The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-09-05
10000 PERSONS HEAR
PRESIDENT DURING
HIS STAY IN INDIAN
APOLlS.

many small peoples. the ptrAidcnt said Z
thAt Poland. fnr example. had boon Civ /
vu "a unity she goulJ not have Non I
and an Independence she cannot mntu |
tain Without aid from thc ercat pow
cfs
Opponents oi the ,nrur ~ Nations.
he said. had discussed nniN threc out
ui iwont, .siN ARTICLES ot the covenant
The article Witch would mako war
Improbable had been overlooked
The ntnaidVut said hiss speaking triu
was lr0tN tu point ont how "hhsn.
iuteD ienomnt" ct ine conlonts VI thc
covenant anWr OF these Wrte who en.
posed The ieaguv
20 ann an American. NE cleared "nnd
q champion ot rights which Americans
believe in."
Al thia the cgoWd chcorcd ana thcrc
WAS another outhurst uf chcritng whom
hc declared hc hRd 'not the eliGhtost
doubt what the verdict of the people
wouid De
"At present" he mid I'VE have 20
mind our own business. but under the
covenant of the league wr can mind
othcr peoplvs huaiucsa"
rhcrt was not An oppressed people
nnsv hcfv he said. that could NOT gct
attention for &C. casr under the lcague
ilC ala NOT mention ANY oppressed
people nA nauc hni many uf hia hear
crs remarked that they Thought Do
spoke of enc ease or ireland
Ncterrng 90 the shan,nng settle
mont thc president pointed ont that
lapan repeatedly had promised to rc
turn tho pcnlnculn go China fic ala
not ru into the subject at lcngth how
ever hut mentioned it in emphnsik-
ins that tho covenant would .cf..ec Go
recognize the validity 20 socrrtc trca
tics
phc president sald hc could looi, tho
49,. .HN.
proudly horAusc ho had kept his prom
ise Go DO all hc could 90 prevent any
murv war
"'Ahis l,ague" ne aaid We the only
conceivable arrangement which win
prevent our sending our men abroad
again vfrs soon"
Text 81 Prcsd dents
Indianapolis Speech
NN fellow citizens So srent "a com
pAuN as this tomrts me to make q
speech Oaurhter ana Npplauscl and
SOB want to sHN to you ln an srr
ousnrgs and snncrucss that J have aot
come here So make e. speech, in the or
dinHr, sense oi that term
n have come upon a very sober or
rand lndeod 4 have come Co report Co.
you tupou the work whirh She reprc
scutntvcs nf the United States at
tempted to do at the conference of
ueacc on the other slide of the sea-
because I realize MY follow citizens
that ms colleagues and ! in the task
we attempted ovcr there. were your
servants We went there with n dis
tinct crrand which Il was our duty
to perform IN the spirit which YOU
have displayed iu the prosecution ~
the war and in concoi>ing the purpose
and objects OF that war.
"a was in the city Of Columbus this
afternoon. whore was cndcDvoriug
% explain tu "a body 81 our fellow csti-
Gems there Just what ii was that the
treaty of peace contained. Tor ] must
frankly admit that in most NJ the
speeches that I have heart upon the
treaty OF peacn II would be impossi
bio GO form definite conception Of
what that instrument means.
Reviews History
Of World War
90 want TO recall 90 YOU Tor the pur
pose OF this evening. the circumstance
az the war and the purposes Tor which
our men spont their lives on the other
side of the sea.
YOU viii remember that "a prince
of thc house of Austria was slain ,n
ono uf the cities OF serbia. Serbia was
one of the small kingdoms of Europe.
She had mo strength which amy Of the
great powers needed Go fear As we
srr the Mar NOW. Germany ana those
VINO couspued with her made pro
Nf III f. NNlNA NiHtAANiA lN |tiN| A'f ANifiHf
uncomfortable demands for the weak
and helpless Kingdom of Serbia, not
with Wow of bringing about AN ac-
gulesccncc of those demands, bat with
Wow Go bringing about conflict
in which their purposes. quite sepat
ate from She purposes connected with
these demands. could he achieved.
"JIst SO su0n as these demands were
made other nations of Europe sent
photographic messages 90 thrir rcpicsen
tatiNcs nt Vienna and Berlin urgiug
them 60 ask the governments Of Wien
na and Berlin to enter into discus
sion 81 these matters
90 was Recalling my fellow ciu-
Gems the circumstances which began
che Terrible conflict that has ipst been I
concluded
$50 soon as the unconsciouahle de i
mants of Austria We're made an Ser
hia the othrr governments % Europe .
sent felcVfaphic messages 20 Berlin .
and Vienna. asking that the matter hv .
brought into conference. Aud the 4
significant circumstance ~ the he-
ginning of this war is that the Aus
trian and German governments did
naC dan, to discuss the demands on
Serbia of the purpose which they had
Iu View
Conferences Wcuid
Have Prevented War