The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-03-13
ADDRESS BIG CROWD IN THE
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
IN NEW YORK.
POWERS Want LEAGUE
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY SAILS FOR
EUROPE AGAIN ABOARD THE
GEORGE WARRINGTON.

ais return to the peace conference,
| President Wilson delivered an address
1t the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, urging establishment OF
| League of Nations Former President
Taft, speaking from the same plat
.orm, also outlined his reasons for be-
ieving that league should be formed
20 prevent future wars. Governor
Smith of New York presided at the
meeting.
| Governor Smith opened his speech by
| paying a tribute to the part the rev
The war is not yet won" he said.
and will not be won until the Golden
| Rule is written into the international
| law of the world"
| He introduced Mr.. Taft as the man
who had worn the purple of the Pres
.dent of the United States and with
| grace and honor"
As the President and ex-President
Taft emerged from the room in which
they conferred and walked through the
| thronged wings onto the stage. Mt.
| of you 1 should walk. MIR. President.
He was on the left: and the President
smiled and nodded. Mr.. TAFT was greet
ed with loud handclapping.
"A League of Nations covenant Is in
| dispensable to the treaty of peace, II
| the war is to accomplish the deciared
| former President william Howard Taft
| told the audience at the Metropolitan
Opera House in an exhaustive discus
sion of the league principles preceding
| the address of President Wilson.
An adherence to the Washingtonian'
policy of avoiding foreign alliances
could not be appiied to the present. ssssrsa ta
| because the interests OF the United
States are Inevitably involved in tho
preservation of European peace" For
| 4 ha ah n
| project. he asserted, would make the
| League of Nations merely "a return to
ance Of power with a speedy recur-
renee of war. in which this country
would certainly be involved. as 1t was
| in the present struggle"
The rank and file of the American
people are standing firmly behind
| President Wilson. declared Governor
Smith in presenting s he M w9hia phe IInitsa
The President began speaking At
The President declared he was con-
vinced by unmistakable evidences
| from all parts OF the country that the
II am more happy because this
means this IL mot . party Issue, issue .hs he
no party in the long run will dare
The President said an effective
| Nations was sought abroad. Intrigue
cannot stand publicity and u the
League of Nations were nothing but
a biz debating society it would Kill
Under the covenant. he .aid: It is
the friendly right" Of-every nation to
call attention of other nations to any
| thing which endangers peace. Germany
never would have gone to war II she
| had first discussed the situation with
| Serbia. he declared.
II am amaxed-not alarmed. but
umazed-that there should Shd,d be In ,..Dn some
ance of the state of the world" said
Mr.. Wilson. Those gentlemen do not
know what the mind of men Is just
now. now Everybody else does
II do not know where they have been
| cIoseted: 1 do not know by what influ-
know that they have been separated
| from the general currents of the
thought Of mankind.
the forces OF the world do not threaten.
tney 5e xys notice they
their majesty and oVrwhsimins !.
are are overwheimed Now. the heart Of
the world must be satisfied;
future! l think. my fellow citi.ens.
that we can so look fSrw.rd It,. to Il Nth with
nr ne%s aines came to n sh. .de Of
| the water about the progress that Is
| being made In Paris towards the dis
| cussion and Qualification of great
| many difficult matters: and believe
| that settlements will begin to be made
rather rapidly from this time on at
those conferences.
"But what 1 believe-what know
as well as believe. Is this: That the
| men engaged IN those conferences are
gathering heart as they go. not losing
| 1T: that they arc finding community OF
| purpose and community of ideal to an
| extent that perhaps they did not ex-
pect: and that amidst all the interplay
| of Influence - because II is infinitely
| complicated = amidst all the interplay
of in n.luence. there is a forward move
| ment which is running towards the
| right. Men have at last perceived that
| is the right. and that a wrong settle
| ment Ia bound to be temporary set
| tlement-bound to be a temporary set
| tIement for the very best reason of all.
| that II ought to be temporary settle
| ment. and the spirits Of men will rebel
| against II. and the spirits of men are
| now in the saddle.
God give us strength and vision to
| do II wisely. God give us the privilege
| of knowing that we did II without
| counting the cost. and because we were
| true Americans. lovers of liberty and
of doing right"
President Wilson went aboard the
| U. s. 8. George Washington at 1905
o'clock this morning with Mrs Wilson
and other members of his party. The
| steamship is scheduled to sail for
| France at S:15 =. m. Wednesday.
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