The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
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PAINTS PICTURE OF WHAT
FAILURE N0ILD MEAN

Mr.. Tart mas set tne picture tor you
ofwhat a failure of this great purpose
would mean. We have been hearing
for all these weary months that this
agony OF war has lasted OF the SIMS
Tar purpose OF the central empires.
03ad we have made maps Of the course
that they meant their condnests to
take Where did the lines of that map
lie, OF that central line that we used
10 call from Bremen 10 Bagdad?
They lay through these very re-
gtons t. which MIR. Taft has called
ycsir attention, but they lay then
through united empire. the Austro-
Hungarian empire whose integrity
Gisrunkny was bound to respect AZ her
ally las in the path of that line OF con-
Quest: the Turkish empire whose In
tefests she PROPOSED to make her own
lay In the direct path that she intended
to tread. And now. what has hap
pened?
s~rhe Aussro- Hungarian empire has
gene to pieces and the Turkish err
riray has disappeared. applause.
And the nations that effected that
great result--for II was u result OF
titsration--are now responsible is the
trustees of the assets of those great
nations. tAppiause.)
You not only would have weak ma
taons lying in this path. but you would
cnous seed OF intrigue could be plant
eI.vith the cretainty that the crop
would be abur dant; and one OF the
things that the league OF nations is In
tended 10 watch is the course OF in
trlgue.
No Intrigue Possible.
Intrigue cannot stand publicity and
II the league of nations were nothing
hufa great debating society 1t would
kali. intrigue. Ii Is ono Of the agree
nlrnts Of this covenant that II Is the
friendly right of every nation mem
her Of the league, TO call attention to
anything that II thinks Will disturb the
peace OF the world. no matter where
that thing is occurring. applause.
There In no subject that may touch
the peace of the world which Is ex-
enlpt- from In qufry ari,f e9scaaassssss sssstl
:. I. think everybody here present viii
agree with me that Germany would
never have gone 70 war X she had
perthitted The world To discuss the ag-
Eression upon serbia TO a single week
fApplause.) Tle british foreign Of
flee suggested. il plead. that there
might bs a nGe or two delay so that
the re pnesentsti vos OF the nations of
Enrope could get together and dis
cuss the possibilities Of a settlement.
Germany did not dare permit q
days discussion. You know what
happened. So soon as the world real
tied that an outlaw Was at large. the
nations began ore by one to draw to-
gether against her We know for "A
certainty that II Germanyhsd thought
for a moment that Great Britain would
go In with France and with Russia,
she never would have undertaken the
enterprise, and the league OF nations is
meant as notice to all outlaw nations
that not only Great Britain, but the
United states and the rest Of the world
will go In to stop enterprises OF that
eort. tApplause)
And so the league OF nations IL
nothing more nor less than the cove
napt THAT the world will always main
tain the standards which it has now
INDICATED by some of the most pre-
ctous blood ever split fApplause.)
The liberated peoples OF the Aus
Y sfo.ffnngarian empire and OF the
Turkish empire call out TO us for this
thing. II has not arisen In the coun~
ell or statesmen. Europe is bit sick
ut heart at this very moment because
Il 'Hecs that statesmen have had no
vision- and that the only vision has
been the vision of the people. CAP
piause.) Those who suffer see. Those
! against whom wrong Ia wrought knew
j how desirable liz the right and tho
righteous. The nations that have long
4 been ,sunder the heel of the Austrian.
that have long covered before the Ger
man. that have long suffered the In
describable agonies o, being gov