The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-18
HQUITFR" SAYS
WILSON OF FOES
PRECEDENT FIGHTING HARD FoR
LEAGUE-REVEALs A NEW
GELF.
PACT OF A WORSE WAR
ThouoaHds Acclaim Mr.. Wilson In Mild
die Wcat On Moot Important
Trip OF His Public
Career.

western country Is observing as he :
proceeds on what he frankly calls the
greatest journey Of his life. No longer
is he simply an eloquent orator or
profound thinker with high ideals The
president has become real fighter,
and in his crusade for the adoption
Of the peace treaty with the league
of nations included, the only pre-
ventive, he asserts, Of an early ana
more terrible war that the world has
ever known, he has been delivering
the strongest speeches of his career,
putting into them his most powerful
words and gestures, and, indeed,
throwing into them personality more
| virie than even his friends believed |
he possessed. And this has won more |
friends for him and the league, even
among his political opponents.
A Republican crowd of 1900 in St
Louis Friday rose and cheered for
more than a minute when Mr.. VIII
son designated as cutters" these enc
mics Of the league who have peen
holding up its adoption.
"A HllACu up0CilipiSt6O VI AAASNS
10000 in Indianapolis on the preced-
ing night roaret approval when the
president, referring to these same
obstructionists Of the league, defied
them to put up or shut up"
The president challenged them to
produce something as good or better,
if they did not want to accept this
plan of preventing future wars. Be-
fore the St. Louis chambers OF COM
f MERGE. the president, explaining the
nurnoses Of the league, described IL
az a chart and constitution for a new
+ t~stem for the world'-a system de-
signed to prevent wars by protecting
the weak, who have always been the
cause of ars, system entirely con-
, Trajectory to tie old political system
i Of the weird 1t was for the purpose
' of ending war that America entered
the world conflict Mr.. Wilson remind
= ed his hearer he demanded to know
= of his opponents how they would keep
ont of war if they failed to take part
Il in the great pact to protect the weak
! He recalled the pledges that all Amer
: ;ca made that we should have share
a in this great pact. Then, referring tC
.e those who now oppose the league, nc
is said. "They are absolute, contemptl
-, hle ouitters if they don't see the game
re through" America will be desplsed
=, suenected and distrusted unless she
&c poes forward with her bargain, the pres
is dent added in the st. Louis speech
rs To all CT the objections to the league
lo MIR Wilson offered explanations tina
Il satisfied his audience. The mnh-dis
cussed article ten did not mean, h'
"a said, that Americans would ever nave
10 70 send troops across the seas to figh
. ether nations battles. Indeed, witt
ne q 1sague. there would be no more bat
III Ties, he explained, at least the pos
~ sibility was very remote.
III zach nation agrees, first he ex
of nloined either to submit difference!
ol to arbitration and accept the decision
in of the arbitrator, or submit the Gil
or Foronrns to discussion by the council
il of tho lpague. In this latter case, thu
y, rotions agree to allow six months 10
T.. .bo discussion. If settlement fallet
after that time, they agree to wal
three months longer before gong u
ruor and no nations after that perlo'
n cooling off" would fight he asserted
~ IN caep a nation refused to agree
tn o;+hor tn arbitration or discussion
eutlawed itself, the president explain
III ID If would be economically and sc
oto1Iv boycotted by the rest OF tn
by vorld and this punishment he SAID
IItty would be more terrible than war.
IT. As to Japan's holding OF Shantuni
eataI ,,onirerla. the president said he agree
,r- - that only because England an
he I,ronca by secret treaty, had give
~ tho territory to Japan, but he wa
onro he said. that Japan would, as sh
"a "a, has promised, return It, vi mos
pa league opponents who pose as emma
by fr;ends in this matter, he inquired
ne ne "1Jow do they expect to get Shai
he .nng hack for China If not through tn
on , ,"a9 Would they go to war for 1t
49,, ~ ACCUSING them Of fearing TIE Fl
ic- .ooneibilities of the league, he d
is omdod. "If you are China's friend
at should you scuttle ana run ihat
la. OF the kind of American l am" Agar
Oh 49, crowd rose and cheered.
of 'ng The president explained America
otto oad for being part of the league b
ia ne of business reasons, but sal
if. t tSov came last in his mind. He sal
st. ~. ooonclusion. at st. Louis: II thel
the e. no league, there VIII De- IN u
orr n; vepgeful providence of God, anoth'
s OF 1 tnnsgle in which not merely fe
tiu uSn of thousands of American
at n .iii have to die, but as many million
ct. :" u" nav be necessary to accomplish IL