw the question OF
the league OF nations M linked with |
that or the Irish struggle for free |
dom, 1T has been my hope and |
ambition for years to run for United |
States senator. but gave It UP when |
Senator Gore came out for Irish |
freedom" she said. american |
sympathy for Irish liberty is strong |
er than Is supposed. II IL quiet !
sentiment, not loud -mouthed or |
blatant, but one which rises from |
the love of liberty lying deep I'm the !
human heart"
Americas own destiny is tied up |
~ Aii' bdAAlf l'f lIiNn llntTtA, lA ~ I
the liberty of every being around tho |
world, Miss Barnard declared. Lib |
erty' like slavery, tends To set up it's |
own state and government and is
prone 10 first establish and then fol- |
low precedent If England can hold |
down Ireland today with 100, 900 sol !
diers, armed with bombing planes !
and machine guns. she can take "A |
Few millions OF the same and come |
over here at whatever time she fig |
ures we are getting little more than |
herselt IN our mutual struggle for |
world trade"
The crux of the question lies in the |
fact that a gigantic struggle Is in |
progress between two opposing forms |
OF government. the monarChial and |
the republican, she said. THE mon
orchlal form OF government believes ,
In kings and tx battling for world |
power and world dominance, The |
republican form means popular con- |
troll by the people themselves over !
their own dostinics and II this gov |
ernment wishes to survive, It must |
support every struggling people who |
seek to establish "A government like |
that on its own soil"
Desire OF ish-Amcricans for lib. |
erty for other lands Is second only to |
their love for this land OF liberty, said |
Miss Barnard. There is not bea-
con fire In America that burns |
brighter for old Glory than whor- |
ever there is an Irish home. The !
children OF Ireland ave been stepped |
and saturated in the struggle for |
liberty. America has been huspico |
Tor tho Irish race fleeing from the |
OF English dcspotic power |
and they love America like they love |
a IA al hs.tH
10 every battle for human liberty |
around the world because OF their |
age-long struggle, To show the |
strength OF the Irish sentiment, one |
has but to open eyes on any city |
street and observe that one face IN |
every five is an Irish face. To shut |
America out Of her sympathy for |
Ireland would be as impossible as 10 |
shut off bloom from the light OF |
tho gIp