The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25

not only docs THIS act not cNht
hut the United states has gone
farther than any other nation I'm
insisting that it will not submit ia-
self to any such International con-
troll. And the league of nations,
as IL now exists ~ totally lacking
In all physical force TO preserve
peace, witncsi thu Russo.rolish
war. the TurCO-Ecck war nnd the
various disturbances In Nuna and
In the Upper Silcslan lands, to say
nothing of the hOstllitlcs between
Albanian and Serb, which have
never ceased during the three
years Of alleged peace elsewhere.
The sole method Of pcrsunding
the French TO dis1rm IN To give them
sufficient protection, through al
lance, or demonstrate that there Is
not the slightest. chance that Ger
many will not attack them. But
who Is there who will agree to de-
fcnd France and who Is there who
will guarantee that Germany hence
forth will follow only the pathways
OF peace? No ore, OF course. An
that the British and Americans. who
hold the view favorable to Germany
say w that the only hope Tor Europe
Is that she avoid provoking Ger
many. And America and Great
Britain are immune from German
attack, even u Germany should re-
turn to her old pathways, because
she cannot In our time reconstruct
fleet. while her army can still be
reconstructed on the material which
still exists, the human material
Would go bankrupt First.
II anyone can tud way to re-
concilc Franco-Gorman differences,
then and only then will France he
willing listener to any discus
sions looking toward voluntary
disarmament Italy will main
tain her army at the point which
will enable her to meet any pos
sible danger coming from the Slav
side. Poland will base her strength
upon the Germany threat and the
| Russian menace. II France. and
Italy and Poland and an tho rest
OF the continental states 30 bank
rupt as consequence, then they
will endure this. rather than re-
duCC their armies beyond what
seems to them limit Of strength.
President Wilson set his foot on
the only possible pathway to real
peace, when he agreed 10 the
| Anglo French-American treaty II
| France has her security guarant-
ccd by Britain and the United
I
to reduce her armies but Germany
will see that any new war must
end like the last. Moreover France,
promised, WIN hc obliged to listen
| to the advice and follow the sug
gestlons of her allies. That IL
precisely what she did do AZ Paris,
when Clemcuccau In return for the
/ guarantee, which has been proven
! A. ti.tsa
of the left bank Of the Rhine, on
4 that Of the Sarrc and on thar OF
| Uppcr Silcsia. For him the guar
antce, was worth almost any sacri-
/ flee and while the guarantee stood,
/ France, on the whole, supported
| his view.
But the United States refused to
ratify the Treaty of Alliance and
the Treaty Of Versailles az well
| II was left for France to seek pro-
lection as she could, through a
standings all around Europe, but
mainly in her own strength,
represented by her great ana vie
tOrious army. And at the same
time "A weapon was thrust into the
hands Of that fraction Of the
French population who believed
that the only real safety for France
was the reduction of German
strength. the undermining nf GER
man unity the weakening OF Ger
many in every possible way.
why IL Is Futile
We I'm the United States cannot
expect to make the Frenchman
reduce his army while we refuse
to promise help II taking our ad-
vice proves, as ne believes an
invitation to Germany to attack.
But we shall refuse to give any
guarantee, everyone realizes that
even the Frcnchrhan now, This IL
why all attempts to extend the
Washington conference discussions
"a the subjects OF land ornaments
is not only bound TO lead TO no
fruitful result. but is certain TO
provoke deadlock and perhaps
worse. Nor can We expect to use
the fact that France, like other
European countries, owes US money,
to compel French compliance with
our Views on disarmament ~
well try to use this weapon to make
the British accept foreign view
in the matter Of Ireland.
There are two delusions which are
likely TO lead 10 trouble 50 far as
the Washington conference rs con-
/ ccrned one Is baseS upon the
| notion that II Is possible to per
suade European nations 10 disarm
at this time, save as they are Of
fercd our armies In place of theh
own. The other Is that 1t is pos
sible by fair words and by logic Ia
prevail upon Japan to surrender her
position in the far east, 10 agree
in fact, not In phrase, Japan always
! agrees in phrase, to the open door"
and the integrity Of China, the real
as contrasted with the imaginary