Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05

economic, peaceful. silent, deadly
remedy, and there will be no need
for force.
1T is a terrible remedy. 1t does
not cost a life outside the nation
boycotted, but it brings a pressure
upon that nation. which, in my judg-
ment, no modern nation could re-
sst.
Il dare say that some of those
ideas are new to you, because, while
1T is true, as l said this forenoon,
in Columbus. that apparently no.
body has taken the pains to say what
is in the Covenant of the League of
Nations. They have discussed three
chiefly three-out of twenty six
articles and the other articles con-
tain this heart of the matter, that
instead of war there shall be arbi-
tration; instead of war there shall
be discussion; instead of war there
shall be the closure of intercourse;
that instead of war there shall be
the irresistible pressure of the opin-
ion of all mankind.
"I need not tell you that 1 speak
with knowledge in this matter
knowledge of the purpose of the
men with whom the men represent
ing America We're associated at the
peace table. Everyone / consulted
with came there with the same idea,
that wars had arisen in the past
because the strong had taken adVan-
tage of the weak, and that the only
way to, stop war was to band our
selves together to protect the weak.
And so, when YOU read the Gov
enant, read the Treaty with it.
Refers to Poland
II have no doubt that in this au-
dience there are many men who
come from that ancient stock of
Poland, for example-men In whose
blood there is the warmth of old
affections connected with that be-
trayed and ruined country; men
whose memories run back to Insult
ferable wrongs endured by those
living in that country; and I call
them to witness that Poland never
could have won unity and independ-
ence by herself. These gentlemen
sitting at Paris presented Poland
with unity she could not have won,
and an independence which she can
not defend. unless the world guar
antees it to her.
"I am arguing this thing with
you, my fellow citizens, as if I had
any doubt of what the verdict of
the American people would be. I
haven't the slightest doubt. l just
wanted to have the pleasure of
pointing out to you how absolutely
ignorant of the Treaty and of the
Covenant, some of the men are who
have been opposing them. If they
do read the English language they
do not understand the English Ian
guage as l understand it. If they
have really read this Treaty and this
Covenant they only amaze me by
their inability to understand what
is plainly expressed. So that my
errand upon this journey is not to
argue these matters, but to recall
you to the real issues which are in
volved.
Would Forget Party
And one of the things that I
have most at heart is this report to
my fellow citizens, is that they should
forget what party I belong to, and
what party they belong to. / am
making this journey as n Democrat,
but l am spelling it with a little
ID" and 1 don't want anybody to
remember so far as this errand is
concerned, that it is ever spelled
with a big ID"
II am making this journey as an
American, and as a champion of
the rights which America believes
in, and I need not tell you that as
compared with the Importance of
America, the Importance of the
Democratic party, and the import
ance of the Republican party and
the Importance of every other
party, is absolutely negligible. Par
ties, my fellow citizens, are intended
to embody in action different poll
cies of government They are not,
when properly used, intended to
traverse the principles which un-
derly government, and the princi-
pies which underly the Government
of the United States have been fam
iliar to us ever since we were chill
dren.
Speaks With Caution
II want you to notice another in
teresting point that has n.ever been
dilated upon in connection with the
League of Nations. 7 am Tow tread
ing upon delicate ground and I
must express myself with caution.
There were a good many dele
cations that visited Paris wanting
to be heard by the Peace Confer
ence, who had real causes to pre-
sent, and which ought to be pre-
sented to the view of the world. But
we had to point out to them that
they did not happen, unfortunately
to come within the area of settle
ment; that their questions were not
questions which were necessarily
drawn into the things that we were
deciding.
II, therefore, want to call your
attention. if you will turn it up when
you go home, to article eleven, fol-
lowing article ten, of the Covenant
of the League of Nations.
THAT article eleven, let me say,
is the favorite article in the Treaty.
so far as l am concerned. 1t says
that every matter which is likely
to affect the peace of the world is
everybody's business and that it
shall be the friendly right of any
nation to call attention, in the
league to anything that is likely to
affect the peace of the world, the
good understanding between ma
tions upon which the peace of the
world depends, whether that matter
Immediately concerns the nation
drawing attention to it or not.
"In other words at present we
have to mind our own business. Un-
Nations, we can mind other peoples
busiress and anything that affects
the peace of the world, whether we
are parties to it, or not, can by our
delegates, be brought to the atten-
tion of mankind.
Hearing For All
There is not an oppressed pee
pie in the world which cannot.
henceforth, get a hearing at that
forum. And you know, my fellow