Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21
WILSON'S VIEWS OF AMERICAS WORLD-MIssION

to unite, mankind by those passions which
lift not by the passions which separate and
debase. You were drawn across the ocean
by some vision of a new kind of JUSTICE
From this speech, four words, 'too proud
to fight were selected for derision. On Janu-
airy g. 1916, he spoke of the
"solid, eternal foundations of Justice and
humanity. These are the things for which
the world has waited with prayerful heart
God grant that it may be granted to America
to lift this light on high for the illumination
of the world"
At the opening of the presidential campaign
in 1916, war with Mexico was held to be in
evitable, and conservatives were more bitter
than ever over the presidents handling Oh
European war problems. The tone of his adj
dresses however, gives no indication of the
rising storm. On February rs, he linked with
the his conceptions of justice and
America thus:
America ought to keep out of this war at
the expense Of everything but her sense of
humanity and justice. If she sacrifices that
she ceases to be America"
On April II he said:
America will have forgotten her tradi-
lions whenever she fights merely for herself
under such circumstances as will show that
she has forgotten to fight for all mankind.
The only excuse that America can ever have
for the assertion of physical force is that she
asserts it in behalf of humanity
Here is fiat and reiterated refusal to toi-
crate war for any of the traditional reasons,
but also an equally definite determination
ignored in the campaign taunt, "He kept us
out Of war"-that if humanity and Justice
should be at stake America must fight
In addresses on May 27 and Memorial day,
one sees the germs of the fourteen points and
also the conditions under which America
Notwithstanding her time-honored isolation,
might now take part in European affairs
"The peace sof the world must henceforth
depend on a new and more wholesome diplo-
macy. Every people has the right to choose
the sovereignty under which they shall live
Small states have a right to enjoy the same
respect that great nations expect. The world
has right to be freed from every disturb
ance of it's peace that has it's origin in ag-
gression The United States is willing to
become a partner in any feasible association
formed to realize these objects. 1 shall never
consent to entangling alliance, but I would
gladly assent to a disentangling alliance,
which would disentangle the peoples of the
world from those combinations which seek
CuSlI own separate luI0I0SLS, anu unite CnS
peoples of the world to preserve peace on a
basis of common right and Justice"
On June 10, Mr.. Hughes, because of "a
national exigency transcending merely parti-
san considerations" shut behind him the door
of the United States supreme court and be-
came the Republican candidate. Said he:
81 stand for an Americanism that knows
no Interior purpose, for a patriotism that is
single and complete. We have suffered in
calculably from the weak and vacillating
course which has been taken with regard to
Mexico. We utterly failed to appreciate and
discharge our plain duty to our own citizens,
We demand adequate provision for national
defense and we condemn the inexcusable
neglect that has been shown in this matter of
first national Importance"
On June %, Colonel Roosevelt said of Mr..
Hughes:
"He will not merely stand for program
Of clean-cut, straight-out Americanism before
election, but will resolutely and in good faith
put it through if elected"
(To Be Continued)