El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

been best TO ignore to reverse them
The cross currents Of politics and
o. Interest must have been evident
20 you It would be presuming in
me to attempt to explain the ques-
tons which arose or the many diverse
elements that entered into them. !
snail attempt something less ambi-
tous than that and more clearly sug-
Eested by my duty to report to the
congress the part - seemed necessary
Tor my colleagues and me to play as
the representatives Of the government
Of the United States.
L. s. on Different Footing.
Lhar part was dictated by the role
America had played in the war and
oy the expectations that had been
created in the minds Of the peoples
with whom we had associated our
selves in that great struggle
The United States entered the war
upon different footing from every
other nation except our ass0cia on
this side Of the sea We entered Il
not because our material interests
were directly threatened or because
any special treaty obligations to
which We were parties had been VIC
lated, but only because we saw the
supremacy and even the validity OF
righr everywhere nut In jeopardy and
free government likely TO be every
where imperiied by the intolerable az
erosion OF power which respected
neither right Eor obligation and
whose very system Of government
ilouted the rights Of the citizen as
against the autocratic authority Of his
governors.
-Aad in the settlements Of the
peace we have sought no special
PREPARATIONS for ourselves, but only
the restoration OF right and the
assurance OF liberty everywhere
that the effects of the settlement
were 10 be felt. We entered the
war AZ the disinterested cham
nions OF right and we Interested
ourselves IN the terms Of the
peace in no other capacity.
The hopes of the nations allied
against the central powers were at 4
very low eob when our soldiers began
to pour across the sea
Moral Force Flung in War.
There was everywhere amongst
them. except in their stoutest spirits.
a somoer foreboding Of disaster The
war ended IN November. eight months
ago, but YOU have only to recall what
was feared in midsummer last. four
short months before the armistice, 10
aid accomplished alike for their NOR
ale and their physical safety That
1irst- never-to -be-forEOtten action at
Chateau thierry had already taken
place Our redoubtable soldiers and
mar mes haf already closed the gap
the enemy had succeeded in opening
for their advance unoh Paris-had al
ready turned the tide Of battle back
towards the frontiers Of France and
begun the rout that was to save Eu-
rope and the world Thereafter the
Germans were to be always forced
back, back were never TO thrust sue
cessfully forward again. And vet there
was no confident hope. Anxious men
and women, leading spirits OF France.
attended the celebration of the Fourth
81 n Of
erous courtesy, with no heart for fes-
tivity, little zest for hope. But they
came away with something new at
their hearts, they have themselves
men. OF their vigor, Of the confidence
that showed itself in every movement
Of their stalwart figures and every
iurn OF their swinging march. in their
steady. comprenending eyes and easy
discipline, in the indomitable air that
added spirit 10 everything they did
made everyone who saw them that
s~e-''c-a HE dav realize that something
had happened that was much more
rhln q mere incident in the fighting,
some very different from the mere
arrival OF fresh troops A great moral
force had flung itself into the
struggle
Tanks Seen As Crusaders.
THE zine physical force Of those
spirited men spoke Of something more
great ideals Of a free people at their
hearts and with that vision were IN
conQuera5le- Their very presence
brought reinsurance; their fighting
made victory certain They were
recognized as crusaders. and as their
thousands sWelled 10 millions their
strength was seen TO mean salvation
And they were fit men 10 carry such a
hope and make good the assurance II
forecast Finer men never went into
- EHamaa sa#H
OF them This is not the occasion upon
which 10 utter eulogy OF the armies
America sent tc France, but perhals.
since I am speaking OF their mission.
I may speak also OF the pride shared
with every American who saw OF dealt
with them there. They were the sort
OF men America would wish to be
represented by. the sort OF men every
American weuid wish to claim as fell
low countrymen and comrades IN z q
great cause
and gentlemen AID helpful out OF
il. remembering the mothers and
the sisters, the wives and the lit-f :
tie children 1t home. They were
free men under arms, not forget
ting their ideals Of duty In the
midst Of tasks Of violence, / am
proud to have had the privilege Of
being associated with them and OF
calling myself their leader
But I speak now Of what they 1
nent 10 the men by whose sides they /
fought and to the people with whom /
they mingled with such utter sim |
plicity as friends who asked only &c I
be Of service
ssThey we're fer all the visible em-
bodiment OF America What they DID !
made America and all that she stood /
for a living reality in the thoughts I.
not only Of the people OF France, but I
also OF tens Of millions Of men and /
women throughout all the tOiliug ma I
tons Of a world standing everywhere /
IN peril for its freedom. and OF the /
loss OF everything It held dear. II !
deadly fear that its bonds were never /
TO be Ioosed, its hopes forever to be +
nocked and disappointed.
Put Duty on Peace Makers.
sAnd the compuision OF what they 4
stood for was upon US WHO represent I
ed America at the peace table X was Z
our duty to see TO II that every de- /
cision we took part in contributed, 50 (
far as we were able to influence it, ]
10 quiet the fears ana realize the I
hopes Of the peoples who had been 4
living in that shadow. the nations thai 4
had come by our assistance to their |
freedom. It was our DUTY to do /
power to do to make the triumph Of 4
freedom and Of right lasting tri- I
unph. in the assurance Of which men I
night everywhere live without fear
sold acknowledgements OF every
kind stood in the WaE-prOmises
which governments had made 10
one another in the days when
Right and right were confused
and the power Of the victor was
without restraint.
Engagements. which contemplated (
any disposition OF territory, any ex-
tensions Of sovereignty that might
seem to be to the interest OF those Z
who had the power to insist upon +
them. had been entered into without