The Adair County news., 1919-09-17
LEAGUE CERTAIN
WILSON DECLARES
PRESIDENT IN OPENING SPEECH
ES OF TOUR VOICES HIGH
HOPES.
WORLD WAITS FOR US
Future Free From War If America
Carries Out Her Pledges,
Says Executive.
"By Mt. Clemens News Bureau.S

says Executive.
"By Mt. Clemens News Bureau.S /
st. Louis (SpeciaD splayinC 4 high T!
confidence that his fellOw-citiZenS in /
the great majority agree with him ia /,
his desire to end war forever, and that |
they will sec 10 it that the peace treaty !
with its League Of Nations inclusion |
is ratified by the Senate, President, !
Wilson is making a successful way |
across the country on the long journey
he has undertaken for the purpose OI
laying before the plain people Il re-
port of his work i'll Paris and explain
ing to them just what the League
means.
Thus far in-hiS travels he has every
where met with warm greetings, bOrh
| in the great halls where he has spoken
| formally and in the little crOss-rOai
| hamletS where his train has halted at
| times and he has exchanged words
| with the villagers who pressed for
ward to greet him. He feels, and does
not hesitate to say SO when chatting
! with his travelling companions, that
| the American people want no more OF
! war and want to become part of the
| League 50 that there may be no more
|
| said in his first address, in Columbus,
| Ohio:
This treaty was not intended mere
ly to end this single war. 1t is meant
as a notice to every government who
in the future will attempt this thing
| (what Germany attempted that man.
| kind will unite to inflct the same pun
| ishment. There is no national triumph
to be recorded in this treaty. There
is no glory sought for am particular
nation. The thought of the statesmen
collected around that table was of
their people, of the sufferingS they had
gone through, of the losses they had
incurred, of that great thrObbing heart
which was so depressed, so fOrlOrn, 50
sad in every memory it had of the five
tragical years that have gone by. Let
| us never forget those years, my fell
lOw-cOuntrymen; let US never forget
the purpose, high and diSintereSted,
| with which America lent its strength,
not for its own glory but for the de-
Tense of mankind.
LAS | said, this treaty was not in
! tended merely TO end this war. Ii was
intended to prevent any similar war.
/ wonder if some of the opponents of
the League of Nations have forgotten
the promises we made our people be-
fore we went to that peace table. We
had taken by process of law the flower
Of our youth from every cOuntryside
from every household, and we told
those mothers and fathers and sisters
and wives and SweetheartS that we
were taking those men to fight Il wal
which would end business of that sort
and if we do not end it, if we do not
do the best that human concert of ac-
ton can do to end it, we are of all
men the most unfaithful-the most un-
faithful to the loving hearts who suf-
| fered in this war, the most unfaithfuI
to those households bowed in grief and
vet lifted with the feeling that the lad
laid down his life for a great thing
and, among other things, in order that
other lads might never have to do the
same thing.
THAT is. what the League of Ma
tiOns is f6r-tO end this war justly
and then not merely TO serve notice OF
governments which could contemplate
the same thing Germany contemplated
that they will do so at their peril, but
also concerning the combination Of
power which will prove to them thai
they will do it at their peril. II is
ideal to say that the world will com
bine against you; but is ii perSuavt
to say the world is combined againS
you The League Of Nations is The
only thing that can prevent the recur
renee OF this dreadful catastrophe ant
redeem our promises"
A League of Nations would have
prevented the late conflict, the Presi
dent asserted. explaining:
81 did not meet a single public MAJ
who did not admit these things; tina
Germany would not have gone int,
, this war if she thought Great Britain
was going into it, and that she mos
certainly would never have gone int
il had she dreamed America was goin:
into it. And they all admit that ma
ton before hand that the greatest pow
erS of the world would combine to pre-
vent this sort of thing would proven
if absolutely"
Applause and cheers greeted eaci
declaration of the President that war
might be avoided in future by the Op
eratiOns of the League.
He pointed out other important fea
lures of the peace treaty-how it wa
the redemption of weak nations. Civ
ing them freedom which OtherwiS,
they never could have won; how /
their own lives under governments
which they themselves choose. an,
how shat is the American principl,
and l was glad to fight for it, tina
was the very heart of the treaty, h
said.
He drew attention TO the section o
the treaty which is a ''magna charta o
labor" which shall dispose of III,
hours, conditions and remuneration
of labor. at forecasts the day." h,
said, (which ought to have come lon;
ago, when statesmen will realize tina
no nation is fortunate which is no
happy, whose people are not content
ed, contented in their lives and for
tunate in the circumstances of theil
lives"
In conclusion, the President said HI
felt certain the treaty will be accept
ed, and was only impatient of the de
lay. He added "Do you realize, m,
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