The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-06
PRESIDENT WILSON,

| wumanhood
The lie; st tribute that sc can pay
them is 10 make them tn equals Of
men iii p0lit al rights a. they hay"
proved themselves equals n cVcJy
ticl,i OF practical work tn y have cm
tered, wnethcr for thcmse YES o. III
their ccGniry. these great days IF
| co:npIsici achievement would H.
! sadly n,arred were we to omit that
act Of justice. Besides >tie immense
| practical services IN. Y nave rendeitd,
| the women Of the country have been
the moving spirits III the sy: tematiC
! economics BY VIII oh our people haze
voluntarily assisted to supply the
| suffer liz peoples of the world and
| the armies upon every front with
food and evcryth ng else that we had
that might serve the common caug2,
The details e such a story can never
| bc fully written, but we carry the \!
| at our b,art5 and thank God that We
| can say that We 3re the klnsmen OF
such.
T, And now we are sure Of the great
triumph for which every sacrifice
Wa nlade. 1t mas COM, come in ITS
completeness and with the PRIDE and
inspiration Of these days OF achieve
mont qu OK, within lis We turn tG tie
. t-A5L5 of peacI agd;n-a peace secure
against the violence of irresponsible
! monal lis and ambitious military
colerles and madc ready for new
| order fer new foundations Of Justice
and far i ;iling.
We are about to give order and
! "rganZatlon to this peace, not only
for ourselves, but for the other pco
pies Of the world as we'll, so far d
th y WI suffer for lis to serve them
| II ~ international justice that we
seek, not domestic safety merely.
Our thoughts have dwelt of late upon
Europe, upon Asa, upon the near
and far ca t; very lite upon the act
Ct Peace and accommodation that
wllt 10 he performed at olu, own
doors. While we are adjusting our
iatIons with the rest of the world
l. IT Of not capital Importance that
We should clear away all grounds Of
- -pii'N'Shal'h'' S Will cur lllnltuldlP
nc ghhow and give proof Of the
fr;elnship We really feel?
hop that the members of the
senate shall permit me to speak once
mere of the unralihed treaty of
friendship with the Republic of Co
om5ia- ] 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 s now 5 { for such action
IS VIII be not only Just. but generous
and N the spirit of the new age upon
which We have so happily entered.
80 far as our domestic affairs are
conc ~lned, the problem OF our return
to peace is a problem Of economies
aud industrial REIMBURSEMENT. That
problem Is -eSs serious for US than il
MAJ turn out to be for the nations
that suffered the dIsarrangements and
the losses of war longer than we.
Oar people, NOR over, do MT wait to
be coached and led. They know Their
own busIne s. are gu ok and resource
fui at every rc2djustm M, definite in
purpose and self-reliant in action.
Any leading strings that we might
seek TO put them il would speedily
become hopelessly tangled because
they would pay no attention to them
and go their own way. Al that We
can do a. thar legislative and exc
cutlve servants is to med att the pro-
cess e change here, there and else
where us we may. I hava heard much
counsel as, to the plans that should
be formed and per-pnaiy conducted
too happy. conslmnlation, but from
no quarter have | seen any general
scheme of reconstruction emerge
which | thought it Likely we could
force our spirt.d business men and
self-reliant iab0rers TO accept with
due p fancy and obedience.
Wiu.e the war lasted We set up
MANY agencies nv which To direct the