Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07
J. the only vision has been the vision Of

the people"
And / am amazed-not alarmed bu
amazed, that there should be in som'
quarters such a comprehensive ig'
norance of the state Of the world,
continued Mr.. Wilson. Those gen
tlemen do not know what the minc
OF men is just now. Everybody elst
does.
| II do not know where they have beer
closeted. l do not know by what In
fuence they have been blinded; but
do know that they have been separat.
ed from the general currents of the
f, thought of mankind. And l want te
utter this solemn warning, not in the
way of a threat; the forces OF the
world do not threaten, they operate
| The great tides of the world do not
give notice that they are going to rise
and run; they rise in their majesty
and overwhelming might end those
who stand in the way are overwhelm-
ed.
Worlds Heart Awake.
Now the heart of the world is
awake and the hearts Of the world
must be satisfied"
Americas soldiers" he said, went
over seas feeling they were sacrcdly
bound to the realization Of those ideas
which their president had enunciateo
war;"
There is another thing" the pres
i'd ,nt said. which critics of the league
mad not observed.
"They not only have not observed
the temper of the world but they have
not even observed the temper of those
splendid boys in khaki that they sent
across the SEAS" he asserted.
and do you suppose" continued the
president, that having felt that cru
sading spirit of these youngsters, who
went over there not to glorify America
but to serve their fellow men, / am
going to permit myself for one mo-
ment to slacken in my effort to be
worthy of them and of their cause!
[ do not mean to come back until, Its
over over there And it must not be
over until the nations Of the world
are assured of the permanancy OF
peace"
Opponents Of the league in this
country do not comprehend the temper
and desire Of European statesmen
said the president, who added that
there Is not. one of them with whom
I have come in contact who does not
feel that he can not in conscience re-
turn to his people from Paris unless
he has done his utmost to do something
more than attach his name to q treaty
of peace"
Asserting that "the structure OF
peace will not be vital without the
league of nations" the president con-
tinued:
Puzzled by Criticism.
II must say that 1 have been puzzled
| by some of the criticisms can
not imagine how these gentlemen can
live and not live in the atmosphere OF
the world i particularly can
| not imagine how they can be Ameri-
cans and set up doctrine of careful
selfishness, though out to the last de-
tail.
II have heard no counsel OF gene
rosity in their criticisms. Ihave heard
no constructive suggestions"
OF George Washington's warning Of
entangling alliances President Wilson
said: 1.-THE thing that he longed fol
was just what we are now about tc
supply-an arrangement which will
disentangle all the alliances in the
world"
The president said criticisms OF the
league "do not make any impression
on me" because "the sentiment of the
country is proof against such narrow
ness and such selfishness as that
In closing the president said Ameri'
ca could look forward with confidence
to the future for he had heard cheer
ing news since he came to this side OF
the water about the progress that II
being made in Paris.
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