The Washington herald., 1919-02-25
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speech IOIlONS.
Governor Coolidge, Mr. Mayor,
fellow citizens:
Il wonder il you are half as glad
to see me as l am to see you. II
warns my heart to see my fellow
citizens again. Because l have at
times felt very lonely In recent
weeks without your counsel.
The extraordinarily generous re-
ception given me on the other side
seemed to be a call of greeting to
you rather than to me. l had the
CrOwning pride of being your rep
resentative. Men everywhere felt
that your hearts beat with theirs
in the cause of liberty.
The settlements of this war af-
feet every great, and sometimes L
think every small nation in the
world No one decision can be
made without it being reckoned
IN with others.
No Nation suspects U. $.
'"rhars IS no nation in Europe
that suspects the motives of the
United States. While the nations
believe that men now have
come into a different view,
they do not seem to resort
to each other. but to the
nation which has come to be the
friend of mankind.
Il do not want you TO think l
have not been appreciaUive of the
extraordinarily generous reception
which was given to me on the
other side. in saying that it makes
me very happy to get home again.
Il did not feel that the greeting
was personal. l had in my heart
the overcoming pride OF being
your representative and of reCeiV-
ing the plaudits of men every
where. who felt that your hearts
beat with theirs in the cause OF
liberty. There was no mistaklng
the tone in the voices of those
great crowds. 1t was not q tone
of mere greeting; it was not a
tone of mere generous welcome.
it was the calling of comrade to
cOmrade, the cry that comes from
men who say we have waited for
this day when the friends of lib
erty should come across the sea and
shake hands with us, to see that
n new foundation of justice and
right
Trusted Throughout World.
L can't tell you the inspiration
that came from the sentiments that
came out of those simple voices of the
crowd. And the proudest thing
have to report to you is that this
great country of ours is trusted
throughout the world
Il have not come to report the pro,
or the results of the pro
cedings Of the Peace Conference
hat would be premature. can say
hat 1 have received very happy i'm,
1resSions from this conference; the
impression that while there are many
of judgment, while there
ire some Emergencies of object there
S nevertheless a common spirit and
/ common realization of the necessity
# setting up new standards of right
n the world.
Because the men who are in con.
crcnCe in Paris realize as keenly as
ny American can realize that they
re not the masters of their people
hat they are the servants of thei1
,eOple, and that the spirit of theil
,eOple has awakened to a new pur-
,ose and a new conception of theiI
,ower to realize that purpose and
hat no man dare get home from
hat conference and report anything
ess noble than was expected OF it.
Complex Task.
The conference seems to you tc
70 slowly; from day to day in Paris
t seems to go slowly; but I wonder
f you realize the complexity of the
ask which it has undertaken. II
Gems as if the settlements of this
var affect, and affect directly, every
,reat, and 1 sometimes think every
mall nation in the world and nc
me decision can prudently be made
which is not properly linked in with
he great series of other decisions
which must accompany it, and il
must be reckoned in with the final
esult. il the real quality and char
cter of that result is to be prop
rly judged.
The confidence we have establish
d throughout the world imposes a
'urden upon Us. ANY man who op-
'oses the tide will find himself
brown upon barren ground.
'If America were now to fail the
world. what would become of it?
america is the hope of the world,
nd if she does not justify that hope
he results will be unthinkable.
Scrap of Paper.
Suppose we sign the treaty of
,cace and do no more-we will have
othinE but a modern scrap of paper.
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