Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-25


| soldiers were not trained long
enough, said: "It takes only half
as long to train an American soldier
as any other, because you only have
to train him one way, and he did
only go one way, and he never came
back until he could do it when he
pleased
And now do you realize that this
confidence we have esta ablished
throughout the world imposes bur-
den upon us-if you choose to call
it a burden. 1t is one of those bur-
dens which any nation ought to be
proud to carry. Any man who re-
sits the present tides that run in the
world will find himself thrown upon
a shore so high and barren that it
will seem as if he had been separated
from his human kind forever.
America Must Not Fail World
If America were at this juncture
to fail the world, what would come
OF ltE L do not mean any disrespect
10 any other great people when j say
that America is the hope of the
world; and if she does not justify
that hope the results are unthink-
able. Men will be thrown back
upon the bitterness of disappoint-
ment not only, but the bitterness
of despair. All nations will be set
up as hostile camps again; the men
at the Peace Conference will go
home with their heads upon their
breasts, knowing that they have
failed-for they were hidden not to
come home from there until they did
something more than sign q treaty
of peace.
Suppose we sign the treaty of
peace and that it is the most sat-
isfactory treaty of peace that the
confusing elements of the modern
world will afford and go home and
think about our labors: we will
know that we have left written
upon the historic table of Versailles.
upon which Vergennes and Ben
Jamin FRANKLIN wrote their names,
nothing but a modern scrap of pa
per; no nations United to defend it,
no great forces combined to maize it
good, no assurance given to the
down -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.
l invite him to test the sentiments
OF the nation. We set this up to
NHNAAS 'AiSh AASS anu we ulu nOI COIL
line our conception and purpose to
America and now we will make men
free. If we did not do that the fame
or America would be gone and all
her powers would be dissipated. She
then would have to keep her power
Tor those narrow, selfish, provincialt
purposes which seem so dear to
some minds that have no sweep be-
yond the nearest horizon. / should
welcome no Sweeter challenge than
that. l have fighting blood in me
and it is sometimes a delight to let
1t have scope, but if 1t is a challenge
on this occasion it would be an in
dulgence. Think of the picture,
think of the utter blackness that
would fall on the world. America
has failed! America made little
essay at generosity and then with
drew. America said
I'VE are your friends" but it
was only for to-day. not for to-mor-
row. America said: Here is our
power to vindicate right" and then
the next day said: Let right take
care of itself and we will take care
of ourselves" America said: I'VE
set up light to lead men along the
paths of liberty but We have low
cred it, it is intended only to light
our own path" We set up a great
ideal of liberty and then we said:
Liberty is a thing that you must
win for yourself. Do rot call upon
u.s." and think of the world that we
would leave.
Must Protect Weak Nations
Do you realize how many new ma
tions are going to be 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? Do you know how many
Poland, immature, inexperienced, as
yet 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 1 do? Do you know hoy many
Powers would be quick to pounce
upon them if there were not the
guarantees of the world behind their
liberty?
Have you thought of the suffering
of Armenia? You poured out your
money to help succor the Armen-
ians after they suffered; now set
your strength so that they shall
never suffer again.
Inc arrangements Oh IIlc present
peace cannot stand a generation un-
less they are guaranteed by the unit
ed forces of the civilized world. And
IL we do not guarantee them, cam
not You see the picture?
Your hearts have instructed you
where the burden of this war fell.
1t did not fall upon the national
treasures, it did not fall upon the
instruments of administration, it did
not fall upon the resources of thei
nation. 1t fell upon the victims
homes everywhere, where women
were toiling in hope that their men
would come back.
When 1 think of the homes upon
which dull despair would settle
where this great hope is disappoint-
ed, should wish for my part never
to have had America play any part
whatever in this attempt to eman-
cipate the world. But l talk as if
there were any questions. I have
no more doubt of the verdict of
America in this matter than I2have
doubt of the blood that is in me.
And so, my fellow citizens, have
come back to report progress, and /
do not believe that the progress is
going to stop short of the goal The
nations of the world have set their
they are not going to s1acken their
purpose.
Idea Same in All Languages
feel about you as / am reminded
of a story of that excellent witness
one day, sitting at luncheon at his
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