The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-04

uplc Of italy, and when the
n - u the United States
Il nuvElIag this people, have wit
N 6ssed Its suflcrings. its sacrifices
mi heroic action upon the battle
MID. and It's steadfast endurance
NJ II home touching us more nearly
NJ0 The Quick even tann its heroic
Sx1iOn ON the battlefield, VIC have
d brrn bound ny n new tic OF pro-
fonnd admiration.
Then -has.l-af -it-an- and
81 through IL all. running like the
e golden thread that uovc II TO-
Gcfhcr, was our knowing that the
. people of Italy had gone into this
rNr for tho same cxa1tcd prfnci-
pies Of right and justice tnat
& moved our own people. -
w. ',essiu II, tyssssrsss esssss s...i,7
tunity OF conss,sshg III. 'soif tS,'s
heartfelt greetings of the people
at the United states.
''But We cannot stand IN inc
shadow of this war without know
ing there are things awaiting US
which are I'm some senses fnorr
tlffIicalt than those We have un-
dcrtaken. because, while II II easy
80 speak of right and justice. IL II
sometimes difficult To work thcn,
out In practice. and they viii re-
! uuire a purity of motive and as
interestestncss OF object which the
world has never witnessed hior'
In n council of nations.
IN Is for that reason that II
s.Sms to me that you VIII forgive
me if | lay some Of the elements
or the new situation before you
for moment.
COERCION or FORCE.
1.-The distinguishing fact of this
war is. that great empires nave
gone To pieces and the character
f~tics of those empires was that
/. they held different peoples TcfUt'-
family together under the coercion
OF force and the guidance of IN
triguc.
..Iht, great dlftculty among
such states rs those Of the balkans
has fsesru that they were always
accessible &c, secret influence, that
they were always being penetrated
by intrigue of some sort or
aiha her. and that north of them
lay disturbed populations which
were held together, not by sym
pathy and friendship. hut by the
s1rrr.iye force of IA military power:
now the intrigue II checked ana
the hands arc broken. and what
ARE we going 10 provide As ne"
cement to hold these peoples to-
Gciher9
They have not been acCnstoniy
cd to being independent; they
must now he indcpcndc
Il am sure that you recognize
tirr principle as | tio, that Il n not
our privilege to say what sort OF
government they should set up
Bat VIC are friends of these people
and IL il our duty a> their friends
10 .4e 10 IL that some kind OF pro-
lection is thrown around them.
something supplied which Will
hold them together.
FRIENDSHIP AND GOODWILL"
There il only one thing that
i,oids nations together IL YOU cx-
t,sudc force. and that IL friend
ship mud goodwill
ssThe only thing that binds men
together In friendship. and by the
Same token the only thing that
binds nations together II friend
shin,
sTherefore. our task AT Paris
h Ia organize the friendship OF
the world to see to II that all the
moral forces that make for right
and Justice, and liberty are united
aud are given vital ORGANIZATION
4, which the peoples of the world
will readily and gladly respond.
SIN other words, Our task is no
1t. cot
n new iuterna tisnttl psychology
10 have n new real ,atmosnlicre.
Il am happy To SAY that In my
dealings with the distinguished
gentlemen who lead your nation
and those who lead France and
England. j feel that atmosphere
gathering. that desire 10 do JUS
fice. that desire 80 "siaritsti
frierdIincss. that desire IN make
peace resting upon right. and with
this common purpose no obstacles
need be Formidable
MUST OVERCOME OBSTACLES.
1.-THE only use OF an obstacle IL
that II IL To he overcome, All that
NJ, t,sySaaele does will, brave men
n MOI 10 friehfcn them. bat To
challenge them. so that II ought
III N, orr pride to overcome every
tfline that stands In the way.
I'VE know that there cannot ne
slnot her balance Of power.
..Tliat has been tried and round
wanting. for the best of reasons
that 1T does not stay balanced In
side itsclf.-and weight whlch
does not hold together cannot
constitute "a rnakc-wcight i'm the
affairs OF men.
ssIhereforc, there must nc
something substituted for the bat
ancc of power. and am happy to
find everywhere in the air OF these
Rreaf nations he conception tfaat
that thing must he thoroughly
united league Of nations.
N ssNhat men once considered
and ideafistic turns
TSIIt tf, be practical and necessary.
ave stand at the opening of n
new age. I'm which a new states
nanaship will. am confident. hit
mankind to new levels of endcaVor
and achievement"