Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-14

otner muncn, giving the presidential
party severe jar. The president,
however. sat serenery IN the aft part
of the launch and smiled.
written civilization. And, this pass
age which have read to you, which
tie whole country accepted as its
ledge. is but an underwriting of civ
ilization.
But in order to let you remeber
what the thing cost, just let me read
you few figures If | did not have
them on official authority | would
deem them incredible. Here is what
the war cost those who were engaged
against Germany:
Great Britain and her dominions,
thirty-eight billion dollars; France,
twenty-six billion dollars; the United
States. twenty-five billion dollars;
Russia, eighteen billion dollars; Italy
thirteen billion dollars, and the total,
including Belgium, Japan and other
smaller countries, $133,o00, 100000.
1t cost the central powers: Ger
many, thirty-nine billion dollars;
Austro- Hungary, twenty-one billion
dollars; Turkey and Bulgaria, three
billion dollars, total of sixty-three
billion dollars; a grand total Of direct
war costs of $1S6.oo0, 900. 900, an In
credible sum to save civilization.
Must Keep Safe.
Now the question is. are we going
to keep safe? The expenditures of
the United States were at the rate of
one million dollars an hour for two
years, one million dollars an hour, in
Guiding the night time, for two years.
Battle, deaths and this Is the cost
that touches our hearts--were. Rus
sia. 100000: Germany. 1900 ,000;
France, t.3S5. 5.000; Great Britain,
100000 Austria. 100000; Italy, 1884,
600; the United States $4,000. a total
of all belligerents of 7.450,200 men
dead on the field OF battle.
The total wounded for the United
States army was 100000, excluding
those, of course, who were killed.
The total Of all battle deaths in all
the wars of the world from the year
1873 to 1914 were something under
100000. So that in all the wars of
the world for more than 100 years
fewer men died than have been killed
upon the field of battle in the last five
years. These are terrible facts and
we ought never to forget them.
We went into this war to do a thing
that was fundamental for the world
and what l have come out upon this
journey for is to ascertain whether
the country has not forgotten it. and
will never permit any man who stands
in the way of the fulfillment of these
great pledges ever to forget the sor-
rowful day when he made the at
tempt.
Cannot Go 1t Alone.
America alone can not underwrite
civilization. All the great free peo-
pies of the world must lfnderwrite 1t.
and only the free peoples of the world
can join the league of nations. Ger
many is for the present excluded be-
cause she must prove that she is self
governing. She must prove that she
has changed the process of her con-
stitution and the purpose saof her
power. When she has proved these
things she can become one of the
partners, guaranteeing that civiliza-
ton shall not suffer again these in
tolerable things.
The league is not only union of
free peoples to guarantee civilization;
1t is something much more than that.
1t is league of nations to advance
civilization by substituting something
that will make the improvement of
civilization possible.
I call you to witness that our civili-
zation is not satisfactory, it is an in
dustrial civilization and at the heart
of it is an antagonism between those
who labor with their hands and those
who direct labor. You can not conf
pose those differences in the midst of
war, and you can not advance civili-
cation unless you have a peace OIL
which you make the fullest use OF
bringing these elements of civilization
together into common partnership
In which every man will have the same
interest in the work of his community
that those have who direct the work
Of the community.
We have got to have leisure and
freedom of mind to settle these things.
Against Autocracy.
This was a war against autocracy, |
and If you have disquieted popula- |
tions, If you have insurgent elements
in your populations, you are going to |
have autocracy, because the stronger |
is going to seize the power as 1t has |
seized 1t In Russia. want to declare |
| am the enemy of the rulership of
any minority however constituted. II
believe for my part that the league of
nations covenant Is 9S per cent insur-
ance against war. take 1t you want
some insurance against war rather
than none, and if it Is not 9S per cent
dare say you would rather like 10
per cent. This is provision for the
constant, regular international discus
sion of labor problems. no matter
where they arise in the world. for the
purpose of lifting the whole level of
abor conditions, for the purpose OF
the health of women and
children for the sake of bringing about
hose international comities with re-
gard to labor. upon which the happi-
less of mankind so much depends.
What want everybody to under
stand Is this: The first effective inn
oulse towards this sort Of thing came
rom America And want to call
four attention to the fact that it came
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