Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-07-18

rope and the world Thereafter the
Germans were to be always forced
back, back. were never TO thrust sue
cessfuTly forward again. And yet
there was no confident hope.
Anxious men and women, leading
spirits Of France, attended the ceIe-
bratiOn of the Fourth of July last year
in Paris out Of generous courtesy
with no heart for festivity, little zest
of hope. But they came away with
something new at their hearts; they
have themselves told us 50.
Tells of Feeling Men Created.
The mere sight Of our men-of their
vigOr, Of the confidence that showed
itself IN every movement Of their stall
wart figures and every turn Of their
swinging march, In their steady com
pretending eyes and easy discipline.
in the indOmitable air that added
spirit TO everything they did-made
everyone whS. saw them that memo
rabie day realize that something had
happened that was much more than a
mere incident In the fighting, some
thing very different from the mere ar
rival of fresh troops.
A great moral force had flung itself
into the struggle. The fine physical
force of those spirited men spoke of
something more than bodily vigor.
They carried the great ideals OF
free people at their hearts and with
that vision were uncOnquerable Their
very presence brought reinsurance;
their fighting made victory certain.
They were recognized as crusaders,
and as their thousands swelled to mil
lions their strength was seen to mean
salvation. And they were fit men to
carry such hope and make good the
assurance it forecast. Finer men never
went into battle; and their officers
were worthy Of them.
Comrades in Great Cause.
This is not the occasion upon which
to utter eulogy of the armies Amer
lea sent to France. but perhaps. since 1
am speaking Of their mission, I may
speak also Of the pride shared with
every American who saw or dealt with
them there. They were the sort Of
men America would wish to be repre-
sented by. the sort Of men every Amer
lean would wish to claim as fellow
cOuntrymen and comrades in a great
cause.
They were terrible in battle. and
gentle and helpful out of II. remember
ing the mothers and the sisters. the
wives and the little children at home.
They were free men under arms. not
their ideals OF duty in the
midst of tasks of violence I am proud
TO have had the privilege of being as
ISOLATED with them and of calling my
self their leader.
Duty to Quiet Fears Of World.
And the compulsiOn of what they
stood for was upon Us who represent
ed America at the peace table. It was
our duty to see to IT that every de-
,ision We took part in contributed. so
far as we were able to influence II. TO /
quiet the fears and realize the hopes /
IF the peoples who had been living in
that shadow, the nations that had I
come by our assistance to their free /
lon. 1t was our duty 10 do every !
hing that il was within our power to |
10 to make the triumph of freedom /
lnd of right lasting triumph in the I
assurance of which men might every /
where live without fear
Old entaaglements Of every kind F..
TODD in the way-prOmises which gov
-, Il.
he days when might and right were
Onfused and the power of the victor
vas without restraint. Engagements
which contemplated any dispositions
# territory, any extensions of SOW
reignty that might seem TO he to the
interest of those who had the power
o insist upon them had been entered
lto without thought of what the peO-
les concerned might wish or profit
v; and these could not always ba
OnOrably brushed aside. 1t was nat
aSy TO graft the new order of ideds
n the old. and some of the fruits OF
he grating may, I fear for time
g bitter.
Thrust Upon Conference.
These were not tasks which the
difference looked about 10 find and
-ent out of its way to perform. They
ere inseparable from the settlements
{ peace. They were thrust upon it
Y circumstances which could not be
verlOOEed. The war had created
lem. In all quarters of the world
ii established relationships had been
sturbed or broken and affairs were
loose ends. needing TO be mended
, united again. but could not be made
hat they were before. They had TO
? set right by applying some uniform
-inciple Of justice or enlightened ex-
sdiency. And they could not be adj
sted by merely prescribing in a
cary what should be done.
New states were TO be set up which .
.uld not hope TO live through their ,
ST period of weakness without as ;
red support by the great nations