Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-09-16
TREATY 70 END
WAR FOREVER
NOT ENTERED INTO MERELY TO
END THl3 SINGLE WAR-NoTIoE
TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS
WILSON WARMLY RECEIVED
important Features ~ the Pact are
Pointed out-cenfsdsn That
1t VIII 1e Accepted
AZ Drafted.
WILSON WARMLY RECEIVED
(By Mt. Clemens News Bursau.)

st. Louis-Displaying high con-
fldence that his fellow citizens In
the great majority agree with him In
his desire to end war forever, ana
that they will see to 1t the peace
treaty with its League Of Nations In
clusion. Is ratified By the Senate, Pres
ident Wilson is making successful
way across the country on the long
journey he has undertaken for the,
purpose Of laying before the plain peo-
pie a report Of his work In Paris and
explaining to them just what the
league means.
Thus far In his travels, he has
everywhere met with warm greetings,
both in the great halls where he has
spoken formally and In the little cross
road hamlets where his train has
halted at times, and he has exchanged
words with the villagers who pressed
forward to greet him. He feels, and
does not hesitate to say SO whom
challenged with his travelling COM
panions, that the American people
want no more OF war and want to be-
come part OF the league 20 that there
may be no more war. He struck his
keynote when he said Ia his first id.
dress, in Columbus, Ohio:
"This treaty was hot intended mere
ly to end this single war; It 10 meant
as notice to every government who
in the future will attempt this thing
(what Germany attennpted) that man.
kind will unite to indict the same pun.
ishment. There - no national tri-
umph to be recorded IN this treaty.
There is no glory se&ght for any par.
ticular nation. The thought OF the
statesmen collected AROUND that table
was of their people, Of the sufferings
they had gone through. Of the losses
they had incurred. Of that great
pressed, so forlorn, SO sad in every
memory it had Of the i've tragieal
years that have gone by, Let Us never
forget those years, my fellow country.
men; let US never forget the purpose.
high and disinterssted, with which
America lent its strength. not for its
own glory but for the defense Of man
kind.
"As I said. this treaty was not in.
tended merely to end this war. It
was intended to prevent any similar
war. l wonder II some Of the oppo-
nents Of the League Of Nations have
forgotten tho preaalses we made cur
people before we went to that peace
table. We had taken b. processes OF
law the flower Of our youth frem every
countryside. from every household, and
we told those mothers and fathers and
sisters and wives and sweethearts
that we were taking those men to fight
a war which would end business Of
that sort, and il we do not end It, II We
do not do the best that human con-
cert OF action can do to end 1t, we are
of all men the most unfaithful-the
most unfaithful to the loving hearts
| who suffered in this war, the most
unfaithful to those households bowed
| In grief and yet lifted with the feeling
| that the lad laid down ais life for q
great thing, and, among other things,
| In order that other lads might never
have to do the same thing.
"That is what the League Of Ma
lions is for-to end this war justly
and then not merely to serve no.
notice on governments which would
contemplate the same things Ger.
many contemplated that they will
| do SO at their peril, but also concern
| ing the combination Of power which
will prove to them that they will do
| it at their peril. 1t is idle to say
| The world will combine against you /;
| but it is persuasive to say the world
| is combined against you. The League
| of Nations is the only thing that
| can prevent the recurrence of this
dreadful catastrophe and redeem our
| promises"
| A League OF Nations would have
prevented the late conflict, the Presi
| dent asserted, explaining: Il did
not meet a single public man who
did not admit these things: that
Germany would not have gone into
this war il she thought Great Brit.
ain was going into it. and that she
most certainly would never have
gone into it had she dreamed Amer
lea was going into 1t. And they all
admit that notice beforehand that
the greatest powers OF the world
would combine to prevent this sort
of thing would prevent 1t absolutely. "
Applause and cheers greeted each
declaration Of the President that
wars might be avoided il future by
the operations Of the league. He
pointed out other important fea
lures of the peace treaty, how II
was the redemption of weak ma
tons, giving them freedom which
otherwise they never could have
won; how 1t says, Those people
have a right to live their own lives
under governments which they them
selves choose" and how that h thS
American principle apd l was glad
to fight for It." That was the very
heart Of the treaty, he said.
He drew attention to the sector
Of the treaty which i Magma Charts
Of Labor" Which shdM Dispose a thu
hours, cond4tions and rsmuneratioz
of labor. 1T forscasu the day. b,
said, which q9abt have com,
long ago. when KaSesAen win fsal
ire that no nauen II feetunat,
which Is not hepvY, whose people
are not con}4ntsa, osatsAted in tAejl
lives aad ftrtunste y the circIm
stancet ef their iivss.h
he IN ii. iisPas ssls j. ~ :ss'1 Siu SAL :
accepted, and was aplF i&paHent o
the delay. He aeo: "U6 yo'
rsaliSe. my fellow ei3iS1Ss. that u,
T nA tru Se's sSSs 81 GATED ss s. e:
and the Tosid Il HNAfs to ~