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

dominions developed overwhelmingly
stronger than the parent nation.
The Iycr-Clcycr Lloyd George.
Vt Paris this policy disclosed
itself with unmistakablc clarity.
Had the United States been repre-
scntcd AT that conference by states
men trained in international rcla-
tions. the results might have been
interesting beyond words. A. il
was, what literally happened was
that Britain followed rs into the
conference and We followed her
out. Our strength and our influ-
cncc became hers, to be used in
accordance with her desires. Ac-
tuaIIy we possessed the greatest
power and influence of any coun-
try represented in Paris, but not
knowing how to use that power
ourselves, II was transformed into
an asset of Lloyd George and his
only less clever licutcnants.
But this temporary DETECTION
could not endure. II British diplo-
macy at Paris won the greatest tri-
umph in all the history of British
dealings with the rest Of the world.
the rrpCrCussiOns were disastrous
and nowhere more disastrous than
in the United states. The worscn-
.
lowing the Paris conference has been
remarked by everyone, by English
men not less frequently than by
Americans and by other foreigners
as well. Thus it is clear that the
Washington conference cannot be a
repetition Of the Paris affair and
not prove fatal to Anglo
/ friendship
VIII We Get Recognition?
( But are the British prepared to
recognize the United States as an
/ equal i'm tho world? This is the
! supreme question. | make no qucs-
| tion Of the universal desire of the
mass of the English public to eX-
. pand Anglo-AmcriCan friendship.
/ Today an AnElo-AmcriCsfl war Is i'm
possible because II is incOnCcivable
1 that the British public would sup
/ port its leaders in any policy out Of
which war might result But to-
morrow, are the leaders prepared TO
break with their tradition TO the cX-
tent necessary to avoid a clash
The answer viii hc found. if at all.
I'm the course OF the domiuions, In
scnsihly the center Of imperial power
is shifting in their direction. The
recent London conference has dem
/ onsuatcd the new conception TIA"
dominious have of their power and
duty. Yet no American should mis-
take the enormous break with tradi-
ton and history that British leader
ship must make, If 1t consents to sur
render the great position it has oc-
cupicd for centuries and recognize
the United States as an equal
And viii the United States he
permanently satisfied with "A posi-
ton Of equality? Given the Brit
i.h
necessities, for loss of control of
the sea- means swift and utter
I ruin for the United Kingdom,
Britain can only allow another ma
tiOu 10 become strong at sea,
strong enough TO become a pOtcn-
tial menace to British safety. pro-
yihcd there In unniStakablc
guarantees Of the eternal friend
liucss of that country. And are
we prepared TO give such gunran-
tees?
No Middle Ground,
II seems to me self evident that
the United States and Great Britain
must Ice allies actual allies or rivals,
enemies in the long run. There Is
no middle ground. This the British
have clearly perceived and have
shaped all their policy toward the
arrival at an Anglo-Amorican ALI
anCc. But IL the United states pre-
pared To enter such an alliance
For several years the British have
been extending TO us an offer which
runs counter to all their history for
never yet have they recognized an
equal. nor consented to any alliance
save for momcntary emergencies, but
to us they offer partnership which
amounts TO participation in world
regulation.
True, the Paris experience Demon
stratcd that, even in such a partner
ship british rather than American
ends would be benefited because We
lack the statesmen 20 perceive and
pursuc the true interests of the
country | mean the material inter
osts At Paris We had more influ
oncc and more power than the Brit
lsh. hut IN the Paris negotiations
practically every prize fell TO the
British and, with the rejection o
the Versailles compact by the United
states senate our moral as contrasted
with material obJccuves were wiped
out
Today the greatest obstacle in the