American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-07-11
PRESIDENT BRINGS JUST
PEACE TO SAVE WORLD


softened my homesickness. One of
the chief things that softened it was
the very generous welcome that they
extended to me as your representa-
tive on the other side of the water.
And IT was still more softened by the
pride that I had in discovering that
America had at last convinced the
world of her true character.
81 was welcome because they had
seen with their own eyes what Amer
lea had done for the world. They had
deemed her selfish. They had deem
ed her devoted to material interests.
And they have seen her boys come
across the water with a vision even
more beautiful than which they con-
ceived when they had entertained
dreams OF liberty and peace.
Praise for Army.
And then ] had the added pride
OF finding out by personal observa-
ton the kind Of men we had sent ov-
err. ] had crossed the seas with the
kind Of men who had taken them over,
without whom they could not have
got to Europe, and then when I got
there I saw that army of men, that
army of clean men, that army that
one was glad to point out and say
there are my fellow c%ountrymen.'
"It softens the inconsistencies a
good deal to have so much of home
along with you. and these boys we're
constantly reminding me of home.
They did not walk the streets like
anybody else. / do not mean that
they walked the streets self-assertive-
~. They did not. They walked the
streets as If they knew that they be-
longed wherever free men lived. that
they were welcome i'm the great repub-
lie of France and were comrades with
the other army that had helped to win
the great battle and to show the great
sacrifice. Because it is a wonderful
thing for this nation, hitherto isolated
from the large affairs of the world to
WIN not only the universal confidence
, OF the people of the world, but their
universal affections.
| And that. and nothing less thar
that, is what has happened. Where.
yer IL was suggested that troops
should be sent and 1t was desired
that troops OF occupation should ex
cite no prejudice. no uneasiness on thu
, part OF those TO whom they were sent
the men who represented the othei
nations came to me and asked me u
Q send American soldiers. They no
h only implied, but they said. that tn,
y presence of American soldiers woul'
e be known not to mean anything ex
/ cept friendly protection and assist
ance. Do you wonder that il mad
g our hearts swell with pride to realiz
u these things?
lei Anxious to Get Home.
l. But while these things in SON
l. degree softened my homesicknesi
e. they made me all the more eager I
,e get home. where the rest OF the folk
live: to get home where the gres
IN dynamo OF national energy was situar
ed: to get home where the great pul
poses Of national action were forme
. and to be allowed TO take part in III
~counsels and in the actions whic
NJ were formed. and to be taken by tn.
( great nation, which from first to La
has followed the vision OF the me
r who set II up and created il. "
Or have had our eyes very close upo
~ our tasks at times, but whenever v
III lifted them, as we were accustome
IL 10 lift them, 10 a distant horizon, v
ne were aware that all the peoples
W the earth had turned their faces u
10 ward us as those who were u
Y, friends of freedom and Of right, ar
~ whenever we thought of national pc
"a icy and OF it's relation upon the a
NJ fairs Of the world. we knew we wei
or under bonds to do the large thing ar
the right thing.
ty at was Il privilege, therefore, b
On yond all computation, for a ma
whether in a great capacity or a sms
o capacity. to take part in the counse
and in the resolutions Of a people III
this. i am afraid some people, son
persons, do not understand that y
sion. They do not see II. They ha'
\ looked too much upon the ground
They have thought too much OF q
u interests that we're near them. al
Ct they have not listened to the voic