Arizona republican., 1919-09-05

And you know my fellow citizens, what q hearing will mean, if the cause of those people is just. The one thing which those who have reason to dread, have most reason to dread, is publicity and discussion; because if you are challenged to give a reason why you are doing a wrong thing, it has to be an exceedingly good reason and if you give a bad reason you confess judg- nent and the opinion of mankind goes against you
 There is another thing in this COW enant which was one of a number of difficulties that we encountered at Paris. I need not tell you that at every turn in these discussions we carie across some secret treaty, some understanding that had never been made public before: some understand ing that embarrassed the whole set clement.
 Talks on Shantung Point
 T think it will not be improper for me to refer to one of those matters. When we came to the settlement of the Shantung question with regard to China we found that Great Britain and France were under specific treaty ob- ligations to Japan that she should get exactly what she got in the treaty with Germany; and the most that we could dol mean the most that the United States could do-was to urge upon the representatives of Japan the very fatal policy that was involved in such settlement and obtain from her the promise, which she gave, that she would not take advantage of these portions of the treaty, but would re- turn, without qualification, the sov- ereignty which Germany had enjoyed in Shantung province to the republic of China. We have had repeated as- surances since then, that Japan in- tends to fulfill those promises in ab- solute 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 the promises. This war had been fought. in part, because of the refusal to observe the fidelity which I involved in a promise, in a failure to regard the fairness of treaties and this covenant of the league of nations provides that no secret treaty shall have any validity.
 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. It is the only conceivable arrange ment which will prevent our sending our men abroad again, very soon. And, if I may use a very common expression, would say if it is not to be this arrangement, what arrange l ment do you suggst to secure the peace of the world? It is a case of put up or shut up.'
 I Opposition is not going to save the world; negations are not going to con- Istruct the policies of mankind. A great plan is the only thing that can defeat a great plan. The only triumphant ideas in this world are the ideas that are organized for battle. The only thing that equals an organized pro- : gram is 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 beg that before am sent to ask Germany to make a new kind of peace with us I should be given specific instructions as to what kind of peace 1t is to be.
 If the gentlemen who don't like what was done in Paris, think they can do something better, l beg that they will hold their convention soon and do it now. They can not, in con- science, or good faith. deprive us of this great work of peace without sub Istituting some other that is better.
 And so, my fellow citizens, I look forward with profound qualification, to the time which I believe will not much much longer be delayed, when the American people can say to their fel- lows in all parts of the word: We are the friends of liberty; we have joined
 with the rest of mankind in securing guarantees of liberty; we stand here
 with you the eternal champions oi what is right. and may God keep us in the covenant that we have formed