Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-12

am amazed. he said, both at
Indianapolis and Columbus, "at
some of the statements hear made
about this treaty, and the truth is
that they are made by persons who
! have not read the treaty or who
have not comprehended its mean
ing"
AT ST. LOUIS.
In two addresses there on Sept.
9th, the President discussed at
length disputed points of the peace
treaty and invited those who op-
pose it TO prove whether they care
not cutters if they do not sec the
game through"
The President defended the
Shantung provision as the only So
luton possible by which China can
be, assisted in her efforts TO regain
control of Shantung province.
Analyzing Article Ten of the League
Covenant. he said the league coun-
Gil could only advise and could not
, 90 that without concurrence of the
American members. The right of
revolution, he asserted, was scrupu-
louSlN preServed.>
! The Presidents first address was
at chamber of commerce lunch
con after he had been cheercd
along the route of a seven mile au-
tomobilc ride through the streets.
fle spoke that night in the Coliseum
where, i'll 1916, he was rcnominated
| for the presidency.
The Presidential party arrived
shortly after s O'Clock at The Coli
scum, where many national CON
ventionS have been held. When the
president arrived the crowd that
packed the hall arose and chccred
! for more than four minutes. ThOus-
ands of small American flags had
been distributed and the audience G
waved them wildly while they
Cheered.
The President was introduced
by Governor Gardner, who said the
people of Missouri never had been
more sincere in extending Il vel
come TO any visitor. This brought
renewed cheering. When the Gov
ernor introduced Mr.. Wilson as
"the father OF world democracy
there was another burst of ap-
plausc. A photographer in a look
out gallery asked through a mega
phone for Il moments attention to
take flashlight but the President
did not wait, saying this is "much
too serious an occasion to care how
we look; we ought to care how we
! Think
,, The President declared that to
amend the treaty would mean its
failure and the isolation of the
United States. Only those who are
ignorant of world affairs, he said,
could believe that even a great ma
tion like the United States could
stand by itself and apart.
If the United States is to save its
| own economic interests, said the
President, it must save the cconom-
lc interests of the world. That was
one reason, he continued, why the
United States should have a repre-
sentative on the powerful repara-
ton commissions. If there were
no American voice on this commits
sion, he asserted, this country would
have to put into the hands of fore
ign interests seeking to control
world markets American money for
the rehabilitation of the world.
THAT" said the President, "is
what they call playing lone hand
1t is playing lone hand; it is play,
ing Il hand frozen out. Those who
| propose these things do not under
stand the interests of the United
| States
Should America fail to take its
just part i'll world rehabilitation, the
President asserted, the whole aiti-
! tudc of the world toward America
would be changed. Because tho
world trusted SO much, he said
the reaction would be accordingl,
! great.
Should the United States stand
apart, economically and political,
~, the President continued, then
it must be "physically ready" for
trouble. "Thc nation must become
he said, "a nation in arms"
"YOu cannot afford to be I'M
friendly to everybody unless you
can afford TO have everybody un,
friendly to you"
The League of nations, without
the United States, would be an al.
lance and not a league of nations
"There can be no league of ma.
tiOnS, in true sense, without the
partnership of this great people
And if we are partner, let me
predict we'll be the senior partner
The other nations are looking TO us
for leadership and direction"
1t was a clear choice, said the
| President, between Earned isola-
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