Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-06
ex Of Wilson's Speech
Concluded from Page u

many had thought for a tha
England would go in with France an,
RUSSIA she never would have under
taken tile enterprise and the league o
nations Is meant as n notice TO all ont
law nations that not only England, bu
the United States and the rest of tn
world Will go in 10 stop enterprises o
That sort. And SO the league of nations
Is nothing more nor less than the GOV
enant that h world viii always main
tain the standards which il has now
vidicated by some of the most precious
blood ever paid.
The liberated people of the Austro.
Hungarian empire and of the Turkish
empire call out TO us for his thing.
It has not arisen in the council OF
statesmen. Europe is a bit sick at
heart at this very moment, because ii
is seen h a statesmen have had no
vision and that the only vision has been
the vision of the people. Those VIII
suffer see. Those against whom wrong
is wrought know how desirable is the
right and the righteous.
The nations thai have long been IN,
Ter the heel Of the Austrian, that have
long covered before the German, that
nave long suffered the in~describable
agonies of being governed by the Turk
have called out TO the world, generation
after generation for justice, for liberia.
ton. for succor; and no cabinet in the
world has heard them.
Private organizations; pitying hearts,
philanthropic men and women have
poured out their treasure in order 10
relieve these s~ufferings; but no nation
You u stop this IS intolerable and
we Will M permit it. And the vision
has been with the people.
My friends, / wish you would re-
feet upon this proposition. The vision
as to what is necessary for great re-
forms has seldom come from the top
in the nations Of the world. 1t has
come from the need and the aspiration
and the self assertion OF great bodies of
men who meant to be free. And | can
explain some of the criticisms which
nave been leveled against this. great
enterprise only by the supposition that
the mel who utter the criticisms hoye
never Iet the great pulse of the heart
OF the world. These gentlemen do not
Know the mine of men, Just now. Ev.
erybody else does. / do not know where
ihey nave been closeted. do NOT know
lay what interests they have been ,,,ind.
Su.sDut 30 know that they have been
separated from the general currents of
me thoughts of mankind.
And I want to utter this solemn
warning. not in The way of a threat.
the forces OF he world do not threat.
en-, they operate. The great tides 81 the
world do not give notice that they are
going to rise and run; they rise in
their majesty and Overwhelming might
2 those who stand in the way are
rWhelm Now the heart OF the
World IS awake and the heart of the
world must be satisfied.
20 nc let yourselves suppose for a
moment that the uneasiness in the non.
of Europe is due entirely II
economic causes or economic maas.
something very much deeper un.
derlies it all than that.
They see that their
Esaye never been able to defend them
against intrigue OF aggression, and that
there IS no force Of foresight or of pru.
dence in any modern cabinet to stop
var, And therefore. they say, t.There
must be some fundamental cause for
this and the fundamental cause thew
are beginning to perceive to be that ma.
LIONS have stood singly or in little zeal.
Gus groups against each other, fostering
prejudice, increasing the danger of was
rather than concerning measure ID mo
Venfsiti M that il there is right n tba
World at q there is Justice in the world
ss.s1a 81 no reason why nations should
divided IN the support Of justice. !
are therefore saying il YOU
really believe that there is a right, if
you really believe that war ought to
be 5stopped. stop thinking about The
Tiyal interests OF nations and think
about men and women and children
throughout the world.
Nations are not made to afford dis.
tinctlon q their rulers by way Of sue.
IN the maneuvers Of politics; ia.
lions are 2 il they are meant for
anything, to make men and women
and children IN them secure ana
aaapny and prosperous and no nation
lsasSsaae right to set up special inter.
sets against the interests and bene.
fitssof mankind, least Of all this great
Saaatsen which ne love.
was set up for the benefit of
Staankkind; II was set up to ilustrate
the highest deals and to achieve the
highest aspiraticns i men who want.
AZ Y free and the worla--the
world sof today--believes thai and
sccaants onns il would be thrown
hack into the blackness 81 despair il
nave Tiled me I'M again., nsssss
5oN#ssS III 4 tS=sav 4 little circles
ksienaa q larger bodies; what
~ The real hope 81 she neo.
s1EDEEEulzsosgpeesan tell you frankly
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