The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-14
AND SLIPPING-COVETS AMERICAN ALLIANCE

which was The Hgitish empire. hut
wicu W. Withdrew uur support
Riitain WAS I,i to taco the rest ~
rho world iu AN exceedingly aWk-
ward CORNER
Deprived of our support Sh" has
seen, since that tinc. the world
situation slowly hut surely c~cnp,
her. IL has become increasingly
difficult tu hold France to British
views. itaiN hA~ shown many elgu~
Of rc~tlcS-nC-s and resentment
! over Iiriti-h championship of the
/ Greeks In the \CHr In~t 80 far
! British craftsmanship, the supreme
! skill Of LLOYD Gcursc. las ~ufiisi
Ia avoid dn up,u break, but every
/ day the necessity tor new rouCt--
Siuu~ bCCuuC~ clearer. The hour L.
/ piliuN NJ hand NhCu Britaiu uu,t
/ either succeed In restoring the Nn-
} glo- NmCticHn partnership ar, hy
contrast. make u real bargain with
/ her continental partners of the
/ war, II bargain which vii, he lare"-
| ~ at the expense of British inter
c~ts. ..
This is what makes tho Washing
. tom conference of -uprum, lmpur-
tancc tu the Hrlush, Literally Il
/ must represent for th"m tn" 'iual ct-
J fort tO restore the dream Of British
Z statcsmauship AT Paris and before
/ Paris The alternative > ur the ono
] hand, eventual Anglo. American lN.
/ airy and ON the uth.t Immediate
/ concessions 10 tho rout'l nt to
/ France ana italy. concessions Whi. h
/ will recognize French Influence ON
! the continent ana Italian ambitions
/ on TIN Nduttic.
hrmamcuts surface Snl,".
! ain Japan and the United States To-
| % voluntary adjustment or tho., soI
/ strength. io q regulation Of th,ir new
/ naval constructions viii not go 90
/ the root uf the world situation, how
ever iutcroIjrg and useful an "N-
pertinent IL may promise. II is not
/ in documents and l,Est Of all In
/ treaties. that world peace is tu b"
found. Paris created a mountain uf
. documents. hut it did not succeed
. IN eliminating n single one of the
/ causes Of international strife. ON tho
/ contrary in the VicW Of many oh.
servers. II increased the number of
promises Of future war.
Underlying all the parchment
agreements l. the solid taC1 of the
feelings and Interests of the ma
| tiOnS concerned. We shall have
war or peace with Great Britain
CisclN H. the public opinion of our
/ poplC aud of the peoples of these
two .nntionS marches in harmony
or>to collision. A. I said two weeks
ago. we shall fight with Japan. In
the end. If we undertake to cNp,i
her from that position Of adNnn-
tagr which she has acquired In
the Ear Iaei, position n'Hcs-
Sary ~ her existence, ~ least in
the minds of her citizens. We
must rcuuuuCc the policy of the
/ open door or assert II by force of
arms.
Exactly In the Same fashion we
must recognize British policy for
Whn' It is, accept Aurlo-Amorican
partnership with all that II implies.
or be prepared TO So" Great Frihln
compelled 10y her own necessities
aud the Interpretation Of them 10y
her statesmen, to max" her bargains
with other great powers In Eurpp"
and In Asia. without us Britain can
not continue to rule Europe, NJ she
has in recent months and make nc
COuco ssions to her associates. with
out a hard ana fast alliance with the
| t-nitCd states. Great Britain cannot
permanently stand aside and see our
navy equal in strength to hers. Tho
alternative is an Anglo Japanese al
lance and IT is worthy of more than
passing note that, while the leaders
Of the dpmiuious look with disiavor
upon this alliance, In the main, there
is general reluctance in the british
Isles to dropping il.
Before all else the WaShingt on
conference will hc the renewal OF
the British proffcr of partnership
made at paris and repeated since
then moro than once. Rejected, TX
uurcd. this proffcr win have to be
Withdrawn and British policy win
have to revert to historic lines. TINS
/, what Europe bees and expects,
Thia Is what one hears very little
OF iu the United states
remember VIII, in the Paris
conference, tho enormous attention
paid 10y American correspondents O.
tho phrascOlOgy and circumstances
, of the louguo Of nations, while the
whole conference stood d"adluckrd
over the question Of the Iihcnish re-
public or that Of the Sarrc basin
American correspondents were Gag
crly pursuing fugitive rumors regard
ing the league covenant. Historic
clashes. traditional aspirations iul"r-
cstcd them not at all. But In the
end. it is these facts which nav,
survived ana make up the body "'
European lite and news at the pres
Ont mumCui.
u can hardly bc different NJ
Washington. The real questions
viii concern our future relations
with Britain and Japan. We shall
have to he prepared to resign our
traditional policy of avoiding en-
, tnngling alliances ana accept
ByitiSh partnership or prepare
ourselves for an eventual develop
mcut OF Anglo American rivalry,
one end OF which may bc war. We
shall have To drop our contention
.ur ;..G Ui-u door IL iir iur East
or else bc prepared to Nindicatc
that contention by force OF arms,
which iucaus war with japan.
Consider the Glorious Treaty.
, The measure of tn" success or
failure of Washington VIII bc til"
degree To which II deals with real
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