The Raymer enterprise., 1919-02-27
MUST LET THE
! PEOPLE DECIDE
OPINION Or AL AMERICA WILL
sG HgARo IN DECISION
ON PEACE LEAGUE.
ALL FRIENDLY TO U. S,
WILSON DELIVERS SPEECH At
MECHANICS HALL IN sosroN
TO Big CROWD.
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Western Newspaper uhIon News Service
Boston. Feb. 24.--President Wilson
made the following speech at Mechan.
les Hall In Boston, after landing from
his trip back from Europe.
Governor Coolidge. Mr.. Mayor. Fell
low Citizens.
Il wonder II you are half as glad to
see me a. I am to see you. II warns
my heart to see = great body OF my fell
low citizens again. because in rome re-
spects during the recent months ] have
been lonely Indeed without your com
rsdeship and counsel and ! tried at ev-
cry step Of the work which fell to me
to recall what was sure would be
your counsel with regard to the great
matters which were under considera-
tion.
Il do not want you to to think that
l have not been appreciative of the ex-
traordinary generous reception which
WAS given to me on the other side. In
saying that II makes me very happy IA
get home again. ! do not mean TO say
that was not very deeply touched by
the cries that came from the great
crowds on the other side. But ! want
to say to you In all honesty that l felt
them to be call of greeting to you,
rather than to me.
Il did not feel that the greeting was
personal. had in my heart the over
crowning pride OF being your repre-
sentative. and OF receiving the plaudits
OF men everywhere who felt that youi
hearts beat with theirs In the cause oi
liberty.
There was no mistsklng the tone In
the voices OF those great crowds. II
was not tone OF mere greeting, II was
not tone OF mere generous welcome
1t was the calling OF comrade to com.
rade. the cry that comes from men who
say. We have waited forthis day when
the friends OF liberty should come
across the sea and shake hands with
US. to see that new world was con-
structed upon q new basis and founda.
tion Of justice and right
Il can't tell you the inspiration that
came from the sentiments that came
out of those simple voices In the
crowds. And the proudest thing have
to report to you In that this greai
country Of ours In trusted throughout
the world.
Il have not come TO report the pro.
ceedinRs or the results of the proceed.
ings OF the peace conference; that
would be premature. can say that
have received very happy impression,
from this conference.-the impression
that. while there are many differences
Of judgment, while there are some di.
vergencies Of object. there il. never.
theless. q common spirit and q common
realization Of the necessity Of setting
up new standards Of right In the world
Because the men who are In con.
ference realize as keenly ~ any Amer
lean can realize that they are not thu
masters Of their people, that they arr
the servants OF their people. and thai
the spirit Of their people has awakened
Of their power to realize that purpose
and that no man dare 90 home from
that conference and report anything
less noble than was expected OF II.
The conference seems to YOU to ~
slowly, from day to day In Paris Il
seems TO 20 slowly: but ! wonder 4
YOU realize the complexity of the tasl
which II has undertaken. II seems a.
II the settlements OF this war affect
and affect directly. every great-and
] sometimes think. every small-natior
In the world. and no one decision car
be made which Is not properly linked
In with the great series OF other dcci.
must be reckoned on with the final re.
suit, II the real quality and character
Of that result is to be properly judged
What we are doing Ii to hear tn,
whole case: hear II from the mouth,
OF the men most interested: hear II
from those who are officially commits
stoned to state Il: hear the riva
nationalities. that affect new area,
Of the world. that affect new com.
mercial and economic connections that
have been established BY the greai
world war through which we hav.
gone.
And have been struck by the mod
erateness 81 those who have presented
national cIaims. ! can testify that
believe ! have nowhere seen the CLEAN
Of passion. have seen earnestness
/ have seen tears come to the eyes oi
men who pied for down trodden peo.
pies whom they were privileged e
speak for. but they were not the tear,
Of anger, they were the tears OF ar.
dent hope.
Il don't see how any man can fai
to have been subdued by these pleas
subdued 10 this feeling. that he wa,
not there to assert an Individual judg.
ment Of his own. but to try to assist
thr cause Of humanity.
And In the midst or II all every in.
'erest seeks out. first Of all. when I,
reaches Paris. the representatives OF
the United States. Why? because
and ] think am stating the most won.
derful fact In hietory--because there
is no nation in Europe that suspects
the motives Of the United States.
Was there ever 20 wonderful q
thing seen before Was there ever
30 moving q thing. Was there eyei
any fact that so bound the nation thai
had won that esteem forever to de.
Aerve IL?
Il would not have you understan nd
that the great men who represent ths
other nations there In conference arc
disesteemed by those who know them
Quite the contrary. But you under.
stand the countries Of Europe have
again and agnin clashed with one an
other In competitive interests. IT u.
impossible for men 10 forget the shsrr
issues that were drawn between then
in past times.
1T Is impossible for men tn believe
that all ambitions have all of a sud
den been foreeone. They remember
terfitofy that was coveted; they re-.
member rights that il was ATTEMPTED
to ext0rt: they remember political am
billions which 1t was attempted To real
ize. and while they believe that mer
have come into different temper, they
cannot forget these things and so the,
do not resort to one another for n dis
passionate view of the matters In con.
troyersy. They resort Ia thnt nation
which has won the enviabie distinction