Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-11

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En- TIE ua:;sj Io~e. Q: fra la
tens mus. p.r a Etoo 20 sEs. essio.
and The world mus. be given peace
L there vas TO, the w-il I The intel
l3sence II accomplish that now. there
must Be another and final war ard
he world must De swept c,esn Of ev-
cry power raa- could renew The ter
roy.
Only Hope for Mankind
The League Of Nations was not
merely al instrumsn, 70 adjust and
remedy o3d wrongs under a new
treaty Of peace. II was Inc only hope
for mankind Again and again had
The demon % war been cast OF, Of the
house Ct Ire peoples ana the mouse
only ID prepare tine when i would
enter again the spirits worse than
before. He must now be given e
tenant who could hold IL against all
such. Convenient. indeed indispens;-
be as statesmen found the newly
planned League Of Nations 10 BE- so-
the execution of representation and
plans Of peace and reparaiions- The
saw IN u a new aspect before thei-
work was finished
Minor Compromises
They saw i, as the main object Of
the peace and the only tnang that
auld complete II Or make II worth
while. They saw il as The hope Of the
world, and that hope they did not
dare TO disappoint Shall we OF any
other free people hesitate 10 accept
this great duty? Dare We reject il
and break the heart Of the world
And 50 the result q the confer
ence Of peace. 50 far as Germany is
concerned, stands completed The diff
hculties encountered were very many
Sometimes they seemed insuperable
II was impossible 70 accommodai =
the interest Of SO great a body Of
nations, in this which directly or in
directly affected almost every ma
lion in the world-without many mi
nor compromises. The treaty as a re-
suit is not exactly what we would
have written II is probably not what
cry one Of the national delegations
would have written. But results were
worked out which on the whole bear
! test. / think that IL will be found
;hat the compromises which were &C
; cepted as inevitable nowhere cut 20
the heart Of any principle The wo i:
! OF the conference squares as a VIII ie
with the principles agreed upon IS
the basis Of the peace as well as
with the practical Possibility Of the
International situations which had u
be faced and dealt with as facts.
Treaty With France
shall presently have occasion e
! lay before you a special treaty witt
France. whose object is the Temporal,
] power with whom this treaty Of peac,
has been negotiated.
Its terms link il with this treaty.
| take the liberty. however. Of reservias
! II for special exploitation On ano.he,
occasion. The role which America wa.
II play in the conference seemed 10 b.
! determined before my colleagues an.
I got TO PREDETERMINED by the uni.
versal expectations Of the nations whose
representatives.. drawn from ali Qua.
tiers Of the globe. We were to deal witt,
| II was universally recognized that
! America had entered the war to pro.
mote no private or pecuniary interes,
Of her own but only as the champion
Of rights which she was glad 70 share
with free men and lovers Of iustics
everywhere. We had formulated tn.
principles upon which the settierne,,
vas to be made-the principles upoc
. which the ermistice had been agreed :,
and the parleys Of peace undertaken
and no one doubted tina. our desire was
I, see the treaty OF peace formulated
aleng the lines Of those principies-aad
rothing else. We were welcomed as
c:sinterested friends We were re-.
sorted as arbiters in many a ditrcul.
rcatter. II was recognized that our ma,
terial aid would be indispensable in tie
days TO come. when industry and cred.
would have to be hrough. back TO the
FORMAL operation again and communi.
ties. beaten to the ground. assisted -
their feet once more, and II was taken
so- granted, I am proud 10 say. thu,
we would play the helpful part in thexe
things as IN all others without pre;u.
eice or favor We were generously a..
cepted as the unaffected champions 81
what was right. II was a hard role 70