Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-10

governors, and In the settlement OF TN
peace we have sought no special rep
aration for ourselves, but only the res
toration OF right and assurance OF lib
erty everywhere that the effects OF the
settlement were to be felt We enter
ed the war as the dislnterested cham
pions Of right and we interested our
selves In the terms Of the peace In no
other capacity.
Saved Europe From Disaster.
'The hopes of the nations allied
against the central powers were ut a
very low ebb when our soldiers began
to pour across the sea. There was
everywhere amongst them. except in
thoir stoutest spirit, somber forbod-
ing OF disaster. The war ended in Mo-
vember, eight months ago, but you
have only to recall what was feared in
midsummer last, four short months
before the armistice. to realize what 1t
was that our timely aid accomplished
alike for their morale and their phys
ical safety. The first, never-to-b be-for-
gotten action ut Chateau Thierry had
already taken place. Our redoubtable
soldiers and marines had already clos
ed the gap the enemy had succeeded
in opening for their advance upon Par
is-had already turned the tide OF bat
tie back toward the frontiers Of France
and begun the rout that was to save
Europe and the world. Thereafter the
Germans were able to be always fore
ed back: were never to thrust success
fully forward again. And yet there
was no confident hope. Anxious men
and women, leading spirits Of France.
attended the celebration OF the Fourth
Of July last year In Paris out Of gen.
erous courtesy-with no heart for fes-
tivity, little zest for hope. But they
came away with something new at
their hearts; they have themselves
told US so. The mere sight of our men
-of their vigor, Of the confidence that
showed itself in every movement OF
their salwart figures and every turn
of their swinging marchs in their
steady comprehending eyes and easy
discipline and indomitable air that
added spirit to everything they did.
Everyone who saw them that mem
orable day realized that something had
happened that was much more than a
mere incident in the fighting. some-
thing very different from the mere ar
rival Of fresh troops. A great moral
force had flung itself into the struggle.
The fine physical force Of those spirit
ed men spoke Of something more than
bodily vigor. Tney carried the great
ideal Of q free people in their hearts
and with that vision were unconquer-
able. Their very presence brought re-
assurance; their fighting made victory
certain.
Yanks Recognized as Crusaders.
"They were recognized as crusaders
and as their thousands swelled to
millions their strength was seen to
mean salvation. And they were fit
men to carry such hope and make
good the assurance It forecast. Finer
men never went into battle; and their
officers were worthy Of them. This is
not the occasion upon which to- utter
q eulogy Of the armies America sent
70 France, but perhaps. since I am
speaking Of their mission. may speak
also Of the pride shared with every
American who saw or dealt with them
there They, were the sort Of men
America would wish to be represent
ed BY, the sort Of men every Ameri-
can would wish to claim as fellow
countrymen and comrades in great
cause. They were terrible in battle.
and gentle and helpful out Of 1t, re-
membering the mothers and the sist-
ers, the wives and. the little children
at home. They were free men under
arms, not forgetting their ideals Of
duty in the midst of paths of violence.
I am proud to have had the privilege
of being associated with them and Of
calling myself their leader.
Brought Freedom to World.
"But I speak now Of what they
meant to the men by whose sides they
fought and to the people with whom
they mingled with such utter simpli-
city, as friends who ask only to be Of
service. They were for all the visible
embodiment of America. What they
did made America and all that she
stood for living reality in the
thoughts, not only Of the people of
France but also Of tens Of millions Of
men and women thruout all the quar-
reling nations of q world standing
everywhere in peril Of its freedom and
of the loss Of everything it held dear
lin deadly fear that its bonds were
never to be loosed, its hopes forever
And the compulsion Of what they
stood for was upon us who represent
ed America at the peace table. It was
our duty to say to it that every deci-
sion we took part in contributed, so
far as-we were able to influence it, to
quiet the fears and realize the hopes
Of the peoples who had been living in
that shadow, the nations that had
come by our assistance to their free
dom. It was our duty to do every
thing that it was in our power to do
to make the triumph of freedom and
right lasting triumph in the assur-
ance Of which men might everywhere
live without fear.
commends co-Workers!
1T sBas not easy to grasp the new
order Of ideas on the old and some Of
the fruits OF the grating, fear, for
time be bitter. But, with very few ex-
ceptione, the men who sat with us at
the peace table desired as sincerely as
we did to get away from the bad in
nuences. the illegitimate purposes, the
demoralizing ambitions, the interna-
tional crimes and expedients out Of
which the sinister design Of Germany
had sprung as natural growth. 1T
had been our privilege to form the
principles which were accepted as the
basis of peace, but they had been ac-
complished not because we had come
In to hasten and assure the victory in
sisted upon them but they were readily
acceded to as the principles to which
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