The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-03-05


Great Britain would 60 in with
France and with Russia she never
would have undertaken the enter
prises and the league of nations is .
meant as a notice to all OUTLAW.
nations that not only Great Bri-
tain, but the United States and the
rest of the world will go in. to stop
enterprises Of that sort. And so
the league of nations is nothing
more or less than the covenant
that the world will always. main
tain the standards which it has
now yindicated by some of the
most precious blood ever spilled.
EUROPE SICK AT HEART
''Ihc liberated peoples of the Aus.
tro-Hungarial empire and Of the Turk
ish empire call out to us for this
thing. 1t has not arisen in tile council
of statesmen. Europe is bit sick at
heart at this very moment, because it
is seen that statesmen have had no
vision ana that the only vision has
been the vision of the people. Those
who suffer see. Those against, whom
wrong is wrought know how desirable
is the right and the righteous.
''The nations that have long been
under the heel of the Austrian, that
have long covered before the German,
that have long suffered the indescrib-
able agOnieS Of being governed by the
Turk, have called out to the world,
generation after generation, for JUS
tice, for liberation, for suceor: and
no cabinet in I've world has heard
them.
"Private organizations. pity in &
hearts, philanthropic men and women
have poured out their treasure in Or
der to relieve these sutferings; but
no nation has said to the nations re-
spOnsiblc, you must stop; this thing
is intolerablc,r and we will not permit
it, And the vision has been with the
people. - te~. ; -.-u
My friends, l wish you would
reflect upon this proposition. The
vision as to what is necessary for
great reforms has seldom come
from the top in the nations Of the
world. 1t has come from the need
and the aspiration and the self
assertion Of great bodies of men
who meant to be free. And l can
explain some of the criticisms
which have been lcveled against
this. great enterprise only by the
suppOsition that the men who ut
ter the criticisms have never felt
the great pulse of the heart of
the world.
AMAZED AT IGNORANCE
and I am amaZed--nOt alarmed,
but amazed-that there should be III
some quarters such a comprehensive
ignorance Of the .,talc NJ the world.
These gentlemen do not know what
the mind of men is, just now. Every
body else does. l do not know where
they have been closcted: do not know
by what influence they have been blind
cd; but do know they have been
separated from the general currents Of
thought Of mankind.
UTTERS A WARNING ~ -
) "And | want tc utter this SOL
cum warming, not in the way of
threat the forces Of the world
do not give notice that they are
going to rise and run they rise III
their majesty and overwhelming
might, and those who stand in the
way are overwhelmed. Now the
heart of the world is awake, and
the heart of the world must be
satisfied. N.,.sy.. =. e..,,..
do not let yourselves suppose
for moment that tho uneasiness
in the populations of Europe is due
entirely to economic causes or eco
nomic motives; something very
much deeper underlies it al than
that. 49,,
''They see that their governments
.uye never been able to defend them
against intrigue or aggression. and
that there is no force OF foresight or
Of prudence in any modern cabinet to
stop war. And therefore. they say
there must be some FUNDAMENTAL cause
for this and the fQnda mental cause
they are beginning to perceive to he
that nations have stood single, or in
little jealous groups against each other,
fostering prejudice. increasing the dam
ger Of war, rather than connecting
measures to prevent it; and that If
there is right in the world. il Their"
is justice in the world. there is NJ.
reason why nations should be divided
in the support Of justice. - t.g.
"They are therefores saying if you
really believe that there is Il right, If
you really believe that wars ought to
be stopped, stop thinking about the
rival interests Of nations. and think
about men and women and children
throughout the world. ..s.s
Nations are not 'nade to afford
distinction to their rulers by way
of success in the maneuver'. Of
politics nations are meant, if they
. are meant for anything to make
the men and women aud chiitl,en
in them seAure AMI happy ana
prosperous and no nation ITS tir
right to set up special interests
against the interests and benefit Of,
mankind, least Of all this great
nation which we love. u
TO BENEFIT MANKIND
1T was set up for the benefit Of
mankind; it was set up to illustrate
the highest ideals and to achieve the
highest aspiration of men who wanted
to be free; and the wOEld-the world
Of today believes that and counts on
us and would be thrown back into the
blackness of despair if we deserted it.
II have tried once and again, my fel'
low. citizens, to say to little circles OF