The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-28
MUST LET THE
PEOPLE DECIDE
OPINION OF ALL AMERICA WILL
be HEARD IN DECISION
ON PEACE LEAGUE.
ALL FRIENDLY TO U. S.
WILSON DELIVERS SPEECH At
MECHANICS HALL IN BOSTON
TO BIG CROWD.
Western Newspaper Union News Service

~ DIN Sn0wO.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Boston, Feb. 24.-President Wilson
made the following speech at Mechan-
les Hall in Boston, after landing from
his trip back from Europe.
Governor Coolidge. Mr.. Mayor. Fell
low Citizens:
Il wonder II you are half as glad to
see me as l am to see you. II warns
my heart to see a great body OF my fel-
low citizens again. because in some re-
epects during the recent months have
been lonely indeed without your com
radeship and counsel and tried at ev-
cry step Of the work which fell TO me
your counsel with regard to the great
matters which were under considera-
ton.
have not been appreciatyFe Of the ex-
traordinary generous reception which
was given to me on the other side. IN
saying that 1t makes me very happy 70
get home again. do not mean to say
that 1 was not very deeply touched oy
the cries that came from the great
to say to you in all honesty that felt
them to be a call OF greeting to you.
rather than to me.
Il did not feel that the greeting was
personal. had in my heart the over
crowning pride of being your repre-
sentative. and OF receiving the plaudits
Of men n fseirs ,e the Cause of
liberty.
There was no mistaking the tone in
the voices of those great crowds. IL
not 4 tone of mere generous welcome.
1t was the calling Of comrade to com
rade, the cry that comes from men who
the friends of liberty should come
across the sea and shake hands with
us. to see that a new world was con
structed upon a new basis and founda-
tion Of Justice and right
II can't tell you the inspiration that
came from the sentiments that came
crowds. s And And the Droudest thing have
country Of ours is trusted throughout
the world.
ceedings or the results of the proceed
ings OF the peace conference: thai
would be premature. l can say that l
from this conference.-the impression
that. while there are many differences
OF Judgment. while there are some d.
theless. a common spirit and common
realisation of the necessity OF setting
because the men who are in con-
ference realize as keenly as any Amer
lean can realize that they are not the
the servants Of their people. and that
the spirit of their people has awakened
to a new purpose and new conception
and that no man dare go home from
that conference and report anything
less noble than was expected of IT.
THE conference seems to you TO go
slowly. from day to day in Paris II
seems to go slowly; but l wonder II
& you realize 4 ; the complex1ty q 1f & the TASK
IL the settlements of this war affect,
and affect directly. every great-and.
l sometimes think. every small-nation
in the world. and no one decision can
be made which is not properly linked
in with the great series of other deci-
must be reckoned on with the final re-
suit, II the real quality and character
of that result is to be properly Judged
whole case; hear It from the mouths
Of the men most Interested hear it
from those who are officially commits;
claims; hear the claims that affect new
nationalities. that affect new areas
of the. world. that affect new com.
have been established by the great
world war through which we have
And I have been struck by the mod
erateness Of those who have presented
national claims. / can testify that
have seen seee
I have seen tears come to the eyes Of
men who pied for wn-trodden peo-
speak ppes T for but they were not the tears
Of anger, they were the tears of ar
dent hope.
to have been subdued by these pleas
subdued to this feeling. that he was
not there to assert an individual judg.
"And in the midst Of 1t all every in
terest seeks out. first OF all. whom It
ss esehss snts rs s... the WRss Of
derful fact in history-because there
is no nation IL Europe that -. suspects
Was there .,ey1 eve, %.. % w9ndsrf.i 9hst. s1.r
SO moving . thing? Was there ever
II would not have you understand
that the great . men who M ,..aa represent the me
disesteemed by. those who know them.
Quite the contrary. But you UNDER
stand the Of .S Ensops h:ns
other in competitive interests. II is
impossible for men to forget the sharp
issues that were drawn between them
TT is impossible for men to believe
that all ambitions have all OF q sud
den been foregone. They remember
member rights that it was attempted
TO extort they remember political am
bitions which 1t was attempted to real
ize. and while they believe that men
have come into a different temper. they
cannot forget these things and SO they
do not resort to one another for dis
passionate view of the matters in con-
troversy. They resort to that nation
which has won the enviable distinction
Prince Leopold Held for Crime.