Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-11
There Can Be. No Other
Treaty Declares Presi-
dent Wilson.
Says We Must Accept The
Treaty or Prepare to
Have Big Army.

Billings. Mont, Sept. 11.-1Aytns
his appeal for the peace treaty before
the people of Montana today, Presd-
dent Wilson declared the question Of
its ratification was question whether
the United States would fulhu its
pledges to its people and to, the
world.
| There were two addresses on his
days program, Mr.. Wilson speaking
at the Billings auditorium before
noon SO that he could reach Helena
in time for meeting at night. Ar
riving from Bismarck, N. D., only .
short time before the hour for his
address he was taken for an ANTONIO
/ bile ride through the principal streets.
He was cheered by the crowds as NE
passed along. and at the auditorium
ne found all of the 5000 seats taken
and many standing.
Introduced by Mayor.
Mayor w. Lee Mains, introducing
the President said that where man
went across the sea and did the major
portion of the work of "righting the
whole worlds troubles, he was some
man" Yells from the crowd greeted
the declaration and there were more
cheers when the mayors little dauEh-
ter. Lillian, presented bouquet to
Mrs. Wilson.
Mr.. Wilson said he had come west
Ito consult" with the people in the
light of circumstances which affected
the whole world. Everywhere. he de-
clared, the human heart beats the
same and on both sides of the ocean
there was sincere desire that there
should be no more war.
Not an Ordinary Treaty.
1t was a mistake therefore, the
President continued. to debate tho
peace treaty as if it were an ordin-
ary treaty. 1t was not merely a
treaty with Germany, he said, but
treaty effecting settlement of the
affairs of the world.
And it is this treaty or no treaty"
he added. 1T is this treaty because
there can be no other.
This settlement is the nrst intefna-
tional settlement that Is based on the
happiness of the average people
throughout the world. It is a peo-
pies treaty and I venture the predic-
tion that II isSnot wise for parliasnsnts
T It y sfSta &s s s 'f4saissat ssss
went s.p,s. .ss 4;
Some Of the men whosha ssailstf 1t
unduly harsh, he added, were critic
1 lslng the administration a year ago.
because they thought the United
States would be too easy with Ger
many. -, fs.T,.g.
Change Sentiment.
They were pitiless then.'' he said;
they are pitiful now
The American dead in the war. Mr..
wilson declared, had fought not for
the redemption of America, but for
the redemption of the world It was
one OF the hardest OF his trials dur
ing the war, he said. to be able meres-
ly to direct the policies of the nation
aCd not Ito take gun and go my
self. The basic principle Of the
treaty, said Mr.: Wilson, was that the
territory everywhere belongs to the
people who live upon It 1t was the
aa1 lanorlous work of many minds, he
mises in it," following in general
American specifications. should ,ait
fail. he declared, it vouid.be fmnos-.
sible to get together akai4 the eie-
ments necessary to make a new ,set-a
tlement The United States either
must take the treaty, he said, or play
lone hand in world afairs.
Would Mean Big Army.
IF you're going to play "a lone
play must have a weapon in it. And
the weapon must be all the young
| men OF the country and the business
OF the country must pay the piper
| Ihere was spirit Of unrest every
1 Wnere he continued, and 1t wa the
province Of the treaty to set up an
4 lndustrlal democracy as well ~ q
that there were domestic questions to
pc settled in that connection be6luse
there could be no industrial denoc-
racy astwe1l as a political democracA
He continued that there we're domest-
1c questions to be settled in that con-
necton because there could be no
ln,. lnausirlal democracy as long as mo-
by applause when he added, And
we have not yet Anished with the
monopoiies'' -. =
Citing again the upheavai in Ruaia
the President asked II his hearers
mad notg eeen audiences Of the spread
OF the unrest It was the -dread''
OF every statesman in Europe, Ne Sbn-a
tinued, and q prop6ganda was spread-
Ing It in the United States.
There are Apostles Of Lenine In
our own mSAt,'' he said. .and il
means to b an apostle OF darkness
Our business ITO rec that no rninor-
ily, NO matteky6ow rich, no matter
United Stafes."
The purihcation Of political condi-'
tons never could be aocomplished
until the treaty was accepted and
| peace estatlished- Some men dehat-
ine tne treaty. he added. seemed to
think there was ''leisare' but there
such an issue AZ !. Il ---.--
Repeating declarations made IN his
previous addresses the pr1sidenf saId
that the whole heart w. ~ yfhea ~, z
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