Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-27

be a rather unwieldy body, very
large body repres nting u great many
nations, large and small, old aud new;
and the method of organizing its work
successfully, ! am afraid will have to
be worked out stage by stage, There
fore have no confident prediction to
make as to the way in which II can
take up questions OF this sort.
"But what have most at heart to-
day is to avail myself OF this pppor-
tunity to express my admiration for
the women Of France and my pdmira-
tion for the women of all the nations
that have been engaged in the war
By The fortunes of this war the chief
burden has fallen upon the womon Of
France, and they have borne it with
u spirit and devotion which has
commanded the admiration OF the
world
Il do not think that the people Of
France fully realize, perhaps, the in
tensity of the sympathy that other
nations have felt for them They
think of us in America. for example,
az long way off. Aud we are IN
space, but we are not In thought. You
must rememh9r that the United states
is made UP of the nations of Europe;
that French sympathics run straight
across the seas, not merely by his
torc association. but by blood con-
nectlon and that these nerves of 81 m
pathy are quick to transmit the im-
pulses of the one nation TO the other
I'VE have followed your sufferines
with IA feeling that we were witness
ing one OF the most heroic, and, may
/ add. at the same time, satisfactory
thing in the world--satisfaction be-
4 oh h, ast. ,tsfh nF
human spirit. the indonitable power
of women and men like TO sustain any
but If the cause was great enough.
War 10 Redeem World.
In ordinary war there might have
been some shrinking, some sinking
OF effort, but this was not an ordi-
nary war. This was war not only
to redeem France from an enemy, but
to redeem the world from an enemy.
And France, therefore, and the women
of France strained their hearts to
sustain the world. I hope that the
strain has not been In Vain. | know
that it has not been in vain,
This war has been popular and
unlike other wars in that it seemed
sometimes as If the chief strain was
behind the lines and not at the lines.
1t took SO many men to conduct the
Far that the older men and the
women at home had to carry he ma
ton Not only so. but the industries
Of the nation were almost as much
part Of the fighting as the things that
took place at the fronts.
so II is for that reason that | have
said to those with whom | am at
present associated that this must be
a peoples peace because this was a
peoples war. The people won this
war. not the governments, and the
people must reap the benefits Of the
war At every turn we must see to it
thar it is not an adjustment between
governments merely, but an agree
ment for the neace and security Of
men and women everywhere
The little obscure sufferings and
the daily unknown privations, the un-
spoken sufferings Of the heart, are
the tragcal things OF this war They
have been borne at home, and The
center Of the home is the woman.
My heart goes out to you. therefore,
ladies, in very unusual degree. and
| welcome this opportunity TO bring
you this message. not from myself
merely but from the great people
whom l represent,