Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-10
End OF
BALANCE
OF POWER
Possible by Ratification
OF Treaty Wilson
Declares
PRESIDENT Steaks
AT MINNEAf0lIS AND
ST. PAIL DURING DAY

Asserts New World Order Set
up by Peace Pact Would be
tD Advantage af Al Matthias
Rather Than Few Of the
Stranger
Minneapolis. Mimi, Sept. 9.-De-
ciaring that the peace TreGry would
end the regime Of the balance Of pow
re. President " ilsun tnld a crowd IN
the Minneapolis armory today that
the new world order SET Up would be
ID the advantage Of all nations rach-
er than a few Of the stronger
The Presidents party mutnred over
trum St Paul where he had spoken
early II the. day. He WIS escorted
through the Minneapolis streets be-
tween crowds that lined both SIDES
Of the street and kept up a wave
Of ctleering.
Under the old balance Of power. he
said. The people would not have daren
speak out against aufucracy ur
against the bHrden of armament But
now. he continued. the people were
awake and had determined that IL
governments CENT gel tDEethsr they
will destroy the government"
The penpie Of the world" said Mr..
Wilson. ''uf every other kind Of ex-
pertinent except the kind we're going
ID try. The wurir has turned a cor
ner that It's mt suing ID turn again. "
To destroy aurocraEic power, he
continued, WIS the ohject vet, he
Eaid, an aurocrat.c government as
cruel as that OF The Gar had been
set I'D IN Russia and the United
States must see 10 II TINT there was
no similar movement u the United
SrHteA
We viii hruuk tine control nf no
minority in the United States. ne
added II wuiud an Aere recHive one
condition. uf the au-ocracy as anotn-
er"
MIR. Wilson said another great war
would cnme Il there WIS no cnncertsd
action to preserve peace under
American leadership, some one in
the gallery shouted Amen"
The President said the League of
Nations provided fur the destruction
Of aufDcraric power by admitting only
self-guverning nations To the league.
End yuu ever been tuld that bsfnre ~
asizad the President, and there was a
chorus af ''No.''
The treaty provided TO substitute ar
hirra-inn and discussion fur force and
an absolute bDycptt against covenant
breakers The pence OF the world. ne
said. would thus be placed under con-
sIant International SUPERVISION
The peace Of the world is every
be6y's business. said Mr. Wilson, and
this lE the first International document
that has recognized that fact
That there snnuid be disarmament
attempt annexation were further points
N the rrsary. continue the President
There ware more chesrs when ne said
n WIS provided further thai no secret
treRtg siinIIlr be valid
Secret treaties, SAID the President.
were constant source of ernbs-rasE-
mHnt at Versailles. Yet. he continued.
the WAR had bean fought on the prln-
cIpae Of the aauctiry of treaties ana IL
WIS impossible ID disregard thu sscrs.
agresmentH.
Finally. said Mr. Wilson. there WEE
n the treaty a great hill OF rights for
labor. establishing III International la
bnr organisation To keep up labor
standards.
OF COURSE, the President said. the
United Statss wat al liberty" To srzy
out Of tine League of Nations: hut he
asissd whether II would be better "to
60 N an trus1sd partners or stay our
and nct as suspected rivals
We've gnt ID be either prpvincials Or
statesmen; we've got 10 he either os-
trlcnes or eagies. said the President,
adding that ne meant by oErrici1es rfausa
vino submerged their thinking appzra-
tus IN the SAND
dress shortly before O'Clock and re-
ceived an pustlun as he LEFT the armory
In referring To the possibilities of rev.
uirtIun over the world the President
made il ciear TINT he did nrt advocate
that metnud Of srabilixing conditions.
81 am mot speaking revolution he
SAID. 7 believe rnHt the mnEt diEas-
rrpus thing that cnn hzppen To the
unrier-man. 70 the man VIM in suffer-
ing. ID the man WIN Inns mt had hin
rights. In 10 destroy public order, To-
that makes II certain he never can &c,
his righrs. I am Tar from iutimxting
that. hut I am tnrimzxing Tins: That
the people Of the world are TIRED of
every other lind Of experiment except
the ane we ara going To try I have
called IL an experiment.. I frankly al
init that IT ts. hut il In very prom
Using experiment. because there is not
\ statesman IN the world vino dres mt
know that his peupie tiemand IT.
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