Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-09


''lf | felt that | personally in any
way stood in the way of this settle
ment, | would be glad to die that it
might be consummated, because |
lave vision, my fellow citizens,
that if this thing should by some
mishap net be accomplished, there
would rest forever upon the fair
name of this people. a stain which
could never be effaced, which would
be uncomfortable to every lover Of
America"
This strain of doubt this fear, that
some dire end awaited the covenant,
must surely have been removed
from the mind of the president by
the rounds of applause and the
cheers-the longest and most pro-
nounced during the course of his
entire address, and in fact even
greater than the ovation which
greeted him upon his arrival in the
Municipal Auditorium
The president, however, failed to
explain to the crowd, eager to hear.
his own answer to the vital ques-
ton of why, England was given six
votes in the council of the league of
nations to one of the United States
and why Japan was given vast
economic and political rights in
China. He spoke S. minutes.
Auditorium Is Crowded.
Seldom, if ever, had larger crowd
pushed or jammed its way into
the Auditorium on any occasion.
Long before the time schedul-< Z
ed for the appearance of the
chief executive of the United
States, the Auditorium was COM
fortably filled. Hundreds packed
the streets Immediately adjacent to
the structure and when the building
became filled the streets were roped
off to prevent any further conges-
ton, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that the cordons of the po-
lice were able to keep the streets
cleared of the humming maelstrom
of people in order to permit the
car carrying President Wilson to
approach the Howard street en-
trance of the building.
AS President Wilson, preceded
by Mrs. Wilson. entered the build
ing the people arose and greeted
the president and has party with
reverberated applause and cheers.
The presidential party, including
Mrs. Wilson, President Wilson. his
aide, Rear Admiral Grayson, and
several secret service men, was
quickly seated on the platform and
the meeting was formally opened
after a short Introductory speech
by G. w. Wattles.
Checks Second Ovation.
AS President Wilson arose and
advanced to the front of the stage
he was again greeted by an ovation
which continued until he lifted his
hands and asked that the crowd be-
come quiet.
Without hesitat ton, President Will
n>launched into his address. II
am happy to appeal for the accept
ance of the peace treaty. not as
representative of a party, but as the
representative of the people of the
whole United States, were his intro
ductory expressions.
Grasping copy of the treaty of
Versailles, he lifted it far above his
head and said, 81 wish that had the
time, to read to you the contents of
this treaty, charter for The affairs
of new world. for unless YOU have
read it you are not familiar with the
great bill of rights which its con-
tents propose. You have been led to
believe that this treaty contains but
four of five clauses but this is not
the case. Contained in this docu-
ment is complete settlement Of the
matters that led to the worlds great
war together with the machinery
that will forever provide a settle
ment of these matters"
Claims "World Settlement"
Localizing the treaty, he co,s
tinued: Contained in this volumes
are the world settlement of the land
titles of the countries of the world.
Perhaps the most vexing matter of
litigation in the courts today are
those having to do with land titles.
You farmers of the great state of
Nebraska realize what would occur
it you were without boundary lines
for your vast fertile farms. If this
state of affairs was 10 exist for a
week, each one of you would be sit
ting on your fences with shot guns
in your hands within a week to pro-
tect your property. This is what
the peace treaty does. 1t forever
fixes the boundary lines of the coun-
tries of the world. for ever grants
to those people of Europe the lani
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