Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-07

noyed to see that the craftsmanship
of some gentlemen consists in the
very interesting proposition of doing
nothing at all. 81 have heard OF
standing pat before, but have never
heard of standpatism going to that
length"
Opponents of the league, the presi-
dent asserted, were Saying yes, We
made a great promise to the world
but it'll cost too much to redeem it. >
1t by deliberate choice the United
States became a rival and antagonist
of her neighbors, instead of their
friend, said the president, then it
would reap the same reward as a
business man who proceeded on that
basis. eff the United States tried to
get all it could selfishly," he contin-
ued, "then the world would see that
it got nothing at ALL"
People to Decide.
Just as American soldiers restored
the morale of the fighting peoples of
the allies, said the president, SO the
United States now could restore the
peace morale of the world. 1t was
the people themselves, he said, who
would in the end determine what
course the United States would take.
They are my Bosses" he said, Il
have come out on this journey, not to
tight anybody, but to report to you"
The peace, Mr.. Wilson asserted,
had been made on american specifl-
cations" Among these specifica-
tions, he said, was the establishment
of Poland and the other new mid
European nations which now .separ-
ated Germany from the pathway to
The empire she expected to establish
III the southeast.
Under the treaty, the president de-
clared, pan-G ermanism would be
torn up by the roots"
OF the ultimate outcome regarding
the treaty, Mr.. Wilson said he had no
doubt.
The only thing that can be ac-
complished,' he said, lis delay. The
ultimate outcome will be the trium-
phant acceptance of the treaty and
the league"
Covenant of Peace.
Only "a handful Of men" the presi-
dent said, were opposing the treaty,
and they either had not read it or did
not understand the English language.
The Monroe doctrine provision, he
SAID, had been objected to as vague
because it referred to "such regional
understandings as the Monroe doc
trine." ..,.z,, ,.ssg,.. 49,, 80, =
ss''fhis language was written" the
president said, I'm perfect innocence"
and was intended to give right of
way to the Monroe doctrine in the
western hemisphere"
The language was put in, he con-
tinued, because the other delegates
thought it wise to make specific
reference to policy of one country
without leaving the way open for
other nations to develop similar poll
cies in their own localities.
Turning to the economic boycott
Z provided against covenant breakers
Mr.. Wilson said no nations in Europe
could stand under such boycott for
six months.
Yet, we are told this is cove
nant Of war;" he continued. at is
the most drastic covenant of peace
ever conceived"
World Needs Peace.
"The world is desperately in need
of the settled conditions of peace
said the president, and it cannot
wait much longer. 1t is waiting upon
us. That is the thought, that is the
burdensome thought upon my heart
tonight-that the world is waiting
for the verdict of the nation to which
it looked for leadership and which il
thought would be the last that woulc
ask the world to wait.
"'Tho world ic not at nooca
suppose that it is difficult for one
hot passion of the other side of the
seaSto realize how all the passions
that have been slumbering for ages
have been uncovered and released
by the tragedy of this war.
"And, now all of this is released
and uncovered, and men glare hi
one another and say now, we are
free and what shall we do with oul
freedom p
"What happened in Russia was no
sudden and accidental thing. Thu
people of Russia were maddenet
with the suppression of czarism
When, at last, the chance came t,
throw off these chains, they threv
them off, at first with hearts full O.
confidence and hope, and then the.
found that they had been again de
ceived. There was no assembl!
chosen to frame constitution TO
them, or rather there was an assem-
bly, chosen to choose a constitution
for them and it was suppressed ant
dispersed, and little group of mel
just as selfish, just as ruthless, jus
as pitiless as. the car himself, as
suned control and exercised thei
power by terror and not by right.
Russians Example.
"Anf, in other parts of Europe
the poison spread. The poison O
disorder hate poison of revolt, tn
poison of chaos. And do you homes
thy think, my fellow citizens, tina
none of that poison has got into tn
veins Of the free people? Do 70,
not know that the world is all nov
one single whisering gallery? Thes