Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-09-09


II do not consist OF their governments
q but consist Of their people.
= THAT IL ruiimentary idea: 4
e zens, il was never the leading idea II
= any other international congress tim
| ever heard Of; that is to say. an,
n International congress made up OF III,
: Representatives Of government.
2 They were always thinking OF ma
{ tional policy, of national advantage,
h of the riyalries OF trade, OF the adj
P vantages OF territorial conquest. Their,
is nothing Of that in this treaty.
"YOu will notice that even the ter.
riiories which are taken away from
Germany. like her colonies, are not
: given TO anybody. There Is not a
single act OF annexation I'm this
treaty. But territories inhabited by
people not yet able 10 govern them.
selves. either because Of economic or
other circumstances or the stage uf
their development, are put under the
care OF powers, who are 10 accept as
trustees, trustees responsible In the
forum OF the world, az the bar OF the
league Of nations, and the terms upon
which they are to exercise their truss
teeship are outlined. They are not
TO use those people by way Of profit
and 10 fight their wars for them
they are not TO permit any form of
slavery among them or OF enforced
labor. They are TO see 10 Il that there
are humane conditions Of labor with
regard not only TO the women and
children. but the men. too. They
are TO establish no Qualifications: they
are 10 regulate the liquor and the
opium traffic; they are TO see to II.
In other words, that the lives of the
people whose care they assume--not
sovereignty over whom they as
sumo, but whose care they assume
are kept clean and safe and holy.
There again the principles Of the
treaty come out, that the object Of
the arrangements Is the welfare of the
people who live there. and not the ad-
yantages Of the government.
at goes be,t-' that and Il seeks 10 |
gather mde- the common supervision
OF the league of nations the various
instruinentallties by which the world /
has been trying TO check the evils that
were In some places debasing men.
like the opium traffic. like the traffic
for II was n traffic-m men, women
and children: like the traffic In other
dangerous drugs: like the traffic In
arms among nncivilized people, who
could use arms only for their detri-
ment: for sanitation for the work of
the Red Cross. Why those clauses.
my fellow citizens. draw the hearts Of
the world into league; draw the noble
Impulses OF the world together and
make poem of them.
II used to be told that this was an ,
age In which the mind was monarch. /,
and my comment was that II that were !
rue the mind was only one Of these J
modern monarchs that reigns and does i
not govern hut as matter NJ fact we ,
we're governed by a great representa- a
i've assembly made up Of the human
and that the hest we could +,
was that the high and fine I
PASSIONS should he In ma jority. 50 4
hat they could control the force of n
'assion so that they could check the n
hlngs that were wrong. and this n
reaty seeks something like that. :,
'In drawing the humane endeaSors "
ogether II makes a mirror OF the fine II
assions OF the world, Of its philan- o.
hropic passions and OF its passion OF Is
ity, Of this passion Of human sym q
athy. OF this passion OF human, VI
and helpfulness. for there 81
! such a passion. II Is the passion III
hat has lifted us along the slow road d,
civilization; II Is the passion that
ms made ordered government possi- r.
Il; II Is the passion that has made
Istice and established the thing In
'me happy part oft hew orld :,
II the treaty can do all OF this there m
re certainly some hardened sinners In mr.
le United States senate-and. alas. \,
ley are mostly republicans-that don't M
now a good thing when they see II ,Io
I'd are standing In the portals OF the oy
w era that Is to disclose all the good nd
ings that men have fought, and suf- nm
red and died for since the dawn OF or
nj consciousness In mankind. Can to
be that for the sake Of party advan- mn
ges these fellows are willing to sell ita
Il their country 10 the god Mars AZ,
hose bloody hands have so long lain on
avily on the world? That Is some no
ing that will soon he decided for the az,
esident intends 10 tour the country I'm,
create an immediate and not uncer- m.
in demand that will cause the gen tjc
men that wear the togas TO sit up bo
d take notice. ,o,
The president does not say that TO ma
I'm down the treaty will break the inc
art Of the world" The litter which thi
ne Zine phrase caused 10 ripple over ad,
, country disturbed the sanctity OF lat
, White House study. But In his obi
sing paragraph he intimates by tina
alogy that the world Is waiting 60 no
whether or not America will car
reak the heart OF the world" by at sid
ding strictly to its own business.
says: TIE,
i say When It Is accepted for II
u be accepted. / have never en-
tanned a moments doubt of that. \
! the only thing I have been i'm ~
lient OF has been the delay. II Is has
dangerous delay, except for the loo,
iper Of the peoples scattered Inv
oughont the world who are wait 10 !
foil
DO you realize. my fellow citi- Con
s. that the whole world Is whiting INN
American The only country IN The
world that IL trusted az this mo. the
ut is the United staes, and they Bar