Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-27

this war and which the associated ma
tlons have accepted M the basis Of a
settlement.
II VIC return TO the United States
without having made every effort in
our power to realize this program, we
should return to meet the meritcd
scorn Of our fellow-citizens. For they
nrc body that constitute great
democracy. They expect their lend
ers TO speak; their representatives TO
be their servants
VIC have no choice but TO obey
their mandate. But il il with the
greatest enthusiasm and pleasure
that we accept that mandate. And be-
cause this is the keynote OF the
whole fabric, VIC have pledged our
every purpose to it, as we have to
every item of the fabric. We would
not dare abate single item of the
program which constitutes our in
structions; we would not dare To com
promise upon any matter rs the
champion OF this thing this peace of
the world, this attitude OF Justice,
this principle that we are the mas
ters OF no peoples, but are here TO see
that every people in the world shall
choose It's own masters and govern
It's own destinies, not rs we wish, but
rs the wish.
we are here TO sec, in short, that
the very foundations of this war are
swept away Those foundations
were the private choice OF small
coterie of civil rulers and military
stalls. Those foundations were the
aggression Of great powers upon the
email. Those foundations were the
holding together of empires of un-
willing subjects by the duress OF arms.
hose foundations were the power of
small bodies Of men 10 WELD their will
and use mankind rs pawns in game
And nothing less than the emancipa-
iion Of the world from these things
will accomplish peace
Nou can sec that the representa-
tlves of the United States are. there
lore, never put 10 the cmbarrass-
mcnt Of choosing way Of expedi-
ency, because they have had laid
down before them the unalterable
lines OF principles And, thank God,
these lines have been accepted as the
tines OF settlements by all the high
minded men who have had TO do with
the beginning of this great business
hope, MIR Chairman, when il is
known rs feel confident il will be
known, that we have adopted the
principle Of the League of Nations
and mean To work out that principle
IN effective action, We shall by thAt
single thing. have lifted great part of
the load Of anxiety from the hearts Of
men everywhere
We stand ~ peculiar cause As
| 20 about the streets here. see
everywhere the American uniform.
Those men came into the war after
We had uttered our purpose They
came rs crusaders, not merely Ia win
war, but To win a cause. And am
responsible to them, for il falls 10 me
10 formulate the purpose for which
asked them 10 fight and | like them,
must be crusader for these things,
whatever it costs and whatever it
may be necessary to do in honor 10
accomplish the object for which they
fought
have been glad 10 find from day 10
day that there IL no question OF our
standing alone in this matter, for
there arc champions of this cause
upon every hand am merely
avnwing this iii order that YOU may
understand why. perhaps. II fell TO
us, who are dIscrgaged from the
politics of this great continent and OF
the Orient, To suggest that this was
the keynote Of the arch, and why it
occurred to the generous nlnd Of your
President To call upon me TO open
this debate. Il is not because we
alone represent this ldes, but because
1t is our privilege to associate our
selves with YOU in representing IT,
| have only tired, in what | have
said, to give YOU the fountains of the
enthusiasm which is within us for
this thing, for those fountains spring,
II seems 10 me, from all the ancient
wrongs and sympathies of mankind,
and the very pulse Of the world seems
10 beat to the fullest il this enter
prise