The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-29
Wilson Makes Last
Public Appearance
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ain and the United States and Of
France and OF Italy-men whose
prowess and achievements they han
witnessed with rising admiration as
they moved from elimination to Gull
mination.
Must Not Die in Vain.
But there was something more In
it, the consciousness that the business
is not yet done, the consciousness that
it now rests upon others to see that
those lives were not lost In vain.
II have not yet been to the actual
battlefields, but / have been with
many OF the men who have fought
The battles. and the other day / had
the pleasure OF being present at a
session of the French academy when
they admitted Marshal Joffre to their
membership. That sturdy serene SOL
der stood and uttered. not the words
of triumph. but the simple words OF
affection for his soldiers and the CON-
viction which he summed up in a
sentence which l will not try aocur-
ately to quote. but reproduce in the
spirit. 1t was that France must al
ways remember that the small and
world unless the strong and the
their strength in the service 81
right.
This is the afterthought-the
thought that something must be done
now: not only to make the just set
llemcnts-.!Iat. Of course-but to see
that the settlements remained and
wer, observed and that honor and
justice prevails in the world. Ard
as l have ennyersed with the soldiers
| | have been noe and more aware
| that they fought for sbnsthine 1ci
all OF them .,a'',tt. but whie. al
Of them Teeesni cd the moment ",r
stated it I" them They fought = I
away with an old order and to estab-
| lisil Il new one. s.nI the center and
| Gil lrac.cristic OF the CID order was
tina. unstable thing which was useo
to call the balance af power a
thing in which the balance was de-
t.rmire1 by the sword which was
| thrown IN RI tie enc side or the
| other a balance which was determined
by the unstable jealous watehfulness
and an antagonism of interests which
| though it was generally latent, was
| always deep-seated.
Free Men Fought War.
1.-The men who have fought in this
war have been the men from the free
nations, who are determined that thai
! sort Of thing should end now and for
ever. It is very interesting for me
to observe how from every quarter
from every sort of mind, from every
concert Of counsel there comes the
suggestion that there must now be
not a balance OF power, not one
powerful group OF nations set uI
against another. but a single, over
whelming powerful group of nations
who shall be the trustees of the peace
of the world.
ut has been delightful in my con-
ferences with the leaders of your gov
eminent to find how our minds NOV
cd along exactly the same line and
how our thought was always that
the key to the peace was the guaran-
tee of the peace; not the items OF IT
that the items would be worthless
until there sood back OF hem a per-
manent concert of power for Their
maintenance. That is the most reas-
surfing thing that has ever happened
in the world.
when this war began the thought
of league of nations was indulgent-
w considered as the interested
thought Of closeted students. It was
, thought Of as one of those things thai
it was right to characterize by name
which, as a university man, have al
ways resented It was said to be
academic, as if that in itself were 9
misunderstanding that mer
could think about, but never get
Now we find the practical leading
minds of the world determined to gel
1t.
Great Union of Purpose.
No such sudden and potent union
country from the west, from Holland