The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-07-10

: voted to material interests An
they have seen her boys com
across the water with a visio
even more beautiful than wha
they conceived when they had er
tertained dreams of liberty an
Ipeace.
And then I had the adde,
! pride of finding out by persona
observation the kind of men w
had sent over. I had crossed tn,
seas with the kind of men VIII,
had taken them over, withou
whom they could not have got t,
Europe. and then when | got ther,
J saw that army Of men, that army
OF clean men. that army that
was glad to point out and say
these are my fellow countrymen.
1T sOftens the homesickness g
good deal to have so much o1
home along with you, and these
boys were constantly reminding
me Of home. They did not walk
the streets like anybody else. /
do not mean that they walked the
streets self-assertively. They did
mot. They walked the streets as if
they knew that they belonged
wherever free men lived, that
they were welcome in the great
republic Of France and were com
rades with the other armies that
had helped to win the great bat
tie and to show the great sacri-
flee. Because it is a wonderful
thing for this nation, hitherto is
olated from the large affairs of
the world. to win not only the
universal confidence of the people
of the world. but. their universal
affections.
"And that. and nothing less
than that. is what has happened.
Wherever it was suggested that
troops should be sent and it was
desired that troops Of occupation
should excite no prejudice, no un-
easiness on the part of those to
whom they were sent, the men
who represented the other nations
came to me and asked me to send
American soldiers. These not
,nly implied. but they said, that
he presence of American soldiers
would be known not to mean any
hing except friendly protection
md assistance. Do you wonder
hat it made our hearts swell with |
ride to realize these things?
"But while these things in
ome degree softened my home
ickness they made me all the
more eager to get home, where the
est Of the folks live, to get home
where the great dynamo of nation
j energy was situated, to get
leme where the great purposes Of
lational action were formed and
0 be allowed to take part in the
ounsels and in the actions which
we're formed. and to be taken by
his great nation which from first
O last has followed the vision of
he men who set it up and created
t. We have had our eyes very
lose upon our tasks at times but
yhenever we lifted them, as we
7ere accustomed to lift them to
distant horizon. we were aware
hat all the peoples Of the earth
ad turned their faces toward us
s those who were the friends of
reedom and of right and when
yer we thought Of national policy
nd of its relation upon the af-
airs of the world, we knew we
vere under bonds to do the large
hing and the right thing.
at is a privilege. therefore, be- ;
ond all computation, for a man,
rhether in a great capacity or a
nall capacity. to take part in the
and in the resolutions OF
people like this. | am afraid
ome people. some persons, do not !
nderstand that vision. They do ,
OF see it. They have looked too
luch upon the ground. They
ave thought too much of the in
,rests that were near them, and
ney have not listened to the voic-
, of their neighbors.
"I have never had a moment s !
oubt as to where the heart and !
urpose Of this people lay. When ,
nyone on the other side Of the :
,ater has raised the question,
Will America come in and help" i
have said. tOf course America !
i'll come in and help She can,
OF do anything else. She VIII ]
OF disappoint any high hope that
as been formed Of her. Least OF
i in this dav of born liberty all ,
YER the world will she fail to
xtend her hand of support and
,sistance to those who have been
lade free. ,. Ie
II wonder if at this distance
on can have any conception OIL
,e tragic intensity Of the feellng
.1oc IN F11ropp who N