The sun., 1919-09-14

600, Russia. sis. .ooo. 100000; italy.
$4,000. .ooo, 900. and the total, includ-
ing Belgium. Japan and other
smaller countries, s12S,00o, 900, 900.
It cost the Central Powers. Ger
many. $4,000. 100000; Austria
Hungary. $4,000. 900. 900; Turkey
and Bulgaria, $4,000, 100000, total
Of t63, 900, 100000; grand total Of
direct war cost of s196.000. 900, 900,
an incredible sum to save civilization.
Now the question Ia, are we going
to keep safe? The expenditures of
the United States were at the rate
of a million dollars an hour for two
years, a million dollars an hour. in
cluding the night time, for two
years Battle deaths--and this Is
the cost that touches our hearts
were, Russfe, 1.700. 900; Germany. L.
100000; France, 1.3s5,000: Great
Britain. 100000; Austria, 500 000;
Italy, $4,000: the United States,
$4,000, a total of all beiligerents of
7.43o.2o0 men dead on the field of
battle.
The total wounded for the United
States Army was 100000, excluding
those OF course who were killed.
The total of all battle deaths in all
OF the wars Of the world from the
years 1893 to 1914 were something
under six millions So that in all the
wars of the world for more than a
hundred years fewer men died than
have been killed upon the field of bat
tie In the last five years. These are
terrible facts and we ought never to
forget them.
We went into this war to do a
thing that was fundamental for the
world, and what have come out upon
this journey for Is to ascertain
whether the country has forgotten 1t
or has not. has found out already.
The country has not forgotten It, and
will never permit any man who
stands in the way Of the fulfllment
OF these great pledges ever to forget
the sorrowful day when he made the
attempt.
America Cannot Act Alone.
America alone cannot underwrite
civilization. All the great free peo-
pies of the world must underwrite 1t,
and only the free peoples Of the world
can join the League OF Nations. Ger
many is for the present excluded be-
cause she must prove that she Is self
governing. She must prove that she
has changer the process OF her con-
- stitution and the purpose OF her
power. When she has proved these
things she can become one OF the
partners. guaranteeing that civiliza-
tion shall not suffer again these in
tolerable things.
The league is not only union of
free peoples to guarantee civiliza-
ton II is something much more tnan
that. 1t is . league of naticns to
advance civilization BY substituting
something that will make the i'm
provement Of civilization possible.
call you to witness that your
civilization is not satisfactory it is
an Industrial civilization, and at
the heart OF It is an antagonism be-
tween those who labor with their
hands and those who direct labor.
You cannot compose those differences
in the midst of war and you can
not advance civilization unless you
have a peace of which you make
the fullest use in bringing these
elements of civilization together into
a common partnership in which every
man will have the same interest In
the work of his community that
those have who direct the work OF
the community. We have got to
have leisure and freedom of mind
TO settle these things.
This was a war against autoc-
racy and II you have diso=dered, "
you have disrupted populations, II
you have insurgent elements in your
populations, you are going to have
autocracy, because the stronger is
going to seize the power as II has
seized 1t in Russia. l want to de-
clare I am the enemy of the ruler
ship of any minority however con-
stituted.
/ believe for my part that the
League OF Nations covenant Is 9S
per cent insurance against war. I
take 1t you want some insurance
against war rather than none, and
II 1t Is not 9S per cent. I dare say
you would rather like 10 per cent.
There is a provision for the constant,
regular international discussion of
labor problems. no matter where they
arise In the world, for the purpose of
lifting the whole level of labor condi-
tions, for the purpose of safeguard
ing the health of women and of chill
dren, for the sake of bringing about
those international conditions with
regard to labor. upon which the hap
piness of mankind so much depends.
Attack League Opponents.
What I want everybody to under
stand is this: The first effective i'm
pulse toward this sort of thing came
from America. And want TO call
your attention TO the fact that 1t
came from some of the very men who
are now opposing its consummation-
1t Is of particular Importance to
some men have dared to introduce
party passion into this question. that
some of the leading spirits, perhaps
I might say the leading spirit in the