South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-07
Labor and Capital Cannot
Proceed While SuS-
penSe Continues.
Is IMPATIENT WITH DELAY
Great Modification to Attend
World Labor Confer
enCe Without 0. K.

DIES MONIES Ia Sept Ga
possibility that hoI-hcrisu NAV
spread i'm threatening proportions 20
the United States unless the peace
treaty is ratified promptly was sug-
rested by Prest Wilson in his adj
dress here saturday nieht
The waole world WAS waiting un-
easily. he said. while the poison
which had wrecked Russia was
spreading among peoples who did
not yet know what guarantees there
were 20 Dee for liberty in the new
world order Labor and capital In
the United States. he asserted. could
not proceed intenigentiy with their
settlements nor could great prob
lens like the railroad situation be
solved while the suspense continued
do YOU honestly think that none
Of that poison has got into the veins
OF this free people o" ne asked.
Men look YOU calmly in the face
i'm America and tell Won they are for
that sort OF revolution
Poison VIII Spread.
so long as the question Of what
kind of peace the world was 20
have and what guarantees weges2se
be behind it remained open. thesG<l
son would continHe 10 spread. p
How long shfl We be kept Wait
ing for the ansFer whether the
world will trust us or despise us 2"
he continued i'The world stands
annoyed because an authority IN
America hesitates whether Dc viii en-
dorse an American doctrine"
The president said DE had not
been able TO work out the solution
OF railway problems untl he knew
when a peace basis came. Th4con-
ference Of labor and capital in
Washington next month, he contnu-
cd. also would have its deliberations
affected by the answer 10 the treaty
question. Labor "au over the world
is waiting" he asserted, Ito see
whether the United states accepted
the treaty's provision for an inter
national labor organization"
Speaks Of Labor Meet
The United States. said the presi-
dent. could not participate in the
world labor conference 10 be held
i'm washington soon under the treaty
unless the treaty was accepted by
this country. such a condition would
be inconceivable. he added and
would lead 10 the greatest north
cation.
THE world is waiting said the
president "to see not whether We
viii take part. but whether We VIII
take the lead"
Mr. Wilson said he had been "an-
noyed 90 see that the statesr nanshlp
Of some gentlemen consists in the
very interesting proposition OF do
ing nothing az all 7 have heard 81
standing pat before. but u never
have heard Of standpatism .going 70
that length"
The fathers OF the repubIic. Afr.
Wilson said. intended 10 set up a
standard 20 which the world could
come for liberty From an nations
ne continued. men had come BY mil
lions
Reap Same Reward
Opponents Of the league the presi-
dent asserted. were saying yes. we
made a great promise 20 the world.
bat itu cost too much 90 redeem
It," If through this deliberate
choice the United States became
rival and antagonist OF her neigh
6ors instead Of their friend said the
president then Dc would reap the
same reward as a business man who
proceeded on that basis II the Cni-
ted States tried 10 get all 90 could
seldshly, he continued then me
world would see that - got nothing
az all
Just as American soldiers restored
the morale OF the aghtng peoples
Of the allies said the president so
the United States now could restore
the peace morale II the world IL
was the people themselves. he said.
who would in the end determine
what course tho United states would
take
They are my bosses, he said II
came out on this 5ournet no- To-
night anybody. but % report 20 sou"
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