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Evening star., 1919-09-05
Dared Not Discuss Demands.

= s.So soon as the rnconScionabie de-
nands of Austria were made on ser
bia the other governments or Europe
sent telegraphic messages to Berlin
and Vienna asking that the matter be
Brought into a conference. And the
si1nificant circumstances or the De-
alnnine of this war is that the Aus
ffian and German governments olo
not dare to discuss the demands on
Serbia or the purpose which they mad
in view.
"It is universally admitted on the
other side of the water that If tney
had gone into international conler-
ence on the Austrian demands the
war never would have been begun
There was an insistent demand from
london. for example. by the British
foreisn minister that the cabinets or
Europe should be given time to con-
FER with the governments at vienna
and Berlin. The governments at
Vienna and Berlin did not dare to ad-
NIT time for discussion.
II am recalling these circumstances
my fellow citizens. because l want to
point out to you what apparently has
escaped the attention Of some OF the
Critics Of the league of nations that
the heart of the league of nations
does not lie in any of the portions
Which have been discussed in public
debate The great bulk of the pro-
Visions of that covenant contained
These engagements and promises on
che part of the states which under
Hook to become members of 1t.
THAT in no circumstances will they
% to war without first having either
admitted the question to arbitra-
tfon-in which case they agree to
s6ide by the result; or. having sub
mitted the question to discussion by
the council of the league of nations
ID which case they will allow six
vnnnfhs for the discussion and en-
rage not to go to war until three
months after the council has an
nounced it's opinion upon the subject
Under dispute.
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Nine Months Provision.

$50 that the heart of the covenant
Of the league is that the nations
eolemn,y covenant not to go to war
for nine months after a controversy
becomes acute.
IF there had been nine days or
discussion Germany would not have
gpne to war. If there had been nine
days within which to bring TO bear
the opinion of the world. the judg-
ment of mankind upon the purposes
81 these governments. they never
would have dared to execute those
purposes.
$50 that what 1t is important for
us to remember IL that when we sent
those boys in khaki across the sea We
pfomiked them, We promised the
World, that We would not conclude
this conflict with a mere treaty OF
rAace. We entered into solemn en-
gagenents with all the nations with
whom We associated ourselves. that
we would bring about such kind
of settlement and such consort OF
the purpose of nations that wars like
this could not again occur.
g'If this war has TO be fought over
axain. then all our high ideals and
pDrpoees have been disappointed. for
We did not go into this war merely
to beat Germany. We went into this
war to beat all purposes such as Ger
many entertained.
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National Lines Difficulty.

..rhere are regions where you can't
draw a national line and say there
are slavs on this side and Italians on
that; there is this people there and
that people there. 1t can't be done.
You have to approximate the line.
You have to come to it. as near to it
as you can, and then trust to the
process Of history to redistr1bute, it
may be, the people who are on the
wrong side Of the line. and there are
many such lines drawn in this treaty,
and to be drawn in the Austrian
treaty, and where perhaps there are
more lines Of that sort than in the
German treaty.
When we came to draw the line
between the Polish people and the
German people. not the line between
Germany and Poland. there wasn't any
Poland, strictly speaking-the line
between the German people and the
Polish people. There were districts
like the upper part Of Silesia, or rath-
er the eastern part Of Silesia, which is
called Upper Silesia.' because 1t is
mountainous, and the other part is
not. High Silesia is chiefly Polish.
and when we came to draw a line to
represent Poland it was necessary to
include High Silesia II we were really
going to play fair and make Poland
UP Of the Polish peoples wherever We
found them in sufficiently close neigh
borhood to one another.
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Japan Assures.

I'VE have had repeated assurances
since then that Japan intends to full
fill those promises in absolute good
faith. But my present point is that
there stood at the very gate of that
settlement a secret treaty between
Japan and two of the great powers
engaged in this war on our side. We
could not ask them to disregard those
promises. This war had been fought
in part. because Of the refusal to OBJ
serve the fidelity which is involved in
a promise, in a failure to regard the
sacredness Of treaties. And this cove
nant of the league of nations provides
that no secret treaty shall have any
validity.
When you look at the covenant Of
the league of nations thus, in the
large, you wonder why 1t is bogy to
anybody; you wonder what influences
have made gentlemen afraid of it;
you wonder why it is not obvious to
everybody as it IS to those who study
it with disinterested thought, that
this is the central and essential cove
nant of the whole peace.
You would think. to hear some men
discuss this covenant, that it is an
arrangement for sending men abroad
again just as soon as possible. 1t is
the only conceivable arrangement
which will prevent our sending our
men abroad again very soon. CAP
plause.) And if I may use a very
common expression, would say If it
is not to be this arrangement, what
arrangement do you suggest to secure
the peace OF the world? 1t Is a case
Of put up or shut up
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Opposition win Not Save.

Opposition is not going to save the
world; negations are not going to con-
struct the policies of mankind. A
great plan is the only thing that can
defeat a. great plan. The only tri-
umphant ideas in this world are the
ideas that are organized for battle.
The only thing that equals an organ
iZed. program is a better program.
IF this is not the way to secure
peace I beg that the way may be
pointed out. If we must reject this
way, then l beg that before I am sent
to ask Germany to make a new kind
of peace with US should be given spe-
cific instructions as to what kind of
peace it is to be.
If the gentlemen who don't like
what was done in Paris think they
can do something better I beg that
they will hold their convention soon
and do SO now. They cannot. in con-
science or good faith, deprive US OF
this great work of peace without sub
stituting some other that is better.
And so. my fellow citizens, look
forward with profoundd qualification
to the time which I believe will now
not much longer be delayed when the
American people can say to their fell
lows in all parts Of the world, we
are the friends Of liberty; we have
Joined with the rest Of mankind in
securing the guarantees of liberty;
we stand here with you, the eternal
champions Of what is right, and may
God keep us in the covenant that we
have formed"
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Reparation, Not Indemnity.

And If you will, look even into
the severe terms of reparation, for
there was no indemnity-no ind demnity
of any sort was claimed-merely rep
aration. merely paying for the de-
struction done. merely making good
the losses, SO far as the losses could
be made good, which she had un-
justly inflicted. not upon the govern
ments-for the reparation is not to
go to the governments-but upon the
people whose rights she had trodden
upon with absolute, absence of every
thing that even resembled pity. There
is no indemnity in this treaty, but
there is reparation, and. even in the
terms of reparation, a method is de-
vised by which the reparation shall
be adjusted to Germany's ability to
pay it.
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No Triumph Sought.

There is no national triumph
sought to be recorded in this treaty.
There is no glory sought for any
particular nation. The thought of the
statesmen collected around that table
was of their people, of the sufferings
that they had gone through. of the
losses they had incurred-that great
throbbing heart, which was 80 de-
pressed. SO forlorn, so sad in every
memory that it had had of the nVe
tragical years. my fellow countrymen.
Let us never forget the purpose, the
high purpose. the disinterested pur-
pose with which America lent its
strength. not for it's own glory. but
for the advance Of mankind.
And. as / said, this treaty was not
intended merely to end this war; II
was intended to prevent any similar
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in this treaty, and is told by the rest
Of the world that it must withdraw
its claims. 1t will not press them.
THE heart Of this treaty then. my
fellow citizens. is not even that 1t
ary thing-it is that it rectifies the
age-long wrong which characterized
the history of Europe.
There were some OF US who wished
that the scope Of the treaty would
was a big job, and I don't say that
we wished that it were bigger. but
there were other wrongs elsewhere
than in Europe. and of the same kind.
and some day viii be righted. but
which we could not draw into the
treaty, because we could deal only
with the countries whom the war had
engulfed and affected. But SO far as
the scope of our treaty went we
the fertile source of war in Europe.
As to Revolutions.
Have you ever reflected. my fell
low countrymen, on the real source
of revolutions? Men don't start revo-
lutions in sudden passion. Do you
remember what Thomas Carlyle SAID
about the French revolution? He
was speaking Of the so-called hun
only in Paris. but throughout France.
in the days of the French revolution
and he reminded his readers that
back of that hundred days of terror
and of wrong. The French people had
been deeply and consistently wronged
by their government: robbed, their
human rights disregarded. and the
slow agony of those hundreds OF
years had after awhile gathered into
hot hA NJ
pressed
Revolutions don't spring up over
night; revolutions gather through the
ages: revolutions come from the long
suppression of the human spirit: rev.
olutions come because men know that
disregarded. And when we think
Of the future OF the world in con-
nection with this treaty we must
remember that one Of the chief ef-
forts of those who made this treaty
was to remove that anger from the
who had always been suppressed and
always been used. who had always
been the tools in the hands of gov
ernments-generally Of alien govern
ments-not their own. And the
makers Of the treaty knew that X
these wrongs were not removed there
could be no peace in the world, be-
cause. after all, my fellow citizens.
war comes from the seed Of wrong,
and not from the seed Of right. This
treaty is an attempt to right the
history of Europe, and. in my humble
Judgment. 1t is a measurable success.
/ say measurable my fellow citizens.
because you will realize the DIM
Guilty of this. Here are two neigh
boring peoples. The one people have
not stopped at a sharp line and the
settlements Of the other people. or
their migrations. begun at that sharp
line; they have intermingled.
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Dramatically Sealed"

TT will be Theoretically sealed by
the united action of the most power
full nations in the world. and it this
economic boycott bears with unequal
weight, the members of the league
agree to support one another, and to
relieve one another in any exceptional
disadvantages that may arise out OF
it. And 1 want you TO realize that
this war was won not only by the
armies of the world. but 1t was won
the economic means the war would
the economic means this war would
have been much longer continued
What happened was that Germany
was shut off from the economic re-
sources of the rest of the globe and
that is boycotted is a nation that is
in sight of surrender. Apply this
economic. peaceful, silent. deadly rem
edy and there will be no need for
force.
1T is a terrible remedy. 1t does not
cost a life outside the nation boy
cotted. but it brings a pressure upon
that nation which, in my judgment,
no modern nation could resist.
'1 dare say tnat some of these ideas
are new to you, because, while 1t is
true. as I said this forenoon in Co
lumbus, apparently nobody has taken
the pains to say what Is in the cove
nant of the league Of nations. They
have discussed three-chiefly three
out Of twenty-six articles, and the
other articles contain this heart OF the
matter. that instead OF war there shall
be arbitration, instead of war there
shall be discussion; instead Of war
there shall be the closure of inter-
course; that instead of war there
shall be the Irresistible pressure OF
the opinion of all mankind.
Evening star., 1919-09-05
Astonished at Statements.

T am astonished at some of the
statements I see made about this
treaty. and the truth is that they
are made by persons who have not
read the treaty, or who. II they have
read it. have not comprehended it's
meaning.
There is a method of adjustment
in the treaty by which the reparation
shall not be pressed beyond the point
which Germany can pay. but she will
be pressed to the utmost point that
she can pay. which is just. which is
righteous. II would be intolerable If
there had been anything else, for, my
fellow citizens. this treaty is not
meant merely to end this single war,
il is meant as a notice to every gov
ernment who, in the future, will at
tempt this thing that mankind Will
unite to inflict the same punishment.
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Speaks With knowledge.


"I need not tell you that I speak
knowledge of the purpose of the men
with whom the men representing
America were associated at the peace
ia ple. Every one | consulted with
came there with the same idea-that
wars had arisen in the past because
, the strong had taken advantage OF
the weak, and that the only way to
stop war was to band ourselves to-
gether to protect the weak.
And so. when you read the cove
nant read the treaty with 1t.
Il have no doubt that in this audi
ence there are many men who come
from that ancient stock of Poland for
example-men in whose blood there
is the warmth of old affections con-
nected with that betrayed and ruined
country, men whose memories run
back to insufferable wrongs endured
| by those living in that country, and
call them to witness that Poland
; never could have won unity and in
dependence by herself. Those gentle
men sitting at Paris presented Poland
with a unity she could not have won
and an independence which she can
not defend unless the world guaran-
tees ii TO her.
II am arguing this thing with you.
/ my fellow citizens. as if ] had any
/ doubt of what the verdict of the
American people would be. ! haven't
the slightest doubt. ] just wanted to
have the pleasure of pointing out to
you how absolutely ignorant of the
| treaty and of the covenant some of
the men are who have been opposing
| it. II they do read the English Lam
guage they do not understand the
| English language as / understand it.
J II they have really read this treaty
! and this covenant they only amaze
me by their inability TO understa nd
/ what is Plainly expressed. SO that
my errand upon this journey is not
! to argue these matters, but to recall
\ you to the real issues which are in
: YOlYed
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"I even had to remind my Italian COL
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Refers to Article XII.

II. therefore. want to call your at
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-15
The Reserued Man

They don't Ike that kind Of
thing at our house." said the man
from home.
And later in the evening he said.
They're fond of music at home;
must take a copy of this song with
me-"
And when the man from home
had gone home, those who had
heard him speak so often of they
laughed, and one said, Hes mar
riej and didn't want US to know
it."
And the other said, He's old
fashioned. and thinks it's improper
TO mention his wife by name"
And one said, well. If my hus-
band called me they when he talk
ed about me, I'd see that ne didn't
get a chance to talk much, that's
all"
But one. wiser i'm the knowledge
Of human heart than the rest, leaned
back in her chair and smiled.
You're wrong" she said, "an
wrong, every one of you.
That man has wife and he's
proud Of her and, more than that.
hes in love with her, so much in
love with her that ne thinks about
her all the time.
But he comes from a reserved
race. and the men Of his family
would rather die than 10 mention
lightly in a mixed company the
name of the woman who is TO them
the ideal of everything that is noble
and fine and beautiful on earth"
The other Sort.
And, somehow we all knew that
what the wisest said was true, and
some of us laughed and some smiled
mockingly-but sighed a deep sigh
Of regret, and yet, of kind Of con-
tentment.
l wish there were more men like
him in the world-the man who
could not keep his wife from his
thoughts and yet who would not
lightly speak her name to careless
strangers.
What is she like, 1 wonder.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-15
By Winifred Black

Has she come to mean to him all
that is good and pure and fine and
beautiful in lire, and does he know
the world so well that he will not
expose the pearl of his devotion to
the careless laughter of shallow
minded strangers?
What a lucky woman she is-the
wife of the man who holds her in
such deep respect,
The other sort OF man-you know
him, don't you?
The sort who cannot be with you
for five minutes without telling you
about his wife and her faults.
The Qan With TIE free tongue,
the light lip, the careless thought
how disgusting he is. and how every
woman who hears him thanks her
man.
of Different Clay.
know a woman who loves her
husband deeply and truly. she
knows him TO be a good man, truly
devoted TO her.
Honest. kindly. clever in a way.
ambitious, and successful-yet, she's
going 10 leave him and 90 home and
break her heart under her fathers
roof because she has found that
her husband is a coarse nature. and
shows his coarseness by talking OF
her 10 every stranger who will lis
ten to him. and saying things that
humiliate her TO the very earth.
The man cannot understand the
woman's attitude. he thinks she is
finicky and overly reserved; he does
not believe that she really loves
him. If she did" he says. 'she
would not leave me for such little
thing as that"
But 1 have heard this man talk
and l don't blame his wife at all.
She is made of different clay. and
il would kill her to live with him.
They-I wonder if they" speaks
so of her husband when she is sep
arated from him. 1t would be inter-
esting to know-wouldn't it?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-15
Announcement

A card party will be given by the
L. and G.. club Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Alice Brown, go
South Michigan street.
The KIN auxiliary No. 20 will meet
in the Red Cross rooms Thursday
afternoon, to sew.
The stereopticon lecture on the
centenary movement will be given
at the First Methodist Episcopal
church tonight at 1880 o'clock. A
large number of very fine slides will
be used. Leaders of the department
of intercessions will meet at the
close Of the lecture.
The Women's Home Missionary
society of Grace Methodist Episcopal
church will meet Thursday after
noon. The hostesses will be Mrs.
+. Warrick, Mrs. William Inwood,
Mrs. L c. Kreidler, Mrs. NJ. Knepp
and Mrs. q. II. Loehr.
Auten W. r. c. auxiliary. No. IS,
will hold an all-day meeting Wed
nesday in the old court house, to
complete the hospital garments up
on which the members have been
working.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-15
EVANGELIST DISCUSSES
FIXING ONES DESTINY

EvangeIistic services at Confer
ence Memorial u. b. church con-
tonue to grow in interest and at
tendance. Evangelist Birch deliv-
cred a strong sermon last night on
Fixing ones own Destiny" He
emphasized the Importance of seek
ing Christ. He said: People should
seek Christ now. If a man decides
20 become a physician he educates
himself and then begins practice
and does not spend his time meas
uring along side the skeleton. So
no more can a person be a Christian
without real service instead of meas
uring her or himself along side the
hypocrite in the church"
Tonight will be students night,
special invitations being given to all
students. The evangelist's subject
viii be The Wages of SIM"
There Will be an afternoon ser
vice at the church Thursday at $3.50
o'clock with Evangelist Birch as the
speaker. At the evening service the
ladies are to be special guests and
the subject for the sermon will be
who is Your DOctor?"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-15
REVELATIONS OFA WIFE

tears stole down my cheeks. All the
terrors OF the night just past swept
over me in unreasoning array. l felt
that could not be sure that Dicky
was really with me instead of being
with Grace Draper as my dream had
pictured unless l saw him beside
me.
Did Diclxy Forget?
"See here, this will never do"
Lillian said sternly, taking the Their
mometer from my mouth and wip-
ing my eyes. You have no tenn
perature, but you soon will have
one IL you keep this up. Now tell
me what you want 10 eat and forget
the waterworks for a while.
Her brusque words were just the
tonic 1 needed. but ] could not for
bear voicing my fears 20 her.
IT had such a terrible dream. 3"
I said apologetically. Gin which
Grace Draper and Dicky went of to-
gether II was so vivid that the hor-
ror OF it is still with me-"
Grace Draperl" she calculated.
staring at me. Why whatever put
her into your head just now?"
She broke off abruptly. I picked
up her words.
why just now2"I asked.
NO reason" she answered quick
". ut seemed so queer for her TO
have come into your thoughts after
she has been out OF our lives so
many weeks. But dreams are queer
things, and 20 take any notice Of
them is the most futile OF proceed
ings. am astonished at you.
Madget"
She smiled merrily at me. bat she
did not fool me. I saw that she had
siea or heard OF Grace Draper re-
Gently. and that I had startled her
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-15
PERSONALS

Sergt. and Mrs. Ross J. Martin
and daughter have returned from ST.
Paul. Mimi. where Sergt. Martin
was an instructor in aerial motors
at the aerial service mechanical
school.
Sergt. Leslie Strom of Camp Shell
by. Miss. is spending a 10 day fur
Tough with his mother, Mrs. S. ].
Strom, I'll West Division street
Claude II. Ford returned TO Camp
Grant Wednesday. after spending a
Today furlough with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ford, South Bend
r. r. No. s. and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. c. T. Haas. 432 Har-
rison av.. will leave Thursday for
Florida, where they will spend the
winter. Miss Frances Haas. who is
attending 81. Mary's college, is the
guest OF her parents today.
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. ". Lower. 1913
Lincoln way W. have gone 10 Mt.
Clemens and Detroit Mich. for a
weeks stay.
Miss Mayme Knoerzer Of Ham
mond. Ind. is the guest OF the Miss
es Elicia and Helen Lower. 1913
Lincoln way W.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-15

Young worhen's Holy Rosary socie-
ty Of ST. Hedwige's parish will meet
this. evening at 1880 o'clock in the
st. John Cantius library parlors.
Twenty-Five guests were entertain
ed Tuesday evening at a birthday
party in honor Of Mrs. Louise
Schroeder, Laporte av., the evening
was spent in informal amusement
including a clOrhspin contest a pin
contest and a guessing contest Mrs.
AntOinette Fischer won a cut glass
basket in the clothspin contest; Mrs.
Helen Wozna a small cut glass vase
in the pin contest and Mrs. Ida
Barker a hand painted plate I'm the
guessing contest. Luncheon was
served at o'clock. Many presents
were received by Mrs. Schroeder.
Mrs. NJ. Bednar. 6O7 s. Jackson
ST, pleasantly entertained members
Of the Pulaski Red Cross AUXILIARY
at 1880 o'clock dinner Tuesday
evening in honor OF her daughter
Emily's birthday anniversary. In
Guided in the table decorations Of
red and white in the center was
large birthday cake bearing II light
ed candles. Covers were placed for
Il. The remainder OF the evening
was spent in social past times.
Miss Bednar received many pretty
gifts from the guests. Those attend
ing were: Mrs. S. Klosinska.. Mrs
Frank NOwinska, Mrs. NJ Wisniew-
ska and Misses Mary Purczynska,
Mary Bednar. Helen KOsnOwska,
Genevieve Zegiar Berniee Goraczew-
ska. NJ. Rozewicz, ~. Brambert, Wa
clawa Zawodna, Helen and Louise
Taberski.