The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-12
II IS THIS TREATY
OR NO TREATY, is
WILSON WARNING
TELLS PEOPLE OF MONTANA 1T
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
MAKE NEW ONE

WV NtIONStbI4E ~
MAKE NEW ONE
Billings, Mont. Sept. 11.-Laying his |
appeal for the peace treaty before the
people of Montana today, President |
Wilson declared the question of its
was a question whether the |
United States would fulfill its pledges |
to its own people and to the world
There We're two addresses on today's !
program, Mr. Wilson speaking at the
Billings Auditorium before noon so that
he could reach Helena in time for a
meeting ut night. He arrived here
from Bismack, n. D.. only short
time before the hour for his address
and was taken for an automobile ride
through the principal streets. He was
cheered by the crowds as he passed
along and at the Auditorium he found
all the 5000 seats taken and many
persons standing.
Mayor w. Lee Mains, introducing the
president said that where a man went
across the sea and did the major por-
ton of the work of "rightng the whole
worlds troubles, he was some man"
Iells from the crowd greeted the dec.
laration. and there We're more cheers
when the mayors little daughter Lii
liam presented a bouquet to Mrs. VIII
son.
Mr.. Wilson said he had come west
"to consult" with the people in the
light of circumstances which affected
the whole world. Everywhere, he de-
clared, the human heart beats the
same, and on both sides of the ocean
there is a sincere desire that there
should be no more war.
1T was mistake, therefore" the
president continued, 'to debate the
peace treaty as if it were an ordinary
treaty. 1t is not merely treaty with
Germany, he said, but treaty effect
ing a settlement of the affairs of the
world.
Can BE No Other Treaty
This settlement is the first inter
national settlement that is based upon
the happiness of the average people
throughout the world 1t is a peoples
treaty, and | venture the prediction
that it is not wise for parliaments and
congresses to attempt to alter it,"
1t is a severe treaty, the president
went on, but justly so. Some of the
men who had called it unduly harsh,
he added We're criticislng the admin
istration year ago because they
thought the United States would be
too easy with Germany.
They We're pitiless them" he said;
they are pitiful now"
The American dead in the war, Mr..
Wilson declared, had fought not for
the redemption of America, but for the
redemption Of the world. 1t was one
of the hardest of his trials during the
war, he said, to be able merely to direct
the policies of the nation and not ITO
take a gun and go himself"
The basic principle of the treaty,
said Mr.. Wilson, was that the terri
tory eve ywhere belongs to the people
who live upon it. 1t was the laborious
work of many minds. he added, and
has very few compromises in it," fol
lowing in general American specifica
tons. Should it fail, he declared, ii
would be impossible to get together
again the elements necessary to make
a new settlement.
The United States either must take
/ the treaty, he said or play u lone
hand in world affairs
IF you're going to play lone hand,
said he, "the hand that you play must
have a weapon in it, And the weapon
must be all young men Of the country
and the business of the country mus
pay the piper
There was a spirit Of unrest every
where, he continued, and it was tn,
province of the treaty to set up N
Industrial democracy as well as a po
litical democracy.
He continued that there We're do
nestle questions to be settled in tina
connection because there could be M
Industrial democracy as long as mon
opolies existed. He was interrupted by
applause when he added, "and we have
not yet finished with the monopolies.
Spread of Unrest
Citing again the upheaval in Russia
the president asked if his hearers haC
not seen evidences Of the spread o
the unrest 1T was the dread o
every statesman in Europe, he con
tinued, and Il propaganda was spread
ing it in the United States.
There are apostles of Lenine in GU
midst" ne said "and it means to b.
an apostle of darkness. our busines
is to see that no minority, no matte
how rich, no matter how poor, shal
get control of the United States
The purification of political cond
tons never could be accomplished ur
til the treaty was accepted and peac
established. Some men debating tn
treaty. he added, seemed to think ther
was leisure" but there should be II
leisurely discussion of such an issue
Repeating declarations made in hi
previous addresses, the president sal
that his whole heart was in the pro
Repeating declarations made in hi
previous addresses, the president sal
that his whole heart was in the pro
vision for discussion and arbitratio
of international controversies.
You can't nate ielloW you KNOW,
said Mr.. Wilson. II know some crook
that | cant help liking"
The league might not prevent a
wars, said he. but 10 per cent insuranc
was better than none.
9 Saying he had heard that "radica
ism" pervaded the West, Mr.. Wilso
continued: