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& TTPPpS 70 associate myself with Mr.
Gs falt In TINS great cause. He has dis
yetion to public duty. which is beyon,
s.And I am tho more happy becaus,
i is,s m a9N that this Is not part,
Xxi, RsFfi sysn has and sGe no siEh, to
4 In the long run. dare oppose it.
DISCUSSES THE COVENANT
4 ~ OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
We have listened TO so clear ant
aamlraole an explanation of the many
main features of the proposed covenant
or the league OF nations that it is. per
the document. | viii seek rather to
When have bsen more do nst noS
by tho conferences of the commission
set up by the conference Of peace TO
Ssaw up covenant for the league of
nations The representatives of four
Ieen nations sat around that board
in the affairs of their own Countries,
not men inexperienced in the politics
9f the world; and tho inspiring in
enrrcnce OF purpose on the part OF all
a ahGse men dra to come to an agreement
with regard to this league OF the civil
There was "a conviction in the whole
impulse; there was conviction of more
that this thing ought to be done. and
man there would venture to go home
and say that he had not tried TO do 1t.
TELLS OF CAMPAIGN PLANS
MADE BY CENTRAL POWERS
mir. Taft has set the picture for you
of what failure OF this great purpose
would mean. We have been hearing
agony of war has lasted because OF the
sinister purpose of the central empires.
and we have made maps of the course
take. Where did the lines OF that map
lie. OF that central line that we used
..They lay through se ,hese Hs ase reEions
TO which Mr.. Taft has called your at
tention. but they lay then through
empire, whose integrity Germany was
und TO respect as her ally, lay in the
path of that line OF conquest; the
Turkish empire. whose interests she
professcd to make her own. lay in the
direct path that she intended TO tread
SEED or INTRIGUE
And now what has happened? The
Austro- Hungarian empire has gone TO
pieces. and the Turkish empire has dis
that great result--for it was result
of liberation--are now responsible as
ns o of the assets of th9Es
weak nations lying in this path. but
you would have nations in which that
be planted with the certainty that the
crop would be abundant and one Of
tho things that the league of nations
is intended TO watch is the course of
s and llt,'F FSs isnaHs saan na h9s
ciesX it would kin intrigue.
1T Is one of the agreements Of this
o9ve svn1 that is the friendly right
that it thinks will disturb the peace
Of the world. no matter where that
thing is occurring.
NO DISTURBING SUBJECT
EXEMPT FROM INQUIRY
There is no subject that may touch
from inquiry and discussion, and
think everybody here present will
agree with me that Germany would
permitted the world TO discuss the ag-
erosion .sSS upon Serbia for single week.
gcsted. it plead. that there might be- a
day. or two delay that the repre-
sentatives OF the nations of Europe
conld get together, and discuss the pos
SibilitieS Of II settlement. Germany did
not dare permit days discussion. You
word Nenae ndaPRe a an so out so0n as the
large; the nations began. one by one,
10 draw together against her.
LEAGUE Is MEANT FOR
NOTICE TO OUTLAW NATIONS
we know for certainty that if
Germany had thought for n moment
That Great Britain would go in with
France and with Russia She never
would have undertaken the enterprise?
and the league of nations is meant
as notice TO all outlaw nations that
NOT only Great Britain. but the United
states and the rest OF the world Will
go in to stop enterprises of that sort.
Ana so the league of nations is moth
ing more nor less than the covenant
that the world will always maintain
the standards which il has now vim.
Dictated by some Of the most precious
blood ever split.
The liberated peoples OF the Austro-
Hun garian empire and OF the Turkish
empire call out TO us for this thing
II has not arisen in the council OF
statesmen. Europe is bit sick Mt
hcaTt at this very moment because it
sees that statesmen have had no Wis
ion, and that the only vision has been
the vision Of the people. Those who
suffer see. Those against whom wrong
is wrought know how desirable is the
right and the righteous.
THOSE UNDER AUSTRIAN HEEL.
HAVE LeNG SUFFERED AGoNIES
Tine nations that have long been
under the heel OF the Austrian, that
that have long suffered the indescrib-
able agonies OF being governed by the
, Turk, have called out to the world,
tice, for liberation, for succor, and no
Cabinet in the world has heard them
private orsaniza tons. pityips
hearts, pnilanthropic men and women
have poured out their treasure in or
der to relieve these sufferinEs, but no
nation has said 20 the nations re-
spohSlhic' GU must STOP; this thing
is intolerablc, and We will not permit
it And the vision has been with tho
people.
My friends, wish you would re-
fcct upon this proposition The vision
AS TO what is necessary for great re-
forms has seldom come from the ton
in the nations of the world. It mas
como from tho need and the aspiration
ana the sclf-asScrtion Of great bodies
OF men who meant 10 be free And |
can explain some of the criticisms
which have been leveled against this
great enterprise only by the supposi-
ton that the men who utter the t.riti-
csms have never felt the great pulse
OF tho heart OF the world
AMAZED At IGNORANCE.
OF STATE OF THE WORLD
And ! am amazed-not alarmed. but
amaZcd-that there should be in some
quarters such a comprehensive ignor-
ance OF the state Of the world. These
gentlemen do not know what the mind
OF men is just now Everybody else
does. ] do not know where they nave
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