The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-07-19

and tlelT pDySlCd ontSeS'
The first, never-to-be-forgotten ae
tion at Chateau Thierry had aireauS
taken nlace. our redoubtable soldiers
ond marines had already closed the
gan the enemy had succeeded IN open,
ing for their advance upon Paris-iau
already turned the tide OF battie pacS
toward the frontiers of France anu
begun the rout that was to save lIu
rome and the world. Thereafter the
Germans were to be always forced
back hack. were never to thrust sue
cessfully forward again. And yet
there was no confident hope.
Put New Heart Into Allies.
The mere sight of our men-of thelr
vigor. of the confidence that showed
itself in every movement OF their sVai-
wart figures and every turn OF their
swinging march, in their steady com
nrehending eyes and easy disclpllhe'
in the indomitable air that audeu
spirit to everything they did-maue
everyone who saw them that memo
rable day realize that something haa
happened that was much more thah
mere incident in the fighting some
thing very different from the mere ar
rival of fresh troops.
They were recognized as crusaders
and as their thousands swelled to NH
lions their strength was seen to mean
salvation. And they were fit men to
carry such a hope and make good the
assurance it forecast. Finer men never
went into battle; and their officers
were worthy of them,
Comrades in Great Cause.
This is not the occasion upon which
to utter a eulogy of the armies Amer
lea sent to France, but perhaps, since l
am speaking of their mission, l may
speak also of the pride l shared WI IN
every American who saw or dealt with
them there. They were the sort OF
men America would wish to be repre-
sented by, the sort of men every Amer
lean would wish to claim as fellow
countrymen and comrades in a great
cause.
They were terrible in battle, and
gentle and helpful out of it, remember
ing the mothers and the sisters, the
wives and the little children at home.
They were free men under arms, not
forgetting their ideals of duty in the
midst of tasks of violence. | am proud
to have had the privilege of being as
sociated with them and of calling my
self their leader.
Hard Task at Peace Table.
Ana the compulsion of what they
stood for was upon us who represent
ed America at the peace table. 1t was
our duty to see to it that every de-
cision we took part in contributed, SO
far as we were able to influence it, to
quiet the fears and realize the hopes
of the peoples who had been living in
that shadow. the nations that had
come by our assistance to their free
dom. 1t was our duty to do every
thing that it was within our power to
do to make the triumph Of freedom
and of right a lasting triumph in the
assurance of which men might every
where live without fear.
Difficulties Hard to Adjust.
These were not tasks which the
conference looked about to find and
went out Of it's way to perform. They
were inseparable from the settlements
of peace They were thrust upon 1t
by circumstances which could not be
hoI tod
them. In all quarters of the world
old established relationships had been
disturbed or broken and affairs were
at loose ends, needing to be mended
or united again, but could not be made
what they were before. They had to
be set right by applying some uniform
principle Of justice or enlightened ex-
pediency. And they could not be ad-
justed by merely prescribing in
treaty what should be done.
New states were to be set up which
could not hope to live through their
first period of weakness without as
sured support by the great nations
that had consented to their creation
and won for them their independence.
Future international conventions
ways, with regard to Illicit traffic Of
many kinds, in arms or in deadly
drugs, or with regard to the adjust
ment Of many varying international
administrative arrangements could
not be assured if the treaty were to
provide no permanent common inter-
national agency, If its execution in
such matters was to be left to the
slow and uncertain processes Of CO.
operation by ordinary methods of ne
gotiation.
Common Tribunal Necessary.
If the peace conference itself was
to be the end of cooperative authority
and common counsel among the gov
ernments to which the world was look
irg to enforce justice and give pledges
of an enduring settlement, regions
like the Saar basin could not be put
under temporary administrative re-
gime which did not involve a transfer
of political sovereignty and which
contemplated a HIal uttcllAlHullOu OF
it's political connections by popular
vote to be taken at a distant date:
no free city like Danzig could be ere
ated which was under elaborate inter-.
national guarantees to accept excep-
tional obligations with regard to the
lnces, and Roumania was practically
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