Arizona republican., 1919-01-27

PARIS Jan. 25.-Following is Presi- dent Wilson's address before the peace conference today:
 Mir. Chairman: I conshider it dis 'tinguished privilege tobe permitted to -pen the discussion in this conference on the league of nations. We have as sembled for two purposes-to make the present settlement sWhich have been rendered necessary by this war. and also tosccure the peace of the world, not only by the present settle ments, but by the arrangements we Shal lmake at this conference for its maintenance.
 The league of nations seems To me 10 be necessary for both Of these pur- poses. Shere are many complicated questions connected with the present settlements. which, perhaps, cannot be successfully worked out to an ulti- mate issue by the decisions We shall arrive at here. can easily conceive thatmonN of these settlements will need subsequent consideration, that many Of the decisions We make shall need subsequent alteration in some degree. for if I may judge by my own study of some of these questions. they are not susceptible for confident iudg mcnts at present.
 . It is therefore necessary that we should set up some machinery by which the work of this conference should be rendered complete.
 wv have assembled here for the purpose of doing very much more than making the present settlements that are necessary. We arc assembled un- der very peculiar conditions of world opinion. I may say, without strainine inc point that we are not the repre- ~entatiVes of governments, but repre- ~"ntatives of the peOpls.
 l 1t will not suffice to satisfy gov crnmental circles anywhere. 1t is nee essary to satisfy the opinion of man Kind,
 The burdens of this war have faller in an unusual degree upon the Wholt population of the countries involved. dO not need to draw for you the picture of how the burden has been throwr back from the front upon the older men, upon the women, upon the Chil- dren. upon the homes of the civilized orld, and how the real strain of the war has come where the eye of gov ernment could not reach. but wher, the heart of humanity beats
 We are bidden by these people {, make a peace winch will make then Secure. We are bidden by these peopI, 10 see to it that this strain does no nome upon them again. And I ventur, to say that it has been possible fo them tobear this strain because the, hoped that those who represented then could get together after this war anC make such another sacrifice unncccs sary.
 Tt is a solemn obligation on on part therefore, to make permanent ar engagements that justice shall be ren dered and peace maintained
 This is the central object of ou meeting. Settlements may be tenn porary, hut the action of the nation in the interest of peace and iustic must be permanent. We can set Il, permanent processes. We may not b ble 10 set up q permanent decision
 Therefore, if seems tome that w must take so far as We can a pictur of the world into our minds. Is it no a startling circumstance. for one thina that the great discoveries of science that the quiet studies of men in lab oratories, that the thoughtful deveI opments which have taken place il quiet lecture rooms, have now beeI turned to the destruction of civiliZa ton? The powers of destruction hav not so much multiplied as they hav gained facilities.
 The enemy whom We have fus overcome. had at his seats of learnin. some of the principal centers of scien tltlc study and discovery, and he use,