Evening journal., 1919-02-25

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when they clash with nobody in par
: ticular.
y u. S. Army as Crusaders
and | said ] have mad this SWEEP
( revenge. Speaking with perfect frank
ness in the name OF The United states
~ have uttered as the objects OF this
= xreat war, ideals and nothing but Ideals,
s. and the war has been won by that IN
u spirstion. Men were fighting with tense
muscle and lowered head until they
= came 10 realize those things, feeling they
> were flghting for their lives. and their
ccunfrv and when these accents or
4 what II was all about reached them
Z from America they lifted their heads,
they raised their eyes to heaven; then
they saw men in khaki coming across
y the sea in the spirit OF crusaders and
q they found that these were strange men,
reckless Of danger not only but reckless
& because they seemed TO see something
r flaf rnnflo 'hat dsnger worth While. Men
have testified TO me in Europe that our
MIA Ncc Possessed by something that
:. they could call a religious fervor. They
were not like any Of the other soldiers.
They had a vision. they had a dream
ad they were fighting in the dream and
while flghting in the dream they turned
the whole tide Of battle and il never
came back
"One Of our American humorists meet
ing the criticism that American sol
Z diers were not trained long enough,
said:
ait takes only half as long TO train
an American soldier as any other be-
: cause you only have 10 train him to go
: only 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 established through
out the world imposes burden upon us
Ii you choose to call ii burden. II
/ is one OF those burdens which any ma
ton ought to be proud 10 carry. ANY
man who resists the present tides that
run In the world will find himself
Z thrown upon a shore so high and bar
rem that II viii seem as II he had been
separated from his human kind for
, EVER.
wfI Fight TO Make Men Free.
i invite him to test the sentiments
0f the nation. We set this nation up
10 make men free and we did not con
1ne our conception and purpose to
America and now we will make men
free. II we did not do that all the
fame OF America would be gone and
al her power would be dissapated, She
would then have TO keep her power for
those narrow. selfish, provincial pur-
poses which seem so dear TO some minds
that have no sweep beyond the near
est horizon. | should welcome no
sveeter challenge than that. have
lighting blood In me, and it Is some
times delight 10 let 10 have scope, but
n Il Is a challenge on this occasion IL
win be an indulgence. Think OF the
pfcture, think Of the utter blackneS
that would fall on the world Amer
lea has failed America made a little
essay at generosity and then Withdrew.
America said We are your friends hui
it(was only for today, not for tomor-
row America said, Here is our power
10 vindcate right and then the
day said, Let right take care Of Itself
a2d we VIII take care OF ourselves.
America said, We set up a lisht to lead
men along the paths Of liberty. but we
have lowered IL, 70 fs intended only
10 light our own path We set up a
great ideal OF liberty and then we said,
Liberty is a thing that you must win
fo~ v0r~seif. 10 not call upon us And
think Of the world that we would leave I
DO you realize how many new nations 4
IRE going to be set up IN the presence
)f old and powerful nations Ia Europe
and left there II left there by us with
out a disinterested friend2
DO we propose to leave Poland2 Do
YOU believe IN the aspirations Of the
IJrrn fnsr-1ra NJ b. !
doi Do you know how many powers
would be quick TO pounce upon them
v mere were not the guarantees Of the
world behind their liberty9
Have you thought OF the sufferincs !
OF Armenian You poured out your
money 70 help succor the Armenians
aiter they suffered; now set up vour
strength so that they shall never suffer
aeain. -'''
He's Confidence in PeonIo.
t The ARRANGEMENTS OF The present naace
cannot stand a generation unless thew
are guaranteed bv the united forces
2, Of the civilized world And II we do
mot guarantee them, can YOU not sec
the picture? Your hearts have in
Instructed you where the burden OF this
war fell II did not fall upon the ma.
s tional treasures, II did not fall upor
: the Instruments OF administration. 4
s-d'd not fall upon the resources OF tn,
& nations. II fell upon the voicelesl
J homes everywhere. whore women wer,
toiline In hope that their men woult
. como hacf. When 7 think of the home
upon which dull despair would settle 4
this great hope Is disappointed ! woul,
wish for my part never to have hat
America play any part whatever In this
attempt to emancipate the world Bu
' talk as II there were any question
I have no more doubt of the verdict oi
America in this matter than ] have
doubt Of the blood that is In me.
''The Europe that I left the other day
was full of something It had never
felt its heart so ftIll of before. II was
full Of hope. The Europe Of the second
year Of the war. the Europe OF the third
year Of the war was sinking to sort
of stubborn desperation. They did not
see any great thing to be achieved even
when the war should be won. They
hoped there would be some salvage;
they hoped that they could clear their