Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-11
President Tells Senate
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| aspect before their work was finish ed. Thet saw it as the main object of the peace. as the only thing that could complete 1t or make it worth while. Thcy saw it as the hope of the world. ard that hope they did not dare to disappoint- Shall we or any other free people hesitate to ac- cept this great duty Dare we reject 1t and break the heart of the world
 Peace Stands Complete.
 And so the result of the conference of peace, so. far as Germany is con- cerned. stands complete. The difficult ties encountered were very many. Sometimes they seemed insuperable.' 5t was impossible to saceoHmo7ate the Eons-interests which directly or in- Airectly affected almost every nation
 m the world without many minor compromises. The treaty as "A result. written It is probably not what any one of the national delegations would have written. But results were work ed cut which on the whole bear test. think that it will be. found that the. compromises which were accepted as inevitable nowhere cut to the heart of any. principle. The work of the the principles agreed upon as the ba- sis of the peace as well as with the practical possibilities of the fnterna- tional situations which had to be
 
 , A spseisi Treaty. with France.
 shall presently have occasion to France. whose object Is the teanpor- ary protection of France from unpro- voixed aggression by the power with whom this treaty of peace has been treaty. I take the liberty. however. of xeserving if for special application on another occasion.
 The role which America was to play in the conference seemed deter mined, as have said before my col k1eagues and got to Paris--determined by the universal expectations of the .1rom all quarters of the globe. we were to deal with. It was universally rec Ognfzed that America had entered the swar to promotes no private or peculiar champion of rights which she was glad to share with free men and lovers sof justice everywhere
 E Welcomed as 1isinteres+ed Friends. | We had formulated the principles upon which the settlement was made the principles upon which the arm Efstace had been agreed 10 and the par tleYs of peace undcrtak en--an no one { doubted that our desire was to see the treaty of peace formulated along the actual lines of those principles and desired nothing else. We were
 D. were resorted to as arbiters in many a difficult matter. It was recogniz- ed that our material aid would be in dispensibie in the days to come, when industry and credit would have to bet brought hack to their normal opera sfion again and communities beaten to the ground assisted to their feet once more. and it was taken for granted, play the helpful friend in these things as in all others without prejudice or favor. We were generously accepted as the unaffected chananiens Of what role to play; bat am happy to report that the fine group of 4mreicans who helped with their expert advise in each part of the varied settlements fy the high confidence reposed in them. z-szzsz-s-s sss--7-
 And that confidence. it seems tome. is the measure Of our opportunity and which the new hope of the peoples of the world is to be fulfilled or disap- pointed The fact that America is the friend of the nations. whether they be rivals or associates. is no new fact; lit is only the discovery of it by the res of the world that is new.
 America as a World Power.
 { America may be said to have just reached her majority s a world pow CT It was almost exactly twenty-one years ego that the results of the war with Spair put us unexpectedly in pcsAs ssion of rich islands ,)n the oth- CT side of the world and brought us into association with other govern ments in the control of the West fn- dies It was regarded as a sinister and ominous thing by the statesmen or more than one European chancel- lery that we could have extended our power beyond the confines of our con tlnental doniniors. They were ac- | customed to think of new neighbors | as new menace, of rivals as watch | fup enemies. .'t
 There were persons among us at l home Th0 looked with deep disap- | proyal and avowed anxiety on such l extensions of our national authority | over distant islands and over peoples l whom they feared we might exploit. | not serve and assist. But we have | not exploited them.
 A Menace to No Other Nation.
 We have been their friends and have | sought to serve them. And our do- n1lnion has been a menace to no other | nation We redeemed our honor to the utmost in our dealings with Cuba She Is weak but absolutely free: and it IS her trust in us that makes her free. l Weak peoples everywhere stand ready to give us any authority among them I that will assure them friendly over | 1ght and direction. They know that there is no ground for fear in recetv-
  Our isolation was ended twenty years ago; and now fear of us is ended also. our counsel ad association sought after and desired There can be no question of our ceasing to be a world power. The only question is whether we can refuse the moral leadership that is of fered us. whether we shall accept or reject the confidence Of the world We Are No Longer Isolated.
 The war and the conference of peace now sitting in Paris seem te- me to | have answered that question. Our par ticipation in the war established our position among the nations and noth- ing but our own mistaken action can alter it. It was not an accident or | a matter of sudden choice that we are no longer isolated ad devoted to pol icy which has only our own interest and advantage for it's object. It was our duty to go in if we were indeed i the champions of liberty and of right. Me ansWered to ihe call of. dllfy in a 1