The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-15
SENATOR swANsoN,s sr1eEx.3

SENATOR SWANSON'S SpEGks&# M
Senator Swanson said. The WcFi1ss
had practically concluded its bloodie4tsSa2
its most brutal, most widely extenoeds2
and most destructive war. Twentx*
two nations, comprising nine.tenthGS
of the worlds population ri one and 1
one-hait billions. had engaged In AS
nerce and titanic conflict. The rAss
naming one-tenth. comprising neuxraxs
nations, was indirectly involved. TIN
minutest details OF their lives 4sidsS
business being seriously affected Thn1E
practically all mankind was drGNM
into the vortex of this world ccnsSs
haSation The expenditures Of 49,
various governments involved, ana TlaAA
oss Of hfe and property we're stipsndr
Gus and stagger The imasin alton nj 41@
estimated that 100000 msn w9F98
killed and I.li5,too were r srnan1nStS
disabled | have read the StAteuGS11
that more than 1000. 00c soldiers NIS61S3
buried within fifty miles OF raftx2S
Countless other millions, .scmprtatN|
noncom pa tants--children w-.smsn. M 4
men--were destroyed by starv1At<G12
Impeachment. and oppression. 11a
whole world has been envelop1d 3a
sorrow and mourning--scarcefys "a
household without its empty C3s& "a
scarcely soul without lon2ine0 ,
hear again some voice forever TIT E
The destruction OF property occ461
ed rs the operations of arnftS9 44 d
Inc occupation OF hostile TERRITORY
been enormous. and II will t0ke ye1f@S
iof toll to repair tho damage WH1
the war Is finally ended and the a&S&3
mics disaanded, il is estimated th1&
the world VIII ne hurdened with ~
pubic debt aggregating s19A404 eoQss
oeo--more than one-third u IN l6<N)
IL Il. - ~A
GUS taxation ano. severe privatiouW 4& x
war in It's prosecution has consnnaA
nearly one-nalf OF the wealth
world q 9s#
Cost Of Another ws3. N
The scsses in .ife and properey II "
ceed those OF all wars since the h6$
ginning OF recorded history. Gu
social order has been shaken III
very foundation. Civilization, " f 1Sg
bracing our priceless he9ttaao "
liberty, justice. varied bette
and reforms, obtained only aftGr A1I e
turtles Of effort and sacrif3cers II
nearly destroyed esca pin9 n ~ 1
miraculously. Another SUCH &S%s
All would be iost--mankind yoa11 =
vert to the rule OF brute fS3SxS
oarharism Of the Dark Ages n
the use OF the new pleM0afw q
warfare m land, sea, and All, ~ r.
during the course Of the roc6y N
dict, future wars would Be n1ttS IL :
,ous and destructive than the ~. N
severe shock OF another world 49,. Il
tensile 4 and Augmented II Ae6lx I
tive force. would shatfsr cur o(s
ton, crumbIin1 Y into ruins M
magnificent civilizations 81 40
Therefore the most imnoetaat
lem, ana the sreatest and 9eaRo
before us II TO devise meaSSGs1 y
derinE another world cohnaGs
unnecessary. and, a. far eSs HGS II
done. making It Impossible. IN
this. all other nuesfions f1s4e
sirnihcance. This ii the ~
obligation Of the WORLDS rQi3
statesmen. To 2ccomplish tkt
Hbie purpos& thu accredited
tatfve~ az twenty-five states NJ
lciuded IN the draft ~ the $500 L.
provision for etablishine II
ct nations The object souNlIxk
league Are IL establish IN
on, justice mn strict fegAf
rights, political ana econonst1
Gus peoples ana national
dertn9 future w&Fa MJlnoc4
then 81 prevsnts ~ ~