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SPEECHES
BREATHE DEFIANCE
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evoked yells Of approval, for the Irish
In Indiana are as down on the league
as the Irish are elsewhere in the
country. He said in this connection
that Article X. Of all the articles
of the league was nearest his
heart"
Mr.. Wilson spoke briefly of the
secret treaties which came before the
Peace Conference, and In that con-
nection he mentioned the Shantung
agreement. He did not undertake,
he confessed, to defend that agree
ment, but he insisted that 1t was
necessary In view of the secret en-
gagement that had been made by the
Allies with Japan before the United
States entered the war. He sought
to make it plain that these treaties
could not be torn up and that there
fore the allied promise Of Shantung
to Japan had to be acquiesced in by
America. But that was the end and
the last of the secret treaty business,
he asserted, since the League of Ma
tions never again would tolerate such
private understandings.
Toward the very end of his speech
he saw At to utter the put up or
shut up" challenge to league antago-
nists, and he said 1t with fire in
his eye. His audience yelled ap-
proval, but there were sober Demo-
Gratis who shook their heads, over that
phrase. There are a lot of Demo-
Gratis in Indiana who have been say
ing that the sooner a compromise Is
reached on the peace treaty contro-
versy and necessary amendments or
reservations are agreed to by the
President the better 1t will be for the
Democratic party and incidentally, Of
course. for the country.
After the speech the President re-
turned Immediately to his train and
left at once for st. Louis, where he
speaks tomorrow night.
Important Subjects Ignored.
The address at Columbus was re-
markable fer the peace treaty topics
the President ignored. This thought
pricked the mind of the mournful
Chinese who sat all silent in the top
of the gallery of Memorial Hall until
the stir and shuttle of the disinte-
grating meeting and glimpse Of Mr.
Wilson's retreating coat tails brought
from them this question:
"What about the Shantung ques-
ton, Mr.. PRESIDENT"
But answer he had none save the
dat echo of his impassive voice.
Nor did anybody else in the slngu-
larry undemonstrative gathering Of
1000 persons receive an answer TO
hotly controversial questions bub-
bling In American minds--Article x.
and American military participation
In European quarrels, the Irish ques-
ton, the preservation of the Monroe
Doctrine, immigration safeguards and
the right of withdrawal from the
League Of Nations.
Possibly the reason for avoidance
Of these topics is to be found in the
Presidents expressed determination
not to debate" the provisions of the
treaty or to travel about the country
In long range controversy with the
Senate. Certainly he exercised his
privilege of praising and e&tolling
those sections which have not ex-
cited special animosity.
II It be at all possible to identify
threads In Mr.. Wilson's fiuency, then
one can say that, In exhorting the
people to read the treaty for them
selves or else TO take his word for
what Is in 1t and what 1t means, he
emphasized these points: The treaty
Furnishes Germany severely but not
unjustly for the crimes she attempted.
The treaty rectif1es the wrongs of
mankind, but does not humiliate Ger
many. The League of Nations will
prevent war because the threat "man-
kind is combined against you" will
be a persuasive threat to an evil
planner.
Adriatic Dispute Explained.
Without a League of Nations war
win be attempted Just as soon as am
bilious nations recover from financial
stripgency. He Is q warm friend of
the Italian people. but duty and the
application Of the principle that terri
tory must go to the people that live
upon It regulated his attitude In the
Adriatic dispute.
The treaty rectihes some age long
wrongs, removing the anger which
breeds wars and revolutions, but II does
leave unrighted some other age long
wrongs. much to his regret, and 1t
rights the history Of Europe. The
treaty Is shot through with the
American principle Of the consent of
the governed.
The labor section, glowingly ex-
pounded, Is described as the Magma
Charta of labor. The central ideal Of
the treaty is that nations consist not
of Governments but Of peoples, q
principle hailed by the President to-
day as almost a discovery. Fine
passions rule the world to-day, sup
planting mind, therefore a proper title
for the League OF Nations is "the
league of fine passions"
The treaty provides for all the rep
aration that a criminal Germany can