Gunnison news-champion., 1919-02-28
OPINION OF ALL AMERICA WILL
BE BEARD IN DECISION
ON PEACE LEAGUE.
ALL FRIENDLY TO U. S.
WILSON DELIVERS SPEECH At
MECHANICS HALL IN BOSTON
TO BIG CROWD.

Boston. Feb. 2+,-PresIdent Wilson
made the following speech at Mechsn-
les Hall In Boston. after landing from
his trip back from Europe.
Governor Coolidge. Mr.. Mayor. Fsi-
low CitiEens:
i wonder " you are half as glad TO
see me as ! Am TO see you II ~artns
my heart to See . great body OF my TEL
low citizens again. because "A some re-
spects during the recent months have
b.sn lonely Indeed without your com
Tad.ship and counsel and tried at ,s-
cry step 0' the work which feil TO me
to recall what ! ~as sure would be
your counsel With regard To the great
matters which were under cOnsid"Ta-
ton
/ DO not want you TO to think that
/ have not been AppTcciatiNe Vt the *
trApTiinAry generous reception which
Was given TO III" on tn" other side. In
sayins that u makes me very happy u
get home again do not mean TO cay
that ! WEs not very deeply touched By
crowd. on tho other side But ] want
to cay 10 you in all honesty that ] felt
them to b. call % greeting 10 you.
rather than t. me
L did not ,".I that the greeting WAS
p-rraHAl- had ia my heart the bvrI-
crow nlnE pride of being your repre-
sentative. and u TeCe!vin. the plAudits
Of men -y"TJ here ~ ho fHlt that your
hsarts beat With theirs in the cause Of
liberty
There was no mistAkinE the tone In
the voices of thp-~ great cfgwds- II
whs not tone uf mere greeting. Il was
IL was the calling Df rumTafe To com
Tadc. tn" cry that comes from men who
say. W. hAV" ~ Eit"j Tor this day when
the friends Of liberty should come
across tn. sea and shake hands with
va. t. s~c that n new world was con-
,truCt"d upon n new basis and founda-
~ Tl.Hft
i can't tell you the Inspiration that
came from the sentiments that came
Hut 81 those simple voices In the
crowds And the pFoudest thing have
country q ouTs Is trusted throughout
the world.
Il have not come to report the pro-
r""tinEE OF the results n' the proceed
would BE- premature. ! can say that !
have received very happy Impressions
from this conference.-the Impression
that Vht" thrT" ar" many differences
Of Judgment. while there ar. some d.
vergencies Of object. there l.. never
th.Iszs. a common spirit and common
up new standards Of night in the world.
"HschuS" the men who ar. in con-
ference realize AZ keenly as any ATurr-
lean can TsallE. that they are not the
masters Of their people. that they are
the servants u their people. and that
the spirit OF their propi. has awakened
To a new sutphsf anu a new NAftfE ENieu
Of their power to rsAllz. that purpose.
and that no man dare go home from
that conference and report anything
less noble than was expected OF IT,
The conference seems to you 10 Ro
slowly. from day to day In Paris IL
seems to go slowly but ! wonder II
you realize the compleNiiy Of the task
which II hns undertaken. II seems as
N the settlements Of this war affect
and affect directly. every gTeat-and.
! sometimes think. every smnli-nAtion
To-, g,tA -.
be made which is not properly linked
in with tn. great series Of other d.ci-
rions which must accompany IL, and II
must be r-ckoned ON with the final re-
suit. II the real quality and character
OF that result IL TO be properly judged
What We are doing IL TO hear the
whole case hear IL from the mouths
Of the men most interested: hear Il
from those who are officially commis-
stoned to stat. IT. hear the rival
claims. hear the claims that affect new
Of the world. that affect new COM
mercial and economic connections that
world war through which we have
gone.
And have been struck by the mod
er.tene,s OF those who have presented
national claims / can testify that
believe I have nowhere seen the CLEAN
OF passion ! hav. seen earnestn-ss.
] have seen tears come TO the eyes Of
men who Piled for down-troddsn peo-
pies whom they were privileged TO
speak for. but they were not the tears
of anger. they were the tears Of ar
dent hope
y don't see how any man can fail
to have been subdued by these pIeas
subdued to this feeling. that he was
not there to assert an individual judE-
ment of his own. but to try to assist
the cause OF humanity.
And In the midst of IL all every in
terest seeks out. first OF all. when II
reaches Paris. tn. representativss 81
the United States Why Because
and think ! am stating the most won-
derful fact In history-because there
IL no nation In Europe that suspects
the motives of the. United States
Was there ever SO wonderful q
80 moving a thing. was there ever
any fact that so bound the nation that
had won that esteem forever 10 de-
serve 81,
other nations there in conference are
dtsesteem-d by those who know them
Quite the contrary. But you under
stand the countries of Europe have
other in competitive interests. II is
impossible for men to forget the sharp
issues that were drawn between them
in past times
that all ambitions have all Of sud
den been foregone. They remember
territory that was coveted: they -e-
member rights that II was attempted
billions which II was attempted to real
IL" and while they believe that men
have come into a different temper. they
cannot forget these things and so they
do not resort to one another for a dis
passionate view of the matters In con-
troversy. They resort to that nation
which has won the enviabie distinction