Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
WILSON PUTS
CASE BEFORE
.IDAHOCROWD
Invades Home of Borah
With Plea for Going
Through With Job.

Coucr u Alene. Idaho, Sept IL.
A world again afame with war
unless the peace treaty is accepted
was pictured by President Wilson
here today
Couer D. Alene. Idaho Sept. T..
America was face TO face, he de
clared. with decision as TO
whether she would prove to the
world that she meant what she said
in promising TO aid In peace con
cert"
Making his only address IN the
home state Of Senator Borah. one
of the 'bitterest opponents OF the
treaty, the president spoke in a big
tent. It was not filled. ID. W.
Davis. governor OF Idaho, intro
duced Mr.. Wilson while the crowd
stood and cheered.
While he could understand why
men might differ as to details OF
the treaty. MIR. WilgOn said. he was
amazed" that some men wanted 10
reject IL altogether. II was Amer
lea saved the world, he declared.
and now il was proposed in some
quarters to desert the world"
VIII Tic Austria, Too.
The forthcoming treaty with Aus
tria, said the president, would be
drawn "along exactly the same
lines" as that with Germany and
would be another step in the et-
fort to prevent another attempt AZ
conquest. He asserted that the
future conquest lay directly 10 the
east Of Germany and that German
already was negotiating with the
bolshevist government Of Russia iH
the hope Of finding soil there Tor
industrial and political intrigue
Only League Tan Prevent.
1t was the peace treaty with It's
League OF Nations covenant. he as
serted. which alone could prevent
the success OF such plan.
Germany wants us 10 stay Out
of this treaty" said the president.
mot under the delusion that we
would seek TO aid her, but with the
knowledge that the guarantee
would not be sufficient withOu.
America. She wants TO see Amer
lea alienated from the great pow
ers from which she herself has
been alienated.
THE pro-German propaganda
has started up in this country coin
cident with the opposition to the
adoption TO this treaty,
I'VE are going to prove the
enemy Of the rest Of the world iusf
when we have been its savior. The
thing is intolerable. II is i'm
possible"
Mr.. Wilson said II the west really
believed in progressivism and purl-
fication Of political affairs, then ia
must be in favor Of the peace treatE
SO II could be accomplished.
Police Strike Crime.
Referring again to the Boston
police strike. Mr.. Wilson said the
strike was "an intOlerablc crime
against civilization"
If that spirit is going to prevail,
where are your programs he
asked. How can YOU carry a pro.
gram ont where every man rs look
ing out for his own selfish inter
est?"
He declared there would be no
reform for a generation unless
there came settled order such as
could be attained only by the
treaty. Every man who really love
justice and purposes reform. =
said, should stand ia favor Of un-
qualified acceptance of the treaty.
Declaring there were "grelt
many things 10 be reformed h
America" the president said the
United States was in danger ~
falling under the control OF
This Way 10 Chaos.
IF you want TO live in the world
OF chaos" he continued, then
speak words OF encouragement to
those who are opposing this treaty.
II he did not do everything hon
orable n secure unqualified ac-
of the treaty said Mr.
Wilson, he could not look IN the
fact the mothers who had given
sons in the war in. order that there
might be no future wars. When
the next great war came. he said
as II surely would come II the
treaty failed. America certainly
would get in.