Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-05
Declares Covenant VIII Not Pre-
vent But Make Wars I'm
probable.
WORLDS CONSCIENCE
IS IN ARTICLE TEN
Puts Case Before People of Middle
West and is Greeted
With Tremendous
OvatiOns.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept 4.--Prasi-
dent Wilson today carried his fight
| for the peace treaty and the League
of Nations into the heart of the Mid
die West and was greeted with a
tremendous response. Speaking at
| Columbus, o., Richmond, Ind, and
Indianapolis, the president laid his
case before audiences which jamed
the auditoriums at each place.
Calling on the opponents Of the
league to present a better plan FOR
peace, the president reached climax
here tonight when he told them to
put up" better plan for peace or
"shut up" He said that no one be-
ieved the League of Nations would
make all wars impossible, but that
he expected it to make war inn
! probable"
| The economic and arbitration sec
tions of the covenant, he asserted,
would keep war on the outskirts"
and make it only "last resort"
Opponents of the League of Ma
tions, he said, had discussed only
three out of twenty six articles of
the covenant. The articles which
would make war improbable had been
overlooked.
The president said his speaking
trip was partly to point out how
absolutely ignorant" of the contents
Of the covenant some Of those were
who opposed the league.
| 'If they read the English LANGUAGE
at all" he said. "they do not under
stand it as / do"
The president said he wanted to
forget and wanted the people to for
pet that they were republicans and
democrats.
'T am an American" he declared.
"and a champion of the rights which
America believes in"
Justice For All.
At this the crowd cheered and
there was another outburst Of cheer
ing when he declared he had mot
the slightest doubt" what the YER
dict of the people would be.
Some delegations. the president
said, came to the Paris conference
with causes which were not consider
ed properly within the scope of the
peace conference. In that connec-
ticn, he pointed out, that under ar
ticle eleven any threat of war could
be investigated by the League
| "At present" seaid he, 1--WE have to
mind cur own business. but under
the covenant of the League we can
mind other peoples business"
There was not an oppressed peo-
pie anywhere. he said, that could get
attention for it's case under the Lea
que. He did not mention anv OPP
messed people by name. but manv OF
his hearers remarked that thew
thought he spoke Of the case of Ire
land.
Referring to the Shantung settle
ment. the president pointed ont that
.Tapan repeatedly had promised TO re-
turn the peninsula to China He did
not go into the subject at length.
however. hut mentioned it in en-
nhasising that the covenant world re-
fuse to recognize the validity OF sec
ret treaties.
The president said he could look
the mothers of the country in the
Nface proudly because he had kept his
(promisa to do all he could to prevent
any more war.
Defends Article 10.
i "This league" he said, lis the only
conceivable arrangement winch Will
prevent our sending our men abroad
again very soOn."
4 1t was a solemn pledge to those
who fought the war, said the presi-
dent, that there should be such an
arrangement to prevent future
wars.
1, This provision, he pointed out,
was contained in the much discuss
ed article ten.
/ article ten," declared the presi-
dent, speaks the conscience Of the
world. It goes to the heart Of this
whole bad business"
1t was true, Mr.. Wilson said, that
every man surrendered part Of his
sovereignty whenever he promised
ito respect the rights Of his neighbors;
but he declared he could see no harm,
nevertheless, in making such pro-
: mise for the common good.
d Pointing out that decisions by the
League council must be unanimous,
the president said that whatever
Judgment was passed upon the
i United States by the council must
!. have the concurrences Of the United
s States. He added that, q course,
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