The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-07-18

ize what 1t was that our timely aid
accomplished alike for their morale
and their physical safety.
The first. never.tO-be-fo forgotten ac-
ton at Chateau Thierry had already
taken place. Our retlOuhtsble soldiers
and marines had already closed the
gap the enemy had Succeeded in open.
ing for their advance upon Paris-had
already turned the tide Of battle back
toward the frontiers Of France and
begun The rOut that was to save Flu
rope and the world. Thereafter the
Germans were to be always forced
back, back, were never to thrust. sue
cessfully forward again. And yet
there was no confident hope.
Put New Heart Into Allies.
The mere sight Of our, nen--of their
vigOr, Of the confidence that showed
itself in every movement Of their stall
wart figures and every turn Of their
swinging march. In their steady com
pretending eyes AMI easy discipline.
in The intiOmitable air that added
HRa'' w sHSS uu-uNuC
everyone who saw them that memo
ribIe day realize that something had
happened that was much more than a
mere incident in the fighting some
thing very different from the mere ar
rival Of fresh troops.
They were recOgnzed@ az crusaders.
and as their thousands swelled to mil.
lions their strength was seen to mean
salvation. And they were fit men to
carry such Il hope and make good the
| assurance it forecast. Finer men never
went into battle: and their officers
were worthy of them.
Comrades in Great Cause.
This is not the occasion upon which
to utter eulOgy Of the armies Amer
lea sent to France. hut perhaps. since
am speaking of their mission, I may
speak also Of the pride l shared with
every American who saw or dealt with
them there. They We're the sort Ut
men America would wish to he repre-
scented by. tie sort of men every Amer
lean would wish to claim as fellow
countrymen and comrades in n great
! cause.
They were terrible in battle. and
gentle and helpful out Of it. remember
in. the mothers and the sisters, the
wives and the little children ut home.
They were free men under arms. not
forgetting their ideals of duty in the
midst of tasks of violence. am proud
to have had the privilege Of being as
suciateA with them and of calling my.
self their leader
Hard Task at Peace Table.
And the compulSion of what they
stood for was upon us who represent
ed America at the peace table. 1t was
our duty to see to it that every de-
ci>ion we took part in contributed. 81
far as we We're able to influence it. to
que! the fears and realize the hopes
of tn. peoples who had been living in
that shadow. the nations that had
come by our assistance TO their free
dom. 1t was our duty to do every
thing tina. 1t was within our power t.
do to make the triumph Of freedom
and of right a lasting triumph in the
assurance of which men might every
where live without fear.
Difficulties Hard to Adjust.
These We're not tasks which the
conference looked about to find anC
Went out of its way to perform. The.
We're inseparable from the settlements
Of peace. They were thrust upon Il
by circumstances which could not bs
overlooked. The war had created
them. In all quarters of the wort
old established relationships had beef
disturbed or broken and affairs were
ut loose ends. needing TO be mende,
ar united again. but could not be made
what they We're before. They had II
be set right by applying some uniform
principle Of Justice or enlightened ex
| lNdiency. And they could not be al
iuSied Ivy merely prescribing in ,
treaty what should be done.
New states We're To be set up whicl
could not hope to live through thei
first period of weakness without as
''"''s '"pt'"le ~ Si''t
that had consented to their creation
and Won for them their independence
Future International convent ion
with regard to the control of water
ways. with regard I" Illicit traffic o
many kinds. In arms or in deadl,
drugs, OF with regard to the adjust
ment Of many varying internationa
administrative arrangements coult
not he assured Il the treaty were t,
provide n" permanent common inter
national agency. II it's execution /,
such matters was to he left to tn
slow and uncertain processes If co
operation by ordinary methods Of ne
COLLATION..
Common Tribunal Necessary.
II the peace conference itself wa
t" be the end Of cooperative authors,
and common counsel among the GOV
ernn,entS to which the world was look
ing to enforce justice and give pledge
of an enduring settlement. region
| like the Saar basin cOuld not 10 NJ,