The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-02-28

eroslty and then withdrew. America
said: We are your friends. but II was
only for today. not for tomorrow
America said: Here is our power TO
vindicate right and then TIE next DAY
said Let right take care or ITSELF ana
we will take care OF ourselves Amer.
Iica said: we set up a light TO lead
men along the paths OF liberty. but
we have lowered IL, Il IL Intended only
TO light our own path 80
Eve set up great ideal OF lid
erty, and then we said: Liberty is
thing that you must win for yourself
do not call upon us And think or
the world that we would leave. DO
you realize how many new nations are
going to be set up in the presence or
old and powerful nations in Europe.
and left there, III left by US, without
disinterested friend?
"Do you believe in the Polish cause,
as / do? Are you going to set up Po-
land. immaturef inexperienced, as
vet unorganized and leave her with a
circle OF armies around her? DO you
believe in the aspiration Of the CZecho-
Slovaks and the Jugo-Slavs as | do?
DO you know how many powers would
be Quick to pounce upon them II
there were not the guarantees oil the
/
Have you thought fthe suffering
of Armenia? You poured out your
money to help succor the Armenians
after they suffered; now set your
strength so that they shall never sur
fer again.
"The arrangements of the present
peace cannot stand a generation I'M
less they are guaranteed by the united
forces of the civilized world. And IL
we do not guarantee them, cannot you
see the picture? Your hearts have in
struoted 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 resources OF the
nations. 1t fell upon the victims
homes everywhere, where women were
toiling in hope that their men would
come back.
when | think of the homes upon
which dull despair would settle where
this great hope is disappointed,
should wish, for my part, never to
have had America play any part what
ever in this attempt to emancipate
the world. But | talk as If there
were any question | have no more
doubt of the verdict of America in
this matter than | have doubt OF the
blood that is in me.
and so, my fellOwcitizens, | have
come back to report progress, ana |
do not believe the progress is gong
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 purpose. And
when | speak of the nations OF the
world, | do not speak of the govern
ments of the world. 1 speak Of the
peoples who constitute the nations or
| the world. They are in the saddle,
and they are going to see to 1t that
il their present governments do not
do their will. some other government
shall And the secret is out ana the
present governments know IL.
There is a great deal Of sympathy to
| to be got out Of common knowledge,
There is a fgreat deal of sympathy to
be got out of living in the same at
mosphere and except for the differ
ences of language which puzzled my
American ear very sadly, | could nave
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
| in great halls where men We're gath
cred together irrespective OF class. |
did not feel quite as much at home 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 everywhere and these were the
kind of folks who would understand
what the kind of folks at home would
understand and that they were think
| ing the same things.
II feel about you as | am reminded
of a story of that excellent witness
and good artist, Oliver Herford, VINO.
one day, sitting at luncheon, at his
club. was slapped vigorously on the
back by man whom he did not know
yerv well He said: oliver, old boy,
how are you?' He looked at him rath-
err coldly He said: L don't know
your name, | don't know your lace.
but your manners are very Tamlllar,
and must say that your manners are
very familiar, and, let me add, very
delightful.
ut is a 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 COM
pound fracture of an idea. But the
beauty of it is that whatever the i'm
pediments of the channel of commune
cation, the idea is the same: that II
gets registered, and 1t gets registered
in responsive hearts and receptive
purposes. ,,
nave CO1llS UdNh III q SNA
attempt to transact business for
little while in America, but ! have re-
ally come back to say to YOU, IN all
soberness and honesty. that nave
been trying my best to speak your
thoughts.
when l sample myself, / think |
find that am typical American, and
if | sample deep enough and get down
to what is probably the true stuff Of
man. then | have hope that it is
part of the stuff that is like the other
fellows at home.
And therefore, probing deep in my
heart and trying to see the things that
are right without regard to the things
that may be debated as expedient, l
feel that | am Interpreting the purpose
and the thought of America; and in
loving America l find l have Joined the
great majority of my fellow men
| throughout the world"
Prince Leopold Prisoner At Munich
Geneva-Prince Leopold, former
commander-in-chief of the German ar
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