The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1919-09-13
LEAGUE CERTAIN
WILSON DECLARES
PRECEDENT IN OPENING oPkEoH-
70 OF TOUR voI6ko
HIGH HOPE.
WORLD WAITS FOR Us
Future Free From War II America
Carries Out Her Pledge,
Says Executive.

ny Mount Clemens Nsws Dv-sau.)
Aboard Prssidsnts Special Train, et
Louis, Sept. Displaying high con.
ddencs that his fellow citizens In the
great majority agree with him h his
desire to end war forever, and that
they Will see to 1t the peace treaty
with Its League Of Nations inclxsasA
u ratified by the Senate, President
Wilson is making q successful way
across the country on the long jour
pey he has undertaken for the purpose
Of laying before the plain people q re-
port Of his work in Paris and explain
Ing to them just what the league
means.
Thus far In his travels he has every.
where met with warm greetings, both
In the great halls where he has spoken
formally and in the little cross road
hamlets where his train has halted at
times and he has exchanged words
with the villagers who pressed forward
to greet him. He feels and does not
hesitate to say 30 when chatting with
his travelling companions, that the
American people want no more Of war
and want to become part of the league
30 that there may be no more war. HI
struck the keynote when he said int his
first address, in Columbus, Ohio:
"This treaty was not intended mere
ly to end this single war, 1t is meant
a. q notice to every government who
In the future will attempt this thing
(what Germany attempted) that man
kind will unite to inflict the same pun
ishmsnt. There ID no national triumph
to be recorded in this treaty. There u
no glory sought for any particular ma
ton. The thought Of the statesmen
collected around that table was Of
their people, Of the suffsrings they had
gone through, of the losses they had
incurred, Of that great throbbing heart
which was 80 depressed, so forlorn, so
sad In every memory 1t had Of the five
tragical years that have gone by. Let
US never forget those years, my fellow
countrymen; let us never forget the
purpose, high and disinterested, with
which America lent its strength, net
for its own glory but for the defense
Of mankind.
"As said, this treaty was not In
tended merely to end this war, 1t was
Intended to prevent any similar war.
I wonder If some of the opponents of
the League Of Nations have forgotten
the promises we made our people be-
fore we went to that peace table. We
had taken by processes of law the
flower of our youth from every coun-
tryside, from every household, and we
told those mothers and fathers and sis
tiers and wives and swssthearts that
We were taking those men to fight a
war which would end business Of that
sort, and If we do not end 1t, il We do
not do the best that human concert Of
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men the most unfaithful-the most I'M
faithful to the loving hearts who SUIT
fered in this war, the most unfaithful
to those households bowed In grief and
yet lifted with the feeling that the lad
laid down his life for a great thing,
snd, among other things, In order that
other lads might never have to do the
same thing.
"That is what the League Of Nations
ts for-to end this war Justly and then
not merely to serve notice on q gov
eminent which weuld contemplate the
same things Germany contemplated
that they will do so at their peril, but
also concerning the combination OF
power which will prove to them that
they will do 1t at their peril. It Is idle
to say the world will combine against
you; but 1t Is persuasive to say the
world 10 combined against you; the
League Of Nations is the only thing
that can prevent the recurrence Of this
dreadful catastrophe and redeem our
promises"
A League of Nations would have pre-
vented the late conflict, the President
asserted. explaining:
II did not meet q single public man
who did not admit these things: That
Germany would not have gone into this
war II she thought Great Britain was
going into 1t, and that she most GER
tainly would never have gone into 1t
had she dreamed America was going
into 1t. And they all admit that no
lice beforehand that the greatest pow
srs Of the world would combine to pre-
vent this sort Of thing would prevent
It absolutely"
He pointed out other important fsa-
lures Of the peace treaty, how It was
the redemption Of weak nations, giving
them freedom which otherwise they
sThose people have a right to live
their own lives under governments
which they themselves choose" and
how that 10 the American principle
and I was glad to fight for It, That
was the very heart of the treaty" be
said.
He drew attention to the section Of
the treaty which 1t Magma Charta Of
labor. ut forecasts the day" he said,
hours, conditions and remunsrations Of
labor. ut forecases the day" he said,
(which ought to have come long ago,
when statesmen will realize that no
nation is fortunate which 10 not hap
py, whose people are not contsntsd,
contented In their lives and fortunate
In the circumstances of their lives"
In conclusion, the President said he
felt certain the treaty will be accepted,
and was only impatient Of the delay.
He added: "Do you realize, my fellow
citizens, that the whole world ID wait
ing ON Americai The only country u
the world that L. trusted today II the
United States, and the world 10 waiting
to zee II its trust is Justified"
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