The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-19
mn LEAnrn IN ACTION.

II' lEhFUN or nations III u' 'll'U " y i'"l "'l'l'
thing. Meeting to issue general orders 20 the
world NJ to its future conduct, making voiubo
protcs,ouous Of its Just dcsres aud fair mton.
tious ono 81 the first decisions " the assembly
is 40 retire behind closed doors that tho people
of tho world may no, 500 nnd hear what b.
goinE on.
Already conflicting racial ambitions, national
aspirations and unintcugibio languages have
most trivial points Tho prcsidont ~ the afiai, 3
has beer charged with unfalrnoss In his dccslong
and of plain trickcry In stating motions. while.
there ~ q secret hubbub bccause of England
refusal 10 notice tho protest of France against
The appointment Of an English uobleman to rep-
resent the South African dominion.
There cnsts OF course, cntcnte cordale
between al the member nations, Confidence "a
the good Intentions Of all is universal su7'
piciOn does not exist AT Geneva. Nevertheless,
japan. attempting To drive her wedge In l"hht
Of Japanese domination through "a motion to
have at least hair of the chairmen Of commit
tees chosen outside Of Europe was shown her
place in tho pnrty when her motion was over.
whclmingly voted down.
u thcro are still those present who insist that
EnRlands six votos In the assembly were merely
accidental and mean nothing In parlioular, they
now have their opportunity TO stand aud ho
counted. The point should not be lost sight OF
that the league is actually being organized by
tho assembly instead Of tho council. and that
It Is In the assembly that Great Britain has
six votes.
However gratifying the present exhibition ot
the league may bo to those OF us who have
opposed It from the first no great satisfaction
can be felt IN the failure OF 10 inspiring an Idea
an that on which the league was pred'catcd
one does not want 20 bo classed with those
who ridlculc the aspiration for universal peace
no matter how hypocritcal and impossible the
means offered wcro ana are.
In view OF that which is transpiring Mt Geneva
It is simply an incredible aspersion upon the
intelligence of humanity that the thought the
league would work In practice az promised In
theory ever gained an instants serious consider
ation
We think that II did gain considerable support
In altogether due to an idealistic longing rather
THAN u practical study of the instrument itsoif
or tho world conditions It was purposed TO re-
form.
We now observe spectacle compared 10
! which the tower Of Babel was "A harmony gath
cring And the unbelievable thing about it IL It
! is horalded as the best and most hopeful thnS
humanity has to offer after two thousand years
of Christian examplc II the assomblage nov
| gathered at Geneva Ia humnnity's sole hope, az
VIC have been told; II those gathered at Geneva
are even the wsest oounscilors of the civilized
world then humanity has outlived not only Its
usefulness but its justification TOR existence.
A polygiot debating society, an assemblage of
racial and national antagorisms confusion Of
tongues no less than confusion OF religious
intrigue insincerity hypocrisy, Imperialism,
conquest. envy, Joolousy--thopc bristlo all over
the asacmblage ns Il eats its own words and
withdraws like the cuttlo fish into an obscuritY
of it's own making In order to escape the argus
eyes of legitimate publicity.
America let us dcvoutly thank God, shines In
greater splendor absent wclda far greater
influence distant from the scene, than would
be possible had It sutifled itself and its trad
! tions 10y lowering its standards to a common
| association with those present.
/ 70 those who stiu hope for an era Of universal
! peace We would drop word OF counsel: Let
! not your oyeg rest In hope on Geneva where
| men in political convention hut seek to cloaN
! their basoucss in high sounding phrase, but
! turn them away to the ancient Mount that standS
! hard by Jcrusnlcm--to the cross whore human
J. nature underwent that transformation whicn
alone Is capable OF ushering In the day yon
crave and that was eXemplifcd three days later
at the mouth OF the tomb in the pottcr's field!