The Red Cloud chief., 1919-03-13

VI INC world which is exempt from |
Inquiry and discussion and | think |
everybody here present Will agree with !
me that Germany would never have !
E"n" to war if she had permitted the !
world to discuss the aggression upon
serbia for n single week. (ApplauscD
The British foreign office suggested, II
plead that there might he II day or two
d".ay so that the representatives or
The nations of Europe could get to-
gctncr and discuss the possibilities OF
settlement. Germany did not dare
prruit II days discussion. You know
what happened.
OUTLAW at Large.
So soon us the world realized that
~ OUTLAW w"S at large, the nations be-
sau ohc 10y one To draw together
asoi'.'t her We know for II certainty
that If Germany had thought for II
moment that Great Britain would so
In with France and with Russia she
never would have undertaken the en-
| tcrpriSe, and the league of nations is
| meant as n notice To all outlaw ma
tious that not only Great Britain hut
the United States and the rest of the
world will go In to stop enterprises of
that sort (Applnuse). And so the
| league Of nations Is nothing more nor
| less than the covenant that the world
Will always maintain the standards
| which II has now vindiCated by some
Of the most precious blood ever split
| ( fkntInng,N lihnrnt,I ,nnnlnI nf
the AuStro-IIungarian empire and of
the Turkish empire call out to MS for
this thing. 1t has not arisen In the
council Of statesmen. Europe Is bit
sick ut heart at this very moment. be-
cause II sees that statesmen have had
no vision and that the only vision has
been the vision of the people Cap
plausc). Those who suffer, see. Those
against whom wrong is wrought know
how desirable Is the right and the
righteous. The nations that have long
been under the heel of the Austrian.
that have long covered before the
German, that have long suffered the
indescribable agonies OF being gov
erned by the Turk, have called ont to
the world, generation after generation,
for Justice for liberation. for succor;
and no cabinet I'm the world has heard
them. Private organizations, pitying
hearts, philanthropic men and women
have poured out their treasures In or
der to relieve these sufferIngs; but
sponsible, You must stop; this thing
is intolerable, and we will not permit
It, (Applnuse.) And the vision has
been with the people.
"My friends, wish you would re-
fleet upon this proposition: The VI
sion of what is necessary for great re-
forms has seldom come from the top
I'm the nations of the world. 1t has
come from the need and the aspiration
and the Sef-assertion of great bodies
of men who meant to be free. Cap
plause.) And l can explain some of
the criticisms which have been lev
eled against this enterprise only by
the supposition that the men who ut
ter the criticisms have never felt the
great pulse of the heart of the world.
(Applause and cheers.)
Scorches Certain Senators.
"And ! am amazed, not alarmed, but
amazed (applause) that there should
be In some quarters such n compre-
hensive ignorance of the state OF the
world. (Applause.) These gentlemen
do not know what the mind of men Is
now. Everybody else does. Uaugh-
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been clOsetcd; do not know by what
influences they have been blinded, but
I do know that they have been sepa.
rated from the general currents of
thoughts of mankind. (Applause.)
And | want to utter this solemn warn.
Ing, not in the way of threat; the
forces of the world do not threaten
they operate (applause). The great
tides of the world do not give notice
that they are going to rise and run
they rise In their majesty and over
whelming might and those who stand
I'm the way are overwhelmed. Now thu
heart of the world Is awake and the
heart Of the world must be satisfied
DO not let yourselves suppose for Il
moment that the uneasiness I'm the
populations OF Europe Is due entirely
10 economic causes or economic mo-
tives; something very much deeper un
derlies 1t all than that. They see that
their governments have never been
able to defend them against intrigue
or aggression and that there is nC
force of foresight or Of prudence In
any modern cabinet to stop war. And
therefore they say: There must be-
some fundamental cause for this ant
the fundamental cause they are be
= ginning to perceive to be that nations
have stood singly or in little jealou,
groups against each other, fostering
prejudice, increasing the danger OF
war, rather than concerting measure,
to prevent 1t; and that If there l.
} right In the world, If there Is justice
in the world, there is no reason VIII,
nations should be divided In the sup
port of justice (applause)."