The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-04

ext OF speech
Of the President
II at Columbus, O.
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naI Win Which Anitrirh icnl rs
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AND ~ F1ia' tAIH treaty vas not
InlsnAtt wff4Ir q end this wars r.
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HN.sls. opsxasen'-.
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en- and sisters and wives and SWEET
bcarsa That We were taxing those men
20 frht a war which rouid emo bust.
ntae 81 that aorf ard u 80 - nct end
man eenc' ~ seaca @E a. 70 end
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fnNIful-h6 monl nufsAttmt ID. ne
loving hearts who suffered Ia Tbs
var. ihe most rniqlthful 70 these
4nonr 1c4dt bowed u afIff. vet liftcd
with. one feeling that Nhc lad laid
down NJ Vie for great thina4. among
Other lhinnt IN order tnat Other lads
mitNt not rAve g do ~ teme n,n
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not niefoib 10 mfee notice On egtom-
menis thIch 4oufi contemplate he
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ftmnlated fhnt they via 90 4 az their
lnrsL but also toncfruuE Die COM
hInaflon 81 power which will prove 70
them that fhsy viii do & AZ their
peril u 4 idle % ~ The world VII
tomhluc a6dIu4t tpu BECAUSE NAY
world Il donlUlhed against yoc and
viii rnmain combined against any who
atteniDt the same thinst That you at
the ,carue Of nations IL tho only
thinr that can prevent the r~ecurrfnce
81 hia Dreadful catnstrophe n re-
deem our promises. Ani the character
o. the league iB based upon y cN-
pcricnce Of this very var.
touaa Have PrrsceEnd War.
q ald not mees a alpgie public
ma0 who did not admit these things
that Germany would not have eoue
rfsnt Rri,ain was going into K ana
ahe most certainly efouhi never have
gone Into this war II she had dream
"a America was going INTO u. ana
they have all admitted that a notice
brforehand that the greatest powers
cf tht worid would combirt 70 pre-
vent fafs SORT or lhing u would have
Am...aAa-I Il .AnmNuHUNr
when gentlemen tell you. there
fore, that the league % nations - m
tended tor some other purpose than
this. merely reply this TO them, III
W. do no this thing We a neglect
81 the central covenant b a We
made TO cur pgeRle' and iasrf WI
tssr lhercaftef PROMISE his people any
alienation from the perils o. war.
The uassloua OF this world are not
dead: the ~fIvairies o. this world have
not cooled; they have been rendered
hotter than ever. The narness that
y 10 unite nations j. more necessary
les there i his sursness o. combin-
ed action before wrong a attempted,
wrong VIII be attempted tuNt 20 soon
~ the most nmbItluus nations can
recover from the hnanciai stress Of
this =
Treaty u yniauc
~Now. look what else n In The
tfnntf. This treaty n unique IN tn
history % mankind because the cen
ter o. q n the redemption OF weak
nations. There never was a congress
"a nations before thai considered the
rights Of those who could not enforce
their rights There never WIS =
Of nations before that did
not seek 90 eject some balance OF
power brought about ny means o.
Serving the Strength ana intereN %
the stronges power, eonee.nea,
that never could have won their rree-
dom IL any other 10 n builds
them up by Nift hy largess. not By
obligation. builds them up pccaufe o.
the c0nVlc.lOns 81 the mtn who wrote
he treaty thar the rights OF people
transcend the righu Of eovernments
because 81 the conviction Of The men
who wrote that treaty hat the fertile
source Of war h wrong; that the Aus
tro-hnnEarian empire. for example
was held together by military force
aud consisted OF peoples who did not
~ant 70 live together; who did not
have the spirit Of Nationality as TO-
wards each other, who were con,
atantly chahne at the baads that held
them. Hungary though a willing
partner o. Autrr, was willing % be-
her partner hethoae she could ahars
AustflA's strength for accomplishing
mr. ambitions. and Der own am
Billions were 10 hold under the Jugo-
Slavic peoples that lie 10 the south Of
her. Bohemia, an unhappy partner
IA partner by durens, lowing IN AL
her veins the strongest national I'M
pulse that was 20 be found anywhere
In Europe. and north % that pitifhl
Poland. a great nation divided up
among the great powers OF Europe;
torn Notwithstanding d~isregArHed,
natural ties treated with contempt
and an obligatory division among
r0tercigna imposed upon her, a part
o. her given 70 Russia. n part OF her
given 70 Austria and a part Of her
given 10 Germany, ~ great bodies
o. Polish people never permitted o.
have the normal intercourse witt
flIeir klasmcn for fear that mat fms
instinct of heart should assert itself
which binds families together. Pc
lard could never have won her indie
pendenee. Bohemia neve could
have broken away from TIE Austro-
hungarian toInbinatlcn. Tne Slavic
peoples 70 the south running doWI
Into h great Balkan peninsula had