Evening star., 1919-09-06

for the whole deplorable plight Of
China lies in the league of nations
and its processes for revision of all
grants of territory to other powers
as well as Japan.
ca Finally. and this is where the
President always makes his biggest
hit, he reminds his hearers that
war, that conscription was put into
operation and liberty loans were
foated and hard-earned dollars were
taken from American pocketbooks
and the flower of Americas manhood
sent to foreign graves not merely to
other nation. from trying the expert
ment which Germany tried. Nine days
Of discussion, he contends. would
have been enough to prevent the last
European war. as Germany wouldn't
have gone in if she knew England
would fight, and she would certainly
have held her horses IL she dreamed
America might come in. Now, the
President points out. nine months
would be provided for arbitration or
discussion before there could be war.
And If there were war the economic
boycott would be effective, stubborn
nations would be starved into sub
mission. they would be commercially
isolated and financially bankrupted
unless they accepted the verdict OF
q. IL tnc lCd6 uC 10 hSe 80 NF
and Europe goes on as 1t has oefore:
he thinks there will be more war and
America will be drawn into IT and our
losses will not be a couple hundred
thousands, but many millions OF men,
Plea to Peaceful Instincts.
So It will be seen from the foregoing
that the President is appealing to the
peaceful instincts of the american
people. and the deeply imbedded pas
sion for peace which elected him IN
1915 on a platform Of Kept us out OF
war" and then supported him whole
heartedly on a platform OF freeing the
world from militarism and OF safe-
guarding democracy:
Mr. Wilson cynically recalls the en-
thusiasm of certain of the leagues
opponents when America entered the
war. and says that when he led Amer
lea into war to put an END TO the War
business he meant it. Dramaticaiiy
he exclafms that he would not be able
to look into the face of a widowed
wife or a bereaved parent ii he came
back from Paris without program
to end future wars.
To those who would turn away
from the weak and helpless In Europe,
the new nations which hitherto have
been the pawns of the strong because
no power interceded in their behalf,
Mr.. Wilson applies the epfthet con.
temptible cutters" And 1t IS mia
language compared to that whicn ne
through in denouncing those in Amer
lea who he thinks are selfishly refus-
ing to see the job through
Slowly, but surely, the President Is
drawing a line between the peace-at-
any-price elements, who wanted 70
warn Americans off the high seas and
wanted to amend the conscription act
SO our troops might not help the al
lies and those who supported the war
with Germany in the hope that out OF
it would come some kind OF concert
Of moral and physical power to pre-
serve peace.
Admits Covenant Flaws.
Mr.. Wilson admits flaws in the
covenant, but says they can be cor
rected in time. and that unless the
league is set up now the whole IN
ternational combination which was set
nm To heat Germany will fall apart and
viii not easily be brought together
again.
ia hardly Wilsonian. Men sat at the
guest table who had attacked him
bitterly heretofore, but when he said
as a party man but as an American
thew Jumped to their feet and joined
in the applause.
woodrow Wilson might be the last
to admit it, but his professions OF po-
litical disinterestedness and MS ciear
exposition Of articles in the treaty on
which he has heretofore been vague
ana ambiguous have done him more
good in this section of the middle
west than all the studied statements
letters and academic addresses 10
Congress he has made since getting