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may arise out of it. And I want you
to realize that his war was won not
only by the armies of the world, but
IL was won by economic means as
well. Without the economic means the
war would have been much longer
continued. What happened was that
Germany was shut off from the eco
nomic resources Of the rest of the
globe and she could not stand tt
and a nation that Is boycotted it a
nation that Is in sight of surrender.
Apply this economic, peaceful, silent
deadly remedy, and there will be no
need for force.
Boycott a "TerribIe Remedy"
1t Is terrible remedy. 1t does not
cost a life outside the nation boy
cotted, but it brings a pressure upon
that nation, which, in my Judgment,
no modern nation could resist.
l daresay that some of these ideas
are now to you, because while it is
true, as said this forenoon in Column
bus, that apparently nobody has taken
the pains to say what Is in this treaty,
very few have taken the pains to say
what is in the covenant Of the league
Of nations. They have discussed three
chiefly three-out Of twenty-six arti-
Giles, and the other articles contain
this heart of the matter, that instead
Of war there shall be arbitration; in
stead Of war there shall be discus
sion; instead of war there shall be
the closure of intercourse; that in.
stead Of war there shall be the ere
sistible pressure of the opinion Of all
mankind.
If had done wrong I would a great
deal rather a man would shoot me
than to stand me up for the judgment
OF my fellow men. l would a great
deal rather see the muzzle of a gun
than to look in their eyes. I would a
great deal rather be put out Of the
world than live in a world boycotted
and deserted. The most terrible thing
is outlaWery. The most formidable
thing is to be absolutely isolated. And
that is the kernel of this engagement.
War is on the outskirts; war is a re-
mote and secondary threat; war is
the last resort. Nobody in his senses
claims that he covenant of the league
of nations is certain to stop war. But
confidently assert that it makes war
violently improbable (Applause) and
that even if we canot guarantee that
it will stop war, we are bound, in con-
science, to do our utmost in order to
avoid and prevent it.
League and Treaty lnseparable.
I was pointing out, my fellow citi-
Zens, this forenoon, that this covenant
is part of the great document. ! wish
had brought copy of it along with
me, just to show you its bulk. 1t is an
enormous volume. And almost all the
things you hear talked about in that
treaty are not the essential things,
This is the first treaty in the his
tory of civilization, in which great
powers have associated themselves to-
gether in order to protect the weak.
(Applause)
need not tell you that speak with
knowledge in this matter-knowledge
of the purpose of the men with whom
the men representing America were
associated at the peace table. Every
one / consulted with came there with
the same idea, that wars had arisen in
the past because the strong had taken
advantage of the weak, and that the
only way to stop war was to band our
selves together to protect the weak;
that this war was an example which
gave us the finger pointing to the
way of escape; that as Austria and
Germany had tried to put upon Ser
via, 81 we lluSl see W II llldL OcIF Id
and the Slavic nations-peoples asso-
ciated with her, and the peoples of
Roumania, and those of Bohemia, and
| the peoples of Hungary, and of Aus
tria, for that matter-should feel as
sured in the future that the strength
of the great powers was behind their
liberty and their independence, and
was not intended to be used, and
never should be used for aggression
against them. (Applause.)
And so, when you read the covenant,
read the treaty with it.
Cites Example of Poland.
l have no doubt that in this audi
ence there are many men who come
from that ancient stock of Poland,
| for example, men in whose blood there
| is the warmth of old affections con
nected with that betrayed and ruined
| country; men whose memories run
back to insufferable wrongs endured
by those living in that country; and
l call them to witness that Poland
| never could have won unity and indie.
pendence by herself Those gentle
men sitting at Paris presented Poland
with a unity she could not have won,
and an independence which she can
not defend, unless the world guaran-