The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-29
How the Average Man
and Woman Of America
View the Proposed Cow
enant and It's Conse-
quences.


enant and It's Conse-
! quences.
TNHE man on the street Is plain,
Il practical sort 81 person, looking
AZ things IN common sense way.
| FIe IA not given TO UtOpian visions.
/ lie dooa not listen 20 voices IN the
/ air" lie IL not an adept In aoristtc
/ rcnsoning lie is not, AZ rule.
given 10 posing and does not Ike "A
poser lie makes sacrifices every
/ day for those be loves but does not
pirate OF sacrifice. He thinks his
{ forhears aid well In leaving Europe.
/ and dld NO In order 20 escape ttA in
| ;riguea, military service and imper-
| iniistic policies. lie thinks our an
oestors did VOL In separating Ameri-
can interests from those OF EuOrpe.
and In doyotinR attention 10 their
own affairs, leaving Europe TO
paddle its own canoe" He wonders
that anyone can think differently
now. Ho IL not neurotic and modern
uplift makes no appeal 10 him. lie
believes in attending TO our own
affairs. mindinR our own buHiners
believes In straight dealing, honest
and clean thinking. lie has respect
for himself and kindness for his
nelghhor. lie N the barometer OF
American opinion. lie reasons, az !
gather from daily contact with him,
concerning European affairs and tho
League about as follows.
Why America Is Coveted.
II is true tho loss 20 the resources
Of America In men and money IN
the existing war, hH compared with
that sustained by the European
countries OF the allied and associat-
cd powers. n small--in comparison
nagiigible--and as n result Amer!-
can resources stand practically un'
Impaired. while those of our asso-
clates have been nearly destroyed, ,
or at least 10 greatly diminished ana
impaired. that Il VIII take many
years tremendous effort ana great
sacrifice to rebuild them. This H.
OF course, n fortunate circumstance
for America but condition thAt
Furopean mowers view with envy
and alarm. II " owing to this good
fortune OF America and the fear OF
Europe, that there IA such inaistent
demand made by Euorpe that We
link our fortune with hers. The
worldly wise and far seeing people
Of Europe know " this demand
shall he granted. even In part, the
Inevitable result IN that in proper
ton an such aid Ia granted and In.
creases .he power Of Europe. u viii
decrease tho power OF America, ana
Il Is rather the power than the
wealth OF America, that the rulers
OF Europe view with fear and alarm
They fear our wealth only as such
wealth may be translated into eir-
monts OF power that will enable us
to command the commerce ana
dominate the money marts ana ex-
changes OF the world, and no deprive
Europe OF what At deems In It's
"rightful place in the SUM-
This foreign tnsistence OF saori-
| flee on the part Of America that she
aasume the burden of enforoing
peace and maintaining the status
auo In Europe easily understooY
Insofar as America makes conces-
sion In compliance with such insls-
tence, iuet so far is Europe bene-
fitted and strengthened nj America 3
expense. In just 30 far as American
money and American men are taken
from the pursuits OF peace TO guard
ana patrol Europe, will Europe be
relieved OF such task and be NJ
llberty TO devote her wealth ana
man power TO industry, commerce
and the regaining OF her hegemony
OF world trade and finance. So this
lnsistonce on the part OF Europe IL
easily understood. The difficult
thing to understand ts tho Ameri-
cans who join their insistence TO
that OF Europe In demanding such
sacrifice. Such Americans prate or
Il as an obligation on our part, and
declare that II after our part In the
rescue OF Europe. we do not go on,
we are contemplate cutters who
shirk the responsibilities that our
entering into the war placed on us.
This IL queer logic. Queerer still on
American lips. II is about Ike this
/ plunge into swollen and danger
Gus stream and rescue a drowning
man. II is true that but for my act
the man would have drowned and so
escape the responsibilities OF life.
Therefore. having rescued the man,
such responsibilities are shifted 20
my shoulders. But Is It a consequence
OF my act that an obligation rests
upon me TO set up the rescued man
in business, to watch over him, con-
trbute to his future welfare and
preserve him from attack by his
enemies3 IL such Is TO be the respon-
sibility OF good actions, there will be
few among us to undertake the role
of the Samaritan. Yet, tins is the
logic OF those who would have ue
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