Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-13
PROMISE MADE
WHEN We WENT
TO WAR CITED
President Tells Tacoma Audience
Ii VIII Not Re Redeemed Till
Peace Is Ratified.

Tacoma, Wash, Sept. 1S.-Read-
ing to a Tacoma audience today a
part OF his address to congress
asking a declaration of war with
Germany, President Wilson de-
clared the purpose there outlined
was not yet fulfilled and would not
be until the treaty was ratified.
Pointing out that he had asked
in that address for a complete free
dom from autocracy and guaran-
tees for liberty everywhere, he
said that was the program which
had been adopted without respect
to party and which it now was
proposed in some quarters to aban-
don. When he asked whether the
people wanted 1t abandoned, there
were shouts of mo, no." and cheers
from the crowd. 1t was the first of
two addresses to be delivered by
the president in Washington dur
ing the day, night meeting being
scheduled at Seattle.
Giving the cost of the war on
both sides at $186, 0O0. 600, 600 and
the cost to the United States as
81 900 900 an hour for two years,
he said that was the cost in money
of saving civilization. In addition,
he continued, there were 7,450,20
battle deaths. These were terri
bic" facts" ne declared, and he had
come out to the people to see
whether they had forgotten them.
Country Has Not Forgotten.
THE country has not forgotten"
he added, land it will never per-
nit any man who stands in the
way of the fulfllment of our
pledges to forget the sorrowful
day when he made the attempt"
Violence Makes Wrong.
81 am an enemy of the rulership
of any minority. however consti-
tuted," he continued "Minorities
often have been right but they
cease to be right when they use
disorderly means"
The league, asserted Mr.. Wilson,
was IAN almost complete insur-
ance" against war, adding that
even if it were only 40 per cent
insurance" it would be worth
while. The war just ended, he con-
tinued, never could have begun
under the league because Germany
did not dare to discuss her case as
she would under the covenant. Nor
would she have dared invade Be-
GUM he continued, under the CO.
venant
Forget Election.
Party passion" the president
said, had been aroused by the
treaty discussions, although the
fundamental principles of the docH-
ment had come years ago from
statesmen" He asked
his audience to forget that he had
to do with the consam- |
nation of those principles and to
overlook that there would be any
election in 1920.
On his first return from Paris, !
Mr.. Wilson went on, he had re-
ceived a certain suggestion for the
senate foreign relations committee, !
which came for the most part from
the Republican side of the commit
tee. Returning to the peace con-
ference, he said, he had secured
the acceptance Of every one of these
Far Above Partisanship.
81 say these things" he con-
tinued, because / want to read the
riot act to anybody who tries TO |
politics into this thing. |
There is something so much !
greater than being Republican or
a Democrat that these names ought |
never to be mentained in connec- |
ton with it. That is being an I
and the way to be an
American is to fulfill the pledges |
we have made" /
The crowd cheered this declara- !
ton and there was more applause |
when Mr.. Wilson went on to tell of |
the work Of former President Taft |
and former Attorney-General Wick |
erham for the league.
Mr. Wilson said he was deeply |
touched by the interest of mothers |
and of children in the hope of |
world peace. Saying many of the |
children had hailed him along the |
way as 'TWoodie." The president di- |
crossed to remark that he had no |
to that il il were applied |
las n name and not as descrip- |
ton"
Fear if Peace Fails.
EVERY "Ou6A Will d CuAlus Ut /
clared the president, should live in |
fear if this plan for world peace
failed. |
"And those children who carried
flags on the street today pray !
God they never will have to carry (
that flag on the field of battle" /
without the league. said Mr. Will
son. the treaty would be house
Of cards. which any breath OF |
power" could overturn.
With the league, he added, it was !
as strong as Gibraltar"