The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-23

recent months have only strength.
euCd his conviction that the Russia,
revolution, bcncficent In is main
purposes. must be developed io a
satisfactory conclusion by the Uue.
SLAMS themselves. Help may from
time 10 time be given from the ouf.
side and voluntarily received. bun
attempts at military coercion can
but end in disaster.
up to the Russ Nclghborhood.
"rhcrc are elements in tho rrcs.
ent situation which give added hone
to projects of paCifiCation. All Tie
world is weary OF war, and tho con.
victims grows among the pcoplo OF
all countries that tho military
method offers very little promise "
solving the grave problems Of rc.
construction which face us. Thrre
Is ut present no overt civil war In
Russia II IL now a. problem ~
| tho reIatons between central Rus.
sia and the surrounding small "a.
uonal groups.
Tho unrest and instability along
THE border are causing bitter and
mutual diatrust. Tho struggling
new nationalitics, which were tor.
mcrly part of the Russian empire,
Iarc afraid to disarm and return 10
the works Of peace because thcv
/ distrust the holsheviki and fear
new aggressions, the soviets cone
tend that they arc afraid 10 do
mobilize because they fear new at
/ tacks.
"Thc great impediment to peace
/ ful reconstruction in those troubled
/ border territories, the Imminent
danger of new hostilities, is caused
Iby tho utter confusion between OF.
/ fouso and defense. Unless this disc
I Iinctly can clearly be defined, there
Is not only small hope Of peace, hu,
no hope Of clear perception OF who
is responsible for new wars.
The Logicai Tgmc.
"ft is therefore the thought of the
president that the present moment
offers peculiarly pressing Ch3l.
! lenge TO an attempt at general paci-
J ficatlon on the Russian borders
along these lines. Such an attempt
seems to the president tho logical
/ Ioutgruwth- fact the only logical
ELECTROMAGNETIC the request 20 me.
date i'm the Armenian conflict, and
he feels bound in conscience once
more to call this matter to tho at
tention of the associated nations.
II Is ODNlbuH ~ dll NlldA AiA'NF
small struggling border states will
not attack great Russia unless cu-
couraged by promise of support
from the stronger powers. Th" pres
ident. therefore, believes that the
sine qua non Of an attempt at paci-
fiCation must be a public and sol
emn engagement among the great
powers not to take advantage ut
Russia's stricken condition and not
to violate the territorial integrity Of
Russia, nor to undertake themselves
any further invaslons OF Russia, nor
to tolerate such invasions by 9TH
ers.
such a pubic agreement would
In effect. say to those now in power
in Russia: You are not meuacod
from outside. Tho great powers
have voluntarily guaranteed you
from attack. You can have peace
If you want it.
"The responsibility for any now
war which might break out on the
Russian border would then be clear
ly placed.
"Gf the principal powers repre-
sentcd on the council of the league
find themselves In accord with the
president on this matter and will
assure him of their moral and dip
lomatic support. he viii instruct
his personal representative. Mr..
Morgenthau, to proceed at once on
HIS mission"