The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-01-30

AOt permit an intermission of ;+e
: y. .w"sIn1ulness and of it's labor. that
IL snould be the eye of nations to
watcn upon the common interest
e +hot eye thaC dld not slumber, an eve
tentive. 'oAu ul ana at
And if we do not make it vital
5 Wnat shall we do? We shall disan,' '
R1int the expectations of the peoples.
upon. cehIefs
Il peopte OF All Nations for LEAGUE.
II mad the very delightful expert
J Ehce OF visiting several nations since
! came TO this side of the water. and
every tlme the voice of the body of
.ne peopie reached me, through any
/ representative, at the front of the
plea stood the hope of the leapne IF
nations ~o VI
gentlemen, the select classes of
| mankind are. no longer the governors
OF mankind. The fortunes of man.
klnd are now in the hands of tho
plain people of the whole world. SAT-
lsfy them, and you have justified their
confidence not only, put have estab-
llshed peace. Fail to satisfy them
and no arrangement that you can
make VIII either set up or steady the
You can imagine, I dare saw. the
sentiments and the purpose with
winch the representa- of the
United States support this great pro-
Ject Tor league of nations We re-
gard it as the keynote of the whole.
which expressed our purposes and
ideals in this war and which the asso-
clated nations have accepted as the
basis of settlement.
1T we return to the United States
without having made every effort in
our power to realize this program,
we should return to meet the merited
scorn of our fellow citizens.
Obeying Mandate of the People.
For they are a body that consti-
tute great democracy. They expect
their leaders to speak; their repre-
sentatives to be their servants.
We have no choice but to obey
their mandate. But it is with the
greatest enthusiasm and pleasure
that we accept that mandate. And
because this is the keynote of the
whole fabric, we have pledged our ev-
cry purpose to it, as we have to every
item of the fabric. We would not
dare abate single item of the pro-
gram which constitutes our instruc-
tions: we would not dare to compro- !
mise upon any matter as the cham
pion of this thing-this peace of the
world, this attitude of justice, this .
princinle that we are the masters of
no peoples, but are here to see that
it's own masters and govern it's own
destinies, not as we wish, but as they
wish. {
To Sweep 1t Away. {
eve are here to see, in short, that a
the very foundations of this war are t
swept away. Those foundations were \
the private choice of small coterie n
Of civil rulers and military stats. G
Those foundations were the aggres- A
sion of great powers upon the small.
These foundations were the holding
together of empires of unwilling sub b
jects by the duress of arms. Those t,
were the power of small !,
bodies Of men to WELD their will and ii
1se mankind as pawns in a game. r,
"And nothing less than the eman- f,
;ipation of the world from these a
;hings will accomplish peace. t,
He Thanks God. y
"You can see that the representa- D
ives of the United States are, there III
ore, never nut to the embarrassment
# choosing a way of expediencv be- 81
hem the unalterable lines of princi- o.
'lies. And thank God, these lines a,
AVE been accepted as the lines of set 81
lements by all the high minded men a
Who have had to do with the begin ii
ing of this great business.
Lifting Load Off of Hearts. / OF
"I hope, Mr.. Chairman, when it is ii
,nown, as I feel confident it will p1
e known, that we have adopted the IN
'rinciple of the league of nations and OF
mean to work out that principle in
ffective action, we shall by that sim e1
lie thing have lifted a great part of tn
he load of anxiety from the hearts CT
f men everywhere. til
eve stand in peculiar cause. AS ps
90 about the streets here l see ev- De
rYwhere the American uniform. TO
hose men came into the war after In
7e had uttered our purpose. They Al
anne as crusaders, not merely to win vo
war, but to win a cause. And TO
m responsible to them, for it falls
D me to formulate the purpose for IN
vhich I asked them to fight, and l, at
Ike them, must be a crusader for sa
1ese things, whatever it costs, and cd
thatever it may be necessary to do Al
/ honor to accomplish the object for yo
'hich they fought. sh
Keystone Of the Arch. re
"I have been glad to find from day re
, day that there is no question of on
ar standing alone in this matter, for :
lere are champions of this cause
pom every hand. am merely. avow- ou
g this in order that you may -.ut- sci
erstand why, perhaps it fell to us, an
no are disengaged from the politics tn,
this great continent and of the m
rient, to suggest tha5 this was the for
eystone of the arch, and why it oc- to to-
Lrred to the generous mind of our scl
resident. It is not because we alone W
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