Arizona republican., 1919-09-19
PACT ARGUMENT TS IF OPPOS|T|ON .ARE l MISLEADING SAYS PRESIDENT
League of Nations Drawn to Serve Peoples, Not Gov ernments, He Tells Oak land Hearers
[RepuoIlcan A. p. Leased Wire]

OAKLAND, Cal, Sept. 1S-President Wilson told an audience here tonight that the people had been "singularly and I sometimes fear deliberately mis- led" as to the contents of the peace treaty.
 In an address interrupted many times by cheers, he said that any man who discussed the treaty on the basis of small and technical objections would in the end be overwhelmed" by public opinion.
 Mir. Wilson spoke before a crowd which damned the auditorium here, with it's seating capacity of of 13,000. Many others stood in the aisles and in the rear of the galleries.
 Introduced By Woman
 For the second time during his trip, the president was introduced by a woman, Dr. Aurelia H. Reinhardt, president of Mills college, of Oakland presenting him as one to whom the international affairs of the country might be safely entrusted. When he rose to speak some one shouted Are we with him?" And many shouted in chorus yes"
 
 Wilson, the purpose of which was not to serve governments but ito serve peoples" All the peoples of the world he declared, at least had seen a vision of liberty and had drawn up a treaty for the peoples and the fortunes of children everywhere" It was for the benefit of those of future generations he asserted, that the document had been formulated.
 Ends lmperialistic Dreams
 The characteristic" of the treaty asserted Mir Wilson, was that it gives l liberty to peoples who never could i have won it for themselves. Had tht world not already been rent by the ] great war, he said, the world would | have been amazed that such a thing was possible He declared it mean 1 the end of the dreams of every i'm perialistic government in the world.
 For one thing, continued the presi- dent, the treaty attempted to inter nationalize all of the great water ways of Europe. In said in effect it pro- poses to cut out every influence oi privilege.
 Discussing the labor section of the l treaty, re declared there would be set up a new standard of labor for the whole world, under which laborers would be regarded as human beings and treated as they ought to be 1 treated"
 In that connection he mentioned the 1 seaman's act passed by congress few years ago.
 The international labor conference to i be held in Washington next month was recalled by the president and he was cheered when he added: We are waiting to learn from the senate of the United States whether VIC can attend it or not" In short( said the president, tht treaty provided an organization oi liberty and mercy" for the world.
 Would Forever Exclude Germany
 Referring to Germany's temporary exclusion from the league, the president said if the autocratic German govern ment were revived with Hohenzollerr on the throne, Germany forever would be excluded from the league and from respectable society.
 The Hapsburgs and Hohenzollern: are permanently out of business added Mir Wilson, while the crowd cheeret again.
 There were more cheers when he re- ferred to the withdrawal feature of tht league covenant, and said that should the United States go into the leagus l with seat near the door it would bt invited to take front seat immediately Turning to the arbitration and dis cussion features of the covenant, thu president said it invited all the nation! to lay any grievance before the jury o humanity before going to war.
 If you think you have a friend wht is fool" he added, encourage him tt hire 8 hall''
 Some one in the gallery shouted "Oh you Hiram Johnson" and the crowt laughed and cheered.
 Why Debate Details? America, foremost of all the nations said the president, declared it as on' of the principles on which she entered the war that there should be no nor wars.
 "Why do we debate details h. asked, while the crowd cheered, 'whel the heart of the thing is sound?r
 The league of nations covenant, Pres ident Wilson said in his luncheon ad dress today, lis the enterprise of Di vine mercy and peace and good will. Continuing, he said, T believe in Divin providence. If I did not, I would g crazy; if 1 thought the direction of tn disordered affairs of this world de pended upon our finite endeavor, should not know how to reason my wa, to sanity. But I do not believe ther l is any body of men, however, they con cert their power or the influence tha can defeat this great enterprise.