The Arvada enterprise., 1919-02-27
of being regarded a. the friend of

small force of soldiers to occupy =
piece of territory, where 1t Is thought
nobody else will be welcome, they ask
for American soldiers. And whore
other soldiers would be looked upon
with suspicion and perhaps met with
resistance. the American soldiers are
welcomed with acclaim.
u have had so many grounds for
pride on the other side OF the water
that l am very thankful that they
grounds for personal pride i'd be the
most stuckup man In the world And
to see those gallant soldiers of ours.
OF whom the constitution of the United
States made me the proud commander.
~ f% ,i, may be proud OF the Twenty
Twenty sixth division daughter and
applause) and see what they did un-
der my direction! And everybody
praises the American soldier with the
feeling that in praising him he la SUBJ
tracing from :ke credit OF no one else.
have been searching for the fun
to believe in us: Before this war Eu-
rope did not believe in us as she does
now. She did not believe in US
throughout the first three years OF the
lieVed that we were holding off be-
cause we thought we could make more
by staying out than by going in. And
months. the whole verdict Is reversed.
There can be but one explanation for
1t. They saw what we did-that with
out making single claim we put all
our men and all our means at the dis
posal of those who were fighting for
their homes. in the first instance. but
FOR cause, the cause of human rights
to support their national claims. but to
support the great cause which they
held In common.
And when they saw that America
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they were converted to America and
became firm partisans OF those ideals.
was m met pa sror y,,n Of sehSlsr. when
one OF the Greek universities who had
come to see me. and in whose pres
s tySo.. or ,ra rather In the presence Of
very young indeed. And / told them
that l had had one OF the delightful
revenges that sometimes come to a
man; All my life l have heard men
idealists and particularly OF those sep
arate. tncloistered persons whom they
chose to term academic. who were In
the habit Of uttering Ideals In the free
atmosphere when they clash with mo-
body in particular.
And | have said I have this sweet
ness in the name Of the United states.
I have uttered as the objects of this
great war; ideals and nothing but
.pS tho war Ma na" w sssn YEN by
with tense muscle and lowered head.
until they came to realize those things
feeling they were fighting for their
these accounts OF what it was ali about
reached them from America they int
ed their heads. they raised their eyes
to ts. heaven VENT then they saw men In
spirit of crusaders and they found that
thos" were strange men. reckless OF
danger not only. but reckless because
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made danger worth while. Men have
testified to me in Europe that men
were possessed by something they
We're not like any OF the other soldiers.
They had a vision. they had a dream
and they were fighting in the dream
and fighting in the dream they turned
the whole tide OF battle and II never
came back.
And now do you realize this conf
dcnce we have established throughout
II you choose to call II q burden. II
IL one Of those burdens which any ma
ton ought to be proud to carry. Any
IN the World ~ sfs'' fnd 'd sim .nii
thrown upon shore NO high and bar
rem that Il will seem as ii he had been
separated from his human kind for
81! invite him to test the sentiments
TO make men free and we did not con-
zine our conception and purpose TO
Now" said the President. this con-
ference We have established calls for
OF hope. The Europe p Of the e third ira y ,S.
of the war was sinking to Il stubborn
desperation. They thought the end OF
t t", war a. w ,%s eventually be re.ump-
dreamed It would be a Europe Of set
tied peace.
Now ali the peoples Of Europe are
lions Of the world shall unite their
moral and physical forces that right
shall prevail. n America should fall
the world Of It's hope. the nations will
the men at the peace conferences will
go home with their heads upon thair
breasts because they will have failed.
nothing but q modern scrap OF paper
Men. he declared. who would have
America fai! the world In It's hope. saw
rhey DO not know the sentiment Of
America" no said.
Speaking Of hopes Of the peopls Of
Europe for a lasting peace which he
As tho friend Of mankind" the Pres
ident said he had no more doubt Of
the verdict Of America In this matter
TIA, ,h.n have ;. 81 the doubt Of the blood
The nations Of the world hav. "a,
their heads now to do u great thing
0no tney are not going to stop short
of their purpose" he said.
II do not speak Of the yovernn-n ts.
but OF the peoples who will see that n
tneir prrs.n, governments do not do
their Will some others viii. And the
secret In out and the present govern
Went knows IL.
u hav. come hack for AN attempt u
transact business for n little while In
America. but ! say In MI sobornoss
that ] have boon trying To speak your
thoughts. Probing deep In my h.nrt
ana trying TO ~" the things thnt AZ.
right rather than the things TINT nr-
.hp.di"nt. ] am finding the heart OF
America.
u find Tint In loving America hnv.
Joined tn" majority Of my fellow men
throughout tn" world"
u q Yonna0a RIn