The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-07
KANSAS CITY SPEECH

Kansas City, September 6-President
Wilson appealed to Kansas City crowd
today to support the peace treaty as
charter for new order of world affairs.
Making his third speech for the treaty
in Missouri to a capacity audience, Pres
dent Wilson spoke in Convention Hall,
said to accommodate 5000 people. He ended
his address at 1858 a. m.
When the President accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson, appeared on the platform of
the vast auditorium, the crowd, each OF
whom had small American flag, arose
and cheered for more than two minutes
President Wilson had been cheered as
the presidential party paraded through
four miles of the city's street to Con
vention hail.
Mr.. Wilson was introduced by B. A
Parson, president of the Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce.
In his address, the President covered
many of the same points of the treaty
he had discussed in previous addresses.
He said he had come to report to the peo-
pie direct about one of the greatest docu
ments in human history. The treaty, he
declared, was shot through with
American principles, put there by the
common consent of the world.
One of the things America had had IN
heart throughout her whole existence,
and consultation should be subjected for
physical force. This was accomplished.
he declared by the league of nations
covenant
Nine months of discussion of interna-
tional controversy would be assured sue
cess under the covenant, he asserted add
ing that this principle previously had
been written into thirty arbitration trea-
ties "all of which were confirmed by the
United States"
PRINCIPLE ALREADY ADOPTED
The principle of the league itself, ne
declared already had been adopted by
the United States.
The boycott imposed upon covenant
breakers, was emphasized by the presi-
dent as constituting measure more el
fective than military force. The most
conclusive" thing that could happen 10
a nation, he continued. was TO De reAo
out of decent society
Effective disarmament would be ac-
complished under the covenant, Mr..
Wilson predicted, declaring 1t was
ridiculous to talk of the league as
tending toward war when its Whoie
essence" is arbitration and peace. Inc
league, he declared, would mean the
end of the military clan" throughout
the world forever.
"There is no other way to dispense
y
agreement by the great nations OF the
world" said Mr.. Wilson, "and here is
the agreement"
Autocracy would perish with mill
tarism, added the President, and the
intrigue which had terrorized Europe
for generations would be ended. lie
declared that democracies will sooner
or later have to destroy that kind OF
government. and if we don't dc it now
the lob win still be before u.s." This
task. he continued. must be carried 10
the extent that no minority anywhere
could control the majority
"The men who now control the at
/ fairs of Russia" said Mr. Wilson. rep
resent nobody but themselves. They
| have no kind of mandate. There are
only "a of them. I am told. There is
| a closer monopoly of power in Mos :
| COW than there ever was In Wilhelm
strasse. And a man more cruel than
the czar is controlling the destinies
| of that people.
/ "And if we don't want little groups
| of selfish tyrants to plot the future
i downfall of Europe. then we must see
to it that little groups of selfish men
do not plot the future welfare Of the
United States"
/ TOO MUCH DEBATING
Concerning conditions in Armenia,
| Mr. Wilson said he wondered that
men do not wake up to the moral re-
i sponsihility of what they are doing
when they were DEBATING and debat-
ing" while tragic situations waited
and waited to be dealt with, as soon
| as the debating was over.
Hope "for every people in the WORLD
that haven't got what they think they
ought to have" was seen by the Presi-