Evening star., 1919-09-06
Reiterates Points.

IdTSOuS, president Oh the Kansas
City Chamber of Commerce
Reiterates Points.
In his address the President covered
many of the same points of the treaty
he had discussed in previous address,
es. One of the things America had
had in heart throughout her whole
existence, said the President, was that
arbitration and consultation should
be substituted for force. This was ac-
complished. he declared, by the league
Of nations covenant.
The boycott imposed on covenant
breakers was emphasized by the
President as constituting a measure
more effective than military force
The most conclusive" thing that
could happen to a nation. he con-
tinued. was ito be read out of decent
society,""
Effective disarmament would be ac-
complished under the covenant, Mr.
Wilson predicted, declaring it was
ridiculous to talk of the league as
tending to war when "its whole es-
sence" is arbitration and peace. The
league, he declared. would mean the
end of the military clan" throughout
the world forever.
Would End Armaments.
There is no other way to dispense
with great ornaments without an
agreement by the great nations Of the
world" said Mr.. Wilson. "and here
is the agreement" Autocracy would
perish with militarism, added the
President. and the intrigue which
had terrorized Europe for generations
would be ended. He declared that
'democracies will sooner or later
have to destroy that kind Of govern
ment, and if we don't do it now the
job will still be before u.s." This task,
he continued. must be carried to the
extent that no minority anywhere
could control the majority.
Men Who Control Russia.
"The men who now control the af-l
fairs of Russia" said Mr.. Wilson.
represent nobody but themselves.
They have no kind of a mandate.
There are only thirty-four of them.
I am told. There is a closer monopoly
of power in Moscow than there ever
was in Wilhelmstrasse. And a man
more cruel than the czar is controlling
the destinies of that people.
And if we don't want little groups Of
selfish men to plot the future Of Eu-
rope, then we must see to it that little
groups of selfish men do not plot the
future of the United States"
"Debate and Debate"
Citing conditions in Armenia, Mr.. VIII
son said he t'wondered that men do not
wake up to the moral responsibility Of
what they are doing when they were
debating and debating" while tragic
situations waited to be dealt with a.
soon IS the debating was over.
Hope for "every people in the world
that haven't got what they think they
ought to have was seen by the Presi-
dent in the league provision which em-
powers one nation to call friendly at
tention to what it thinks is an injustice
inside another nation: Every such peo-
pie, said he, would have a world
forum" in which to present it's case.
"Gibbeted by Opinion"
The people, said the President, had
been misled about the treaty by men
who look at it with the jaundiced eyes
of those who have some private inter
ests of their own" When these men
were "gibheted" by public opinion, he
said. .'they will regret that the giboet
is 50 high"
great instrument" he continued. then
they will have to gather together
their counselors for the world and do
something better. 1 say it is case
Of put up or shut up. Negotiations
will not save the world"
posed the treaty conscientiously ana
he would take off his hat in the pres
ence of any mans conscience. But
these men, he added, based their op-
position on Ignorance" of what was
in the treaty. Germany, said the
President. would be the only great,
nation left out of the league unless
later with Germany"
Alluding to the American promise to
set the Philippine Islands free. Mr..
Wilson said, the league would solve
the very perplexing' problem of how
independence had been granted. Mr..
Wilson said he could imagine the
shades Of the fathers looking on with
that the American
spirit has made a conquest of the
world"
Il tell you." he added, "the war was
won by the American spirit. And
America in this treaty has realized
what those gallant boys fought for.
The men who make this impossible or
difficult will have p lifelong reckon
The President asked the audience,
not to think he had come out to fight
or antagonize" anybody. -
Il have the greatest respect, he
said, ''for the Senate of the United
States. But I have come out to fight
ate and ] intend to fight that cause,
in Office or out. as long as I live"
President Wilson ended his address
ct 1855 am.
The train was held at the outskirts
Of the city for an hour before coming
into Union station.
Long before the President and his
met by the reception COM
mittee q large crowd was gathering
a. tha Unien STATION plaza. WAss