The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-06

One OF the things America had had in
heart Throughout her whole existence,
said the president was that arbitration
and consultation should be substituted
ior force. This was accomplished, he
declared, by the league of nations cove
nant. Nine months of discussion of any
International controversy would be as
sured under the covenant, he asserted,
had been written into 80 arbitration
treaties. all Of which were confirmed
by the United States senate The
principle and the league, he declared,
already had been adopted by the Unit
ed States
breakers were emphasized by the presi-
dent as constituting a measure more
effectiye than military force, The most
conclusive thing that could happen to
nation, he continued, was ito be read
out Of decent society"
Effective disarmament would be ac-
complished under the covenant, Mr.,
Wilson predicted declaring ii was ridic-
ulous to talk Of the league as tending
to war when its whole essence" is ar
bitration and peace. The league, he
declared. would mean the end OF the
military oianR throughout the world
forever. 49,
There Is no other way to dispense
l with great armameYlts without an
agreement by the great nations of the
world. said Mr. Wilson, and here Is
the agreement.
Autocracy Doomed.
Autocracy would perish with militia.
risln. added the president, and the IN
trigue which had terrorized Europe for
generations would be ended,
He declared that 'democracies will
sooner or later have to destroy that kind
of government, and If I'VE don't do il
now, the job will still be before us.
This task. he continued, must be car
ried to the extent that no minority any.
where could control the many
The men who now control the affairs
\ Of Russia, !" said Mr.: Wilson, represent
Nnobody but themselves. They have nc
kind of mandate. There are only 81 OF
them, l am told, There is a closer mo-
nopoly of power In Moscow than there
ever was in Wilhelmstrasse. And q
man more cruel than the czar is con
trolling the destinies of that people.
And If we don't want little groupi
OF selfish men t6 plot the future Q
Europe, then we must see to it tina
little groups of selfish men do not lplot
the future Of the United States
Citing conditions in Armenia, Mr.
Wilson said he wondered that men dc
not wake up to the moral .responsibilitl
Aof what they are doing" when they
were debating and debating Will,
tragic situations waited to be dealt witt
as soon as the debating was over
Hope for every people in the worlt
that haven't got what they think the.
ought to have" was seen by the pres
ident In the league provision which EN-
! powers one nation to cali friendly at
tention to what 1t thinks is an injustic,
inside another nation, Every such peo
pie, he said, would have a world 70
rum" in which to present its case. va
The people, said the president, ha'
,1atc ln1 aho tkR N-nn nftr hxT
who look at 1t with the jaundiced eye
of those who have some private inter.
ests of their own" When these mei
were ''gibbeted' by public opinion, h,
said. they will regret that the gibbet i
SO high"
IF anybody dare to defeat this grea
instrument" he continued, then the.
4 will have toNgather together their coun
sellors flor the world and do something
better l say 1t Is a case Of put up o
shut up. A negation will not save tn
Word.p
The president said some men oppose,
the treaty conscientiously and he woul,
take off his hat in the presence of an,
mans conscience. But <hese men, h
added, based their opinion Of ignoranc
of what was in tn etreaty. Germany
said the president, would be the onl
great nation left out of the league, "un
less we decide to stay and come il
Alluding to the American promise t
set the Philippine Islands free. Mr.. Will
son said the league would solve. eth
very perpleXing" problem of how the
were to be kept free after their inde
pendence had been granted. Mr.. viii
son said he could imagine the shades o
the fathers looking on with astonish
ment that the American spirit ha
made conquest Of the world
II tell you" he added, the war wa
won by the American spirit. An
America in this treaty has realize
what those gallant boys fought for. TIL
men who make this impossible or d
fieult viii have lifelong recokin
with the men who won the war;"
Not After Fight.
The president asked the audience no
to think he had come out to fight o
antagonize" anybody.
Il have the greatest respect" he said
''for the senate Of the United States
But ! have come out to fight a caus
that is greater than the senate, and
intend to fight that cause, In office o
out. as long as | live"
The presidents special train arrive
from Indianapolis at 905 am. Led b
the Seventh regiment band, three com
panies of troops and the machine gu
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