The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-29

| progressive party In 1912 and In
| 1915 had likewise declared for an
arrangement hctwecn nations to
make peace permanent The demo
cratic party IN 1915 had specifically
| declared in favor OF the establish
r.i Of league OF nations. The
senate itself on August 2S. 1916, by
unanimous vote, passed n measure
/ requesting the president TO take the
lead IN such world movement.
on December rs. 1916, the presi-
| dent addressed an identic note to the
nations at war. requesting them 10
state the terms upon which they
would deem II possible to make
peace. In this note, he proposed the
creation OF IA league OF nations. say
ing;
In the measures 10 be taken to
secure the future peace OF the world,
the people and government OF the
tnitd states are as vitally and di-
Iectly interested as the governments
now nt war. They stand
ready and even eager to cooperate
In the accomplishment OF these ends
when the war Is over with every in
tluence and resource at their COM
inand"
This was four months before
America entered the war.
To this identic note, the central
powers answered evasively, but the
allies, TN their reply dated at Paris.
January 10, 1917, declared:
Their whole hearted agreement
with the proposal TO create a league
OF nations which shall assure peace
and justice throughout the world ."
on January 20, 1917, the presi-
dent addressed the senate with ref
erence to these replies and said
In every discussion OF the peace
that must end this war, It is taken
for granted that the peace must be
followed by some definite concert OF
power which shall make IL virtually
impossible that any such catastrophe
shall ovcrwhelm us again"
Speaking OF the league of peace
which was TO follow the war, he
said.
"lf the peace presently to be made
Is TO endure. II must be a peace
made secure by the organized major
force OF mankind"
Acting upon these proposals. both
the French and the BRITISH govern
ments appointed committees to study
the problem while the war was still
I'm progress.
on April 2. 1917, the president
delivered his famous war message
10 congress. and thrilled the heart
OF the country anew by his an
nounced purpose to make the con-
test "a war against war" High
above all of our other aims, he
placed universal, dominion OF right
by such aeon cert of free peoples as
shall bring peace and safety to all
nations and make the world itself
at last free"
Following this message. the con-
gress by resolution. passed April
G, n9l1 recognized the state Of
war.
on January 3. 1918. the pres
dent went before congress and set
forth his famous fourteen points
The fourteenth point, which is
practically identical in language
with the provisions of Article Y OF
the covenant, provided that "a gem
eral association OF nations must be
formed under specific covenants for
the purpose of affording mutual
guarantees of political independence
Snd territorial integrity TO great ard
small states alike"
Senator Lodge himself, before the
eXigencies Of politics forced him to
take the other side. said that an at
tempt To make a separate peace
ould brand us with everlasting
oishonor" and that the intent OF
the congress and the intent of tho
president. was that there could be
no peace until we could create n
situation where no such war as this
could reCur."
Former President Roosevelt on
July IS, 1918, said:
UNLESS we ~tand by our allies
who have stood by us, we shall have
failed in making the liberty Of well
behaved, civilized peoples secure and
we shall have shown that our an
nouncemcnt about making the world
safe for democracy WAS an empty
toast l."
on November I, 1918, the armIs-
tice was agreed to and It was con-