The Monticellonian., 1919-07-18

ton at Chateau Thierry had already taken place Our redoubtable soldiers and marines had already closed the gap the enemy had succeeded i'll open ing for their advance upon Paris-had already turned the tide of battle back toward the frontiers of France and begun the rout that was to save Flu rope and the world Thereafter the Germans were 10 be always forced back, back, were never to thrust sue cessfully forward again, And yet there was no confident hope.
 Put New Heart Into Allies.
 The mere sight of our men-of their vigor, of the confidence that showed Itself in every movement of their stal- wart figures and every turn of their swinging march in thefr steady com pretending eyes and easy discipline, in the indomitablc air that added spirit to everything they did-made everyone who saw them that memo rable day realize that something had happened that was much more than mere incident in the fighting, some thing very different from the mere ar rival of fresh troops.
 They were recognized as crusaders, and as their thousands swelled 10 mil lions their strength was seen to mean salvation. And they were fit men to carry such q hope and make good the assurance II forecast. Finer men never went into battle; and their officers were worthy of them.
 Comrades in Great Cause.
 This is not the occasion upon which 10 utter eulogy of the armies Amer ica sent to France, but perhaps, since am speaking of their mission, l may speak also of the pride l shared with every American who saw or dealt with them there. They were the sort of men America would wish to be repre- sented by. the sort of men every Amer ican would wish to claim as fellow eountrymen and comrades In a great cause.
 They were terrible in battle. and gentle and helpful out of it, remember ing the mothers and the sisters, the wives and the little children at home. They were free men under arms, not forgetting their ideals of duty in the midst of tasks of violence. am proud to have had the privilege of being as soeiated with them and of calling my self their leader.
 Hard Task at Peace Table.
 And the compulson of what they stood for was upon us who represent ed America at the peace table. It was our duty to see to it that every de- eision We took part in contributed so far as we were able to influence it, to quiet the fears and realize the hopes of the peoples who had been living in that shadow. the nations that had come by our assistance to their free dom. Ii was our duty to do every thing that it WIS within our power to do to make the triumph of freedom and of right lasting triumph in the assurance of which men might every where live without fear.
 Difficulties Hard to Adjust.
 These were not tasks which the conference looked about te find and went out If it's way to perform. They were inseparabe from the settlements of peace. They Were thrust upon it by circumstances which could not he overlooked The war had created them In all quarters of the world old established relationships had been disturbed CT broken and affairs were it loose ends. needing to be mended or united again. hut could not be made what they were before. They had 10 be set right hy applying some uniform of justice or enlightened eX- Hcdiency And they could not be ad iusted by merely prescribing in treaty what should be done.
 New states were to be set np which could not hope to live through their first period of weakness without as- sured support ny the great nations that had consented to their creation and won for them their indepex xdence
 Future international conventions with regard to the control If water ways, with regard to illicit traffic of many kinds in arms or in deadly drugs or with regard to the adjust ment of many varying international administrative arrangements could not be assured if the treaty were to provide no permanent common inter national agency. if it's execution in such matters was to be left to the | slow and uncertain processes of co- operation by ordinary methods of ne gotiation.
 Common Tribunal Necessary
 If the peace conference itself was to be the end of cooperative authority | and common counsel among the gov ernmentS to which the world was look | ing to enforce justice and give pledges | of an enduring settlement, regions like the Saar basin could not he put under a temporary administrative re- zine which did not involve transfer of political sovereignty and which contemplated q final determination of is political connections hy popular vote to be taken at a distant date: no free city like DanzlC could he ere aled which Was under elaborate inter national guaranties to accept eXcep- tianal obligations with regard to the inces. and Roumania was practically