The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-21
CHAPTER XIV.
The Question of Guilt,

} History can show nothing to COM
rire with the World war OF 1914
1giS. 10 also can show nothing like
the perplexity which has arisen as
go the causes leading up to the
world war.
This is all the more astounding
I'm that the great war befell n high
lv cultivated, enlightened, politically
trained race Of men and the causes
loading up TO IL were plainly TO be
tUpn.
The apparent completely I'm the
crisis OF July, 1914. should dcceNe
nobody. The kilograms exchanged
200 that time between the cabinets Of
the great powers and their rulers.
the activities OF the statesmen and
leading private individuals in verbal
lpsotiations with important person
r.cH OF the entente were certainly
of the greatest importance on ac-
count of the decisive significance as
,umed by almost every word when II
came from responsible lips, by every
line that was written or telegraphed.
The essential basis OF the causes of
the war. however. Is not altered by
such things: II Is firmly established.
aud people must never hesitate from
freeing Il. calmly and with an eye
90 realities, from the bewildering
uutcroppings from the events ac-
companying the outbreak OF war.
The general situation OF the Ger
man empire In the period before
tbs war had become continually
more brilliant, and for that very
reason continually more difficult
from the point OF view OF foreign
politics. Unprecedented progress in
industry, commerce and world traf-
is had made Germany prosperous.
The curve Of our development tend
ed steadily upward.
Tho ConComitaDt OF this peaceful
uonetration of considerable part of
the worlds markets, to which Ger
man diligence and our achievements
Justly entitled us, was bound to be
dlslgreeable to older nations of the
world, particularly to England. This
.s quite natural phenomenon, hav-
Ing nothing remarkable about It,
Nobody Is pleased when q compel
itor suddenly appears and obliges
one to look on while the old GUS
toners desert 10 him. For this rea
son / cannot reproach the British
empire because of English i'll humoI
vt Gormany's progress in the worldt
markets.
Had England been able. by Intro
ducing better commercial methods
20 overcome or restrict German
competition, she would have been
uuite within her rights In doing sc
and no objections could have been
made. IL simply would have been
case OF the better man winning
IN the life OF nations nobody car
find IL Objectionable II two nations
contend against each other peace
fully by the same methods. G.
peaceful methods--yet with all thoii
energy, daring and organizing abil'
lty. each striving to benefit itself
On the other hand. IL IL quite an
other matter IL one OF these nations
secs its assets on the worlds bal
ance sheet threatened by the indus
try, achievements and super bust
ness methods OF tho other, anc
hence, not being able TO apply abil
ity like that of it's young competitor
resorts to force--i. e., to methods
that are not those OF peace but o
war--in order TO call halt upor
the other nation in its peaceful cam
paign OF competition. or to annihi
late IL.
Navy Merely Protective.
Our situation became wore serl
Gus since we we're obliged to buil'
a navy for the protection or ou
Welfare, which, in the last analysis
was not based on the S19.OOO,O0O,
600 yearly to which German export
and imports amounted. The sup
position that we built this navy 10