Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-21
PRESIDENTS CRITICS
RAPED BY MARSHALL
Half Baked Opinions From Pub.
lio Men Cause Mental and
Moral Indigestion"

Carlisle Penn, Dec. 21-Vice-Prcsi
dent Marhsall in an address here last
night before the Carlisle Chamber OF
Commerce. gave his views on some ques-
tions now under discussion in connection
with the Peace Conference.
"It Is furthcrcSt from my thought upon
this occasion TO utter a single word which
might in any manner be construed as
cndeavoring q affect the negotiations OF
the President in Europe, SAID the Vice
President III opening his address.
TOO many half-baked opinions com
ing from mvsclf and .othcrs in p bile lifc
NAV cause mental and moral Indigestion
| speak, therefore, only in general terms
and 90 only to the length that all may
agree.
THAT some league or understanding
among civilized peoples for the prevention
of certain future wars as | prefer to put
il rather than for the enforcement of
peaCel is desirable. all right thinking men
agree. II has been the dream OF all ages
Thus far. this dream of universal peace
has each succeeding time turned into a
night mare.
This appears 10 me TO be the real situa-
ton: II mankind the world over is The
HldHhiH tli - HNItaiiRAl NNdlS ago W. u
;here is the possibility that either England,
France, Italy or the United States contains
the growing germ Of military orcommcrcial
upremaCy. then, though attempt may
be made ID preserve the peace Of the world.
the attempt would hc another failure
IF however. the masses Of mankind
in these four great nations and IN tho lesser
nations, for whom jointly the fight has
been made, have seen new light and ar e
convinced of tho unsele>slncsS and folly
Of war, and il more ana more education
and cnlightment as the DAYS 20 by and the
generations como and 90. shall add tothe
number of those who thus think, then the
experiment viii succeed.
JntIl All men are of good will wars
will not cease entirely unless rations
want peace Al any price. Prevention, as
far As possible, desire: Al any price, do
not However. If mankind, as whole,
desire il al any price they can get r ny
the adoption oi written constitutions
specifying first that The size of the army
and navy shall bc fixed hy q referendum
to All the men and women u mature age;
and second that no war Of cffense nor one
of defense beyond the territorial limits
of the state shall ever bc waged until
affirmatively decided ny 2 like referendum.
Stating that commercial disputes breed
war Mar Marshall continued
II have. Ci course no means q knowing
what the rCprCS CntauycN ot the allied
Governments may IL wiling to take up
with the American re, pie 81 the peace
table. uu. venture the assertion tha; the
good Nlil winch noW exists between the
allied Government. and our own will not
last five wears unless reciprocal trade re-
To- ft...,l sfs -
& ecn IL Peoples Learn lovly ana soon
forget
.Tle lccry that men are going to deal
ju>t ll with each other regardless of law
Ia pun y injustice is 3 nullennial dream.
Tlc Alllo> and America. by reciprocal
trade r. lanors ard hy tho right Of power
and duty to cut f commercial transaction
with any people IN earth that proposes
TO disturb tie peace Of the world. can go
very far toward promoting that peace
which We 3li yt'-t joV SO sincerely desire
Without knowledge, / express the
hope that We Will not let 20 hy this OPP
perfume time for removing what viii un-
doubtedlv Ec q source of friction in the
future unless dealt with speedily and justly
If TO equitable adjustment of the
business Of the world shall be made then,
as business men who are deeply Interested
in the commerce Of America, YOU realize
as Well as do that it's weakness in the past
has been the lack OF ships upon the sea
Each Of Us knows that one of the
reasons for that lack hes been the way in
which we have insisted that our ships shall
be manned.
u think the LaFollette law is wholly
humanitarian in its character ! hope
that. by international agreement, it may
become the Jaw of the sea for all seagoing
powers But, if it does not, then we are
confronted with three propositions Either
TO repeal the law or to suhsidize shipping
or TO have Governmental control OF our
merchant marine, conveying he produce
OF our merchants to foreign shores without
any profit 10 the Government of the
United States.
inherently opposed to Government
ownership ! should. nevertheless. infinite
" prefer il to Substituting private lines.
This question is ore that deserves your
careful study and the very best OF your
honest judgment"