White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-02

nv hhAiohs uilieu I'D utIenu II, no great
forces combined To make 1t good. no
assurance given To the dow~n-trodden
and fearful people of the world. that
they shall be safe. Any man who
thinks that America will take part In
giving the world any such rebuff and
disappointment as that does not know
America.
Invited to Test Sentiment.
/ invite him to test the sentiments
of the nation. We set this up to make
men free and we did not confine our
conception and purpose to America.
and now we will make men free. II
We did not do that the fame of Ameri-
ca would be gone, and all her powers
would be dissipated. She then would
have TO keep her power for those nar-
row, selfish, provincial purposes which
seem so dear to some minds that have
no sweep beyond the nearest horizon.
| should welcome nc sweeter challenge
than that. | have fighting blood IN
me and 1t Is sometimes a delight to let
II have scope, but If 1t is q challenge
on this occasion IL will be an indul-
gence. Think of the picture; think
of rhe utter blackness that would fall
on the world America has failed
America made a little essay at gener-
osity and then withdrew, America
said: 1--WE are your friends" but 1t
was only for today, not for tomorrow.
America said Here is our power I
vindicate right" and then the next day
said Let right take care of itself and
we will take care of ourselves. Amer
lea said: "We set up a light to lead
men along the paths of liberty, but
we have lowered it. 1t is intended
only to light our own path" We set
up a great ideal Of liberty and her
we said: Liberty is IA thing that you
must win for yourself. Do not call
upon u.s." and think of the world that
we would leavel
New Nations Must BE Shielded.
Do you realize how many new ma
lions are going To De set up in the
presence of old and powerful nations
in Europe and left there. If left by us,
without a disinterested friend? Do
you believe in the Polish cause as !
do? Are YOU going to set up Poland,
immature, inexperienced, as yet unor-
ganized, and leave her with "A circle
of armies around her? Do you believe
in the aspirations of the Czecho-SIo-
vaks aud the Jugo-Slavs as | do? DO
YOU know how many powers would be
quick to pounce upon them If there
were not the guarantees of the world
behind their liberty?
The arrangements of the present
peace cannot stand a generation nile
they are guaranteed by the united
forces of the civilized world. And IL
we do not guarantee them, can you not
see the picture? Your hearts ave IN
Structed you where the burden of this
war fell. Ii did not fall upon the ma
tional treasures it did not fall upon
the instruments Of administration 1t
did not fall upon the of the
nations. II fell upon the victims
homes everywhere. where women were
toiling In hope that their men would
come back.
Has No Doubt of Verdict
When | think of the homes upon
which duh despair would settle were
this great hope disappointed. I should
wish for my part 10 have had
America play any part whatever in
this attempt 10 emancipate the world.
But | talk as If there were my ques-
ton. | have no more doubt of the
verdict Of America in this matter tina
| have doubt Of the blood that is in
me.
And so. my fellow citizens, / have
come back 10 report progress, and |
do not believe that the progress is GO
ing TO stop short of the goal. The
nations of the world have set their
heads now to do a great thing. and
they are not going to slacken their pur-
pose. And when I speak of the nations
Of the world | do not speak of the
governments of the world. | speak of
the peoples who constitute the nations
of the world. They are in the saddle
and they are going to see To ii that If
their present governments do not do
their will. some other governments
shall. And the secret is out and the
present governments know IL.
Harmony Out Of Common knowledge.
There Is a great deal of harmony 10
he got out of common knowledge.
There Is n great deal of sympathy To
be got out of living in the same atmos-
phere and, except for the differences of
languages. which puzzled my American
ear very sadly. l could have believed
| was at home in France or in Italy or
in England when | WAS on the streets,
when | was in the presence of the
crowds. when | was i'm great halls
where men were gathered together IT.
respective of class. l did not feel
quite as much at home there as do
here, but | felt that now. at any rate.
after this storm of war had cleared the
air, men were seeing eye to eye every
where and hat these were the kind OF
folks who would understand wha the
kind of folks at home would under
stand and that they were thinking the
same things.
Trying to Interpret America.
1t Is n great comfort, for one thing,
to realize that you all understand the
language | am speaking. A friend OF
mine said that TO talk through an In
terpreter was like witnessing the CON-
pound fracture of an idea. But the
beauty of It is that, whatever the i'm
the channel of communities
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