Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-25

see me as | am to see YOU, u warns
my heart To see great body ot my
fellow citizens again, because ~
some respects during me i''eh'
months | have been very I"ne'y III.
deed without your comrndcship ana
counscl and / tried at every step
OF the work which fell to me To re-
cnlI what | was sure would ho your
counsel with regard TO IN" great
matt.rs which were under Conbldoih
tlon. | do not want you ip tllhh |
that 1 have not been hppr"hlNc pi
the extraordinarily generous r"'op
lion which was given to me on tne |
other eide, IN saying that II MAKES
me very happy to get nome again.
| do not mean to say thhi was n"t |
very deeply touched by the cries Una
came from the great crowds on Wv
other aide. Hut want To SAY To you |
in Mi honrsty that | felt them Ia hc |
n call of greeting TO you rhthor ina"
10 me.
Greeting Not Personal.
did NOT feel thar the greeting was |
personal. had In my. hctrt inc
overcruwning pride or h"liE Sou'
representutivc and OF receiving NV |
pIaudits OF men everywhere who irIl |
that your hearts beat with theirs IN
the cause OF liberty. There was no |
nis,aking the tone In tho voices "
those great crowds. II war not
tone Of mere greeting, II was not
tone of mere generous "eit"m'' IT
was tho calling OF comihdc !" cum,
tade the cries that comes from mon |
who say. 1--WE have waited Tor nus |
day vhen the frlerdB OF llb"ily |
phouId come across the sea and shake |
hands with us, to see thnt new
world was constructed upon new
basis and foundation OF justice ana |
right" .t.....,,,
cant tell you the inspiration that |
came from the sentiments thht come |
out OF those simple voices OF tho
crowd. And the pfoudest 'h'nE
have to report TO you In mat ms
great country OF ours Is trusted
throughout the world.
have not come to report tho pro
ceedinRs or the result OF the pee
ceedIngs OF the peace conference;
that would be premature. ! can SAY |
that / have received very happy I'M
,rewsIons from the, conference; mo
inpression that while there are many |
differences OF judgment, whlle tnere
nre some Emergencies OF oplect, |
thore is nevertheless spirit ana
common realization OF the necessity
OF setting up new standards OF rlBht
In tho world.
Servants Of Their People.
because the men who are In CON
ference In Paris realize as keeh'y
AS any American can realize that
they are not the masters OF thelI
people: but they are the servants OF
their peopie and that the spirit OF
their people has awakened 10 new !
purpose and new conception OF
their power 10 realize that purpose
and that no man dare 20 home from |
that conference and report anything
less noble than was expected OF H.
Tho conference seems TO you 10
70 slowly; from day TO day In fars !
5 IL seems to 70 slowly; but ] wonder
n you realize the oompiexity OF the
task which It has undertaken. IL
seems az II tho settlements OF this
war affect. and affect directly every
great, and sometimes thnk' every
ANAL nation In the world ana no one
decision can prudently pe hnuo
which Ia not properly linked In with
ihs great series OF other decisions
which must accompany IT. And "
must be rcckonod In with the flnai
result OF the real quality and charac-
ter OF that result Is 10 ne properly
judged.
whole case; hear IL from tho mouths
OF the men most Interested; hear IL
from those who arc officially com.
missioned To state ~, hear the rl'al
claims; hear the claims that AFFECT
new nationaliues, that afteci new
areas OF the world. that affect new
commercial and economic conneo-
, tons that have been established by
the great world war through which
we have gone. And l have been
struck by the modernteness OF those
who have represented national
claims. | can testify that have no
where seen the CLEAN OF passion !
have seen varnestness; | have seen
tears come to the eyes OF men VINO
pIead for downtrodden people whpm
they were privileged TO speak tori
but they were not the tears OF an
guish. they were the tears OF ardeh'
hope.
To Assist Humanity.
And / don't see how any man can
fall TO have been Bubdued by these
pleas. subdued to the feeling that
he was not there to assert an indi'
yldual Judgment of his own, but NJ
try to assist the cause OF humanity
And I'm the midst OF IL all every
interest seeks out first of all, when
Il reaches Paris. tho representatives
OF the United states why Be
cause. and l think I am stating the
most wonderful fact In history
because thero Is no nation In Europe
that suspects the motives OF the
United States.
was there ever so wonderful
tlin..% soen before? Was there evci
SO moving thingg Was there ever
any fact that so bound tho nation
that had won that esteem forever
10 deserve III
would not have you understand
that the great mon who represent
the other nations there In conference
are disesteemed by those who know
them. quite tho contrary. But yot
understand that the nations OF Eu
rope have again and again clnshcd
with one another in competitive in
forest. 1t is impossible for men to
forget those sharp issues that were
drawn between them In times past
IL Is impossible for men TO believe
that all ambitions have all OF sudt
den been foregone. They remember
territory that was coveted: they re-
member rights NAst 1t was attempted
10 extort they remember political
ambitions which II was attempted to
realize-and. while they believe that
men have come into different tenn
per. they cannot forget these things
and 80 they do not resort to one an