Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-05

agree with ,ms that Germany woult
never have gone to war II she he'd per-
mitted the world TO discuss the agGres'
sion upon siberia for a single week.
"The British foreign office suggested
IL plead that there might be day oi
two delay so that the representatives
of the nations of Europe could get to-
sethcr and discuss the possibilities OF a
settlement. Germany did not dare per-
| init days discussion,
| You know what happened. So soon
as the world realized than AN outlaw
was at large. the nations began one
| by one To draw together against her
Notice to Outlaw Nations.
We know for certainty that "
| Germany had thought for moment
| that Great Britain would go in with
| France and with Russia. she never
would have undertaken the enterprise,
and the league Of nations is meant
as "A notice TO all outlaw nations that
not only Great Britain, but the
United states and the rest OF the
world will so in 10 stop enterprises OF
! that sort
And so the league of nations ~
nothing more or less than the cove
nant that the world will always main
tain the standards which i has now
INDICATED by some Of the most pre-
cious blood ever split.
The liberated peoples Of the Aus
tro Hungarian empire and OF the Turk
ish empire call out to us Tor TINS
thing. 1t has not arisen in the couhch
of statesmen.
Worlds Heart in League.
MY friends. ] wish you would re-
fleet upon this proposition The VISION
as to what is necessary for great re-
forms has seldom come from the top
in the nations OF the world. 1t mas
come from the need and the asptra-
ton and the self-assertion or great
bodies of men who meant to be free
And can explain some of the criti-
cisms which have been levied against
this great enterprise only by the sup
position that the men who utter the
criticisms have never felt the great
pulse of the heart OF the world,
And | am amazed--not alarmed.
but amazed-that there should be IN
some quarters such a comprehensive
ignorance of the state Of the world.
These gentlemen do not know what
the Illnu Oh Hitu 10 lusl i'o"' iS'S''
body else does. | do not know where
they have been closeted; do not know
by what influences they have been
blinded: but do know that they nave
been separated from the general cur
rents of the thought \of mankind.
Force Of World Operates.
And [ want sto utter this solemn
warning. not in the way of threat;
the forces Of the world do not threaten,
they operate. The great tioes of the
world do not give notice that they are
going to rise and run: they rise IN
their majesty and overwhelming might.
and those who stand in the way are
overwhelmed. Now the heart OF the
world is awake. and the heart of the
world must be satisfied.
DO not let yourselves suppose for
moment that the uneasiness in the
populations of Europe is due entirely
to economic causes or economic mo-
| lives; something very much deeper I'M
derlies it all than that.
Discover Cause Of War.
They see that their governments
have never been able to defend them
against intrigue or aggression. and
that there is no 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 and the fundamental
cause they are beginning to perceive
| to be that nations have stood singly or
! in little jealous groups against each
other. fostering prejudice, increasing
the danger of war. rather than con-
| certing measures TO prevent 1T; and
that il there is right in the world, if
there is justice in the world. there is
no reason why nations shouii be dvid-
ed in the support of Justice.
They are therefore saying if you
really believe there is right, if you
! really believe wars ought to be stopped
stop thinking about the rival inter
| ests of nations and think about men
and women and children throughout
! the world.
| Humanity Comes First.
Nations are not made to afford
! distinction to their rulers by way Of
success in the maneuvers of politics:
| nations are meant, If they are meant
| for anything, to make the men and
women and children In them secure
| and happy and prosperous and no ma
! ton has the right to set up special in
terests against the interests and bene-
| fits of mankind, least of all this great
nation which we love-"
1T was set up for the benefit OF
mankind: it was set up to illustrate
! the highest ideals and to achieve the
highest aspirations OF men who
wanted to be free; and the world-the
| world of todav-believes that and
| counts on u.s. and would be thrown
back into the blackness Of despair II
We deserted it.
Il have tried once and again. my
fellow citizens, to say to little circles
Of friends or to larger bodies, what
! seems to be the real hope of the peo-
pies OF Europe. and tell you frankly
I have not been able to do SO because
when the thought tries to crowd itself
into speech, the profound emotion of
the thing is too much; speech will not
carry.
I Feels Europe's Tragedy.
Il have felt the tragedy Of the hope
Of those suffering peoples. 1t is
tragedy because it is hope which
can not be realized in it's perfection,
and yet I have felt besides it's tragedy.
it's compulsion upon every living man
to exercise every influence that
he has 10 the utmost to see that
as little as possible Of that hope ia
disappointed because If mans ran rot
now. after this agony nf hlnody sweat
| come to their self possession and see
how to regulate the affairs of the
world we will sink back into period
Of struggle in which there will be no
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