Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-09-04

ty, he asserted, enumerating the traffic
in opium, in arms, and in women and
children by unscrupulous employers,
which is regulated by the labor clauses.
NsThat's the treaty. he said, hold
ing out his hands, palms upward in
gesture of revelation; CHATS the trea-
ty, did you ever hear of it beforcs
Were you ever told what was in ita'
eff couldn 7 have brought back the
kind of treaty brought back, I would
MT have come back, because | would
have been an unfaithful servant. /"
Arguments against the treaty are bas-
ed on misunderstanding, he charged.
He asked his hearers to use every To-
cal influence to acceptance of the trea-
ty.
"And when this treaty is accepted, as
it will be accepted, men in khaki will
not have to cross the seas again.
The president started speaking at
11:35 after receiving an ovation. He
said he had, for a long time, desired to
ego out and report to my fellow citizens
on the peace.s
"The only people I owe any report to
are you and your fellow citizens Of the
United States,' he declared.
Perhaps you would like to know
what is in the treaty."
| Speeches he had read, he said, threw
mo light on it.
The treaty, in the first place, he said,
is designed to punish Germany. "The
terms are severe, but not unjust"
The men at the peace conference in.
tended Justice, Wilson declared.
They had seen their lands devasta-
ted by an enemy that sought to terror
ize, y he said. "Yet they practiced re-
straint and did not seek to overwhelm
the German people in the peace settle
ment.o
There is now, in Germany, an "awak-
cned Conscience of the iniquity Of the
crime the German government attempt.
ed, Wilson said.
"And the treaty is not meant to hu
initiate Germany, but to rectify the
wrong done by Germany and insure rep
aration and justice to the people whose
rights Germany had trodden upon"
ri am astonished by some of The
statements made about this treaty" ht
said. "They are made by those who dt
not comprehend the treaty"
The treaty, he declared, is a warning
to any government that may contem
plate repetition of Germany s attempt
"The treaty was intended not merci,
to end this war, but to prevent any simi
lar wars
He declared that if the best that cal
be done is not done to permanently enc
war now, the nation s word to the fam
lilies Of the American soldiers would b
broken, as these soldiers were called t.
fight to end war forever.
"The league of nations is the onl.
thing that can prevent a recurrence O
this tragedy and redeem our promises,
he asserted, smacking his hands togethe
, for emphasis.
This is the only purpose of the leagu
of nations, he said.
| Germany would not have gone to wa
, had she believed Britain and Americ
would fight her, said the president.
Without the league, he warned, 4
fresh effort at wrong would be made b,
some nation as soon IS the financia
stress of the last war is over.
The treaty, Wilson declared, establis
ed new small nations that could no
have won their freedom without the trea
ty.
Wilson rode to the hall through tn
. principal streets of Columbus, cheere
by rather sparse crowds. Many peopl
were prevented by the streetcar strik
from getting down town.
The president was greeted by tn
singing of "Dixie' as he entered tn
auditorium. He was loudly chcered fo
several minutes.
He was escorted by company of il
fantry on his ride to the hall. AS tn
procession passed Trinity church chime
played "America and other nation,
airs Several airplanes maneuvere
overhead.
Wilson, clad in dark suit of bus
ness cut, walked into view on the ro
trum at 11;30 a. M. There was one ca
splitting yell, then a confusion of nois
as the people settled themselves to he'
the speech.
Former Governor James E, Campbe
made the Introductory address. He r
ferred to Wilson as the first citizen (
the round world. -
"Mr Wilson, how about the Shantur
settlement2' yelled man in the ga
lcry, as the president finished speakin
The applause for Wilson drowned hi
out
The speech lasted about forty-fi'
minutes. A throng which blocked Il
street cheered the president as