The Washington herald., 1919-03-05
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! So+' 'hsASt bp rhoM fhtE UNE.
fection. and yet have felt besides
It's tragedy. its compulsion, its
compulsion upon every living man
TO exercise every influence that he
has to the utmost to see that as
little as possible of that hope Is
disappointed. because II men can
not now, after this agony of
bloody sweat, come to their self
| possession and see how to regu-
late the affairs OF the world, we
! VIII sink back into period Of
struggle in which there will be no
hope, and therefore, no mercy.
No Mercy without Hope.
| There can be no mercy without
hopetno mercy where there is no
hope. for why should you spare
another IL you yourself expect
| to perish? Why should you, be
pitiful IL you can get no pity?
Why should you be just IL upon
every hand, you are put upon?
There is another thing which ]
mink the critics of this covenant
/, nave not observed. They not only have
not observed the temper of the world
but they have not even observed the
| VI NiiOot SpltUulu DOys
khaki that they sent ACROSS the seas
have hal the proud consciousness
of the reflected glory of those boys
| because the Constitution made me
| their commander-in-chief (applause)
and they have taught me some les
son.
| when We went into the war. we
| went into il on the basis OF declara.
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utter, because I believed them to be
an Interpretation of the purpose and
thought of the people of the United
States. (Applause)
And these boys went over there
with the feeling that they were
sacredly bound to the realization OF
| those ideals; that they were not going
over there merely with resentment in
| their hearts against a particular out
| law nation: but that they were cross.
| ing those three thousand miles of sea
| in order to show to Europe that the
| United States, when it became neces.
sary, would go anywhere where the
rights OF mankind were threatened.
Would Not he Rcstrnincd.
They wouldn't sit still in the
/ trenches. They would not be re.
strained by the prudence Of expert,
! enced continental commanders. They
| thought they had come over there Il
/ do a particular thing, and they wer,
| going to do ii and do 1t at once
| (Applause) And just as soon as that
rush of spirit as well as rush OF bod!
came in contact with the lines OF this
enemy. they began to break. and they
continued to break until the end. ZAP,
plauseO
They continued to break. my fellow
citizens. not merely because Of the
physical force Of these lusty young.
sters. but because Of the irresistible
| spiritual force of the armies OF the
United States. Applause)
! TT was that they felt. 1t was
that that awed them. 1t was that
that made them feel, II these young
stcrs ever got a foothold they coult
never be dislodged and that there
fore every foot of ground that they
won was permanently won for tbs
liberty of mankind. CApplause).
Must Have Permanent Peace.
! And do you suppose that having
| felt that crusading spirit OF these
! youngsters, who went over there no
to gIorify America. but to serve theil
| fellow men, l am going to perrni'
myself for one moment to Stacker
In nv effort to be worthy Of then
and OF their cause? Applausel.
What I said at the opening,
| said with a deeper meaning than per
| haps you have caught I do not meaI
! to come back until it's over, ovel
there Capplause), and it must no
be over until the nations of the worlt
are assured of the permanency o.
peace (applause).
Gentlemen on this side of the wa
ter would be very much profited BY
! getting into communication with some
gentlemen on the other side of the
water. (Applause0 We sometimes
! think. my fellow citizens, that the ex'
perienced statesmen of the European
nations are an unusually hard headed
set of men. by which we generally
mean. although we don't admit It
| that they are a bit cynical; that they
say, "this is a very profitable world
By, which you always mean that II
/ is not an ideal world; that they don't
! believe that things can be settled
upon an ideal basis. Well. never
came into intimate contact with them
De1OfBs Dul IL lIlty usSfu u be NIldi
way they are not that way now,
| (Applause.)
Subdued by Awful Events.
They have been subdued If that
was once their temper, by the awful
significance Of recent events and the
awful Importance of what Is to ensue
and there is not one OF them witt
whom l have come in contact, who
doesn't feel that he cannot in con-
science return to his people from
Paris unless he has done his utmost to
do something more than attach hi:
name to a treaty of peace Every mar
! in that conference knows that the
! treaty of peace in itself will be in,
operative, as Mr.. Taft has said, with.
out this constant support and energy
of a great organization, such as 1.
supplied by the league OF nations. Gap
plause)
And men who, when I first went
! over there were sceptical OF the pos
| sibility of forming a league of ma,
! tions had admitted that II we could
but form it, it would be an invaluable
instrumentality through which to Sc
cure the operation of the various
parts of the treaty; and when that
treaty comes back gentlemen on this
side will find the covenant not only
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