Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-26

questions connected with the present settlements. which perhaps cannot be successfully worked out to an ultimate issue by the decision we shall arrive at here I can easily conceive that many of these settlements will need subsequent consideration; that many O. the decisions we make shall need subsequent alteration in some degree. for if l may judge by my own study of some of these questions they are not susceptible fer confident judgment at present
 ''It is therefore necessary that we should set up some machinery by which the work of this conference should be rendered complete.
 We have assembled here for the purpose of doing very much more than making the present settlements that are necessary We are assembled under very peculiar conditions of world opinion l may say, without straining the point, that we are not the representative of governments, but representatives of the peoples
 Tt will not suffice to satisfy govern mental circles anywhere. IL is neces- sary that we should satisfy the Opin- ion of mankind
 The burdens of this war have fall en in an unusual degree upon the whole population of the countries in vOlved. do not need to draw for you the picture of how the burden has been thrown back from the front upon the older men, upon the women, upon the children, upon the homes of the civilized world, and how the real rr4 rrr hoc rr-ho hu eye of the government could not reach, but where the heart of human ity beats.
 We are bidden by these people to make a peace which will make them secure We are bidden by these pee pie to see to it that this strain does not come upon them again And 1 venture to say that it has been pos sible for them to bear this strain be- cause they hoped that those who rep resented them could get together aft CT this war and make such another sacrifice unnecessary
 ~lt is a solemn obligation on our part, therefore. to make permanent arrangements that justice shall be rendered and peace maintained.
 This is the central object of our meeting. Settlements may be tempo raTy but the action of the nations in the interest of peace and justice must be permanent We can set up perma- nent processes We may not be able to set up a permanent decision
 Therefore, it seems to me that we must take so far as we can picture of the world into our minds Is it not a startling circumstance, for one thing. that the great discoveries of science, that the quiet studies of men in laboratories, that the thoughtful de yelOpments which have taken place in quiet lecture rooms have now Deeh turned to the destruction of civiliZa- tiOn2 The powers of destruction have not so much multiplied as they have gained facilities
 The enemy, whom we have just overcome, had at his seats of learning some of the principal centers of scien- tific study and discovery and he used them in order to make destruction sudden and complete And only the watchful and continuous cooperation of men can see to it that science. as well as armed men, is kept within the harness of civilization
 Tn sense the United States is less interested in this subject than the other nations here assembled. With her great territory and her extensive sea borders. it is less likely that the United States should suffer And the ardOr of the United States-for it is a very deep and genuine ardOr-for the society of nations is not an ardor springing out of fear or apprehension, but an ardor springing out of the ideals which have come in the cOnsci- Ousness of this war.
 Tn coming into this war the United States never for q moment thought that she was intervening in the pOli- tics of Europe, or the politics Of Asia, or the politics of any part of the world. The thought was that all the world, had now become conscious that there was d single cause of justice and of liberty for men of every kind and place
 Therefore. the United States should feel that its part in this war should be played in vain if there en- sued upon it aboTtiVe European settle ments It would feel that it could not take part in guaranteeing these Euro pean unless that guarantee involved the continuous supeT-intendence of the peace of the world by the associated nations of the world.
 Therefore it seems to me that we must concern our best judgment in order to make this league of nations a vital thing-a thing some times call ed into life to meet an exigency-but always fUnctiOning in watchfuI attend ance upon the interests of the nations, and that it's continuity should be avail able continuity; that its functions are continuing functions, that do not per init an intermissiOn of its watchful- ness and of its labor: that it should be the eye of nations. to keep watch upon the common interests-an eye that did not slumber. an eye that was everywhere watchful and<attentive.
 And ii we do not make it vital, what shall we dO2 We shall disappoint the expectations of the peoples This is what their thought centers upon
 ''I had the very delightful expert ence of visiting several nations since I came to this side of the water. and