The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-12-19
WILSON INHABES
HOUSE or FOES
CARRIES HlS BATTLE FOR
LEAGUE or NATIONS INTO
Ho@E CT HIS ENEMIES.
'>',2'233 c9@T or GREAT WAR
C2g nc. Clemens News Bareau)

t"@!A--Carryn3 MS war against t1oSo
Nn2 oppose the adoption by tie Uni
ted States Of the peace treaty and tho
covenant CT the League OF Nations in
to Eeir households, PRESIDENT Wilson
last week invaded California.
And thsce, where the question on
WITCH league opponents have ham
1ered the hardest that Of Shan Tung--
Is Of nlost interest, tGe president foand
tta salno enthusiasm among the REQ
rio FOR reace all for Insurance
tga;nst Future wars. The people want
l..a l0ag controversy cadea. Trey
aat eais country to ha aoie to again
I'm us undivided attention to social,
ee2oc,n.a ana irdus+ri rial development
ACir laoGers my not fec this way
lq. Judging from t'la expressions
~at lnat The president oo every side
TIE leaders havo oyeretoapea the
limits Of the peoples patience in thor
unborn determination to force
.aange in the great document.
Must Take TINS League
eve must take this League Of Ma
li0ns," said the president, For there
Is no way in which another can be
obtained without compelling recon.
gidoration by the powers. And it
would sit very iii upon my stomach to
t.,,is it back to Germany for considera'
ton"
"All. over the world people are leok'
ing to US with condolences our rivals
clcns with the weaker nations. pray
God that the gentlemen who are de-
laying this thing may presently see 1t
il different light"
Germany, he president declared, is
taking new courage from our delay II
3stifyin the treaty and her news
papers and public men were again be-
ccsalng arrcgantly oat-spoken.
deeply impressive were the figures
Of the cost OF the late war, i'll lives
ead dollars. 1t was the first time tina.
The official statistics have been made
public and the tremendous totals
shocked the presidents audiences.
saowa cest OF World War.
sorhe war" said President Wilson,
cost Great Britain and and her Do
mains $4,000, 100000; France $26,O00r
100000; the United States $4,000
100000; Russia $18,OO0,000,O00; Italy
S13, 000,009,O00 and total, including
the expenditures o9 Japan, Belgium
and other small countries, OF $123,0G0,
C00,0o0
1T cost the Central Powers "a fol-
lows: Germany $4,000, 100000; Aus
tria-Hungary, $21,O0O,COO,00Q; TURKEY
and Bulgaria $3,90O.00Q0G0.
'fThe United STATES" the president
said, spent one million dollars az
hour night and day for two years II
ita struggle to save civilization. AL
this, however, rades into ms'gni
1cance VIXEN the deaths by
Datla are considered" declared
the prasident. Russia gave i.
100000 men; Germany 100000;
Trarce 1,980GOO; Great Rr.tai: 900,
coo; Italy $4,000; tho United States
$4,000. In all, almost 100000 moA
persisted il. the great struggle. o.
1,5O0,000 more men than died il ali o.
the wars Of the previous 100 years.
should Remember 2cGent Horrors.
"These are terrible facts, ard we
ought never to forget them, we wans
into this war to 90 q tniqS that va
fundamental f2r The world and what J.
have come ont on this journey FOR is
to determine whether the country has
forgotten or not. have found out,
The country has not forgotten and y
win never permit any who stand 2
in the way OF the faldllraert % eR1'
great pledges. ever to roget tbs s1re
rowfpl day Ae made the attempt"
arbitration and discussion, the pres-
sdent pointed out, must replace force
cf arms in the settlement Of world
controversial. Constantly he dwells
upon tha fact that ell the nations in
sba League agrees to do one OF two
things, frat to submit their differences
10 arbitration, in which case they
a~ree to abide by tie decision ron
derod, or, Il unwilling y arA+s3&to, 70
naya their case disGassed by the Ccun-
Gil Of the League, il which case six
months is granted for discussion.
Three months must elapae following
Ire result Of this last step in arbitrs-
ton before the nation concerned can
Goclare war.
Holds Out Hope for lgsiaaa.
Tha pesaidsat took advantage Of
questions p-opounded by the San Fran
cisco Labor Council to give the infer
aace that he believes ireland can bring
her case before the League Of Nations
Ser settlement when the League is
actually in existence.
Shan Tung, ne declared, viii be re-
turned to China. Japan, he said, had
given her solemn pledge to that effect.
And with the League Of Nations in
force, said the president. We can, if
occasion arises, stand forth and say,
This shan BE- &9aeJ