The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-20

valley of suffering through which she
 has gone.
 Not only that, but her cause has
 linked the governments of the civil
 ized world together. They have real ized their common duty. They have drawn together as If insinctively into a league of right. They have put the whole power of organized manhood ibehind this conception of justice, which is common to mankind.
 That is the significance, gentlemen, of the league of nations The league of nations was an inevitable conse- quence of this war. It was a league
 of rights, and no thoughtful states
 man who let this thought run into the
 future could wish for a moment to slacken those bonds
 The league of nations is the child Of this great war, for it is the ex- pression of those permanent resolu-
 tIons which grew out of the tempor-
 ary necessities of this great struggle and any nation which declines to ad-
 here to this covenant deliberately
 turns away from the most telling ap- peal that has ever been made to it's conscience and to it's manhood
 These are the feelings with which I have come to Belgium, and it has
 been my thought to propose to the Congress of the United States as a recognition and as a welcome of Bel g1um into her new status of complete independence, to raise the mission of the United States of America to Bel gium to the rank of an emiba ssy and send an ambassador This is the
 rank which Belgium enjoys in our
 esteem; why should she not enjoy it in form and in fact?
 "So, gentlemen, we turn to the frIr A1 L.. true terms of the necessities that lie ahead of Belgium and of many an- other nation that has come through this great war with suffering and with l loss. We have shown Belgium, in the forms which he has geen generous enough to recite, our friendship in the past. It is now our duty to or ganize our friendship along new lines 'The Belgian people and the Bel | gian leaders need only the tools to r0r+o~H t''air life Their thoughts are not crushed. Their plans are com pete and their Knowledge of what is | involved in industrial revival is com plete.
 | What Belgium Needs. | "What their friends must do is to ! see to it that Belgium gets the nec- essary priority with regard to obtain i ing raw materials, the necessary pri-
 ority in obtaining the means to re- l store the machinery by which she can use these raw materials and the credit | by which she can bridge over the years which it will be necessary for i her to wait to begin again.
 These are not so much tasks for governments they are tasks for i thoughtful business men and finan- cfers and those who are producers in other countries. It is 8 question of | shipping also. But the shipping of the world will be relieved of it's bur | dens of troops in the comparatively near future, and there will be new 1 bottoms in which to carry the car goes, and the cargoes ought readily to impe1 the masters of the ship to steer for Belgian ports.
 "I believe, after having consulted many times with my very competent advisers in the matter, that an organ-
 ized method of accomplishing these things can be found.
 "It is a matter of almost daily dis
 cussion in Paris. and I believe that as we discuss from day to day we come nearer and nearer to a workable solu-
 tion and probable plan. I hope not only. but believe. that such a plan will be found. and you may be sure that America will Dc pleased. will
 not nay more than my othox friend Of