Evening star., 1919-09-05

jority. SO that they could control the
face OF passion. 50 that they could
check the things that were wrong;
and this treaty seeks something like
that.
TN drawing the humane endeavors
together IT makes a mirror OF the
fine passions OF the world. OF its phil
anthroric passions, and of its passion
Of pity. Of this passion Of human sym
pathy. Of this passion Of humane
friendliness and helpfulness. for there
is such passion. 1t Is the passion
that has lifted US along the slow road
Of civilization: il is the passion that
has made ordered government possi--
BILE: ii is the passion that has made
Justice. and established the thing in
some happy part Of the world.
Urges All to Read Treaty.
That is the treaty. Did you ever
hear Of IL before? Did you ever know
before what was in this treaty? Did
anybody before ever tell you what the
treaty was intended to do?
II beg. my fellow citizens. that you
and the rest OF those Americans with
whom we are happy to be associated
all over this broad land. will read the
treaty themselves-or II they won't
take time to do that-for It is a tech
nical documnet that is hard to read
that they will accept the interpreta-
tion of those who made IL and know
what the intentions were in the max
ing Of it.
IT hear a great deal, my fellow cit
izens. about the selfishness and the
setnsh ambition of other govern
I hA Lat
tice to the men who I was associated
with on the other side of the water
II didn't testify that the purposes
that / have outlined were their pur-
poses
I'VE differed as to the method, very
details, but we never had any serious
discussion as to the principles. And
while We all acknowledged that the
principles might perhaps in detail
have been better, really we are all
back OF those principles.
New Concert Of Mind.
There 10 a concert of mind and
OF purpose and Of policy in the world
that was never in existence before.
am not saying that by way of credit
to myself or to those colleagues TO
whom I alluded. because what hap
pened to US was that we got messages
from our people: we were there under
Instructions, whether they were worn
home without fulfilling those instruc-
tions.
IF I could not have brought back
the kind of treaty / brought back
/ would never have come back. be-
cause 1 would have been an unfaith-
full servant and you would have had
the right to condemn me in any way
choose
tify that this is an American treaty
not only, but II is a treaty that e1-'
presses the heart of the people-of
the great peoples who were asso-
ciated together in the war against
Germany.
II said at the opening Of this infor
NAL address, my fellow citizens. that
I had come to make report to you.
I want to add to that little bit. 1
have not come to debate the treaty.
It speaks for itself II you will let it,
The arguments directed against 1t are
directed against it with a radical mis-
understanding of the instrument it
self Therefore. I am not going any
where to debate the treaty.
Appeals for Its Support.
'T am going to expound it and am
going right here. now, today, to urge
you in every vocal method that you
can use, to assert the spirit Of the
American people in support OF it.
them misrepresent it: don't let them
lead this nation away from the high
purposes with which this war was in
augurated and fought.
"As I came through that line of
youngsters in khaki few minutes
ago felt that I could salute it. be-
cause had done the job in the way Z
promised them I would do 1t; ana
when this treaty 10 accepted men in
khaki will not have to cross tho seas
again
accepted. have never entertained a
moments doubt Of that. and the only
thing l have been impatient Of has been
the delay. It is not a dangerous delay
except for the temper Of the peoples
scattered throughout the world who are
waiting.
Says World Waits on America.
do you realize. my fellow citizens,
that the whole world is waiting on
America? The only country in the world
that is trusted at this moment is the
United States, and they are waiting to
see whether their trust is justified or
not
THAT has been the ground of my i'm
patience. I knew their trust was justi-
fed, but begrudge the time that GER
tain gentlemen oblige US to take in tell
ing them SO. We shall tell them so in a
voice as authentic as any voice in his
tory, and in the years to come men
will be glad to remember that they
which brought this Incompatible con-
summation Of the hopes OF mankind"