The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-03-06
MUST LET THE
PEOPLE DECIDE
OPINION OF ALL AMERICA WILL
BE HEARD IN DECISION
ON PEACE LEAGUE.
ALL FRIENDLY TO U. 5,
. WILSON DELIVERS SPEECH AT
MECHANICS HALL IN BOSTON
TO Bic CROWD.
western Newspaper Union News ssrvic.


Western Newspaper Union News Service
Boston, Feb. 24.-President Wilson
made the following speech at Mechan-
ics Hall in Boston, after landing from
his trip back from Europe.
Governor Coolidge. Mr.. Mayor. Fell
low Citizens:
II wonder IL you are half As glad to
see me as am to see you. It warns
my heart to see = great body OF my fei-
spects during the recent montha have
been lonely indeed without your COM
cry step Of the work which fell to me
to recall what I was sure would be
your counsel with regard to the great
'tion.
II do not want you to to think that
have not been appreciative OF the ex-
traordinary generous reception whicn
saying that 1t makes me very happy to
get home again. I do not mean to say
that l was not very deeply ld touched QUO r.ot ~
crowds pn the other side. But I want
to say to you in all honesty that felt
1ss% 1sshsr e than ss % ears me-. Oh greeting 70 ''
II did not feel that the greeting was
personal. I had in my heart the over
browning pride of being your repre-
Of men everywhere who felt that your
hearts beat with theirs In the cause OF
liberty.
the voices of those great crowds. 1t
was not q tone of mere greeting. II was
not \ tone of mere generous welcome.
rsde. the cry that comes from men who
say, We have waited for this day when
the friends of liberty should come
~ yvtf
us. % 70 see ZEE that a new world was cea-
/, stSucted upon = new basis and foundA-
tion of Justice and right
IT can't tell you the inspiration that
came from the sentimente that came
crowds. And the proudest thing have
sovrsPs TO 5sPsrs q, to ouTs ysu
the world.
II have not come to report the pro-
eeedinEs or the results OF the proceed.
would be premature. l can say that
have received very happy Impressions
S. w. h snsre arc m.ns
of Judgment. while there are some di-
vergencies of object. there is. never
realization OF the necessity Of setting
up new standards of right in the world.
Because tho men who are In con-
lean can realize that they are not the
masters of their people, that they are
the .ery.nt: Of their ., people. and that that
to . new purpose and . new conception
u, q their power to realise that purpose.
\and that no man dare go homie from
Ness noble than was expected of Il.
THE conference seems to you to 20
.sm. :,em to ,rsm eo .lox,y Gox 70 SSs a wonder
You realize the complexity Of the task
which It has undertaken; 1t seems As
and affect directly. every Ereat-and.
! sometimes think. every smali.natlon
IN the world; and no one decision can
in with the great series of other deci-
sions which must accompany Il, and it
suit; 4 the real au.lity and character
of that result II to be properly Judged.
What we are doing 10 to hear the
Of the men most intsSs:tsd; hear il
stoned to state Y: hear the rival
'iSn.sl Of ths World. ' that fse AFFECT % new COM COM
S..n Ss Se
world war through which We have
And I have been struck by the mod
erateness of those who have presented
national clairns. can testify that
believe ! have nowhere seen tho gleam
i have seen tears come to the eyes OF
men who pied for down-trodden peo-
pie: whom ut they were pryitSsed nd, iS d. to
OF anger. they were the tears Of ar
II don't see how any man can fail
to have been subaued by these pleas.
subdued to this feeling. that he was
not there to assert & an individual t,I juds, .
And in the midst of 1t all every in.
terest seeks out. first Of all. when II
re .ss s;r ss..ss tn. WRs
derfui fact in history-because there
X. mo %oe.. tton Of Il n. U1sed ss %
A,hinx seem sner Before! s. va. shers ever
90 %osnS sot S.t tS. sSst
had won that esteem forever to de-
~ you'd not have you a.sn. under;t.nd err, md
other nations there in Conference are
disesteemed by those, who know them.
e.ns The Ssxe
again and again clashed with one an
other in competitive interests. It is
impossible .S Tor men to S rorset hs the ,harp tha
in past times.
1T is Impossible for men to, believe
sst ssen M h..s hey M es aSs
member rights that It was attempted
bitions which it was attempted to real
ixe, and while they believe that men
have come into a different temper. they
do not resort to one another for a dis
troversy. they resort to. that nation
which has won the enviable distinction
Prince Leopold Held for Crime.
Geneva. Prince leopold, former