Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-12
MONTANA FOLK TOLD
LEAGUE COVENANTS
WILL PREVENT WAR
Declares That Prussians
Threatened the Destruc-
ton of Civilization.
FOUGHT GERMANY TO MAKE
WORLD FIT PLACE TO LIVE
Asserts Treaty Document Gives
People Right to Determine
Future Action.
PRESENTED WITH FLOWERS
Says Only Way to Keep Men From
ASitating Is TO Remove
Grievances.
Says Only Way to Keen Men From
ASitaing Is To Remove
Grievances.

HriILNA' MoEI.. sept ll.-ln two
addresses in Montana today President
Wilson asked that the peace treaty bc
ratified without delay so that the
eDirii Of universal unrest spreading
from Russia may be quie,ed Saying
ne had been told the Yves, was per
raded by what Is called rad!cal!sr,' =
the President declared the only way
TO keep men from agitation against
ances. AS long as things arc wrong"
he said. he did not intend 70 ask that
men etop acitating, begging only that
they use orderly methods
He said radicalism meant cutting
nnsp ny ,ns ro@T process That wopid
When Inc President was Introduced
hy Governor Stewar, at MS night ad
dress here the crowd stood up and
Mr. wilson said that the issue after
al was whether the sacrifices OF the
war would be in vain. The tA.k OF
NOSE who fought was only half done. he
declared. and II the treaty Was not put
into eicct men like these VIII have TO
t!e again
Why Nation Entered War.
The United states. said the presi
dent. did not go ln:o this war willirrIv
and the nation rad tried 10 convipce
,,9e't rs. shhl ne EUROPEAN business was
no. no. onr business i'lt presently. he
civilization Itself w4a al stake
we fought Germany" he continued
that the worId might be a Il; place 10
i've IN. Aud IN. world VIII not be
Mt place 10 Ave In rs long as any great
power can do what Germany did"
tnder ne league, asserted Mr. MI
eon insre would b no opporcunity for
people 10 he thrown into war With
tailed. ne declared. the United States
eel D-
pairing situation which would bring
on the tinal world war"
Mr. Wilson said he wondered where
The men had been living VINO now
wanted America 10 stand aIonn and
diSGiqqnnect herself from the world
herself witb iba o1,d wa Pesn TO connect
ne said. and they are bankrupt ii she
Years great business enterprises had
put large sums into the enhancement
OF their facilities for after-tthe- war
,raae, .rhaeo II foreign trade could not be
'burs, his jacket"
Declares No Change Is Needed.
Referring 70 objections to the league
covenAnt' Mr Wilson repeated his
zion or change is needed TO p-o,ec,
tne nations right 10 withdra the
Monroe Doctrine. domestic questions
or to shape its own course under
Mr.. Wilson said while the Monroe
Doctrine section was under discuss ion
any language which would be A more
tweeaing and specific guarantee OF
ine Monroe Doctrine. The language
chosen. he said. was decided upon As
an absolute guarantee.
Enumeration of domestic questions
isarue i ,."'e onponcnf "S proposed ~ some of the
Mr.. Wilson said. because sonScihin O.
might be left out
President said the men who tried to
get what they wanted by destroying
governments would themselves be de.
Stroyed
Calls Police Strike n Crime.
lie expressed his shame" at recent
race riots. and said that for policemen
10 strike was "A crime against civiliza-
the duty of policeman 70 his GOV
ernment he asserted. was a direct
one. which should he borne with re-
sponsibility.
The President asserted that no one
could kill governments by killing those
who conducted governments The
President was cheered during an auto
streets. and at the station the presi-
Dental party walked down a nowcr-
strewn path between ropes of ever
green held up by eighty little girls in
white.
Addresses Billings People.
Laying his appeal for tho pcace
treaty before thS people of Biiinrs.
Mont. today. President Wilson dcclar red
The question Of it's ratification was "a
question whether the United States
-"uid fulhll its pledges TO it's people
tsld to the world
sir. Wilson said he had come Wcs,
ITO consult" with the people in the
light of circumstances which affected
the whole world Everywhere he de-
clared. the human heart be- is the same.
and on both sides Of the ocean there
was a sincere desire that there should
be no more war.
1t was mistake. therefore. the
President continued. to debate the
peace treaty as if 1t were IN ordinary
treaty 1t was not merely a treaty
with Germany, he said. but "A treaty ef-
fecting a settlement OF the affairs OF
the world.
And It IS this treaty or no treaty"
he added. ut is this treaty because
there can be no other.
This, settlement is the first inter
national settlement that Is based upon
; the happiness OF the average people
throughout the world. II Is pco-
pies treaty, and venture the predic-
lion that II is not wise for parliamcnts
and congresses TO attempt TO clter It,"
1t Is :. severe treaty tho President
went on. but Justly so. Some OF tho
(CnntInued an Sacnnd Do