Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-19
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WOuIu nave .StOOu or lle neSeIioIly of which the Germailic empires dreamed
 Italy, who from the first had re- fused to lend helping hand to Ger man ambition, arose against an age long foe only to answer the call of oppressed populations and to de- stroy at the cost of her blood the ar tificial political combination which took no account of human liberty.
 "Rumania resolved to fight only to realize that national unity which was opposed by the same powers of arbitrary force. Abandoned, betrayed and strangled, she had to submit to an abominable treaty, the revision of which you will exact.
 Greece, whom the enemy fof many months tried to turn from her traditions and dest:mies, raised an army only to escape attempts at dom inaticn (which she felt the grow ing threat
 Portugal, China and iSam aband oned neutrality cmly to escape tho stranglin gpressure of the Central Powers.
 "Thus, 1t was the extent of Ger man ambitions that brought so many peoples, great and small, to align themselves against tha same adver- sary And what shall say of the solemn resolutions taken by the Uni- ted States in the spring of 1917. un- der the auspices of it's illustrious president, MT. Wilson, whom l am happy to greet here in the name of grateful France and, if you will allow me to say so, gentlemen, i'll the name of all the nations repre-. scented in this room.
 What shall l say of the many Oth- CT American powers which either declared themselves against Ger many, Brazil, Cuba Panama. Guate- mala, Nicaragua, Haiti Honduras or at least broke off diplomatic rela- tions-Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Ugu quay From the north to the south the new world arose with indigna ticn when it saw the empires of Central Europe, after having let loose the war without provocation and without excuse. carry it on with fire, pililage and the massacre of in- offensive beings
 '.The intervention of the United States was something more, some
 
 and military event. it was SUI preme judgment passed at the bar of history by the lofty conscience of a free people and their magistrate on the enormous responsibilities in cured in the frightful conflict which was lacerating humanity. "It was not only to protect itself from the audacious aims .of Ger mic hot hn 1Tn1ifo6 States equipped fleets and created immense armies, but also and above all, to defend an ideal of liberty of the imperial eagle encroaching further every day. America, the daughter of Europe, crossed the ocean to rescue her mother from the hum iliation of thraldom and to save civ flization.
 ''The American peorle wished to put an end to the greatest scandal that has ever sullied the annals of mankind. Autocratic governments, having prepared in the secrecy of the chancellerias and the general staffs a mad program of universal rominion, let loose their packs at the time fixed by their genius for in- lIlSuC dllu SOuuUCu lllC AOl llo lOI (iC chase, ordering science tat the very time it was beginning to abolish dis tances, to bring men closer tOgeth CT and make life sweAter). to leave the bright sky toward which it was soaring and to place itself submis- sively at the service ot violence; de- Easing the religious idea to the eX- tent of making God the complacent ,c 1os~, fJsNI accomplice of their crimes--in short counting as nought tac traditions and wills of peoples, the lives of cit izens, the honor of women and all those principles of public and private morality which we for our part have endeavored to keep unaltered throughout the war and which neith- CT nor individuals can repudiate or disregard with impunity.
 While the conflict was gradually extending over the entire surface Of the earth, the clanking of chains was heard here and there and captive na- tionalities from the depths of their age-lcng jails cried out to us for help. Yes, more, they escaped to come to ou raid.
 Poland came to life again and ScIL Us tTOOpS. ue (LeCItt-SlONdNo won their right to independence. in Siberia. ill France and in Italy. The Jugo Slavs. the Americans. the Sy rians and Levantines, the Arabs. all the victims, long helpless or resign ed. of the historic deeds of injustice; all the martyrs of the past, all the outraged in conscience. all the stran gled in liberty, viewed the clash of arms and turned to us as their natu- ral defenders.
 ''The war gradually attained the fullness of it's first significance and became in the full sense of the term a crusade of humanity for right, and if anything can console us, in part at least for the losses we have suffered it is assuredly the thought that our victory also ifs the victory of right This victory is complete. for the enemy only asked for the