, 1919-03-06

small force OF soldiers to occupy g
piece of territory where 1t Is thought
for American soldiers. And where
other soldiers would be looked upon
with suspicion and perhaps met with
welcomed with acclaim.
have had SO many GROUNDS tor
pride on the other side Of the water
are not grounds for personal pride. but
for national pride. II they were
most stuckup man in the world. And
1T has been an infinite pleasure to me
to see those gallant soldiers of ours.
OF whom the constitution of the United
States made me the proud commander.
You may be proud OF the Twenty
six division; but commanded the
applause), and see what they did un-
der my direction! And everybody
praises the American soldier with the
feeling that in praising him he is sub
tracing from the credit of no one else.
Il have been searching for the fun
damentai fact that converted Europe
rope did not believe in US as she does
now. She did not believe in us
throughout the first three years of the
lieved that we were holding off be-
cause we thought we could make more
by staying out than by going in. And
all of a sudden. in a short eighteen
months, the whole verdict is reversed.
There can be but one explanation for
l. ilicS 10" W Ia We III
out making a Jingle claim we put all
our men and all our means at the dis
posal of those who were fighting for
their homes. in the first instance. but
for u cause, the cause of human rights
and justice, and that we went in. not
to support their national claims. but to
support the great cause which they
held in mn
And when they saw hat America
they were converted to America and
became firm partisans of those ideals.
Il met a group Of scholars when 1
was in Paris. Some gentlemen from
one of the Greek universities who had
come to see me. and in whose pres
ence, or rather in the presence of
very young indeed. And 1 old them
that I had had one of the delightful
revenges that sometimes come to a
speak with a sort of condescension of
idealists and particularly of those sep
arate. incloistered persons whom they
chose to term academic, who were in
the habit of uttering ideal in the free
atmosphere when they clash with no.
body in particular.
revenge. Speaking with perfect rank
ness in the name Of the United States.
! rr hate watt u5ter ,Saa as the and ooJ nots,0 OF t bnf
ideals. and the war has been won by
that Inspiration. Men were fighting
until they came to realize those things,
feeling they were fighting for their
lives and their country. and when
these accounts of it was all about
reached them from America they lift
ed their heads, they raised their eyes
to heaven, then they saw men in
spirit of crusaders and they found that
those were strange men: reckless of
danger not only. but reckless because
made danger worth while. Men have
testified to me in Europe that men
w son,a 5 1Tsse saY1 rel by se% fsrRnr they Thsy
were not like any of the other soldiers.
They had a vision. they had a dream.
n fighting in the dream they turned
the whole tide of battle and 1t never
came back.
"And now do you realize this conf
dence we have established throughout
the world Imposes a burden upon us
If you choose to cali it a burden. II
ton ought to be proud to carry. An,
man who resists the present tidest thai
run in the world will find himsel
rem hat It will seem as If he had beef
separated from his human kind for
IT invite him to test the sentiment,
of the nation. We set this nation VI
to make men free and we did not con
fine our conception and te
Now" said the President, this con.
ference we have established calls fol
Of hope. The Europe Of the third yea,
of the war was sinking to a stubborn
desperation. They thought the end o.
ton of the old order. They never
dreamed it o be a Europe of set.
Now all the peoples of Europe arc
buoyed up in the hope that all the ma.
lions, of the world shall unite theil
shall prevail. If America should faii
the world of its hope, the nations will
be set up as hostile camps again. and
go home with their heads upon their
We. would leave on the peace table
Men. he declared. who would nave
America fail the world in Its hopes saw
only beyond the nearest horizon.
"They do not know the sentiment OF
America" he said.
Speaking of hopes of the people OF
aid Were pinned to the d United @h' States s
as the friend OF mankind" the Pres
ident said he had no more doubt OF
than I have of the doubt of the blood
The nations of the world have set
their heads now to do a great thing
and they are not going to stop short
of their purpose" he said.
their present governments do not do
their will some others will. And the
secret is out and the present govern
IT have come back for an attempt to
transact business for a little while in
that I have been trying to speak your
thoughts. Probing deep in my hear
and trying to see the things that are
right rather h the things that are
expedient, I am finding the heart OF
America.
81 find that in loving America I have
Joined the majority OF my fellow mon
throughout the world"
u 8 Tonnaoe Rjo