Gunnison news-champion., 1919-02-28
Of s-,.s r..re-e .. tn. friend .

.'ltf ...S.,.. p nd yerhaps El.t with
Fs..fAnr- th- American soldiers are
W-eIcDfu-d ~tth acclaim
! have ha1 - H.Any sT1eh's 70,
pride IN tE- atEsT side Of the SAt,I
that ! am s-Ty thankful that thsy
-E- rot ~ s-Ets for 1eTs9nAl pr.ee. DIX
srruunds for persona! pride I'd be III.
n4gst stuCkup man in the world Ana
10 has been an Infinite pleasure 70 me
70 rse thgs- gallant sOltisrs oI O..
of y horn the Constitution Of the United
States made me the proud eoHmAha.i.
You may b. proud Of the L~sniy-
TE-nty-slEth division daughter and
ayplaus-J. and s~e that they dld IN
Ger my direction Ant eNery b.es
praises the American soldier with the
f.-IIn. that in praisins him he IL sub
tracing from the credit Of no one else
I hay. ben searching foF ths fun-
d.rn-ntai fSt that sonNertee EuTepe S..
% believe In Us Before this war EG-
rope did not believe In Us as she does
nov She tid not believe IN Us
throughout the first three years OF the
var. She seems really TO have be-
M.ysd that ~ were holding off be-
cause ~. thought ~e could make more
by staying out than By going In Ana
az OF . sudden, In short eighteen
months, III. whole verdict 10 reversed
There can be but one explanation fOr
IL They saw what ~e tid-that with
out making . single claim We put Al
our men and all our means At the dis
possl Of those who were fighting FOR
their homes. In the first Instance. but
for = cause. tn. cause OF human rights
TO support their national claims, but 70
support the great cause which they
held IN common
And when they saw that America
not only held deals. but acted ideals.
they were converted 20 America and
became firm pArtisans ot those ideals
! met group Of scholars When !
vas In Paris some gentlemen from
on. Of the Greek universities who had
com" To So M. and In hose pres
rn,r OF rather in the presence o,
ycry younE indeed. And ! told them
that I had had one of the delightful
r"veuEsz that snmstimes come to
man, All my life ! have heard men
speak with h sort Of eondssernsinn OF
if~hllsts and particularly Of thoE" sep
arat", inclnist"red persons whom they
chose to term academic. who were ia
IN" habit Of utt'Tlns ideals In the free
atmosphere when they clash with no.
body in particular.
And have aid have this swee,
revenge. Speaking with perfect frank
ncrs In the name Of the United States.
! hHv. uttered as the objects % this
sr"s, war. ideals and nothing but
ideals and the war has been won by
that Inspiration. NCn were fighting
with tens" muscle and lowered head,
until they came To realize those things.
feeling they wrr. fighting for their
lives and their country. and whom
these accounts OF what II was ali about
reached them from America they mt
I'd their heads. they raised their eyes
khRFE coming across the sea In tn.
sptTlt uf crusaders and they found that
danger not only. but reckless becaus.
they seemed to see something that
made danger worth while. Men have
testified 20 me in Europe that men
could only call religious fcrvor They
w"r" not Ike any ~ the other soldiers
Thry had a vision. they had dream.
and they were fighting In tn. dream
srd fighting In the dream thry turned
IN" Who'll. tide Of battle and II never
came back
drnce We have e-tabiIsh~d throughout
the world Imposes burden upon usr
II you choose To call u a burden It
l. one OF thns. burdens which any ma
tinn ought to be proud to carry. Any
man who r.sist- the present tides that
run in the world VIII find himself
ren that IL will seem as II he had been
separated from his human kind for
ever.
Of the nation We set this nation up
To make men free and we did not con-
fine our conception and purpose to
America.
Vow said the President. this con-
ference We have established calls for
something. The Europe ! left was full
Of hope. The Europe OF the third year
OF the war was SIN king to a stubborn
desperation. They thought the end OF
the war would eventually b. a re.ump-
tion of tn. old order They never
dreamed It would be a Europe of set
Vow all the peoples Of Europe arc
buoyed up In the hope that all the ma
tions of the world .haii unite their
moral and physical forces that right
shall prevail. II America should fail
the world OF It's hope. the nations will
be set up as hostile camps again. and
. A.. ..
go home with their heads upon their
breasts because they will have failed.
We would leave on the peace table
nothing but modern scrap Of paper"
Men. he declared. who would have
America fail the world In It's hopes saw
only beyond the nearest horizon.
They do not know the sentiment Of
America" he said.
Speaking of hopes Of the people Of
Europe for q lasting peace which he
said were pinned to the United states
ident said he had no more doubt Of
'the verdict of America In this matter
,s. ,s.n ! hsrs Of the doubt Of the blood
"The nations of the world have set
their heads now to do = great thing
and they are not going TO stop short
Il do not speak Of the governments
but of the peoples who will see that n
their present government do not do
their viii some others will. And the
secret is out ana the present govern.
ment knows IL.
u have come back for an attempt TO
transact business for . little while In
America. but I say in all soberness
that have been trying to speak your
thoughts. Probing deep in my heart
and trying to see the things that are
right rather than the things that are
expedient. ! am finding the heart Of
America.
Il find that In loving America have
Joined the majority of my fellow men
throughout the world"
y. 9. Tonnage Big.
Washington.-Discussing the Amer
lean merchant marine problem IN the
Senate, Senator Ransdell Of Louisiana