The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-29
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to Geneva. would no longer be goyrt
erned by congress on internauoNi
affairs. imagine supreme court
which must bow to the decision II
an international tribunal.
Think OF our national destiries
no longer directed or controlled by
our own chosen representatives, sit.
ting In our own country but by for
eign assembly In which we had
one to six representation. And then
think OF our children being tanght
the glorious lesson OF washington.
Jefferson and Lincoln as somef1lng
which belonged TO the dead past nut
out of date in the new dispensat1n;
that n national spirit was a mistake,
American n fallacy and information.
alism the only road TO political sal
walton.
crnatiomlism Would Submct'gn
Nationalism.
Just as state pride is local and
provincial within the United States
so would national pride be in me
league OF nations. We don't cal
ourselves New Workers or Okla.
homans, we call ourselves Amcr.
cans. The state is submerged In tho
nation and so would the nation he
submerged in the league Of nations.
other nations may live through
their dynasties-the king never dies
but in the country which is gov
erned by parties under the cousd.
tuition we have a change in leader
ship. actual and nominal which can
gain nothing by internationak anal.
gamation. Imperial COVER lments
have interests In which we neither
share nor sympathize and which are
al np hat In tuI md
commercial being, while this gov.
ernment has but one purpose. 70
conserve for the people their IN.
alienable right TO life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness"
Nationalism and Destiny, One al
Inseparable.
The American nation is but In thet
making, graft n on an international
tree and it will fade and wither. Just
as at Paris, America will be but
name Just as Japan or Hediaz. BY
| association we will all get to a com.
mon level and that the lowest. and
eventually tho ideas and philosophy
of the majority viii become universal
Those who have no pride of an
| cestry nor hope of posterity" may en-
ter any kind OF association and sub.
| scribe to any kind Of constitution
You can't spoil a bad egg. n
America by example, may u time
| change the whole world bur Amer
lea I'm an amalgamation in which
her ideas are unpopular, her ira.
| ditions despised and her civilza-
ton barely tolerated, can hope for
nothing short of national extinction.
Let us keep our traditions unsul-
| lied, our standard alofL We can be
| the angel of light on the eminence,
we can have neither mission nor
profit where darkness prevails.
No great nation ever failed by
| clinging to national ideal and
showing by it's works the faith that
was in Il; on the other hand eyeS
| nation which has passed away Vas
wiped out by ambition, pride and a
desire to extend its territory.
Democracy and Imperialism win
not Merge.
There can be no community OF
| interest, much less complete anal
gamation between imperialism and
| democracy. One is bound to swal.
| low the other. Which shall II be-
May we hope to change the whole
world or are we bound to be changed
ourselves? Can we look on the d.
vine right of kings through British
glasses and Join with Japan in the
hope of their imperial domination OF
| Asiatics? Are we ready to put our
Christianity on the same plane with
the religion Of Mahomet and Bud.
dha, to find a common demonstrator
for humanity in which not one God
but many may be adored as the ar.
biters and rulers Of the universe
Apart from the absurdity, II not the
sacrilege of trying to take from ON
|
troll of the universe by fixing terri
torial boundaries for all time Articls
Y is neither practical nor desrabt|
for the United States of America.
Charity for All, Malice Toward'
None.
As stated above we don't have o|
ioin any league for our own SAKE
and for the sake Of others II Is bet
ter that we maintain our time tried
policy of charity for all and malice
towards none. only in this way
may we carry out our destiny as
mapped out by the fathers ana
taught for the generations which
have followed them. We need no
ASSOCIATION 20 keep us out OF war
becahse we know we will never gctx,
war except for a righteous caui
and we should not join an assocla
ton expecting peace where the othe.
members have been beneficiaties oI
war and show no sign of reknorse
nor desire to make restitution
A Tribute to America.
We have a glorious constitution
an imperishable flag, a destiny With
out limit in benefits to ourseNe'
and humanity. We have no reason
to change all these even were we AL
sured of profit much less not mi
sured against loss. Let us keep thel
star Spangled Banner" as ouil
national anthem, the bright staii
and Illuminating stripes of Old Glorll
as the emblem of our liberty by sla!
ing out of the league.
If we Join it both would be supeIl
flous because our nationality haN lhsl
vanished we would need nei'he1
flag nor song to give II express on
BY entering we would impeach Wv
most creditable pages in our ms
tory and discredit the circumslne ne'
, and conditions in which our r. ploI
lie was born and our liberty leIlL
cred: and worse than all, conspTSss Il
, dull the conscience Of civili2flonl
the only force to which ~" oP.
pressed may always appeal a. AIMS
their powerful oppressors. ~
, Let me conclude by quotins W.,
Bourke Cochran, for half ceniuIi