White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-04
SENATOR PITTMAN DEFENDS
VIEWS OF PRESIDENT WILSON

The Philadelphia Record of April
25th has the following article con-
corning Senator Key Pittman OF Ne
xada:
Vigorously defending the stand
taken by President Wilson in refus-
ing TO agree to a plan 10 aassish
Fhlme to Italy, and c~hampiOning the
proposed League of Nations, United
States Senator Key Pittman OF Ne
yada stirred more than 1000 loyal
democrats assembled at a banquet
last night in the Bellevue-Stratford
to mark the fftleth anniversary OF
the Jefferson Club. The western sen
ator proved 10 be the principal orator
of the evening.
Other Sneakers at the affair, whicf
was one of the largest political ban
uuet ever held in this city, included
Joseph p. Tumulty. secretary to
President Wilson; Attorney Genera.
A. Mitchell Palmer. Congressman
elect John II. Wilson. Of the West
moreland-Putler district: ex-Con-
gresham j. Washington Logue,
Thomas F. Mcmahon and James Gill
lespie, the postmaster.
Senator Pittman's address was
punctuated with loud cheering. His
declaration that President Wilson is
pursuing the proper course on the
Fiume question was ~applauded and
when he denounced the opponents OF
a League OF Nations. the diners STOOD
up and the demonstration continued
for several minutes. Discussing he
demand of Italy for Fiume, he said:
THE Presidents declaration with
regard to the Fiume incident has not
been answered and cannot be answer
ed. The only argument presented by
the Italian representatives is an ar
gument based alone upon groundless
fear. Fear has from time immemo-
rial been one of the chief excuses for
aggression. Ii was the excuse OF
fear that Germany used to justify its
aggression in the Balkans, in France
and in Belgium. There is nothing for
the world 10 fear in this great settle
ment except greed and fear. Fear is
the exeuse of a coward. Fear is the
excuse of the hypocrite. Fear is the
cloak with which military power has
always covered its greed. Fear is the
argument used by the detractors and
Instructors of our President.
mo nation today dares base its de-
mands for territory upon greed, and
with the establishment of the League
of Nations ar d q peace based upon
justice, the world will not again be
called upon u listen to the hypO-
critical excuse of fear. What have
n people TO get out of war except
to destroy war. Is there a statesman
so little that he viii argue publicly
that The mothers who gave their sons
and the soldiers who marched TO GER
tain deaf at Chateau Thierry, st.
Mihiel and in the Argonne, had no
high aspirations, had no conscious
ness that they were dying to benefit
the world. No humane, llbcrty-lov-
Ing people would Tolerate such an ar
gument for a minute. They died
fighting that their loved ones and
those that should follow them would
not have to again suffer the horrors
of war with a brutal military system
thrust upon our country as we'll as
the rest of the world.
"These petty politicians and hired
writer's. who would sell their souls for
office for a piece of silver, will be
swent into oblivion by the outraged
feelings Of a Christian people. The
League of Nations will be established
Justice will reign throughout the
world. and honor and love will be eS-
tended 70 the man who has done more
than anyone on earth to bring about
this happy condition"