El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-04

] ten Lle promises We maze our people
/ before we went to that peace table
We had taken by processes Of law
l the flower Of our youth from every
/ countryside. from every household,
/ and We told those mothers and
I fathers and sisters and wives and
/ sweethearts that We were taking
! those men 10 fight q war which would
end business Of that sort and II we
| do not end IL, If we do not do the
I best that human concert Of action can
I do to end IL. we are Of all men the
most unfaithful-the most unfaithful
I to the loving hearts who suffered IN
| this war, the most unfaithful TO those
whose heads are bowed with grief,
yet lifted with the feeling that the
lad laid down his life for great things.
among other things in order that
other lads might not have to do the
same thing
League to End War Justly.
That is what the league Of nations
is for, to end this war justly. and It
is not merely 10 serve notice on gov
ernments which would contemplate
the same things which Germany con-
templated. that they Will do II at their
peril. but also concerning the combi-
nation Of power which VIII prove to
them that they viii do It at their
peril It is idle 10 say the world will
combine against you because IL may
not, but IL Is persuasive TO say the
world is combined against you and
will remain combined against any
who attempt the same things that
you attempted
~The league OF nations is the
only thing that can prevent the
recurrence OF this dreadful catns-
trOphe and redeem our promises.
And the character Of the league
f. based upon the experience Of
this very WEr.
Il did not meet a single public man
who did not admit these things. that
Germany would not have gone into
thhis war Il she had thought Great
Britain was going into IL and she
most certainly would never have gone
into this war II she had dreamed
America was going into II, and they
have all admitted that a notice be-
forehand that the greatest powers OF
the world would combine 20 prevent
this sort Of thing Il would have pre-
vented IL absolutely.
when gentlemen tell you. there
fore, that the league OF nations is in
tended for some other purpose than
this. merely reply this to them. II we
do not do this thing we have neglect
ed the central covenant that we made
statesman Of any country who can
thereafter promise his people any al
deviation from the perils OF war.
Passions OF World Not Dead
The passions OF this world are not
Dead the rivalries OF this world have
not cooled they have been rendered
hotter than ever. The harness that is
10 unite nations is more necessary
now than IL ever was before and IN
less there is this sureness Of combined
action before wrong is attempted.
wrong viii be attempted Just so soon
as the most ambitious nations can re-
cover from the financial stress Of this
war.
Treaty Builds Up Nations.
Now look what else IS in the
treaty This treaty IS unique in the
history OF mankind because the CEN
ter Of II is the redemption OF weak
nations. There never was a congress
of nations before that considered the
rights OF those who could not enforce
their rights There never was a con-
gress Of nations before that did not
seek to effect some balance OF power
brought about by means Of serving
the strength and interest OF the
strongest powers concerned, whereas
this treaty builds NJ nations that
never could have won their freedom
in any other way. Il builds Up by
gift, by largess. not by obligations
builds them up because OF the con-
viction OF the men who wrote the
treaty that the rights Of people trans
cend the rights OF governments. be-
cause OF the conviction Of the men
who wrote that treaty that the fer
tile source OF war is wrong; that the
Austro-Hungarian empire, for exam
pie, was held together by military
force and consisted Of peoples who did
not want 20 live together: who did
not have the spirit Of nationality as
towards each other; who were con-
stantly chatting at the bands that held
them. Hungary, though a willing
partner OF Austria, was willing 70 be
her partner because she could share
A Hn~ nj Itch
ing her own ambitions. and her
own ambitions were to hold under
the Jugo-Slavic peoples that lie to the
sbuth OF her Bohemia, an unhappy
partner-a partner by duress. flowing
IN all her veins the strongest national
impulse that was TO be found any
where in Europe. and north OF that
pitiful Poland, great nation divided
up among the great powers OF Eu-
rope; torn asunder-kinship disre-
garded. natural ties treated with con-
tempt and an obligatory division
among sovereigus imposed upon her. I
part Of her given to Russia, a part (
Of her given to Austria and a part of I
her given to Germany, and great
bodies Of Polish people never permit !
ted 10 have the normal Intercourse ]
with their kinsmen for fear that that {
fine instinct OF heart should assert 5
itself which binds families together 4
Poland could never have won her in
dependence. Bohemia never could
have broken away from Austria i'll
the people TO the south running down /
into the great Balkan peninsula had /
again and again tried 10 assert their
nationality and their independence I
and had as often been crushed, not by I
the immediate power they were fight
ing. but by the combined power Of
Europe.
President in Fine Trim.
Harrisburg, Pa. Sept 4.-(On board {
president Wilson's Special Train) -
On his way to appeal directly 20 the
people for acceptance n the peace
treaty. president Wilson was speeding
westward today on the first leg Of his
10000 mile speaking trip. His special
train. which left Washington at z
o'clock last night. had a clear track
most OF the way and made quick time.
The first day Of the trip was one
~ the most strenuous Of the 26 which
will elapse before the president re-
turns to Washington. Speaking in CO.
umbuss o., before noon. he had ar
ranged TO go on TO Indianapolis IN
time 10 address a meeting there at
night.
Mr. Wilson appeared in good trim
Tor his arduous speech making sched-
lie and was said by his physician. rear
admiral GraysOn. to be in excellent
health. He retired early last night
after a talk with secretary Tumrlty
-egarding the points to be covered in