The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
Bitterness of Bitter-En
ers SWcctening, is
the RumOr
LODGES IRE IS QUIET
"Wilson-Phobia" Of the
Early Pact Rows Sub
siding in Capital
HY A DIPLOMATIC WRITER
In the Nrw York Times

IN W 70 IIlIlf.Ii'fl |lIiN 'Nl VI llIF N'll
o. m,p.pry and the haze OF rctic"uc"
which shroud our foreign policy the
Vcrqlillos treaty viii soon emerge on
its way back 10 the senate.
whether there viii bo second
battle uf tho reservations as ihor"
was second Marno remains 30 ho
socn II looks. however az If the
bitterness OF the bitter ondcrs and
thc wilson -phobin ~ Lodge had lost
I'm intensity, and that the senate,
whilo saying that II will never con
sent viii nevertheless ratify.
TO the thoughtful observer Of the
confusion Of the administration In
ita effort TO combine policy OF
Isolation" with one ~ helpful
participation" It has long been man
ifcst that tho Versailles treaty offers
the only escape from the inaoluhlo
difficulties and hopeless tangies, not
10 spoak Of the qualification and iB-
J nominy, which the Knox Porter res
olution carries In its wake.
Tho ADMINISTRATORS trouble all
proceeds from the desire "a save ita
face. II has been Ike tho man In
tho story who came home very late
and somewhat inchriatcd, with an
explanation which was quickly pune
t,irod and disprovod by u rracntful
wife. Nevertheless" hc declared.
'that IL my story and I am going
to stick 10 IT," Tho republican lead
ers are stlll under the spoil Of their
campaign utter1uccs and the hasty
and ill-consdcrcd positions taken hy
varioCs senators. from which II II
now too mortifying for them to re-
code.
Dlsrcgarding the Facts
The result Us that the problems or
reconstruction growing out of the
war are not approached with "A real
izatton Of their complcXity. dircn-
sions or gravity, nor with the faint
est conception Of the vital bearing
upon our own wcll-boing Of thcir un-
delayed lack of scientific and ohjcc-
tive temper in the administration \
approach TO the problems. despite
tho fact that only IN this spirit cnr
good wort, hc accomplished and gen.
uino solutions reach |. Every act"r
IN this 'amsutahir strurE'n - fad
Alternatives r. tra r,gh- hing rr-
ticn,ly dgagi a hi, h"cls he hali
and chain ut ~" previous ccmm't. q.
mont e.. srTU' uncomfortable we
d.lection ~ s'Iri ,vCt.mas."; ig
prejudice.
Tho Lciruo ~ N1'iors say snm".
must be cat ont of tho treaty 20
make way Tor lnc H'hu'NNt iUh
rickety. but as vet undrrlnod, NJ
sociation of Nations. The Versailles
treaty must never come back 10 thc
senate. says Johnson, who counts ON
Rorah to back him M Scnn' or
Lodges mind is immohillael hy his
convention speech ~ Chicago. lie 's
helpless, hnving gone overheard with
his declaration at Chicago that VIII
son, his hoirs and assigns and al
HIS works GnCludiug the treaty.
must go forever.
This clear concern which tho I'M
tied states has in tn. tranqu!lintinn
Of the world and the restoration Of
it's buying power, involving 80 al
rcctly the survival of our own trade,
must bo ignored because Reel and
others have declared for a motley Of
isolation that has no counterpart cN-
cent IN tho cirCumvnllntod scClugion
OF ancient China. Tho hopes Of the
people In Hoover and Hughes. who
with Root and Wickrrsham and
Taft and Lowell and Straus Signed
the appeal to tho pro-lcague rcpuh-
leans to eupport their party as tho
surost way to bring about the rati-
fication of the league covenant. are
being sacrificed to tho necessity of
preserving unity IN the cabinet and
harmony in tho party.
And su the problems of the hour,
which are almost beyond human fac
ultv remain uusolvcd. in fact I'M
touched. whilc the responsible lead
crs OF American action limp and
staEgcr I'm their efforts TO preserve
the secondary and non essential
things, even though the vital things
perish.
Hughes Hard Problem.