The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-01
IMPOSSIBLE TO
REJECT LEAGUE
SAYS DR.. WILLETT
America is Leader of World
Thought, Speaker Claims,
Denounces Intervention.

The League of Nations is the first
document in history which has blezed
trail through the world maze of
Misunderstanding and though the
path is not straight and without mis-
takes it provides the council of the
league, and the court of the league.
the first two most important steps. We
cannot be party to blocking the
path forward" said DR.. Herbert l..
Willett before the chautauqua aud
fence Sunday afternoon.
DIR. Willett is among other things
head of the Semitic language depart
ment OF Chicago University; he is
dean Of the school OF Hebrew and
during the war he spent many months
overseas in relief educational work.
He is minister in one of Chicagos
leading churches. His appearance on
the chautauqua stage yesterday after
noon was his second in Richmond as
a year ago he spoke.
Until the crash Of doom nothing
like the League of Nations will ever
be complete because it will always be
growing" he said.
Il do not like many things that are
in the League, but l marvel that Pres
ident Wilson has been able. in the
face Of all the old battles of subter-
! fuge and treachery over there. to in
eugurate the beginnings of a system
SO great that it will change the values
of empires. | say this with not one
drop of democratic party blood in my
veins
Will Be Marvel
From the streets Of Paris ] watch
ed President Wilson during those
| long months of diplomatic battles. and
! l believe that the people of the 23rd
and Gath centuries will look back a.
his work and at the League and mar
vel still more at how so much was az
complished, even with greater Won
der that we do az the constitution of
the United States.
/ America is leading in this great
enterprise, and Europe is astonished
when it hears that the senate OF the
/ United States is making the beginning
of this thing as impossible as il can
I'VE can not; must not turn back in
the path now. not because the League
is perfect; not because II pledges
America to anything that she will not
ultimately want to do. but because it
is the only path forward. We shall, of
course change many things. but it is
at present the best and greatest We
can hope to have"
World peace is set down as the
head Of our new Americanism We
have never really wanted to fight with
anybody.
Propaganda is Potent
Nov we are about to decide who
Their or not we will fight Mexico. IT
Mexico there are great business en-
terprises, timber lands. mines. rich
oil fields. American industry aud
American genius is after these. is
bent on getting control The Mexi-
cans do not have a very strong gov.
eminent. but they have been making
slow and faithful progress during the
past few years.
Propaganda at Work
Our danger lies at the prese7
time in the fact that at the behest Of
the great and powerful enterprises oi
the United States, and through II
propaganda which we read in MANY
of our newspapers every day We VII
fall on Mexico in a war which mean,
not only to get these things which gu.
colossal schemers and press manipu
lators want
We are confronted every day witt
unsound statements regarding New
co and her relations with us My
friends. we are not given the 1aCts a.
the case. You have only to ask thos.
great and good citizens OF ours VII
have gone into Mexico with eduCatjo-
and religion and not in the acquire
ment OF wealth. to find the truth O,
the situation 1t is up 10 you as rea
Americans 10 do this to find out til
facts"