The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-03-07
AMER|CAIS HOPE
OF WHOLE WORLD
Al Nations Put Trust In United
States Is Message of
President Wilson.
IS FRIEND Of MANKIND
Executive Declares He 10 Trying to
Do Right Thing Rather Than Ex-
pedient one-Proud OF Sol.
diers OF America.

Mechanics Hall, Boston, Feb. 25.-
The text OF President Wilson's ad-
dress 10 as follows:
Governor Coolidge, Mr.. Mayor, Fell
low Citizens:-I wonder if you are half
~ glad to see me a. / an to e you.
It warns my heart to see a great body
Of my fellow citizens again. because
In some respects during the recent
months ] have been very lonely indeed
without your comradeship and counsel,
and tried at every step Of the work
which fell to me to recall what l was
sure would be your counsel with re-
gard to the great matters which were
lnder consideration.
do not want you to think that I
have not been appreciative of the tx
traordinary generous reception which
was given to ne on the other side, in
saying that it makes me very happy
to get home again. / do not z to
say that l was not very deeply touched
by the cries that came from the great
crowds on the other side. But | want
10 say to you in all honesty that l felt
them to be q call of greeting to you
rather than to me.
] did not feel that the greeting was
personal. / had in my heart the over
browning pride Of being your represen-
tative and OF receiving the plaudits Of
men everywhere who felt that your
hearts beat with theirs in the cause Of
liberty. There was no mistaking the
lone in the voices of the great
crowds. 1t was not of mere greet
ing, it was not . tone OF mere gen.
erous welcome, 1t was the calling of
comrade to comrade. the cry that
comes from men who say. I'VE have
waited for this day when the friends
of liberty should come across the sea
and shake hands with us. to see that
. new world was constructed upon a
new basis and foundation Of justice
and right.
United States Is Trusted.
can't tell you the inspiration that
came from the sentiments that come
out OF those simple voices of the
crowd. And tie proudest thing l have
to report to you is that this great
country of ours is trusted throughout
the world.
have not come to report the pro-
ceedings or the results of the proceed
ing OF the Peace conference: that
would be premature. l can say that l
have received very happy impressions
from this conference; the impression
that while there are many differences
of judgment; while there are some d.
vergences Of object, there is neverthe-
less a commo spirit and a common
realization of the necessity of setting
up new standards Of right in the
world.
BECAUSE the men who are in confer.
ence in Paris realize as keenly as any
Americans can realize that they are
not the masters Of their people: that
they are the servants OF their people
and that the spirit Of their people has
awakened to a new purpose and q new
conception Of their power to realize
that purpose, and that no man dare
90 home from that conference and re-
port anything less noble than was ex-
pected Of it. /.
Task u Complex.
The conference seems to you to 60
slowly. from day to day. In Paris It
seems to go slowly, but / wonder II
you realize the completely Of the task
IL h0c p.ndnNfob nn II oo0uNo MS ~ thu
settlements Of this wal affect, and at
feet directly, every great and i some
times think, every small nation In the
world and no n decision can pru-
IDENTIFY be made which IL not properly
linked in with the great series Of other
decisions which must accompany It.
And it must be reckoned with in the
final result II the real quality and
Of that result is to be prop
erly judged.
Hearing the Whole cass.
What we are doing is to hear the
whole case. hear It from the mouths
Of the men most interested. hear It
from those who are oficially commits.
stoned to state It: hear the rival
claims: hear the claims that affect
new nationalities, that affect new areas
Of the world, that affect new CONNER
cial and economic connections that
have been established by the great
war through which we have rome.
And | have been struck BY the moder.
.teness OF those vho have represent
81 national claims. q testify that
! have nowhere seen the gleam Of pas
sion. ] have seen earnestness. | have
sean tears c0n 10 the eyes Of men
who plead for d0wn-trodden people