Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-05

and if he will permit me to say so, he put the exactly right interpreta- tion upon what Washington said. the interpretation that is inevitable if you read what he said. as most of these gentlemen do not and the thing that he longed for was just what we are now abont to supply: an arrangement which will disentangle all the al dances in the world.
 Selfish Alliance Dangerous.
 "Nothing entangles, nothing en- meshes a man except a selfish com bination with somebody else. Moth ing entangles a nation, hampers it, binds it except to enter into com binatiOn with some other nation against the other nations of the world. And this great disentanglement of ali alliances is now to be accomplished by this covenant, because one of the covenants is that no nation shall en- ter into any relatioship with another nation icosistent with the covenants of the league of nations. Nations promise not to have alliances. Ma tiOns promise not to make combina- tions against each other; each agree that there shall be but one combina- ton and that is the combination of all against the wrong-doer. And SO I am going back to my task on the other side, with renewed vigor. I had not forgotten what the spirit of the American people is, but l have been immensely refreshed by coming in contact with 1t again. did not 1now how good home felt until l got there. At Home In America.
 The only place a man can feel at home is where nothing has to be eX- plained to him Nothing has to be explained to me in America, least of all the sentiment of American people. I mean about great fundamental things like this.
 There are many differences of judgment as to policy-and perfectly legitimate. Sometimes profound diff ferences of judgment, but those are not differences of sentiment, those are not differences of purposes, those are not differences of idals.
 And the advantage of not having to have anything explained to you is that yOI recognize wrong, eXplana- tion when you hear it.
 Disbelieyes Criticism. [
 ''In a certain rather abandoned part of the frontier at one time it was said they found man who told the truth; he was not found telling it, hut he could tell it when he heard it, and think l am in that si5ua.ion with re- gard to some of the criticisms I have heard. They do not make any inn precision on me, because l know there is no medium that will transmit them, that the sentiment of the country is proof against such na"rowness and such selfishness as thar. I commend these gentlemen to communion with their fellow citizens
 What are we to say, then, as to the future? I think, my fellow citi- zens, that we can look forward to it with great confidence. I have heard cheering news since l came to- this side of the water. about the progress that is being made9i in Paris towards the discussion standardization of a great many difficult matters and believe that settlements will begin to be made rather rapidly from this time on at these conferences.
 MOEe IOWdFU hIgnt.
 But what I believe-what I know as we'll as believe-is this; that the men engaged in those conferences are gathering heart, as they go, not los ing it; that they are finding com munity of purpose and community of ideal to an extent that perhaps they did not expect: and that amidst all the interplay of influence-because it is infinitely amidst all the interplay of influence, there is for ward movement which is running to- wards the right. Men have at last perceived that the only permanent thing in the world is the right, and that a wrong settlement is bound to be temporary settlement-bound to be a temporary settlement, for the very best reason of all, that it ought to be temporary settlement, and the spirits of men will rebel against it, and the spirits of men are now in the saddle
 When was in Italy a little limping group of wounded Italian soldiers sought an interview with me. I could not conjecture what it was they. were going to say to me, and with the greatest simplicity, with touching simplicity, they presented me with a petition in favor of the league of na- .tions. Their wounded limbs, their impaired vitality were the only argu- ment they brought with them. It was a simple request that I lend all the influence that l might happen to have to relieve future generations of the sacrifices that they had been obliged to make.
 "That appeal has remained in my mind as I have ridden along the streets in European capitals. and heard cries of the crowds. cries for the league of nations from lips of peo- pie who, l venture to say. had no particular notion of how it was to be done, who were not ready to propose a plan for league of nations, but whse hearts said that something by way of combination of all men every IL 1e