The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-13
WILSON DENIES u. S.
DOLLAR WORSHIPPER
President Delivers Address In Paris
to Combat Idea That America
II MntcriaIistlC.
DlSPROvES GERMAN IDEAS
Enemy Puts State Above Individual
which IL. All Wrong frcrddent
Says; Must Heed People

PARIS. Saturday May io.---Prcsi-
dent Wilson. In his address today to
the French Academy NJ Moral and
Political ScicnccR entered strong
disclaimer ~ tho idea that tho Amer
lean people were largely matcriallbtB
or dollar worshlperr,
II have had In recent months ono
very deep sense Ot privilege" tho
president said ~ have been kcrulS
aware that there have been times
when tho peoples 81 Europe have not
understood tho people OF tho United
States We have been too often SUP
posed 10 have been devoted chiefly
n not entirely to material enterprises
We have been supposed, I'm the com
mon phrase, TO worship the almighty
dollar
"Wo have accumulated wealth
sir. We have devoted ourselves to
material enterprises with extra
ordinary success, but there hna un
derlaln all OF that, all the time. q
common sense Of humanity and a
common sympathy with tho high
principles OF justice which has never
grown dim In the field evon OF en-
terpriHe, and II has been my very
great Joy in these recent months 10
interpret the people OF the United
States to the people OF the world.
speaks Nations Thoughts
'I have not done more. air;
have not uttered In my public capaci-
~ my own private thoughts I have
uttered what ! have known to be
tho thoughts OF tho great people
whom | represent | have uttered
tho things that have been stored
M In their hearts ana purpose from
tho time OF our birth az n nation"
II was nj this point that the prcsi-
dent made his declaration that the
American people who came into the
world conhccrated 10 liberty ware
ready TO cast In their lot In com
mon with tho lot Of those whose lib
erty is threatened WHENEVER the
cause OF liberty was seen 10 be I'm
periled.
This is the spirit OF tho people Of
the United states he continued.
'snd they have been privileged to
send 100000 men over here to toll
you NO. II has been the sroat privi-
leec not merely To tell YOU 30 In
words. but 20 tell you 80 In men and
materiai---the pouring out Of their
wealth and the offering OF their
blood"
President Wilson alluded 20 his
studies In the field OF political science
and OF tho attempts he had made
ITO nut into the words OF learning
tho thought Of n nation, the attitude
Of a people toward public affair"
He continued:
German Thought Wrong.
"A great many OF my colleaEu
IN American university life got their
training oven IN political scienoe,NSr
20 many men In civil circles did, In
German universities. have been
obliged at various times to read
great deal Of bad German, difficult
German. awkward German. and ]
have been aware that tho thousht
was awkward as tho phrase, that
the thought was rooted IN u funda'
mental misconoeption of the state
ana Of the political life Of peoples.
And II has been a portion Of my ef-
fort to diseneage the thought OF
American university teachers from
the misguided Instruction which they
had received on this side OF the sea
Their American spirit anticipated
most OF them, az n matter Of course.
but the form OF thought sometimes
misled thcm.
"They speak too often of state AZ n
thing which would ignore the indi-
viduai, se q thing which was privl-
legged TO dominate tho fortune Of men
ny n sort OF inherent and sacred au-
thority,
Must Heed Peoples VOICE.
Now AZ an utter democrat, |
have never been able TO accept that
vicw OF the state, NV view OF the
state 10 that II mpI stop and listen
20 what 7 have to say, no matter
how humble I am, and that each
man has the right TO have his voice
heard and his counsel needed. In 40
far 40 II In worthy ~ him,
"I have always becn among thosc
who believe that tho greatest free
dom Of speech wns the greatest safe
Nv, because n man IL cool tho best
thing to do In encourage him To
advertise the fact by speaking II
cannot be 30 easily discovered II you
allow him TO remain silent and look
wise. but II you let him speak, tho
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