The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-10

president shows hts Characteristic determination
not to be swcrvcd from hts course Ivy nero con
trary facts For " is no longer disputed any.
whore that an overwhelming majority ~ tho
former service men are opposed to cnlapgiing
alliances with Europe,
Tho presidents assurance that the treaty ~
Versailles represents th" rcuuncauon by Great
Britain and japan. which before the war had
begun 10 find 80 many interests IN common In
Tho Pacific, by france ana Italy .." can hard
" fah TO awaken feeling Of pity Tor a orcduIty
40 nfoutilc, for eyes go wilfuly blind to the IN
cdonts Of the last fow months
This pity. though. s turned to fear, when one
rcada further ON. "It must not be forgotten
that this article constitutes a rcnuncauon ~
wrong ambition on tho part of powerful na-
uons" for there Is thus cyIncod willingness on
the part ~ ha nations spokesman. Tor the
tmo at least. 10 hang tho fate of the republic
ON tho mcniy- mouth hypocrisy and cant ~ i'm.
pcroiistlc nations that have not changed ono
iota either with rcapcct to their present acuons
or their ultimate purposes
And TIT, fear can but De nccontuaicd when
one fails to find In tho Icttcr even the slightest
reference 20 tho propondcrajlnR influence Within
the League VI Albion instead of which We do fnd
thla
believe whom the fun signifcanco of this
great quCstion has been generally npprc-
hcndcd obstacles viii seem insignificant bo-
furo tho opportunity to contribute our over
whomng moral ana material forces to he
ostuhlishmout Of Hn International regime IN
which our own ideals Of justice and right
may be made TO prevail.
ono must inevitably wonder from whence tho
president draws such assurance. On what in
cidcnt since tho signing of the armstice does
states Of America with its single vote can make
its vlcws prevail with n political body in which
a nation whose first article Of faith has been
throughout all history and stiil remains. Ma
tlonal suprcmacy." CONTROLS an easy majority
Hut tho presidents peroration discloscs the
fun danger TO which this republic stands cN-
posed Listen TO 1t,
n had the opportunity | would beg
everyone concerned to consider tho matter
In the light OF what II is possible to ac-
complish for humanity rather than In tho
light of selfish national interest
Can anyone question the frank Willingness "
Mr. Wilson TO cast aside cycry consideration OF
national Interest," Does he not here plainly
state that he remains unmoved by patriotic
purposes and appeals. reprobatcs all such as
wicked relca OF tho "old ern3'
Granted that no Is sincerely and rcligiously
attached TO this doctrine; that his motives are
az pure as his words are flaming, and what
them Is It not clear that he alone of all tho
national representatives involved Is moved by
such pious purposos7
Is It possible for the most conservative and
temperate thinker to SEQ In the present posture
Of our affairs anything more or less than Coum
bia standing alone, unrcpresented by counsel
without a defender. her national guardian off on
the heights preaching new day, while the
anariing foreign wolves OF national interest are
venturng closer and closer, the slithor of covet-
ousness dripping from their hidcous Jaws In
anticipation OF tho feast to bo?
Did we say she stood without defender? In
that we erred There stands IA few senator's with
swords In hand. God give them courage and
strength