Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-14
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD

President Wilson, in his speech to the senate when he
presented the official copy Of the peace treaty, may not have
gone into such details as to the various provisions in the treaty
as some would have wished, but he did present an argument in
favor of the acceptance of the treaty on the part of America
that will be hard to refute.
America is the hope of the world. We have grown blg
and strong and prosperous. 1t is as if God had made us his
chosen people. He has given us the abundance Whlle every
where else there is want and starvation.
For what are we thus blessed? Have we no other interest
in the world except to fatten ourselves and Toll about In our IN
dolence, pretending that what the rest of the world is or does is
no affair of ours? We who have been given the ten talents,
are we to bury them in a napkin? Is there no mission for US
among our fellow men at such an hour as this? Will our own
self respect permit us to hold ourselves aloof and do nothing
for humanity when humanity is crying so loudly for succor?
Are we to play the part of the big, strong, healthy man who
stands idly on the dock while some weak brother struggles
in the water and is drowned?
President Wilson sees a greater object in life than that Tor
us. He believes, as does every right thinking person, that
American wealth, American abundance and American prestige
was given to her for some useful purpose.
During the war we heard a great deal about service. We
were told that this is the age of service. We were to forget
ourselves and serve others and by so doing would we find true
happiness. Let us apply this to our nation today. This is the
age of service. America must serve humanity, She can no
longer remain separate and apart. The way to serve best is to
unite with the other leading nations for the preservation of
peace and to guarantee the existence of weaker nations. IT. IS
for ourselves, to help the rest of the world secure and MAINTAIN
theirliberties.
President Wilson did not need to go into details in regard
to The treaty until the senate had had an opportunity to study
it. He told them of the necessity of having such a treaty and
how it was impossible TO draw up any other kind of treaty I'M
der the circumstances. Never before has there been so many
interests to consider and never before has there been so much
at stake. In fact, never has humanity looked on with so much
hope and longing.
AS the President we'll said, it is possible that the treaty is
not what any of the nations would have drawn had they alone
had the drawing of it. Compromises had to be made. Under
the circumstances, it is little short of marvellous that such a
treaty was ever possible,
That it has been possible is a cause of great rejoicing 1t
is a forward looking treaty; it brings to mankind the primise of
greater and better things. Whether these promises are real
lied or not depends on how we handle the treaty now that is has
been completed. Whether it is a success or failure, whether
the hope of humanity are realized or dashed to the ground
rests entirely with us, and with no one set of men more, lust
Just at present. that with tks senate of the United States.