Arizona republican., 1919-09-07
ONLY PROMPT
 RATIFICATION
fcontinued from Page onel AT pependent Upon Peace


 You know what the necessity or peace is. Why my fellow countrymen, political liberty can exist only when 1 there is peace Social reform can take 1 place only when there is peace. The settlement of every question that con- 1 cerns our daily life waits for peace. l
 have been receiving delegations in Washington of men engaged in the | service of the government temporarily l in the administration of the railroads
 and have to say to them my friends,
 cannot tell what the railroads can
 earn until commerce is restored to its
 normal courses. Until 1 can tell what
 the railroads can earn, I cannot tell
 what the wages that the railroad can
 pay will be. 1 cannot suggest what
 the increase of freight and passenger I rates will be to meet these increases in l wages if the rates must be increased. I cannot tell yet whether it will be nec- essary to increase the rates or not, and
 1 must ask you to wait
 But they are not the only people that have come to see me. There are
 all sorts of adjustments necessary in this country. 1 have asked represen-
 tatives of capital and labor to come 1 to Washington next month and confer, | confer about the fundamental things of
 our life at present. That is to say. the
 conditions of labor.
 Do you realize, my fellow citizens,
 that all through the world the one
 central question of civilization is,
 What shall be the conditions of labor? l?
 The profoundest unrest in Europe is
 due to the doubt what shall be the
 conditions of labor, and need not tell i you that that unrest is spreading to
 America, and in the midst of the
 treaty of peace is a Magma Charta, a
 great guarantee for labor. That labor
 shall have the councils of the world
 devoted to the discussion of it's con-
 ditions an dof it's betterment, and labor
 all over the world is waiting to know
 whether America is going to take part
 in those conferences or not.
 The confidence of the men who sat
 at Paris was such that they put it in the document that the first meeting of l the labor conference under that part of the treaty should take place in Washington upon the invitation of the president of the United States. 1 am going to issue that invitation, whether
 we can attend the conference or not. America the Leader
 But think of the modification. Think of standing by in Washington
 itself and seeing the world take coun-
 sel upon the fundamental matter of . civilization without us. The thing is inconceivable, but it is true. The world is waiting, waiting to see, not whether we will take part, but whether we will serve and lead, for it has ex- pected us to lead
 Tn Paris, delegations from all over the world came to me to solicit the friendship of America They frankly told us that they were not sure of any body else that they could trust, but that they did absolutely trust us to do
 them justice and to see that justice was done them.
 That is the attitude of the world and reflect upon the reaction, the reac- ton of despair, that would follow il America said, We do not want to lead you. You must do without our advice You must shift without us.'
 How are we going to bring about 3 peace for which everything waits? T have been very much amazed. and very much amused, if I could b. amused in such critical circumstances to see that the statesmanship of some gentlemen consists in the very inter esting proposition that We do nothing at all I had heard of standing pal before, bu. I never had before heard o1 standpatism going to the length of say 4 ing t is none of our business and ws do not care what happens to the rest of the world. Some gentlemen art saying, Yes, we made a great promiss k to mankind, but it will cost too mucf to redeem it. My fellow citizens that is not the spirit of America. and yot cannot have peace. you cannot havi even your legitimate part in the bust ness of the world, unless you are part, ners with the rest. If you are going to say to the world. We will stand of and see what we can get out of this, the world will see to it that you q, not get anything out of it. If it i your deliberate choice that instead O being friends you will be rivals ant antagonists, then you will get just ex E actly what rivals and antagonists al ways get, just as little as can bt \ grudgingly vouchsafed you.
 'Is there any business man wht would be willing to see the world gt bankrupt and the business of the worl, stop? I do not like to argue this thini on this basis. but if you want to tall { business, l am ready to talk business f It is a matter of how much you ar E going to get from your money; you vii not get half as much as antagonist as you will get as partners.
 So think that over, if you hav none of that thing that is so lghtl,
 spoken of known as altruism. And be
 lieve me, my fellow countrymen, tn
 only people in the world who are go
 ing to reap the harvest of the futur ,f are the people who can entertain ideals
 who can follow ideals to the death. So my fellow citizens, you have go 4 to make up your minds because, afte = all, it is you who are going to mak .t up the minds of this country. do no
 owe a report or the-slight responsibilit