Evening journal., 1919-03-05


spirit as well as rush OF body oams
in contact with the lines of the en-
emy they began 20 break, and they
continued 10 break until the end.
They continued o. break. my fellow
citizens, not merely because OF the
physical force OF those lusty young
sters but because OF the irresistible
spiritual force OF the armies of the
United states.
spirit awed Their Foes.
Il was that they felt 10 was that
that awed them. u was that that
made them feel IL these youngsters
ever got a fOOthold they could hever
he dlslodged. and that therefore
every foot o. ground thai they won
was permanently won Tor The lib
erty OF mankind.
And do YOU suppose that having
felt that crussding spirit Of these
Youngsters. who went over there
not 10 glorify America. but a serve
ihei- fellow men, ] am going 20
permit myself for one moment 90
siacken In my effort 20 be worth,
OF them and Of their cause What
] said az the opening / said with
deeper meaning than perhaps YOU
have caught. do mean not 20
come back until It's over over there.
and g. must not be ever until the
nations OF the world are assure OF
the permanency of peace.
Gentlemen on this side Of the
wafer would be very much prOtited
by getting into communication With
some gentlemen on the other side ~
the water We sometimes think.
my fellow citizens. HAT the eXpe-
rienced statesmen OF the European
nations are an unusually hard
headed set Of men. by which We
generally mean. although We do not
admit o.. that they are a bit cyni-
cal: that they say. This IL A very
practical world. by which YOU al
ways mean that 10 is not an ideal
world: that they do not believe that
things can bc settled upon an ideal
basis.
Wen. ! never came into intimate
contact with them before, bGt n
they used TO he that way they arc
not that way now. They have
been subdved. II that was once
their temper, by the awful sig1
uilcance ~ recent events and the
awful importance of what Is 70
ensue: and there is not one ~
them with whom ] have come IN
contact who does not feel that he
cannot in conscience return 20 his
people from Paris unless he has
done his utmost to do something
more than attach his name TO a
treaty OF peace
Every man in thst conference
knows that the treaty Of peace in
i,self will be imperative. as Mr..
Taft has said, without this constsn.
support and energy Of a great
organization such as il supplied by
The league Of nations.
And men who when ! flrst went
over there were sceptical % the
possibility OF forming a league Of
nations admitted that II we could
but form 70. it would he an in
valuable fundamentally through
which TO secure the operation Of
the various parts OF the treaty; and
when that treaty comes back gen
tlemen on this side will md the
covenant not only in It.. but so
many threads 0f the tresty tied 10
the covenant that you cannot dis
sect the covenant from the treaty
without destroying the whole vital
structure. The structure OF peace
will not be vital without the league
OF nations, and no man is coins 10
bring back a csdsver with him.
I must say that ! have been pliz-
zlsd by some Of the criticisms-not
by the criticisms themselves: I
can understand them perfectly.
even when there was no foundation
for them: but the fact Of the criti-
clsrn. I cannot imagine how these
gentlemen can live and not live in
The atmosphere OF the world.
cannot imagine how they can
live and not be in contact with the
events OF their times. and ] par
ticularly cannot imagine how they
. can be Americans and set up q doc
trine OF careful selfshnes5 thought
out 20 the last detail.
Criticisms Lack Generosity.
I have heard no counsel Of gen
eroslty in their criticism. ! have
heard no constructive suggestion.
I have heard nothing except will
IL not be dangerous 20 US 10 help
the world?" II would be fatal TO
US not 10 help it.
Prom being what ! will venture
90 call the most famous and the
most powerful nation IN the world
we would OF a sudden have become
the most contemplate. So, / did
not need 20 be told, as have been
told. that the people OF the United
states would support this covenant.
7 am an American and J knew they
would.
What a sweet revenge 70 is upon
the world. They laughed at Us
once, they thought we did not mean
our professions OF principle. They
thought so until April OF 1911 It
was hardly credible 20 them that
we would do more than send few
men over and 90 through the forms
OF helping, and when they saw null
tltudss fastening across the sea.
and saw what those multitudes
were eager TO do when they got to
the other side they stood at amaze
and said, The thins is real. this
nation Is the friend Of mankind, as
Il said II was"
The enthusiasm, the hope. the
trust, the confidence IN the future
bred by that change OF view is in
describable. Take an individual
American and YOU may often ind
him selfish and confined 10 his
special interests; but take the
American in the mass and he is
willing 70 die for an idea.
The sweet revenge therefore "a
this, that we believed in righteous
ness, and now we are ready 10
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