The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-19
Went to Aid of Right,

"Yonr nations entered the war sue
cesSively hut came one and all to the
help Of the tened rig't Like Germany
Great Britain had guaranteed the in
dope" dence OF Belgium Germany sought
70 crush Belgium. Great Britain and
France both swore to save her. Thus
from the very beginning OF hostilit!es
there came into conflict the two ideas
which for fifty months were to struggle
FOR the dominion OF the world-the - n
~ sovereign force. which accepts neither
contro. nor check. and the idea of jus-
tice, which der ends on the sword only
20 prevent or reprefs the abuse Of
strength.
Faithfully supported by her domin-
!ons and her colonies Great Britain de-
cided that she could not remain aloof
from struggle In which the fate OF
every country was involved. She has
made, and her doninions and colonies
have made with her. prodigious efforts
IN prevent the war from ending In the
triumph Of the spirit OF conquest and
tho destruction of right.
Japan. in her turn. only decided 70
take up arms out OF loyalty to Great
Rr!tain, her great ally. and from the
consciousness of the danger in which
noun Asia and Europe would have stood
~ the heeemony OF which she Germanic
empires dreamed.
fa.y which from the first had re-
FUSED 10 lend helping hand to Ger
man ambition. rose against an age long
zoe only to answer the call Of oppressed
populations and to destroy at the cost
o. Aer blood the artificial political com
h'haCon which took no account OF
human liberty.
Ruman!a resolved to fight only Ia
realize that national unity which was
opposed by the same Powers of arbitrary
lerne. Abandoned. betrayed and stran
geo, she had 10 submit TO an abomi-
'u'e treaty. the revision Of which you
20 exact
Greece, which the enemy for MANY
mis- tried to turn from her tradi-
'''.- and destinies, raised an army
4" Ii 70 escape attempts at domination
O. which she felt the growing threat.
'ortusal, China and Siam abandoned
!. 4Fa.ity only to escape the strangllng
l.'"sure of the Central Powers
World Grateful TO United States.
Thus il was the extent of German
'.H.'ons that brought so many peo-
I.+. eat and small. TO align them
s..t'9 against the same adversary AMI
- nat shall | say of the solemn resolu-
'' taken by the United States In the
= ug OF 1917, under the. auspices of
J. D,Istrious President Mr. Wilson.
Whom ! am happy to greet here in the
non" II grateful France and il you
How me to say so, gentlemen, In
t. name of all the nations represented
~ 'H.s room.
What shall say OF the many other
american Powers which either declared
themselves against Germany-Brazil,
.ha, Panama. Guatemala. Nicaragua.
l'1Eh Honduras-or at least broke off
DIPLOMATIC relations - Bolivia, Peru,
i'Ha2or, Uruguay? From the North TO
'Ie South the New World rose with in
dsuation when II saw the empires OF
central Europe, after having let loose
tn war without provocation and with
out excuse carry It on with fire. pillage
and the massacre of inoffenslye beings.
The Intervention OF the United States
vas something more. something greater
Than great political and military event.
J. was supreme judgment passed at
g." bar OF history by the lofty con-
enc" % 4 free people and their Chief
N"glstrate on the enormous RESPONSE
: Los incurred In the tr!ghtfu! conflict
Which was decorating humanity.
IT was not only 70 protect itself from