Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-26

whole fabric, we have pledged our
every purpose to it, as we have to
every item of the fabric. We would
not dare abate a single item of the
program which constitutes our in
structions; we would not dare to
compromise upon any matter as the
champion of this thing-this peace
of the world this attitude of justice,
this principle that we are the masters
of no peoples, but are here to see
that every people in the world shall
choose its own masters and govern
it's own destinies, not as we wish, but
as they wish.
I'VE are here to see, IN short, that
the very foundations of this war are
swept away. Those foundations were
the private choice OF a small coterie
of civil rulers and military staffs.
Those foundations were the agrees
sion of great powers upon the small
Those foundations were the holding
together of empires of unwilling sub
jects by the duress of arms. Those
foundations were the power of small
bodies of men to WELD their viii and
use mankind rs pawns in game.
And nothing less than the emanci-
patton of the world from these things
you can see that the representa-
tives of the United States. therefore,
are never put TO the embarrassment
of choosing way of expediency, be-
cause they have had lad down before
them the unalterable lines of prin-
ciples. And, thank God. these lines
have been accepted as the lines of
settlements by all the high minded
men who have had to do with the be-
ginning of this great business.
Il hope Mr.. Chairman. when it is
known, as I feel confident it will be
known, that we have adopted the
principle Of the league of nations and
| mean to work out that principle in
effective action. we shall by that
single thing have lifted great part
of the load of anxiety from the
hearts of men everywhere.
| Crusader With Soldiers.
I'VE stand in a peculiar cause. AS
! go about the streets here I see every
| where the American uniform. Those
men came into the war after we had
, uttered our purpose. They came as
crusaders. MT merely to win a war
| but to win a cause. | am responsible
! to them. for it falls to me to formu-
| late the purpose for which | asked
| them to fight and 7. like them, must
/ be crusader for these things, what
! ever it costs and whatever it may he
necessary to do in honor to accom-
plish@the object for which they fought
| II have been glad TO find from day
to day that there is no question OF
| our standing alone in this matter, for
there are champions of this cause
upon every hand. | am merely avow-
f; ing this in order that you may under
| stand why, perhaps, it fell to us, who
are disengaged from the politics OF
this great continent and of the Orient
to suggest that this was the Keystone
of the arch, and why It occurred to
the generous mind of your president
to call upon me to open this debate
1t is not because we alone represent
this idea. but because It is our pfivi'
lege to associate ourselves with you
in representing it.
! II have only tried in what | have
said to give you the fountains Of the
enthusiasm which is within us for this
thing, for those fountains spring. II
seems to me. from all the ancient
wrongs and sympathies of mankind
and the very pulse of the world seems
to beat to the fullest in this enter
| prise