The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-03
WILSON, DECLARES GREAT MORAL
FORCE Will DISGRACE
IT'S oppoNEhTa.
WILL PROTECT THE WORLD
Searching Light az Conscience Should
Bs Turned on All Wreng--erwsL
dents spseen Accepting Degree
From uaassrslsy Of PARA

In France finds the preliminary sitaa
ton surrounding the peace conference
fairly well developed toward the point
where. according TO the president
view. II will BIZ worth while for tho
United States 20 participate The
presidents conferences with French
and Italian statesmen base served 10
emphasize that he considers treaty
OF peace not enough. but that the gen
oral agreement 10 be- mads am1rg tho
nations must include a satisfactory sat
slent~nt OF the question Of the freedom
Of The seas and league on nafi0ns
The president left Tor England 10
continue tia aiacusRiuna there along
the same lines a. tt.;s5ye be had with
tbs representatives u France aud
Italy, which the presidents advisers
describe az having been satisfactory.
President Wilson. In acknowledging
the honor bestpwed upon him by the
University OF Parts In the fern OF q
doctors degree. said
Il feel very keehly the distinguished
honor which has been conferred upon
me by the great University OF Paris,
Ar-* II -is' very d~tisass taa 40, arsss alias ~.
have the honor IN being lHttodueed
in'a. thE great ee4nsany II sehoasEs
whose ife and fame have made the
hIstory u the University Of Paris a
thing admirable among men u cui,iya.
ton In all parts Of the world
''iiy what you have aald, sir, OF the
theory Of adusa,ton which has been
followed In France, aud which have
tried to promote Ia the United States
] an, tempted to venture upon favor
lie theme have always believed that
tho chief object Of education was to
awaken the spirit and that inasmuch
As a literature. whenever II has
touched TIA great and higher notes
was an expression ~ ths spirit "a
mankind ~" BEST Induction into eda
cation was to feel the pulses o. human.
nv. which hah beaten from age 10 age
through the universities OF uen who
had penetrated 10 tho secrets Of tho
human spirit
And ! agree NTH the irfimatinu
which has been conveyed today That
the Terrible war through witch We
hssn lust passed has not been only q
iatt but "
also been war between systems ~
culture The one sSs'etn the aRgyer
siNe svsteH, using science without con
science stripping learning " It's moral
restraints anti using "rery faculty ~
the human mind to d. wrong 10 tAe
whole race the other system remlnts
ecu, ut the hEsh tradition OF men. ~
miutscsnt Of All their struggles, some
az them obscure tut others closely ~
Nealri to history, NJ men II indomt
ahls spirit eerrv hero struggling t..
ward the rixht and seeking above al
things sls" e. he free
Tho triumph Of freedom in this
war mcaas that that spirit shah noes
dominate Tho world There Ia great
waye 81 moral .urCp making Through
the World and everN man Who opposes
himself te thar wave viii so down tu
Disgrace
The task 81 those who are gath
cred Ecrc, or NIL prvsenl We satherp1
here a. make the settlements az ,a1s
peace Is greatly sTrnrireA ty tHs' saet
thst thes arr tHc masters ot 10 one
thew srr thr servants Of manAiad Ard
" Wv Do not heed the mandates tt
mankind 49, SHAH maze ourselves The
most conspicuous ami deserved tan
urea IN tNe history ~ the world
My conception * The league Of ma
tioas n inst Ibis taat il shall operate
a. she organized marsl fay,c ~ u,eu
'h-ous hont IN" verdi and that when,
ever wvnns and aggression are PLANNED
or contemplated tals searching light
81 conscience VII BE- tUrued ap~ou ,Nesn
AMI men viii ask Nhst are ;he rar
poses that rea held IN yegr heart
against tho fortunes - Ae wer)j'
~,uy little eNpn~ATN stl settle
Nest questions K tAe ecntrsl po~e-s
had dsre.3 10 discuss 'aa Purposes u
,hta WAY toy a stHFfo fartnSht / never
weg hN,r h,pqrasd tnd t. as
tl&aa 4 ~ ;seN uess .a-,ed 10 have
a.. a q