Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-09

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 I rope. and then w,hensI- got there Issaw
 that army of men, that army of clean men, that army of men devoted to the ) high interests of humanity, that army , that one was glad to point out and say These are my fellow countryme eIf. ,s1a ' It softens the 5homesickpess. a good
 | deal to- have so much of home along 4 withs you, and these boys were con- T stantly reminding me of home. They
 did not walk the streets like anybody
 else I do not mean thatEthey walk ed
 the street self-assertivelX They did not. They walked the streets as if they l knew that they Belonged wherever free | men lived; that they were welcome in Ii the great republic of France and were fl comrades with the other armies that had helped to win the great battle and 1 to show the great sacrifice. Because
 it is a wonderful thing for this nation. l hitherto isolated from the large affairs | of the world. to. win not only the ufli- versa1 confidence of the people Of the 1 world, but their universal affections.
 :, And that. and nothing less than
 that, is what has happened. sMzhereve CT i it was suggested that troops should be ! sent, and it was desired that troops of i occupation should excite no prejudice l no uneasiness, on the part of those. to
 whom they were sent the mens who 1 represented the other nations "a fa
 me and asked me to send ssksElnpiyNsa I soldiers. They not only implfeds H l they said. that the presence of Ameff1. l Call SOIUloTS sWOulQ C.De Known not to mean anything except friendly protec- 1 tion and assistance. Do you wonder 1 tha' it made our hearts swell with prize to realize these. things?
 ] But while these things in some de- gee softened my homesickneSs, they made me all the more eager to get home. where the rest of the folks lived,
 to get home where the great dynamo of national energy was situated, to get home where the great purposes of na- tional action were formed, and to be allowed to take part in the counsels
 and in the actions which were formed,
 and to be taken. by this great nation
 which from first to last has followed
 the vision of the men who set it up
 and created it.. We have had our eyes
 very close upon our tasks at times, but
 whenever. we lifted them. as we were
 accustomed to lift them to distant
 horizon, we were aware that all the
 peoples of the earth had turned. their
 faces toward us as those who were the
 friends of freedom and of right. and
 whenever we thought of national po1i- cy and of it's rela ton upon the affairs of the world. we knew we were under bonds to do the large thing and the right thing. g.z4s----.~--
 Tt is privilege. therefore. beyond all computation, for a man, whether in part in the counse1s and in the resolu- tions of a people like this. I am afraid some people, some persons, do. not un- derstand- that vision. They do not see H. 4H6y nave lOOhoO LOO IuuCH upon the ground They have thought too much of the interests that were. near them, and they have not listened to the voice sof their neighbors.
 '1 have never had a moments doubt l as to where the heart and purpose of this people lay. When any one on the 1 other side of the water has raised the 1 question, will America come in and | he1p?' have said. Of course, America 1 will come in and help. She cannot do l anything else. She will not disappoint | any high hope that has been formed of l her. Least of all will she in this day of new born liberty all over the world | fail to extend her hand of support. anc l 2 si 'tancc to ti'cse who have been r4tde | fre4 --~-
 T wonder if at this distance you 1 can have got any conception Of the l tragic intensity of the feeling of those peoples in Europe who have just had | yokes thrown off them? Have you reckoned up in your mind how many i peoples, how many nations, were held under the yoke of the Aus tro Hungarian empire, under the yoke of Turkey, under the yoke of Ger many?
 These yokes have been thown off. These peoples breathe the air and look around to see a new day dawn about what is going to fill that day with ac- tion, they think first of us. They -thinlIj first of the friends who throughout the long years have spoken for them, who] E ga me into the war to release them, who r Sd i'd that they would not make peace upon any other terms than their Gb- | orty, and they have known that Ameri-- ca's presence in the war and in the conference was. the guarantee of the result.
 The governor has spoken of a great [, ask ended. Yes. the formulation of l. he peace is ended: but it creates only new task just begun. I believe that f you will study the peace you will see Hat it is a just peace and a peace which, if it can be preserved. will save
 he world from unnecessary bloodshed. !
 And now the great task is to pre- serve it. l have come back with my ! leart full of enthusiasm for throwing everything that I can. .eby~ way of in ft 1uence or action. in with, youe-to see hat the peace is preserved, that when he long reckoning comes, men may I America and say They were true to Fl he vision which they saw at their. 1 1irth.'" als T
 Only a small crowd was present in ii he street as the president left. the Ii lall, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and i Secretary Tumu1ty.s Governor .5Smith1. md Mayor Hylane rode to. the Pennsyl- D .ania an station with Mr: and Mrs. Will
 All the entrances to the depot were guarded by the citya police andc secret : erNfce agents and nobody zwas per . nitted on the platform except mem- z 'ers of the presidents immediate spar- | |
 The special train left for Washing | r. on at SAC p. m. the president having 7 bent two hours and s1s minutes in t Jew York city. NIs ,REe1nENr AppIuE1 v