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

cluded upon the basis OF the -
POINTS set forth In the address Of
President Wilson delivered to CON
gress on January 3, 1918. and the
principles Subsequently enunciatcd by
him At no point, at no time. during
no period while this history was In
the making. was one responsible
American voice raised IN protest.
Thus. before we entered the war.
we made the pledge. during the war
we rcsfatcd tho pledge; ana when
the arrnistice was signed, all OF the
nations, ourselves included, renewed
tho pledge; and IL was upon the
faith of these promises that Ger
many laid down her arms. Practic- .
ally all OF the civilized nations Of
the earth have now united In a
covenant which constitutes the re-
jcmption OF that pledge. We alone
have thus far failed to keep our
word Others may break faith; the
senate Of the United states may
break faith. tho republican party
may break faith; but neither Pres
ident Wilson nor the democratic
party will break faith.
The Fundamental Purpose.
In this hemisphere. the mere
declaration OF our young republic
that the attempt OF any foreign
power to set tooth on American soil
would be considered an unfriendly
act. has served to preserve "the ter
ritorial integrity and the political in
dependence" of the nations OF Cen
trail and South America. The treaty
pledges all OF the slEnatories to make
this doctrine effective everywhere.
II is the Monroe doctrine OF the
world.
The purpose of the league is 10
give notice that II any nation raises
It's menacing hand and seeks TO cross
the line into any other country. the
forces OF civilization will be aroused
to suppress tho common enemy of
peace. Therein lies the security of
small nations and the safety OF the
world.
Every war between nations that
has over been fought began in an
attempt TO seize foreign territory or
20 invade political independence.
H. in 1914, Germany had known that
in tho event OF hostilities Great
Britain would have entered the war;
that France would go in; II it italy
would go in: that Japan would 20
in; and that the United States would
20 in---there would have been no
war.
Objections TO the Treaty.
The opponents OF the treaty cry
out shall we send our boys abroad
TO settle a political quarrel in the
Balkans? Immediately. the unthink-
ign applaud and the orator records
momentary triumph. Have we for
gotten that that is precisely what
America has already done? Have
we forgotten that we sent more than
two million men to France. spent
more than twenty billions OF dollars
and sacrificed nearly a hundred
thousand lives to settle a Balkan dis
pute7
There was a controversy between
Serbia and Austria. Territorial ques-
iions, political rights and boundary
lines were involved. The crown
prince of the house Of Austria was
assassinated. A little flame OF war
licked up into the powder house of
Europe and in a moment, the con-
tinent was in flames. 1t took all the
power OF civilization to put out the
conflagration. How idle to inuuire
whether we wish to send our BOYS
to settle political disputes in the
Balkansl
II is extraordinary that men
should waste our time and vex our
patience by suggesting the tear that
we may be forced into future wars
while forgetting entirely that
America was forced into this great
est OF all wars. No league OF nations
existed when we entered the war:
and 1t was only when we formed in
haste, in the midst OF battle, a
league OF friendship, under unified
command. that we were able to win