Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-27
Wilson Tells New
Ruler of Brazil
Jobs No Sinecure

Paris. May 27--fIt is very delightful
for one thing. II may say so. 20 know
that my presidency Is not ahead OF me
and that his presidency is ahead OF
him." said President Wilson al the din
ner given, DR.. Epttacia Pessoa, presi-
dent elect OF Brazil. by. the Pan -Ameri-
can peace delegation last night.
THE honor has been accorded me.
President Wilson said. "of making the
first speech tonight and am very glad
to avail myself OF that priviiedge. ! am
particularly glad to have the oppor-
tunity OF paying my respects to Mr..
Pessoa. wish him every happiness
and every success with the greatest
earnestness. and yet can not, II may
Judge from my own experience expect
for him very great exhileration in
the performance OF the duties of his
office becanhe, after all. to be the head
of an American state is a task OF un-
relieved responsibility.
Il will recall here to some OF you
that other states OF America united
with the United States in doing some
thing which very closely resembled
the formation OF the present league OF
nations. was ambitious to have the
Americans do the thing first and set
the example to the world that we are
now about to realize. I had double
object in 1t, not only my pride that the
Americans should set the example and
show the genuineness OF their prin-
ciples. but that the United States
should have a new relation to the
other Americas.
'"The United States upon famous
occasion warned the governments OF
Europe that it would regard 1t as an
unfriendIy act II they tried to overturn
free institutions in the western hem
isphere and to substitute their own
systems of government which at that
time were iniinical to those free inst-
tutions; but while the United States
thus undertook III It's own motion to be
the champion of America against such
aggressions of Europe. 1t did not give
any conclusive assurance that it would
never itself be the agsressor- What !
wanted to do in the proposals to which
1 have just referred was to offer to the
other American states our own bond
that they were safe against us and
that any Illicit ambitions we might en-
tertain. as well as safety SO far as ths
power Of the United States could make
them safe against foreign nations.
"Of course Lam sorry that happy
contamination did not come. but, after
all. no doubt the impulse was contrib
uted to by us which has now led to a
sort Of mutual pledge on the part of ali
the self governing nations OF the world
that they will be not only friends to
each other. but that they will take
pains to secure each others safety and
independence a territorial integrity.
''No greater thing has ever happened
in the political world than that and
am particularly gratified tonight to
think OF The. Hours I have had the
pleasure Of spending with Mr.. Pessoa
as a member, along with him, of the
commission on the league of nations
which prepared the covenant which
was submitted to the conference
and caught his eye. that we had the
same American mind in regard to the
business, and when made suggestions
or used arguments that Il felt were
Enthusiastically American, 1 would
always catch sympathy in his, eyes.
When others perhaps did not catch the
point at once. he always caught It,
because though we were not bred to
the same language literally, we were
bred to the same political language
and the same political thought, and
our ideas were the same.
TT is. therefore, with real sense
Of communication and of fellowship
and of something more than neighbor-
lv familiarity that 1 find myself in
this congenial company and that l
take my part with you in paying my
tribute and extending my warmest
best wishes to the great court Of
Brazil and to the gentleman who will
worthily represent her in her presi-
Dental chair.
II ask you to Join with me in drink
ing the health of the president elect
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