Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-03-13

has tasted Of the sinister purpose of
the central empires. The Austro-Hun!
garian empire has gone to pieces and
the Turkish empire has disappeared
(Applausey and the nations that eff!
fected that great result-for it was a
result of liberation-are now RESPONSE
BILE as the trustees Of the assets of
those great nations. (Applause).
zone of the things that the league of
nations is intended to watch is the
course of intrigue. Intrigue cannot
stand publicity and If the league of
nations were nothing but great de-
batting society it would kill intrigue.
1t is one Of the agreements of this
covenant that it is the friendly right
of every nation q member Of the
league, to call attention to anything
that it thinks will disturb the peace Of
the world, no matter where that thing
is occurring. (Applause.) There is
no subject that may touch the peace
Of the world which is exempt from
inquiry and discussion and I think.
everybody here present will agree with
me that Germany would never have
gone to war If she had permitted the
world to discuss the aggression upon
Serbia for single week. (Applause.).
The British foreign Office suggested, it
plead that there might be day or two
delay so that the representatives Of
the nations of Europe could get to,
gether and discuss the possibilities of
a settlement. Germany did not dare
permit o days discussion. You know
what happened.
Outlaw at Large.
So soon as the world realized that
an outlaw was at large, the nations be-
gan one by one to draw together
against her. We know for certainty
that If Germany had thought for q
moment that Great Britain would cd
in with France and with Russia she
never would have undertaken the ems
terprise, and the league of nations is
meant as a notice to all outlaw ma
lions that not only Great Britain but
the United States and the rest of the
world will 60 in to stop enterprises Of
that sort (Applause). And SO the
league Of nations is nothing more nor
less than the covenant that the world
will always maintain the standards
which 1t has now INDICATED by some
of the most precious blood ever split
(Applause). The liberated peoples Of
the Austro- Hungarian empire and Of
the Turkish empire call out to us for
this thing. It has not arisen in the
council Of statesmen. Europe Is a BIZ
sick at heart at this very moment. be,
cause 1t sees that statesmen have had
no vision and that the only vision, has
been the vision Of the people Gap.
plause). Those who suffer, see. Those
against whom wrong is wrought know
how desirable is the right and the
righteous. The nations that have long
been under the heel Of the Austrian;
that have long covered before the
German, that have long suffered the
indescribable agonies Of being gov.
erned by the Turk, have called out to
the world, generation after generation,
for justice, for liberation, for succor;
and no cabinet in the world has heard
them. Private organizations, plying
hearts, philanthropic men and women
have poured out their treasures in or:
der to relieve these sufferings; but
no nation has said to the nations re-
sponsible, You must stop; this thing
is intolerable, and we will not permit
It. (Applause.) And the vision has
been with the people.
my friends, wish you would re-
fleet upon this proposition: The Vi
sion of what is necessary for great re-
forms has seldom come from the top
in the nations Of the world. It has
come from the need and the aspiration
and the self-assertion Of great bodies
Of men who meant to be free. Gap
plause.) And can explain some OF
the criticisms which have been lev.
eled against this enterprise only by
the superstition that the men who ut.
ter the criticisms have never felt the
great pulse Of the heart Of the world.
applause and cheers.)
Scorches Certain Senator's.
"And am amazed, not alarmed, but
amazed (applause) that there should
" in some quarters such compre-
hensive ignorance of the state Of the
world. (Applause.) These gentlemen
do not know what the mind Of men is
now. Everybody else does. laugh
ter.) do not know where they have
been closeted; I do not know by what
influences they have been blinded, but
/ do know that they have been sepa-
rated from the general currents Of
thoughts of mankind. (Applause.)
And want to utter this solemn warn.
ing, not in the way Of a threat; the
forces Of the world do not threaten,
they operate (applause). The great
tides Of the world do not give notice
that they are going to rise and run ;
they rise in their majesty and over
whelming might and those who stand
in the way are overwhelmed. Now the