The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24

WASHINGTON. July 23.--Thc
,or...e uf world session at Wash
,.g,.r the first iu the history of
,h... .3u.tal. naturally and inevitably
..,,s..f. comparison or contrast with
go conference OF Paris. Of three
.,,,rs ago In many minds the new
g.Fh...t. viii seem but the Couse-
'.,.,.. .t the old, another effort 10
,.,.In,r world peace, whore Paris
,,u.f urr more effort TO achieve
,t.f has been iu all ages the ideal
~, ,.trku1. u not of the statesman
.,b.r ~ the moment 20 abolish war.
r.. al the outset is IS essential
"a a.-N expecting too much and
,r.r.N, inviting inescapdble failure
.,f discourage mcnt such as followed
3D.. IJf.. difference. The meeting
40 r.r,. allied In 30 far as Il failed
t.ra.a. a undertook war this planet
had ever known and at the same
,.g.. p. pv m. found1tions-and as
10 turned out oven to lay on the
.ln,r-t-u.ule OF lasting peace.
Dn..u.sly the two tasks could not
.r. ..r.u.d The decision Of the
hsrlsf.h had to be translated in
%. .iU. . OF tho council table and
,r, decision of the treaty OF peace.
r.r.. .U. gunVuishcd burdens had TO
h, laid which were just, from the
.,t,..r,t territory had to I've taken.
,,r,ih r,pryscnted the stealings Of
,.rar vars Yet tho most deserved
ran,.'ir- were for the conquered. not
,g., de. .siuas but the consequences
az d,'.at and th results Of the de.
sym. tou OF the military power Of
Germany
Thu. n the end. the settlement Of
.Nr y,aI. 'U. arrangement of the fu-
r!re became iuoAtricably cntluglcd
with fhu guarantee OF the decisions
of narlu The league Of nations,
which theoretically was TO become
m, meeting place OF all nations on
a basis ui equality, became in fact
the alliance whose first function was
=, guarantee the territorial and
other changes incident to the World
war.
Patiently something of the same
danger usuaccs the conference OF
NashinEtuu Now as three years
ago az Paris. certain work clear and
definite tasks must confront the
rppI.s.rfltlNps Of the ScapOWcrs,
vhIgh. plus china will comprise the
conference. The first of these du-
ties Is plainly to seek an agreement
vhlen may obyiate the possibility Of
A new rae. iu naval armameuts The
second i- 10 strive for an ad lustMcnt
u conflicting ambitions and Concep.
tons IN the Pacific. II the second
cannot be- realized unmistakably
the first viii prove in the end illu-
sorry
MAY Seek Other Ends.
But IL is plain that In addition 70
these well defined objeCtivcs, there
will be temptation 10 seek others,
more grandies to expand a confer
ence called TO find basis OF peace
in the Pacific into new peace
conference designed to organize the
world To yield TO this tcmpta-
tlon will almost inevitably wreck the
conference Of Washington as that of
Paris was wrecked.
At the bottom OF the American
rejection Of the league of nations
was the recognition that II was foun-
ded TO use Mr. Wilson's own words
on the idea of force, It was pooling
OF the strength of certain number
Of nations to compel all to conform
10 certain principles and to certain
facts The nations who made up the
dominant group undertook to find
the force 10 EuraItce the frontiers
and protect the integrity OF tho
members Of the league from dangers
coming from without.
Since, however, all Of the con
qusred nations and Russia as well
submitted 10 the decisions Of Paris
y the matter of the liquidation OF
a