The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-11
NEW ERA DAWNS ON WORLD
Future Of World Depends on
Relation Of Nations He
Says in Paris.
U. S. FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM
America Ready to Cast Lot in
Those Whose Liberty Is at
Stake, He Ayers.

IAltls. May 10. President VIII
son. speaking at the session To-Day
. OF the Academy OF Moral and Po-
litlcal Science, OF which no was
elected foreign associate last
year. said that the United States
came into the war IN the cause OF
liberty.
Whenever We see tho cause OF
liberty impcriled," tho president
added, I'VE are ready to cast our
lot In common with the lot Of those
whose liberty is threatened. That
il the spirit OF the people OF the
United states"
The occasion OF tho presidents
speech was the presentation to him
OF specially struck gold medal.
PARIS. May lO.-ln IA brief cpl
grammatic speech at dinner to-
night, President Wilson touched on
the future role OF international law
In the development of the new order
OF things.
one OF tho things that has dis
turbod me In recent months" he
said. 'is the unqualified hope mon
have entertained everywhere OF inn
mediate emancipation from the
things that have hampered and OPP
pressed them, You cannot, In human
experience, rush into the light. You
have to go through twilight into the
broadening day before noon comes
and the full sun In on the landsca pc
N ,t..A Aat .af
fhw will be one OF the
things OF most consequence TO men
In the future II we can now give to
International law the kind OF vitality
II can have only II II IN the real ex-
pression of our moral Judgment. we
shall have completed In some sense
the work which this war was intend
ed TO emphasize"
The president concluded by say
ing:
National Law Gone,
In sense the old national law Ia
played out The future OF mankind
depends more upon tho relations Of
nations TO one another than upon the
separate and selfish development OF
.he national system OF law"
The dinner was that Of the inter
national law society association OF
which Sir Thomas Barclay In presi-
lent.
President Wilson's address was M
follows:
Sir Thomas and Gentlemen: !
'atcem II u very great pleasure to
ina myself In this distlng4J lshed
body and In this championship OF
etters Sir Thomas has been poculi-
ulye generous, as were tho gentlemen
he N hgV
hey have said OF me. bnt they have
;iyen M too high u role to play up
o. II is particularly difficult to he.
ieve ones self To be what has been
described In 80 small "a company aa
MS When n great body nf people
= present. one can assume pose
which is impossible when there is SO
mali number OF critical eyes look
ng directly at you
Speaks Mind Of America.
And yesterday there was ono part
" Sir Thomas generous lnterpreta-
ion which Is true. what / have
ried 10 do and what | have said In
pchking for America was 10 speak
he mind OF America and speak the
impulse and the principles OF Amer
ca. And the only proof | have of
ny success IL that the spirit OF
Nmerica responded without stint or
INIT and proved that II was ready
q do that thing which ! was brivil-
gch TO call upon It TO do
And We have illustrated In this
pirit OF America something which
'erhaps may serve as a partial guide
or thc future. May say that one
Il the things which has disturbed
ne in recent months II the untitled
lope that men have entertained
verywhcre of immediate emanclpa-
ion from the things that have ham
,ercd them and oppressed them. You
annot In human experience rush
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