Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-19
MANY NEAR LEoIuRER.
vsry Large AudlSnss Delighted b. %
John Pruooh G

vsry Large Audlsnss oslishssd b. Or
John Pruseh
An audience that practically nlisd
the seating capacity Of the MstAodist
church attended the OPENING Of the
night, and heard an excsilsnt and
pleasing address b. Sir John Tustsr
Fraser, knishted EnglishmAn. for
mer member Of the house Of oommons
and an authority on International AZ.
fairs. Sir John has Travelled and writ.
ten much and he sat in at the peace
conference at Paris that framed the
league Of nations and the peace treaty,
as an aide to the British government
staff of experts.
Skipping lightly from continent TO
continent, first in the far east, then In
the new west, he touched on some of
the problems which the peace CON
ference attempted to solve ana detailed
some Of the unsolved problems LETT by
the war; He painted an impressive
and clear-cut word picture Of the mo.
mentous gathering at the close OF tho
peace negotiations. when the German
delegation was summoned to hear the
fate melted out TO II.
OF tho peace terms, insofar 40 they
dealt with Germany. he said many oil
the details were harsh. Whether ali
the details Of the terms would hs on ;
forced on Germany. he said, depended
on the attitude with which Germany
approached compliance with ths lnss
severe but equally important terms vi
the ~pact. II Germany showed no In /.
tent or willingness to comply IN fun,
It was his opinion that the allies would
enforce the treaty TO the last detail.
AS to the Balkans. he said the dif9i.
Guilty and the warning that was now
going on was caused. not 90 much BY
racial differences. a. BY religious dif.
ferences. Turning TO ITALY. he thought
beyond question that F1ums would
eventually BECOME an italian city after
q suitable open port had been provided
and prepared. Russia, 10 predicted
would arise from IT. turmoil ana ba.
come one Of the great ds,nocraoiss OF
the world.
A. regards tho shant s,s question
and Japan, he believes that Japan 10
acting in GOOD faith and within her
rights under the treaty with 0rsaa
Britain and France. He thousht Jap.
m intended to return shantune a.
she has agreed 10 do. ~
The speaker said, what others have
written in recent months since The
war, that the experiences Of tho Unit
ed States, Great Britain and France IN
the war and the close association Of
the millions Of tho men Of those oOun-
tries had tended to rather more widely
separate those countries than bring
them together. This. he said. was not
because Of the utterances Of lenders
Of any ono Of those nations but because
Of the establishments coming about
thru close association. gsT
He spoke rather plainly. h.,4 e,sthAl
Kindly, Of the, United statef criticism
Of the other allies and pointed out TIA.
criticism of the United States ana Of
its participa ton IN tho war and tafdi-
ness in getting into II was quite
marked In England ana France. He
said the people Of tho United States
could III afford to throw stonas q her
allies' sft8
He. like many other speakers. m
GLIDING many prominent Americana IA
touching upon the Armenian question
pointed out that 1t was the plain duty
OF the United States TO take the man
datory for Armenia HN quits ~ :
phatically pointed out that of IN the
leading nations Of the sllies. tho Unitsd
States was the only one that han mot
yet taken the responsibility of saiAins
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