The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-24


 of misery, of immortality of oppres-
 sion, of b1oodshed and rapine. You and I must never forget!
 That gallant and immortal CZe-
 cho 4Slovak army saved Russia.
 Tt beat down Bolshevism. Tt proved itself strong a friend as constitutional liberty had in all the world. And 1t made debtors to the Czecho-Slovak and to Czecho-Slovakia every lover of liberty, every servant of justice and every disciple of love to the last moment of recorded time. We shall remember the men who remembers themA No army in history ever had so much done for it's sol dierS as we are doing.
 'I want to turn your thought from l these brave fellows to the people of 1 Czeche-S They are In no po- | sition to care for their wounded and l diseased, for the dependents. That ! care should appeal to the generosity | of America and 1t should be the es-
 pecial privilege of all Americans of | descent.
 Need Supplies.
 ''The people of this country are in
 grave need of supplies, food. raimant and necessities of all kind.
 | Tt is for us to help the people of | Czecho-Slovakia out. of our abund- 1 ance, and if to do this great thing 1 requires sacrifice, 1t ought to be a | happiness to make 1t. We must do | more than this. We must see that | she gets raw material and machinery | of ali kinds, and we must lend her ! upon her own credit and on ! rather generous terms; in no | other way can her industry be re- win Iar h. agriculture restored, and her capacity | for self-support re-established. | But there is something else Cze- | cho-Slovakia must have, and all her l upbuiIding rests upon 1t. She must | have peace. Rest from war, and only | then will all thought, all purpose, all 1 effort, and all industry be bent to the 1 task of rehabilitation and reconstruc- l tion and the restoration of a great I people upon the stable and sure way | of republican institutions. We must | not bring into existence these new Republics, these new Governments, | and leave them to their own protec- | ton The strong must protect the weak. They have been our Allies and
 we must be their ally.
 | We must see to it that that long | line of frontier of Czecho- -Slovakia l remains unbroken by any hostile | force. Neither Bo1shevism, nor any l other form of radicalism, nor a reac- | tionery government, in Russia, must | imperil Czecho- Slovakia. And Ger
 many the West must not lay her 1 covetous hands on Czecho-Slovakia. Allies Must Protect. | '"The great nations-the Allies 1 must stand like a Gibraltar, against | every form of attack upon Czecho- l S1nua kia There iS of
 safety for her. And there is no other | way of honor and gratitude for the | Allies. No matter what the cost, no | matter how hard the task, Czecho- ] Slovak soldiers barred their breasts | for the Allies and faced a traitors s | death, and they have earned for their l country and for their children, | peace.
 ! And peace, lasting peace, will | come when England, France, Italy I and America in agreement say to the 1 world, Who touches Czecho- -SIovakia | fights us Who touches free Poland | fights us. Who touches Jugo-Slavia | fights us. My friends, there can be no | permanent Peace unless we have a i League of Nations.
 'It is folly, when it is not decep- | tion, to say we are in favor of a League of Nations, but not of this League of Nations. For there is only | one League of Nations. That either | lives, or the whole project dies. My
 best Judgment is that the proposed | plan of a League of Nations does not ] imperi1 our nationality, and does not | require us to give up anything vital | to our National security, our National 1 honor or our National development. 1 ''As a friend of Czecho- -S1ovakia, l | say n vOI1 11sa vorr fDfIueDce to be1p | mould public opinion, and to help in- | for mthe country so that both states l men and people shall see how neces- | sary it Is for Czecho-Slovakia that | that country should be guarded in it's l life by the moral strength, and if | need be, by the military power of a l League of Nations.
 Must Have League. The entry into the war of the
 United States settled the contest, so
 our participation in the League of
 Nations Convenant is indispensable | if the Convenant is to be kept. The | United States asks for nothing but | justice for herself and she asks like | justice for every other country on
 earth. That is why the League of Ma | tions needs the compulsion and the | aid of the moral power of this great | country.
 l My friends, the United States | fought to preserve her rights, it is | true, but she fought also tos keep hu-
 manity and liberty in the world, and i the United States ought, and I be-
 lieve, will, stand by so long ! as the ! humanity and liberty of the world 1 and the United States ought, and I | believe, will, stand by so long as the
 humanity and liberty of the world l stand in peril. We have been unse1fish 1 and brave thus far. Let us not now i be weak. Let us not act and be the ] coward. Let our hear be warm in | gratitude to all who have helped us 1 win the great war. Let us never turn | deaf ears to the new Republics built
 upon the statemanship of our Presf- | dent and thus far supported by our might.
 | This is the battle cry of freedom. l and America cannot rejoice in her | strength unless Old Glory keeps in