The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-06


the criticisms have never felt tn
great pulse of the heart of TIL
world.
And | am amazed-not al
armed, but amazed-that there
should be in some quarters sucl
a comprehensive ignorance of TIL
state of the world. These gentle
men do not know what the mint
of men is, just now. Every body
else does. ! do not know where
they have been closeted. ! dc
not know by what influence.
they have been blinded; but ! dc
know they have been separated
from the general currents of the
thought Of mankind.
'sAnd / want to utter this sol
emn warning, not in the way Of
threat the great forces OF the
world do not threaten, they oper-
ate. The great tides of the world
do not give notice that they are
going to rise and run; they rise
in their majesty and overwhelm
ing might, and those who stand
in the way are overwhelmed.
Now the heart of the world Is
awake and the heart of the world
must be satisfied.
"Do not let yourselves for "a
moment feel the uneasiness in
the populations Of Europe is due
entirely to economic causes or
economic motives; something
very much deeper underlies it all
than that.
They see that their govern
ments have never been able to
defend them against intrigue or
aggression, and that there is no
force Of foresight or of prudence
in any modern cabinet to stop
war. And therefore they say.
"3There must be some fnnda-
mental cause for this. The fun
damental cause they are begin
mig to perceive is that nations
have stood singly or in little jeal-
Gus groups against each other,
fostering prejudice, increasing
the danger of war, rather than
concerning measures to prevent
it; and that if there is right in
the world, there is no reason why
nations should be divided in the
support Of justice.
"They are therefore saying if
you really believe there is a
light, if you really believe that
wars ought to be stopped, stop
about the rival inter-
ssts of nations and think about
nen and women and children
throughout the world.
"There is another thing which
he critics Of this convenant have |
lot observed. They have not OBJ |
served the temper Of those splen-
lid boys in khaki that they sent
lcross the seas. l have had the
proud consciousness of the re-
'lected glory of those boys, be-
,ause the constitution made me
heir commander -in-chief and
hey have taught ME some les
ons. When we went into the
var, we went into it on the basis
# declarations, which it was my
to utter, because | be-
ieve them to be an interpreta-
ion of the purpose and thought |
# the people of the United
States.
"And those boys went over /
here with the feeling that they
we're sacredly bound to the real
cation of those ideals; that they
we're not only going over there
o beat Germany; they were not
.oing over there merely with re-
eminent in their hearts against I
particular outlaw nation; but
hat they were crossing those
900 miles Of sea in order to show
europe that the United States.
vhen it became necessary, would
% anywhere where the rights of
nankind were threatened.
"They would not sit still in
he trenches. They would not be
by the prudence OF ex-
,erienced continental command
rs. They thought they had
ONE over there to do particular
hings. and they were going to
% it. and do it at once. And I
ust as soon as that rush of spirit
S well as rush of body came in
ontact with the lines Of the en-
nv, they began to break, and
hey continued to break until the
nd. They continue to break my /
elbow citizens, not merely be-
ause of the physical force of
hose lusty youngsters, but be-
ause of the irresistible spiritual 4
Drce of the armies Of the United
tates. 1t was that they felt. 1t
-as that that awed them. 1t was
nat that made them feel, if these
oungsters ever got a foothold
1ey could never be dislodged,
nd therefore every foot of the
round that they won was per- Il