The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-28

oI judgment, while there are some d
vergences Of object, there is neverth,
less spirit and a common realizatio
of the necessity of setting up me-
standards of right in the world.
Because the men who are in col
ference in Paris realize as keenly a
any American can realize that they ar
not the masters Of their people; tina
they are the servants OF their peopl
and that the spirit Of their people ha
awakened to new purpose and a neV
conception of their power to realiz
that purpose, and that no man dar
go home from that conference and re
pot anything less noble than was or
pected OF it.
The conference seems to you to q
slwly; but wonder if you realize The
completely of the task which 1t has
undertaken. It seems as If the settle
ments of this war affect, and affect di
rectiy, very great, and | sometimes
think every small nation in the world
and no one decision can prudently be
made which is not properly linked in
with the great series OF other decis
ions which must accompany 1t. And II
must be reckoned in with the final re-
suit II the real quality and character
OF that result is to be properly judged.
What we are doing is to hear the
whole case;. hear 1t from the mouths
OF the men most interested; hear 1t
from those who officially commission.
ed to state it.: hear the rival claims;
hear the claims that affect new nation.
alities, that affect new areas of the
world, that affect new commercial and
economic connections that have been
established by the great world war
through which we have gone. And |
have been struck by the moderateness
Of those who have represented ma.
tional claims. can testify that have
nowhere seen the CLEAN of passion.
have seen earnestness, / have seen
tears come to the eyes of men who
plead for downtrodden people whom
the we're privileged to speak for; but
they were not ears of anguish, they
were the tears of ardent hope.
And don't see how any man can
fail to have been subdued by these
pleas, subdued to this feeling, that he
was not there to assert an Individual
jurgment Of his own, but to try to as.
sist the cause of humanity.
And in the midst of all every in.
terest seeks out, first of all. when 1t |
reaches Paris, the representatives OF
the United States. Why? Because,
and ! think am stating the most won.
derful fact in history-because there
is no nation in Europe that suspects
the motives OF the United States.
Was there ever so wonderful thing
seen before? Was there ever so NOV
ing thing? Was there ever any fact
that so bound the nation that had won
that esteem forever to deserve It?
] would not have you understand
that the great men who represent the
other nations there in conference are
disesteemed by those who know them.
Quite the contrary. But you under.
stand that the nations OF Europe have
again and again clashed with one an.
other in competitive interest. II is i'm.
possible for men to forget those sharp
issues that were drawn between them
n times past. 1t is impossible for men
o believe that all ambitions have all
II sudden been foregone. They re-
member territory that was coveted;
hey remember rights that it was at,
empted to extort; they remember DO,
itical ambitions which 1t was attempt.
d to realize-and, while they believe
hat men have come into a different
emper, they can not forget these
hings, and so they do not resort to
ne another for dispassionate view
1 the matters in controversy They
esort to that nation which has won
ne enviable distinction OF being re.
arded as the friend of mankind.
Whenever 1t is desired TO send a !
mall force Of soldiers to occupy u
iece Of territory where II is thought =
obody else will be welcome, they ask v
n American soldiers. And where :
her soldiers would be looked upon U
18th suspicion and perhaps met with
ssistance, the American soldier is Z
elcomed with acclaim. ="
Praises U. 9. Troops. I,
| have had so many grounds for 8.
'ide on the other side of the water al
at am very thankful that they are
It grounds for personal pride. I'd be p
q most stuck-up man in the world.
nd 1t has been an infinite pleasure to
Q to see those gallant soldiers Of
RS, OF whom the constitution of the
nited States made me the proud com. ~
ander. You made me proud of the .,
III division, but command the 26th 80
Vision and see what they did under -
Y direction! =.
And everybody praises the American 4.
ldier with the feeling that In prais. 49,
: him he is subtracting from the =.
edit OF no one else. | have been =
afching for the fundamental fact ri
It converted Europe TO believe In -.