Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-05

would have to cede New York TO them
because there are more Italians il
New York than in any Italian city.
But l believe-l hope--that the
Italians in New York City are as glac
to stay there as we are to have them
would not have you suppose thai
] am intimating that my Italian col
| leagues entered any claim for New
| York City.
I'VE of all peoples in the world
my fellow citizens, ought to be able &c
understand the questions of this trea-
| ~ and without anybody explaining
them to us: for we are made up out
Of all the peoples of the world. l dare
say that in this audience there are
representatives of practically all the
| peoples dealt with in this treaty.
( you don't have to have me explain
national ambitions TO you, national as
pirations. You have been brought up
| on them; you learned of them since
you were children and it is those ma
! tional aspirations which we sought to
realize, to give an outlet to, in this
great treaty.
Magma Charter of Labor.
but we do much more than that.
! This treaty contains among other
| things a Magma Charta OF labor-a
| thing unheard of until this interesting
| year of grace, There is a whole Sec
| ton of the treaty devoted to arrange
ments by which the interests of those
who labor with their hands all over
the world-whether they be men or
women or children--are all Of them to
be safeguarded. And next month
| there is to meet the first assembly un-
der this section of the league, and let
| me tell you it will meet whether the
treaty is ratified by that time or not.
There is TO meet an assembly
which represents the interests of
laboring men throughout the world,
not their political interests. There
is nothing political about 1t. 1t is the
interests of men concerning the con-
ditions OF their labor, concerning the
the character of labor which women
shall engage in; the character of
Ii Dor which children shall ne permit.
ted to engage in; the hours of labor,
end, incidentally, of course, the re-
enumeration of labor. The labor shall
be remunerated in proportion, Of
course, to the maintenance of the
standard Of living which is proper for
the man who is expected to give his
whole brain and intelligence and
energy to a particular task.
II hear very little said about this
magma charta of labor which Is en-
bodied in this. 1t forecasts the day
which ought TO have come long ago.
when statesmen will realize that 40
nation is fortunate which is not happy,
and that no nation can be happy
xxsh n taat al
tented in their industry, contented In
cumstances of their lives.
IF | were to state what seems to
me to be the central idea of this
treaty, ii would be this:
The People Rule.
at is almost a discovery in inter-
national conventions-'That nations
do not consist of their governments,
but consist of their peoples
THAT Is a rudimentary idea; 1t
seems to us to go without saying to
us in America, but my fellow citi-
zens, 1t was never the leading idea in
any other international congress that
ever heard of; that is to say, any
International congress made up OF the
representatives OF government.
'tFhey were always thinking Of ma
tional policy, of national advantages
Of the rivalries of trade. of the ad-
vantages of territorial conquest. There
is nothing of that in this treaty.
"You will notice that even the ter
ritories which are taken away from
Germany, like her colonies, are not
given to anybody. There Is not
single act OF annexation in this
treaty. But territories inhabited by
peUp,e a iVs ~ aeouso econoric ~
eelveo' eIl 49,, ~ stano ~
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.neli ereiU ,,pn ~ az ora 20 - aocont as
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, ,onun' o. .itg "a ~ tar,,, NAV
,asuu " 49,. 80 e. aSarc,sa thair rus.
wnivh 'eny az r,,o,, 80 No,
.eesnip az 1917 ~, 49, 80 nros,t
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~. ~. " a. So 80 ra,,, ~ a,,, sor,,, of
S,ey a'o ~ g.. ~ a,,snroas
slaseiS anos Nv 70 a. t,at ,hara
iapo,' - st.in ,ahor ,,,Ito
oie IA nt ~, - th ,,,nroan onn
.esa,u ny 80 nv, ~,
ohiuieh, W .is, s
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cre W Iesua" 'o Hduo' M W,
opium liaiaio, my az ~ 49,, SOC ~ w.
III o,ler Morus, sn' eno sus u W.
people mmose ease my ss .he, ~
ny sote,eishty ovel WIN .t 10y 90
sunni, pu' ~no9e car my sni,'
are r kep. ciea i anu ,t SUI $3.50 aiu NY
mere again 'he p.i.Sipies W 'ne
treaty colhe oue' va. .n1 ouJe.' ~
me arranseinenes - e"e mela,e VI si'
peopie Wh' nNe 'nere, anu no' Ing ""-
VantSses oI tne soyg VII,
WHaU IL VIII DD.