The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-01
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In hts message vetoing the Knox peace ~'cso-
luton President wilson says
vvbc, we entered the war wc set forth very
definitely the purposcs for witch We entered
That is true Not only m purposes bul The
reasons for action were set forth Their cub.
stance is iocned In tho following quotation
from tho prcndcnts address 10 congress Aprli
g. 1917.
American ships have been sunk American
lives taken I advise that tho con.
gross exert an Ms powers ana
employ an ita resources TO bring The gov.
eminent ~ III" German cmp'r" 70 terms , @ nna
only whore we arc clearly forced into II bc-
cause thorc are no other means
of defending our righiH
The resolution ~ congress declaring state
~ war was In substantial Nccord with the pres
idcurs words It made equally plain the Tact
that rc went 10 war only because ~ intol"tahle
nRrrcnsions against our rights on tho seas. But
In tho veto message Mr Wilson rpoaks of Va
rlous purposes we profcsscd upon our on
trance into tho war" among them being tho re-
duction of nrmamcns, tho vndcation of the
rights ~ belgium, the rcciifclton of wrongs
done 10 France tho oEablshmcnt Of an ndc-
pendent Polish state, aud other things pro
vidcd for IN the treaty " Nersaillos" All of'
which Is untrue, declares tho omaha Rec The
official record ~ tho Unitcd states shows no pur-
posc whom entered tho war but that of main
tanning our rights as a nation by force OF arms.
For a long time Mr. Wilson has boon at
tempting TO deceive tho people about our war
aims In order to Justify his course in Paris A.
Boston year ago last February. on his firft
return from France. ne falsely declared we had
gone into tho war to mako all mon free" That
to Justify his attempt TO pledge the young
manhood and commercial resources Of the
United States to fight tho future wars OF Europe
and also TO create homo sentiment In favor 81
abandoning our lifc long policy Of attending to
own business and avoiding foreign entanglc-
meuts
The continued reitcration by Mr., wilson Of
lofty humanitarian impulses and u bleeding
heart for the OF Europe at the time W" en-
tered the war. demand . further reading Of tho
record. Consider these indisputablc facts:
During two long, terrible years Woodrow VIII
son saw Belgium raped saw France bleeding
white, saw hidcous barbarisms pcrpctratod on
old men, women and children saw American
men, women and children murdered on the seas,
and while rcd -blooded men paptated with hor-
ror and swcllcd with righteous anger. continued
his policy OF strict neutrality In thought and
decd Never n word did he utter about going to
war to rescue outraged humanity. In October.
1915. after those awful two years, he said in
Omaha with callous Indifference to the CRIES
and wrongs OF Europe. and the drowning Of
helpless Americans, that "wc are willing to fight.
but must first know what we are fighting for"
Think OF such statement from an American
president after contemptuous enemy had piled
insult after insult upon his government Was
there ever such an example Of inert cold blood
ed, hcartlcss pacitsm' Does American history
show another such instance OF shrinking, timor-
Gus pleading az this same mans futile efforts to
caiclc an apology" for a cruel act OF war from a
contcmptuous cncmy7
II is . shameful official record Woodrow VIII
son made before we entcred the war, and an in
dclhc one, deliberately entered into for the self
ish purpose Of securing a reelection His later
pretcnses OF indignation and condemnation OF
the bloody attempt To murder civilization and
liberty in Eurspc are srotesque In the light OF
his conduct 1915 and 1918