The sun., 1919-09-12

affairs OF the world, and / want to-
render my testimony that these gen
tlemen entered upon their delibera-
tons with great openness of mind.
Their discussions were character
lied by the utmost candor, and they
realized, my fellow citizens what as
a student of history l venture to say
no similar body ever acknowledged
before, that they were nobody's mas
tiers. They did not have the right to
vary a line to any nations advantage
in determining the settlements and
the basis of peace they were in the
service of their people and the service
of The world. This settlement Is the
first international settlement intended
for the happiness and safety OF men
and women throughout the world.
This is indeed and In truth peo-
pies treaty; 1t is the first peoples
treaty. and 1 venture to say that no,
narllament or congress will attempt
TO alter It. 1t Is a peoples treaty.
Notwithstanding the fact that II ~
also a treaty with Germany, and 1t
IL not an unjust treaty with Germany,
as some have characterized IL
NY fellow citizens. Germany tried
TO commit a crime against civilization
and this treaty Is justified as menu
orandum to make Germany pay for
the crime, ordered up to her full ca
pability for payment.
Some Of the very gentlemen who
now are characterizing this treaty as
harsh are the same men who less
than twelve months ago were criti-
cisiflg the Administration at Washing
ton in the fear that we would com
pound the crime.
.'PitiIess ThenI Pitiful Now"
They were pitiless then--they are
pitiful now.
1t is meet that we should not for
get what this war meant. / am
amazed at the indications that we
are. forgetting what we went through.
There are some indications that on
the other side of the water they are
about to forget what they, went
through. i venture to say there are
thousands of parents, fathers moth
ers, wives. sisters, sweethearts, who
are never going to forget what they
went through. Thousands Of our gal
LIANT youth lie buried in France,
Buried for what? For the protec-
ton of America? America was not
directly attacked. For the salvation
, of mankind everywhere and not alone
lot the bdlVdtlOn OIL AlIltIlCd.
I appeared once in the presence Of
" little handful of men whom I revere,
who fought in the civil war, and II
seems to me that they fought for the
great principle of their day, and we
know with what reverence we look
upon those men who fought for the
safety of the nation. I say this al
though / was born below the Mason
and Dixon line. We are not going
to deny those sentiments to the boys
who were in this war Don't you
think that when they are old men a
halo will seem to be about them be-
cause they were crusaders for the
liberty of the civilized world? One
of the hardest things for me to do
among the many men of this country
was merely to advise and direct and
not take gun and go myself.
The fundamental feature of this
treaty is the principle that had its
birth and growth in this country
that the countries of the world be-
long to the people who live in them.
And they have right to determine
their own affairs. their own form of
government, their own policy, and
that no body of statesmen sitting
anywhere in the world should have
the right to assign to any people any
advantage.
Only Two Alternatives.
This is the great treaty which is
to be debated. This is the treaty
which is to be examined with a
microscope My friends, are you
going to be narrow minded enough
and near sighted enough to allow
them to weight that great charter Of
human liberty in that way? That is
impossible.
Now the chance is there to accept
mis- treaty or play a lone. hand.
What does that mean? To play
lone hand now means that we
must always be ready to play by our
selves. 1t means that we must al
ways be armed that we must always
be ready to mobilize the man strength
and the manufacturing resources Of
the country; that means we must
continue to live under not diminish
r ing but increasing taxes and strong
enough to beat any nation In the
world. and absolutely contrary to the
high ideals of American history. II
you are going to play n lone hand,
the hand that you play must be upon
the handle OF the sword.
The lone hand must have a weapon
in 1t, and the weapon must be the
young men of the country trained to
arms, and the business of the country
must be prepared for making arma-
ment and arms for the men. And
do you suppose, my fellow citizens,
that any nation Is willing to stand
for that?
The fact that the world is in a
state Of unrest is not due to the
extreme condit ons arising out of
the war and the extraordinary cir
cumstances. 1t is due to the unusual
effect of the conditions under which
men live and labor which now exist
That is the condition all over the
world. There is no use In talking
about a political democracy unless
We also have an Industrial de-
mocracy.
There can be no democracy with
the control of a few OF whatever
kind or class. The world is finding
that out, like what Is responsible for
the conditions In Russia.
| find wherever / 90 IN America
an infinite pity for that great people.
Everybody who has mixed with the
Russian people tells m" they are
among the most lovable people Of the
world. People who easily trust you
and accept you to be trustworthy.
as they are. and yet this people is
delivered into the hands of an intol-
cradle tyranny. 1t came out of one
tyranny to get into a worse. A little
group of some thirty or forty men
are the masters of that people at
present. They chose themselves.
They maintain their power by the
sword.
Have you ever seen these symptoms