Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-26
WILSON OPENS l,I)NFERENCE ON LEAGUE Of NATIONS To make Settlements and
 Secure World
 Peace.
WORLD WAS BENT
 ON DESTRUCTION
Task Vow Is to Prevent Recurrence
 of War.
" The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Paris, Jan. 25.-The session of the peace conference opened at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Sale de La PaiX of the foreign office with the same imposing setting as the first session, but with little ceremony and the mani fest purpose of business.
 M. Clemenceau was again in the chair, with President Wilson and the full American delegation at his right, and Premier Lloyd George and the British delegation at his left.
 The conference unanimously adopt ed the League of Nations project. President Wilson and Colonel House are the American members of the commission thereon.
 Following is President Wilson's ad- dress before the peace conference to- day:
 "Mr. Chairman l consider it q dis tinguished privilege to be permitted to open the discussion in this conference on the league of nations. We have as- sembled for two purposes-to make the present settlements which have been rendered necessary by this war, and also to secure the peace of the world secure. We are bidden by these pople to see to it that this strain does not come upon them again. And ven- ture to say that it has been possible for them to bear this strain because they hoped that those who represented them could get together after this wat and make such another sacrifice unnecessary.
 Permanent Peace. "lt is a solemn obligation on our part, therefore, to make permanent arrangements that justice shall be rendered and peace maintained. "This is the central object of our meeting Settlements may be tenn porary, but the action of the nations in the interest of peace and justice must be permanent. We can s6P up permanent processes. We may not be able to set up a permanent decision.
 "Therefore, it seems to me that we must taNe as far as we can a picture of the world in our minds. It is not startling circumstance, for one thing. that the great discoveries of science, that the quiet studies of men in labor atories, .that the thoughtful develop. ments which have taken place in quie: lecture rooms have pow been turned to the destSuction oa Civilization? The powers ordestructiop have not SD much multiplied as they have gained facilities.
 Powers of Destruction.
 "The enemy, wh0ih we AAve just overcome, had at His seats of learn- ing some of the central empires of the scientific study and discovery, and used them in order to make destruct- ion sudden and complete. And only the watchful and continuous opera tion of men can see to it that science( as well as armed men, is kept within the harness of civilization.
 "In sense, the United States is less interested in this subject than the other nations here assembled. With her great territory and her extensive sea borders, it is less likely that the the United States should suffer from the attack of enemies than that other nations should suffer. And the ardor of the United States-for it is very deep and genuine ardor-for the so- ciety of nations is not an ardor spring ing out of fear or apprehension, but an ardor springing out of the ideal which have come in theconsciousness ofthiswar.
 America's Position.
 "In coming into this war, the Uni- ted States never for moment thought that she was intervening in the poli- .tics of Europe, or the politics of Asia, or the politics of any part of the world. Her thought was that all the Yworld had now become conscious that there was single cause of justice and of liberty for men of every kind and place.
 Therefore, the United States should feel that it's part in this war should | be played in vain if there ensued up on it abortive European settlements. It would feel that it could not take 1 part in guaranteeing these European settlements unless that guarantee in- vOlved the continuous superintendence of the peace of the world by the asso- ciated nations of the world.
 Therefore it seems to me that we must concern our best judgment in order to make this league of nations a vital thin.-a thing sometimes call ] ed into life to meet an exigency- but always functioning in watchful ] attendance upon the interests of the nations, and that it's continuity had been vital continuity; that it's func- tions are continuing functions that do not permit an intermission of it's watchfulness and of it's labor; that is should be the eye of the nations to keep watch upon the common interest. ! (contInued on paGe tNo)