The sun., 1919-09-12


we can have no other. IT is the peoples
treaty. It is not an unjust treaty"
His reference was Obvious. no doubt
when he said that some Of the very
gentlemen who are now characterizing
the treaty as too harsh are the same
men who less than twelvemonth ago
were criticislng the Administration at
Washington In the fear that they would
compound with Germany and let her of
from the payment of the utmost that
she could pay in retribution for what
she has done. They were pitiless then
they are pitiful now"
He was afraid that people in this
country. as were some people on the
ether side, were forgetting what this war
meant, and the tears welled freely when
he added:
IT venture to think that there ara
thousands OF fathers and mothers and
wives and sisters and sweethearts in
this country who are never going to for
get. Thousands of our gallant youth lie
buried In France, and buried for what2
For the redemption of America? Amer
lea wras not directly attacked. For the
salvation of America? America was not
Immediately in danger. No. for the sal
walton of mankind.
He said that the fundamental prin-
ciple Of the treaty was the American
principle that countries belong to the
PEOPLE that live In them, and he added:
This is the great treaty which Is being
debated. This Is the great treaty which
Is being examined with a microscope.
This is the treaty which is being pulled
about and suggestions made as to
changes of phraseology. Are you going
to be SO nearsighted as to look that
way at a great charter of human lib
erty? The thing Is impossible. You
cannot have another treaty because you
can never get together again the ele-
ments that agreed to this treaty. You
cannot do It by dealing with separate
governments. There were very, very
few compromises in 1t, and II is, most
Of 1t, laid down In straight lines accord
ing to American specifications. The
choice is either to accept this treaty or
to play a lone hand"
This led to the dark. picture he in
variably paints of America after an
altered or rejected league Of nations;
increasing taxes, great military es-
tablishment. fear and apprehension.
THE central fact of the modern
world" he said. els universal unrest, and
the unrest is. not due merely to the
excitement of a recent war. 1t Is due
to a universal conviction that the con-
ditions under which men live and labor
are not satisfactory. You know what
this war interrupted In the United States,
great many were convinced that the
control Of the business of this country
was in too few hands. Some were con-
WINGED that the credit of the country
was controlled by small groups of men
and the great Federal reserve act and
the great land bank act were passed
in order to release the resources of the
country on a broader and more generous
scale We had not fin ished dealing with
monopolies. With monopolies there can
be no Industrial democracy. With the
control of the few, of whatever kind or
class, there can be no democracy of any
sort. The world lis finding that out, in
some portions OF it in blood and terror
Russian Chaotic Spirit Spreads.
He excoriated the Bolshevists of Rus
sia and said: But have you seen no
symptoms of the spread of that sort
Of chaotic spirit into other countries?
And have you heard nothing of the prop
aganda OF that sort of belief in the
United States? That poison Is running
through the veins OF the world. The
wireless throws 1t out upon the air. The
cable whispers II underneath the sea.
Men talk about 1t in little groups, men
talk about 1t openly In great groups,
not only In Europe but here in the
United States. There are apostles of
Lenine in our midst. Disordered So
ciety Is dissolved society. When you
do not know what is going to happen
to you tomorrow you do not much care
what is going to happen to you to-day.
These are the things that confront us.
This is the best treaty that can possibly
be got"
He repeated his belief that the cove
nant was at least a 10 per cent insur-
ance against war; asserted the danger
of delay in getting peace and noted that
the Western part of the country is full
of radicalism. He said: There is only
one way to meet rAdlcalism. and that is
to deprive 1t of food. and wherever there
Is anything wrong there is abundant
food for radicalism. The only way to
keep men from agitating against griey-
ances Is to remove the grievances, and
as long as things are wrong l do not in
tend to ask men to stop agitating. in
tend to beg that they will agitate In an
orderly fashion. 1 intend to beg that
they will use the orderly method of
counsel As long as there is something
to correct / say godspeed to the men
who are trying to correct 1t. Radicalism
means cutting up by the roots. Well,
remove the noxious growths and there
will be no cutting up by the roots"
The President arrived In Helena at
1880 P. NJ. g 80 p. NJ. New York time)
and spoke at o p. NJ. He left an hour
later for Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, where he
will speak at noon tomorrow before
going out to Spokane. Wash, where he
will speak tomorrow night. The plans
for his reception in Seattle. where he
will review the Pacific fleet on Saturday
afternoon. have been completed.