The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-14
War With Britain Remote.

War with Britain Remote,
Let us agree quite frankly that tho
lst possibility Is remote. Yet II Is
hy mo- means iuconCciVablc and, uu-
mis.akably, it is an outcome which
corr, spends with the traditional pol.
fey of Great Britain. The truth is
that the world war. while ending In
victory for the British and enabling
the British to acquire the great
prizes which We're available for the
Vctors, was IA supreme disaster for
thc British empire, i'm that 1t tempo
iarily at least. enabled the United
states to occupy the position that
had been British over since the wars
OF Louis XIV.
This was true in the limited mill
tary sense, 1t was quite as true in
the larger field OF international re-
latious. As the British army had
frequently supplied the needed
weight to defeat u continental state
seeking world domination, Pcrsh-
ings army gave to the allies of 1915
exactly that advantage which en-
ebled them to triumph and brought
Germany down as Louis XIV and
Napoleon had been brought down In
the past.
In the larger field, at Paris and
since Paris, America has been 20
tenually the arbiter OF world affairs.
Our power has been little used and
W. have demonstrated a striking
lack of appreciation of the character
OF that power or the fashion in which
. It might be turned to our own ad
n vantage. But If we have not kpoWn
nj how to make use of the influence
|Twhirh came to us, as the one world
Z power preserving its resources intact
Z and having made little sacrifices Of
: It's MAJ DOwcr--pOsscssiOn remains
unqucstioned.
In this situation nothing is more
in accordance with the British tradi-
ton than that British statesmen
should proceed to construct a COM
blnaton of powers which would
b. strong enough to restore the bal
arce of power in the world and en-
able the British to regain lost
ground. Morcover-and the cirCum-
stance Is worth refleCting upon, II is
precisely this policy which Europe
has expected the British to follow.
Anglo-Amcricap Break Ahead
With their continental history
well in mind, both the French and
German writer's have forecast an
Anglo American clash and, In ad-
vance Of the clash. an An@loJap-
ancsc alliance. 1T there has been
notable cooling oil French en-
uusiasm for nm English alliance
IN recent mOnthS--at least one
factor has been the belief in nm in
cNitablc Anglo American collision
and French inclination 10 go
with the United States rather than
with Great Britain. The same cir
cunstanCc II diSCoyCrablc in itai-
IAN minds, As for the German,
Tor obvious reasons he not only
s...s E.. a
flict
lu certain sense British states
men have to choose between war
\ rlh the United StarcS ana formal
Nt''piduCC of certain circumstances
winch have resulted from the Nhrt
NL'tn before the great strugG'o tn"
United States was rapidly rising L.
world prominence, albeit quite UNI
consciously and with SstouiShiuSly
A'ud idea OF using the newly o"-
CURED strength. Certain ADVANTAGES
nhs experience and training had be-
slowed upon the British, other ad
'ahlagos flowed from accumulated
NaEtal and advantageous position.
hll the war swept away much OF
ug capital upset the whole domestic
Sul economic machinery of Great
nItGiH eliminated the flower Of its
.uuhg manhood, AT "A single bound
,,aSed the United States To "a posi-
~oH on approximate equality i'm sea
n,,ut,h and unmistakablc ability o.
Sulould Great Britain in any rae,
S competitive armament The
s"o''o s,'o was and is for the British
sal'Smon, between accepting for tn,
Sl umc In their history, an oquaI
Ssh lhr sea and engaging in new
'G terrific struggle.
,N Us not too much TO say tha
us before the world war the Brit
,st l'Irsaw something of the incyi'
l,e growth of America. AS far
p',hh path as the days of the Spanish wal
r''ush policy began directly e.
Al American favor and seek
AN association. For a full
Pow ration, while the people and tn,
>Ia, Iin"uts. of this country have
Pr,ti hardly conscious Of the fact
oi,sh craftsmanship has been lab
tr,,S 'o bring about an Anglo-Amcr.
i, association. alliance, Commun'
eyo, VI interest which should ondur,
,a,, Wh"n the American nation be-
"'V' 'o' the moment, and until the