The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-02

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tain the battle lines, men have We'd
with each other 10 do their part and
do it well They can look any man
at arms in the face and say we also
strove to win and gave the best that
was in US to make our fleets and
armies sure OF their triumph"
And what shall we say Of the wom-
en-of their instant intelligence. quick
ening every task that they touched;
their capacity for organization and CO.
operation which gave their action dis
cipIine and CHANGED the effectiveness
of everything they attempted; their
aptitude at tasks to which they had
never before set their hands; their ut
ter self-sacrihces alike In which they
did and In what they gave. Their con-
tribution TO the great result is beyond
appraisal. They have added new
lustre to the annals Of American wom-
enhood.
Tribute 10 Women.
The least tribute we can pay them
is to make them the equals OF men
in political rights as they have
proved themselves their equals in
every field of practical work they
have entered whether for themselves
or for their country. These great
DAYS OF completed achievement would
be sadly. married were we to omit
that act OF justice. Besides, the Inn
mense practical services they have
rendered, the women OF the country
have been the moving spirits in the
systematic economies by which our
people have voluntarily assisted to
supply the suffering peoples OF the
world and the armies upon every
front with food and everything else
that we had that might serve the
common cause. The details OF such
a story can never be fully written,
but we carry them at our hearts and
thank God that we can say that we
are the kinsmen of such.
And now we are sure of the great
triumphs for which every sacrifice
was made. 1t has come. come in Its
completeness, and with the pride and
Inspiration of these days Of achieve
ment quick within us we turn to the
task of peace again-a peace secure
against the violence of irresponsible
monarchs with ambitious military
coteries and made ready for new
order. for new foundations OF justice
and fair dealing.
We are about to give order and
organization to this peace not only
for ourselves but for the other
peoples OF the world as well, so far
as they will suffer us to serve them.
1T is international justice that we
seek. not domestic safety merely. Our
thoughts have dwelt of late upon
Europe. upon Asia, upon the Near and
the Far East, very little upon the
acts of peace and accommodation
that wait to be performed at our own
doors. While we are adjusting our
relations with the rest of the world
is II not Of capital importance that
we should clear away all grounds or
Misunderstanding with our immediate
I neighbors and give proof of the
friendship we really feel? | hope
that the members of the senate will
permit me to speak once more OF the
unratified treaty OF friendship and
adjustment with the republic OF Co
lonbia. l very earnestly urge upon
them an early and favorable action
upon that vital matter. believe that
they will feel, with me, that the stage
OF affairs Is now set for such action
as will be not only just but generous
and in the spirit of the new age upon
which we have so happily entered.
Quick and aesourceful.
So far as our domestic affairs are
concerned the problem OF our return
to peace Is a problem OF economic
and industrial readjustment. That
problem is less serious for us than
it may turn out to be before the
nations which have suffered the dis.
arrangements and the losses of war