Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-05

and perfectly legitimate. Sometime.
profound differences OF Judgment mt
those are mot differences of sentimert
those are not differences a. n,,rncs..
those are not differences Of ideals
And the advantage Of having nothing
70 explain TO You Is that you
recognise wrong explanation when
you hear 1t.
In q certain rather abandoned part
OF the frontier at one time, It was
said they found a man who told the
truth; ne was not found telling 1t, but
he could tell it when he heard it, and I
think am in that situation with re-
gard to some Of the criticism l have
heard. They do not make any impresx
sion on me, because know there is
no medium that will transmit them.
that the sentiment of the country Is
proof against such narrowness and
such selfishness as that. / commend
these gentlemen to, communion with
their fellow citizens.
What are We to say, then, as to the
future? think, my fellow citizens
that we can look forward to 1t with
great confidence. have heard cheer
| ing news since I came to this side of
the water about the progress that Is
being made in Paris towards the dis
cussion and Qualification of a great
many difficult matters: and I believe
that settlements will begin to be made
rather rapidly from this time on at
those conferences.
RIGHT THE MAIN THING.
'But what II believe what know
as well as believe. is this: That the
men engaged in those conferences are
gathering heart ns they so, not losing
it; that they are finding community Of
purpose and community of ideal to an
extent that perhaps they did not ex-
pect; and that amidst all the interplay
of influence because 1t is infinitely
complicated-am amidst all the interplay
of influence, there il a forward move
ment which Is running towards the
right. Men have at last perceived thai
the only permanent thing in the worlt
is the right and that wrong settle,
ment is bound to be a temporary set
1tlement-bound to be a temporar,
settlement for the very best reason o
ALL that 1t ought to be a temporar.
settlement, and the spirits Of men will
rebel against it, and the spirits o
men are now in the saddle.
. when I was in Italy, a little limp
ing group Of wounded Italian soldier
/ sought an interview with me-. coul'
, not conjecture what 1t was they wer
going to say to me; and with tn
greatest simplicity, with touch
. simplicity, they presented me with
!, petition in favor of the league OF ma
tions. Their wounded limbs, thei
, impaired vitality were the only argu
: ment they brought with them. It wa
| a simple request that lend all tn
, influence that l might happen to hav
2 to relieve future generations Of tn
sacrifices they had been obliged
make.
= "That appeal has remained in RI
= mind as have ridden along the street
I Of European capitals and heard cries {
the crowd, cries for the league of ma
lions from the lips of people who
venture to say, had no particular nc
v ton of how it was to be done, VIII
= were not ready to propose a plan fl
/ a league of nations. but whose. hear
said that something by way of
4 combination of all men everywhei
must come out of this.
II "As we drove along. country roat
n weak old women would come out an
4 hold flowers to US. Why should the
a hold flowers up to strangers fro
4 across the Atlantic? Only becaui
q they believed that we were the me-
A sengers of friendship and of hope, ar
: these flowers were their humble o
ferings of gratitude that friends fro
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