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not the occasion upon which TO utte
an eulogy OF the armies America sen
TO France, but perhaps. since an
speaking OF their missiun, may
speak also OF the pride | shared with
every American who saw or deal
with them there. They were the soGt
OF men America would wish TO be rep.
resented by the sort oi men every
American would wish 10 claim as icl
low couMrymen and comrades IN a
great cause. They were terrible in
battle, and gentle and helpful out OF
it. remembering the mothers and the
sisters, The wives and the little chill
dren at home, They were free men
under arms not forgetting their
ideals OF duty in the midst of tasks
Of violence ] am proud to have had
the privilege OF being associated with
them and OF calling myself their
leader
What II Meant to Allies.
"But speak now of what they
meant to the men by whose sides they
fought and To the people w,,h whom
they mingled with such utter simple
ty, as tricDds who asked only to be
OF service. They were for all the
visible embodiment OF America What
they did made America and that all
she stood for a living reality in thr
thoughts not only OF the people OF
France but also OF tens OF millions
OF men and women throughout all the
toilng nations of a world standing
everywhere in peril Of its freedom
and of the loss et everything it held
dear. in deadly fear that its bonds
were never to be looScd, its hopes
forever TO be Knocked and diSap-
pointed
Duty to Realize Peoples Hopes.
And the compulS,on OF what they
stood Tor was upon US who repre-
sented America al the peace table. 1t
was our duty TO see TO It that every
decision We took part In contributed,
so far as We were able 10 influence
it, to quiet the fears and realize the
hopes OF the peoples who had becp
living in that shadow. the nations
that had come by our assistance to
their freedom. Ii was our duty to do
everything that it was in our power
TO No to make the triumph OF tree
dom and Oi right a lasting triumph
in the assurance OF which men might
everywhere live without lear
Old Alliances Hinde,ed.
"Old agglementS %, every kind
stood IN itrE Way-pr,mlSc-- whicn
governments had made TO one another
IN the days when might and right
were confused and the power Of the
victor was without restraint. En-
gagements which contemplated any
dispositions OF territory any extern
siofw OF sovereignty that might seem
to be to the interest of those who
had the power to insist upon them,
had been entered into without thought
of what the peoples concerned might
wish or profit by; and these could
not always nc honorably brushed
aside. II was NOT easy to graft the
new order of ideas on the Old and
some of the fruits Of the grating
may, fear, for a time be bitter But
with very few exceptions, the men |
who sat with Us at the peace table |
desired as sincerely as We did to get |
away from the bad influences, the IL
legitimate purposes, the dcmorallting !
ambitions. the international councils
and expedients out OF which the SIN
lister designs OF Germany had sprung
as natural growth.
Tribute to Associates.
ut had been our privilege to form
ula,e the principles which were az
Cepted as the basis OF the peace bur
they had been accepted, not b",ansc
we had come in 10 hasten and assure
the victory and insisted upon them,
but because they were readily lcceded
20 as the principles to which honor
able and enlightened minds every
where had been bred. They spoke
the conscience of 'hc world AZ we'll
as the conscience Of America and | ,
am happy TO pay my tribute ot re- ,
spect and gratitude 90 the abe, for I
ward-looking men with whom Il was
my privilege 10 co-Cpcratc los their I
NilldlllUk Alll u vi A'j-pl NAl''' At'NNA |
constant effort 10 accommodate the {
Interests thcy represented 10 he p'n-
ciplcs We were an agreed r"rn The ,
diilcul,ies, which were MANY lay in
the circumstance not often ~ tie ,
men. Almost wtNCut cyg-u ION the
men who led had upht 'hr 'rur and
full vision of the problem ct pcace-
as an indiyi'ib'e w'olc a problem, Mt
of mere adjustments OF interest. but
.: justice and -ig,', action
No Peace Under Old order.
"The atmosphere in Whi p the con.
ference worked seemed created. not by
the ambitions OF strong governments, |
but the hopes and Aspirations n small
nations and OF peoples hitherto under
bondage 10 the power tha, victory hal
shattered and DESTROYED Two great
empires had been forced INTO r'actcal !
bankruptcy, and we were the receivers. /
Our task was not only to make peace
with the central empires and remedy
the wrongs their armies had done
The central empires had lived IN open
violation OF many OF the very rights
for which the war had been touehtj /
dominating alien peoples over whom
they had no naturAl right to rule en-
ioftt&, M 0Asdiepec, but vcri'ablc
boed q, expiOiiin6 those who vert
weak for the befelit Of those who
wese mast<ss lhd. oyeflUds only By
force Of arms 13soee sould be no
peace until the wh0lA order OF cen