The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-14
ABLE
TO WORK OUT
LEAGUE PLAN
Champ Clark Says President
Needs No Help From Him or
Anyone Else in LabOrS.
ADDRESSES GREAT
CROWD ATGARDEN
Care of Soldiers: Trade Develop.
ment; Homes for Soldiers.
Clark's Main Stress.

Clark's Main Stress.
The ability OF Woodrow Wilson ana
his colleagues to settle tho League Of
Nations plan without any advice from
Champ Clark or anybody else, the
vital obligation resting upon the UNI
tea States to take care OF her returned
soldiers. the vast Importance Of de-
velopment Of South American trade.
the drainage OF Florida lands for cul.
tivation spots where men may ma
homes-these were the cardinal points
wnicn the former speaker Of the
mouse OF representatives laid down an
abiding things in his faith and craea
when he addressed a big audience -
Fensacoia people at the Garden the-
atre last night.
The superiority Of the house over
the senate he spoke of in q 3ocular
vein, but loyalty to country and presi-
oent. duty to the men who brought the
world war to q successful conclusion.
ana the development Of America and
ner merchant marine to the pont OF
the utmost perfection for q vast for
eign trade, were the things which he
stressed.
Up 20 Wilson.
Somebody advertised that was
going to speak on the LeaRue Of
Nations" the speaker began. II am
not going to do any such thing. I am
leaving that up to Woodrow Wilson
and his colleagues, and they can pretty
well settle it. I am not going to make
q speech on why we went in to the
war. 1t was not sympathy for Bel
gium, though we always sympathixe
with the under dog. It was not SYM
pathy for France. It was this: No
nation can survive, or deserves TO sur.
vive. which will not protect all its
citizens wherever they may be. on
land or sea. wish could put that
into the head OF every man. woman
and child In the United States. And
= e Hnfh4Ax gan make better speech
million men Uk7Rs1ke 4.
pointed out. 1T is - toward the
a mistake. but q crime" he said, 1T
we do not give them employment and
q home. There is nothing too good
for the soldiers who went 1000 miles
across the seas. Then there are an
other million over there with the Red
Cross. Y. M. G. A.. etc.. and another
million and a half in the munition fac
tories for whom we must find Jobs.
We've either got to turn the munition
factories into peace factories or shut
them down. A hungry man doesn't
reason well, and when one 10 turned
loose he is going to make things hum"
That America must develop her for
eign trade was particularly stressed
by the veteran member OF congress.
"The history of the American mer-
chant marine is q tale Of glory and q
tale of shame, the first half glory, and
y..y .t.o
got to increase the trade which lies
right under our noses. We have got
to have loads both ways and banking
facilities. England and France are
not asleep: they are fixing to take
lof the trade WIN they were
right within the sound of the big guns.
Britain was ready to seiz cit by the
collar"
The Monroe Doctrine.
Eternal vindication and continual
ton of the Monroe doctrine was one
Of the things Cham Clark urged. ''rhe
stronger the South American repub-
lies grow. the better satisfied we are
with it," he said. TT is the great life
preserver of the modern world. We
don't want foot OF land that anybody
else has. Every now and then some
dillettante gets up and says something
against the Monroe doctrine. but we
are going to maintain it."
Drainage and irrigation are of par
importance, he pointed out
Florida has more cut-over land thai
any state in the union, and this should
be used to give employment to SOL
iliers."
That the final SESSION OF congress
rat longer and did more work than
any other since the declaration of in
dependence was signed. was the opinion
which the speaker give. They did
more work more astoundingly and
with a greaterunanimity than ever be-
fore. and they did not fail to pass a
single war appropriation" he said.