The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-05
WITNESSES ALL
EVADE ISSUE
Former Wilson Support
ers Have the Inside
Facts.
INTERESTING IF TOLD
William j. Bryan and Several
Former Henchmen Know
Real Truth.
ny MIII.INM nnarEn

absent witncsscs ir tn, tr.u VI Nvu.
Honism now iu Inr.IDHH iu "ulrh
dnmoH " cox ig counsel f1r i.u 'H.
fendnnt Much y.lwll. t.aiW0uy
could ho hud from % II"uu of t.u
tlcm'u who wore f.IWffIy iu close
association with The president hut
for one reason or auu.Uur are not
appearing before in, rIco court ~
public opinion as tut 'ni.Ht tuI
solemn referendum proceeds.
beginning with Wiuum Jcnnus9
Bryan. this list Includes s.Hu fuI urr
associates OF Nj wilson as Hon
Jdndlpy NJ Garrifon Colonel j. ~
House, Hon. Robert LuuHiur To.
lrantiin X, Lane. NJ. Horny white
and Major Goutnl EhaH
The general testimony ~ Mr.
Bryan would hu iutDr'efIn. NH.
lns tho pacifist tordouci,a of ipc
Wilson adminBtrntlCu ln tho early
stages OF the wu.'1 war. unN 10 could
be amply rupplcmtntod Dos Mr. car
Tlaon'H testimony Hv Co On. ryIl ll
Of Nj Wilson to adopt my effective
measures ~ cfffv.itu preparedness
ln the fpCO Of certainty that Hponcr
or later the United states would bo
involved I'm the war. u was FOR This
reason thah Mr.. Garrison, rather
than gtulufy himself retired from
tho Wilson ADMINISTRATION Tie aud
Mr. Bryan head tho Hot of missing
witnesses
Next In nrder r. former Secretary
Of state Robert Lansing WHOSE rc-
markablo dismissal by MI wilson
is 80 fresh In tho public mind as nor
10 need rocountiug II was Ma
lansing who said Of wilson's lrhguo
Of nations Tho American people
would never accept it n thoy know
what IL meant To them" The for
mer secretary Of state could give In
teroaiinR evidence a. 10 what he
meant by that hut he also II among
the missing witnoSses
Thon there is Hon Franklin IS.
Lane. former secretary OF the inter.
for in Mr. Wilson'S cabinet Like
Mr., RrYan and Mr.. Garrison, Mr.
Lane knew when he had enough ana
retired Following hts resignation,
IN an address az "A college commence
mcnt, this rcd-bloodcd American
from California said. "Whcn society
finds n man who shows nerve he
should be promoted. But his nerve
should be linked with sanity, Iio
Rhuuld not mistake hyatericnl obsos-
sion for constructive statcsmanship."
II is IA wise reflection. and lts un-
doubted application 10 present po-
litical tendencies could be benefi-
cially elaborated h,h he too. -
among the absent witnesses.
with former Secretary Lansing,
Colonel House, Mr. white and Com
eral Bliss were members or tho
American pence commission at Parts.
General Bliss may be eliminated,
H,nce IN his position as a member OF
the army estahllsl ment IL would not
he proper to call % aim Tor evidence
against his - commandcr-tn Chtet.
Mr.. White. being a republican. IL he
has any political affiliations at All,
may be dismissed on the ground that
his evidence might be binsod Col
onel House then remains as the final
missing witness In behalf OF the de-
fondant, and be Muse of the former
close relations which existed be-
tween him and Mr.. Wilson his tcsti.
mony would ba most important
OF all
II is n fortunate circumstance,
however that .here are available
some scraps OF testimony from Col
onol House to indicate what floods
of light he could let IN on the whole
question OF Wilson's league Of ma
tions II Mr., Wilson aud Governor
Cox would permit him to take the
witness stand. II was Colonel
House, FOR instance. who said that
peace would have been possible by
Christmas. 1918, IL MIR Wilson had
not complicated the situation by In
sistinR on first consideration OF the
covenant but there is oven more
concrete evidence AT hand from Col
onel House. From being silent
Colonel House the distinguished
Texan has become almost voluhle,
and we find him in the roll ~ a spo-
cial correspondent FOR tho Phla-
dclphia Public rdccr declaring
that with the entrance OF the United
States into Wilson's league OF ma
tions control OF the Monroe doctrine
would pass out ot our keeping,
What Colonel Houso says about
this is worth quoJug in view OF tho
fact that Mr. Wilson and Governor
Cox Insist that the N,rnrpe Octriuc,
81 amply protected "a Wilson's league
Of nations. No mHL ON earth was
closer 10 Woodrow, WILSON than
Col n NJ Houso and therefore,
none is moro intimately acquainted
With tho inner meaning OF tho
iuiquitous covcugnt Writing from
london 60 the L"dgor Colonel House
Enys: In mentioning tho interest
which all Americans have I'm main
iaiuigg Oh" lniogrilN OF tho Monroe
doctrine "a very Distinguished Euro
pcan stato9muU. rrg"nlly I'm London
raid Your people should Dee very
happy over that outcome. for tho
world has now formally accepted
the Monroe doctrine ana the burden
nf milnioiuluH n no longer rests
with The United sUatcs since every
South ana Cent "h american Iruub-
l.r, cynnpuug MpNlcn D. now rarn.
q OF the league o. nations and the
tHfN Iu protecting them iu thsIr mn.