Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-07

are doing. Great peoples are driven out
upon desert where there is no food
and can be none, and they are COM
PEELED to die and then men, women and
children thrown into common grave.
so imperfectiy covered up that here and
there is a pitifu arm stretched out to
heaven and there is no pity in the world.
When shall we wake to the moral re-
sponsibilty of this great occasion?
And so, my fellow citizens. there
are other aspects to that matter. Not
all the populations that are having
live in Armenia. There are others.
And one of the glories of the great
document which l brought back with
me is this: That everywhere within
the area of settlement covered by the
political questions involved in that
treaty people of that sort have been
given their freedom and guaranteed
. their freedom.
But the thing does not end there be-
cause the treaty includes the cove
nant of the league of nations. And what
/, does that say? That says that it is
call attention to anything anywhere
mat is likely to disturb the peace OF
the world or the good understanding
| between nations upon which the peace
OF the world depends, and every people
/, in the world that have not got what
, lHey tnlIk tney ought TO nave Is lnere-
by given world forum in which to
bring the thing to the bar of mankind.
There never before has been pro-
v1ded world forum in which. the
legitimate grievances of peoples en-
titled to consideration can be brought
to the common judgment of mankind.
And if ! were the advocate of any
suppressed or oppressed people | surely
could not ask any better forum than
to stand up before the world and chai-
1 law hn - ~, II
It's excuses for not acting in that
case.
Scores Opponents of Treaty.
TO reject that treaty, to alter that
charters of mankind. And yet there are
men who approach the question with
passion, with private passion and
party passion, who think only of some
! INN ediate advantage to themselves
or to a group of their fellow coun
trymen. and who look at the thing
with the jaundiced eyes of those who
have some private purpose of their
own.
When al last, in the annals of man
kind, they are gibbeted they will re-
greet that the gibbet is so high.
, Il would not have you think that L
am trying to characterize those who
this great document. l take of my
hat in the presence of any mans gen.
uine conscience, and there are men
who are conscientiously opposed to
it. though they will pardon me If l
say ignorantly opposed. | have no
great pleasure to confer with some
of them-and to tell them as frankly
as would have told my most inti-
mate friend the whole inside of my
mind and every other mind that 1
! knew anything about that had been
concerned with the conduct of affairs
at Paris. in order that they might UNI
derstand this thing and go with the
rest of us in the confirma ton of what
is necessary for the peace of the
world.
Disclaims Intolerance.
Il have no ntolerant spirit in the
matter. but ! also assure you that
from the bottom Of my feet to the
top of my head l have got fighting
spirit about it.
And if anybody dares to defeat
this great experiment. then they must
world and do something better.
IF there is a better scheme. / for
one will subscribe to 1t, but l want
to say now. as ! said the other night.
it is case of put up or shut up.
Negation will not save the world.
sition is the specially Of those who
are boishevistically inciined.
Again | assure you I am not COM
pairing any of my respected colleagues
to bolshevists. but ] AIN merely point
ing out that the boishevistic spirit
opposition. They have destroyed
everything and they have proposed
nothing. applause and cheers.)
And while there is a common alb
horrence for political bolshevism |
hope there will not be any such thing
tional holshevism. the bolshevism that
destroys the constructive work of
men who have conscientiously strfVen
to cement the good feeling of the
great peoples of the world.
Vision Is Pictured.
us it not great vision. my fellow
combined for peace, and this of all
the great peoples Of the world asso-
ciated to see that justice is done.
that the strong who intend wrong
Mho esnnaa d and tha. the weak
made secure. We have problem
ahead OF as that ought to interest US
In this connection. We have promised
the the people Of the Philippine Islands
been one of our perplexities how we
should make them safe after we set
them free. Under this arrangement
they will be safe from the outset.
They will become members Of the
league of nations. and every great
nation in the world will be obliged
to respect and preserve against ex-
ternal aggression from any quarter
the territorial integrity and political
lands. 1t simplifies one Of the most
perplexihg problems that has faced
the American public
But It does not simplify our prob
the triumph 81 the American spirit.
/ do not want to attempt any 6ikht
OF fancy. but can fancy those men
Of the frst generation. that so
thouRAffu1lv set this erro.& ~.o,,orn