Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-05
AT INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. 4-Prcsi.
dent Wilson arrived in Indiana polls
at 7 o'clock this evening to make the
second speech on his swing through
the west in behalf of the League Of
Nations.
The president was escorted to the
coliseum at the State Fair grounds by
committee which included Cover
nor Goodrich, Mayor Charles Jewett
of Indianapolis; Thomas Taggart,
former governor Samuel l. Ralston
and Franklin McCray. president Of
the Indiana branch Of the League to
Enforce Peace. Thousands of people,
| including many visitors to the state
fair. crowded the streets and cheercd
the president Justify as he passed.
Before crowd that filled to over
! flowing the Fair Ground Coliseum
with a seating capacity of $4,000,
President Wilson tonight made the
second address Of his tour.
The president began speaking att
Sis o'clock and was given an ovation
as he arose.
President Wilson told a crowd Of
several thousand here tonight that no
one believed the League of Nations
/, would make all wars impossible. but
! that he expected it to make war vyio-
lently improbable"
The economic and arbitration SEE
lions of the covenant. he said, would
! keep war on the outskirts" and nake
it only a last resort"
| Calling on opponents Of the Leaxus
OF Nations to present a better pro-
gram for peace, President Wilson
declared it is a case of put np or
| shut-up"
The president said his speaking
trip was partly to point out how
absolutely ignorant" of the con-
tents of the covenant some Of those
are who oppose the League. III
they read the English language at
all" he said, they do not under.
stand as 1 do"
| The president said he wanted to
forget and wanted the people to
forget that they were Republicans or
Democrats.
Il am an American" he declared.
land champion of the rights which
America believes in"
At this the crowd cheered and
there was another outburst of cheer
ing when he declkred he had mot
the slightest doubt" what the verdict
of the people would be.
Some delegations, the president
said, came to the Paris conference
| with causes which were not consid-
cred properly within the scope Of the
peace conference. In that connec-
i ton. he pointed out that under Ar
ticle XII. any threat of war could be
investigated by the League.
"At present." he said, 1--WE have to
mind our own business. but under
the covenant and the League we can
mind other peoples business"
! 'Ther wasn't an oppressed peo-
pie anywhere" he said, that could
not get attention for it's case under
the League. He did not mention any
oppressed people by name, but many
of his hearers remarked that they
thought he spoke Of the case Of
Ireland.
Referring to the Shantung settle
ment, the President pointed out that
Japan repeatedly had promised to
return the peninsula to China. He
did not go into the subject at length
however, but mentioned 1t in en-
phasizing that the covenant would
refuse to recognize the validity Of
secret treaties.
4 The president said he mould look
the mothers Of the country in the
face proudly because he had kept
his promise to do all he could to
prevent any more war.
This league" he said. "is the only
conceivable arrangement which will
prevnt our sending our men abroad
! ,again very soon."
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