The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-26
AN Nations Put Trust In United
States Is Message of
President Wilson.
IS FRIEND OF MANKIND
Executive Declares He 10 Trying to
DO Right Thing Rather Than Ex-
pedIent one-Proud of SOL
diers Of America.

The text OF President Wilson's ad.
dress II as follows:
Governor Coolidge, Mr.. Mayor, Eel.
low C~itizens:-I wonder il you are half
NJ glad to see me as l. am to see you.
II warns my heart to see a great body
Of my fellow citizens again, because
In some respects during the recent
months I have been very lonely indeed
without your comradeship and counsel,
and I tried at every step of the work
which fell to me to recall what I was
sure would be your counsel with re-
gard to the great matters which were
under consideration.
/ do not want you to think that I
have not been appreciatiye of the ex-
t~raordinary generous reception which
was given to me on the other side, in
saying that 1t makes me very happy
to get home again. / do not mean TO
say that I was not very deeply touched
BY the cries that came from the great
crowds on the other side. But l want
to ray to you In all honesty that felt
tnem to be q call OF greeting to you
rather than to me.
did not feel that the greeting was
personal I had in my heart the over
browning pride of being your represen.
tative and of receiving the plaudits of
men everywhere who felt that your
hearts beat with theirs in the cause of
liberty. There was no mistaking the
tone In the voices OF the great
A0n0v6m ~ nvoo mt ~ vnnra nrnot
Ing. 1t was not q tone of mere gen.
rou welcome, 1t was the calling of
comrade to comrade, the cry that
comes from men who say, 1--WE have
wasted for this day when the friends
Of liberty should come across the sea
and shake hands with us, to see that
. new world was constructed upon a
new basis and foundation Of justice
and right.
United States 10 Trusted.
I cant tell you the inspiration that
came from the sentiments that come
out Of those simple voices of the
crowd. And the proudest thing I have
to report to you is that this great
country Of ours Is trusted throughout
the world.
/ have not come to report the pro-
csedings or the results Of the proceed
ing Of the Peace conference; that
would be premature. ! can say that I
have received very happy impressions
from this conference; the impression
that while there are many differences
Of judgment; while there are some di-
vorgences Of object, there is neverthe-
less = common spirit and a common
realization Of the necessity of setting
UP new standards OF right In the
world.
Because the men who are In confer.
ence In Paris realize as keenly as any
Americans car realize that they are
not the masters Of their people; that
they are the servants Of their people
and that the spirit of their people has
awakened to . new purpose and a new
conception OF their power to realize
that purpose. and that no man dare
% home from that conference and re
port anything less noble than was ex
pected Of It.
Task 10 Complex.
The conference seems to you to 60
slowly, from day to day, in Paris It
oeoms to 60 slowly, but l wonder II
you realize the complexity of the task
it has undertaken. 1t seems as IL the
settlements Of this war affect, and af
fsct directly. every great and i some
times think. every small nation in the
world and no one decision can pru.
IDENTITY be made which is not properly
linked In with the great series Of other
decisions which must accompany it
And It must be reckoned with In the
nnal result II the real quality and
character Of that result is to be prop
erly judged.
Hearing the Whole Case.
what We are doing is to hear the
whole case, hear 1t from the mouths
q the men most interested, hear II
nom those who are officially commits
oloned to state 1t; hear the rival
claims: hear the claims that affec1
new nationalities. that affect new area,
q the world, tnat affect new CONNER
ctAl and economic connections tina,
have been established by the greaI
var through which we have gone
And J have been struck by the moder
afeness Of those who have represent
~ national claims. I can testify tina
have nowhere seen the CLEAN OF pas
sion. / hare seen earnestness, I hav,
ooon tears come to the eyes Of mel
Who pkead for d~own-trodden peopl.
whom they were privileged to speak
1or. but they were not the tears OF
anoplsh. they were tears Of ardent
hopo.
Al I don't see how any man can
~ % have been subdued by these
D0oaG. uubdued to this feeling, that he
wao not there to assert an individual
101Gment Of his own, but to try to as
elgt - cause Of humanity. And In the
mt1ot q Il al every interest seeks
oQe 1rDE q III. when It reaches Paris
- representatives OF the United
11otocs Why1 Because, and / think
- stating the most wonderful fact Ii
M1ntoky-oecause there Is no nation n
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