The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-09-11
PRECEDENT WILSON IN
KANSAS CITY

PRECEDENT WILSON IN
Immense Audience Cheers the M
lions Executive - He Explains
the Peace Treaty.
Kansas. City. Mo-. Sept. 6.-Kai
Gas City. or that part Of it's Popul'
zion which could be packed an
jammed within the great confines {
Convention hall. listened this morr
ing to Woodrow Wilson, president {
the United States, bring befOre ther
with open hands the covenant of tn
= League of Nations.
II came back from Paris bringin
one of the greatest documents of hi
man history" declared Presiden
Wilson to the thousands VIII
crammed the huge hall to its utmos
capacity, land one of the things tina
made it great was that it was per
meated throughout with the principle
to which America has devoted he
life."
Repeating his challenge to 'oppon
ents of the covenant to put up o
shut up" President Wilson cause'
the great crowd to burst into roars o
approval when he asserted forcefullJ
that the principles which permeatet
the League of Nations and the peace
treaty principles, which he declared
never before were written into any
great international understanding
had their natural birth and origin in
The United States.
Enumerating in detail the things
accomplished by the League of Ma
tions with this country since its ORR
gin has wanted accomplished, Presi-
dent Wilson denounced ,scathingly
those little groups of men who repre-
sent certain classes and wish to de-
feat it at any cost.
II would not have you think that l
am trying to characterize those who
conscientiously object to anything in
this great document" the president
explained.
81 take off my hat in the presence
of any mans genuine Conscientious
ness" he asserted, "and there are
men who are conscientously opposed
though they will pardon me if say
it ignorantly opposed-but have no
quarrel with them"
The great crowd shouted its ap-
proval at the sally of the president
and cheered for several moments.
Speaking in terms so clear and
with words so simple that everyone
Of the thousands who listened to him
could understand perfectly the power
of President Wilson's oratory lay in
its directness.
President Wilson referred to the
"bo1shevist spirit as characterizing
some of the opposition to the treaty.
He made it perfectly plain, however,
that he was not charging the senator's
who are opposed to the treaty as
bolshevists.
In his criticism of the senatorial
opposition, the president carefully re-
Trained from making any utterances
which might be construed as per-
sonai. He-ha the most supreme re-
spect for the United States senate,
he said. but he repeatedly declared
that If the American people realize
the true nature and. scope of the
League of Nations covenant and the
peace treaty, they will insist that it
be ratified.
Il have no intolerant spirit about
the League of Nations" said the
president. II assure you I have no :
intolerant spirit about the matter, but :
also assure you that from the bot {
tom of my feet to the top of my head a
have got fighting spirit about It," i
IF anybody dares to defeat this +
great experiment" he continued when v
alence had been restored, then they
must gather together the counselors
IT the world and do something bet
er." Cheers greeted this remark.
IF there is a better scheme, for Il
me will subscribe to it," he declared, +,
nd again the great crowd roared its t,
pproval. r
but | want to say right here and f,
ow," challenged the president, his u
dice growing stern with the intens- al
r. OF his conviction, 1T is case of Fl
tut up or shut up" And the crowd ri
rent wild as it cheered the slang ex- di
ression which has typified the presi- h,
ent's attitude toward the senate OPP W
osition. n,
DEPRESSING from the League of Ma c,
ons. the chief executive delved into tt
ne problem of autocratic rule and his tv
>rceful assertions brought, forth re- hi
Gated cheers from the crowd. 70
my fellow citizens" he pleaded, W
i does not make any difference in
hat Kind of minority governs you, er
it is minority, and the thing we &C
lust see to is that no minority any IN
here masters the majority. to
THAT is the heart, my fellow citi- err
ms. of the tragical things that are tie
lppening in that great country bi
hich we long to help, but can find sn
, way that is effective to help. I tn
can the great realm of Russia"
President Wilson then assailed the B,
monopoly which rules Rus W
I and characterized it as more in wv
dious than the group which ruled on R,
before the war. El
There Is one pitiful example HI
hich . 10 the hearts of us ALL" he L,
- = mean the example of Ar G.
eaiA They are . Christian people, L
apless ct the mercy of Turkish Bl