The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05

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mont 10 sIacken in nv offsatt V 81 NV rno-
thy Of than ana III 80 W WI
said at the onenIng I sotd With o"dnnano.
meaninR than narhans 'S Hnu htn " uvvptt
| do not mean 70 Como han ,oan ~ ~,
4 over over there ana n n,,st No. NJ ~ - .
until the nationS W tne u COLA Ia uu 'asI
sured OF the permnnencv n nence ="
"Gentiempn On ms "i1o NJ PthSc ,yo
ter would be very much nrofited Nv get.
ting into mint lion WHY aar,se son
tlemen on he other side of the water
We sometimes thiak NV fe,low citi9enas
that the exDnrlenced 81 atesmon ~ thn1
European nations "re NM ,nuouaiiv
hard hearted sol NJ mon Nv wbicb ~,
generally mean althnIgh we a. moi
admit il. thai thew mr." a hit cVvnicai
that thew snv ,this ID !, H,arv nranti"a
world by which YOU always mean that
1t is not an IDEAL world ibot ihev 10
not believe that thInga CON be sei tled
upon an,ideal basis. We'll | never came
into intimate contnct viii tben, hefnrn
but II thew used 70 he NM wav thevi ara
not that way now Thev 6ava bean
subdued, II that was once their temncr
by the awful Significance Of recent
events and the awful inheritance nf
what is to ensuc. and there is not one
of them with whom / have come in
contact. who does mt fool thnt no
FAN not in conscience return TO his neos
pie from Paris unless he has done his
utmost to do something more than nj
tach his name to a treat Of peace w
cry mar In that conference knows that
the treaty \of peace in itself viii be in
operative, as MIR. TAFT has said, with
out this constant support and energy
of a great organization such as is sun
piled by the league or nations. Ana
men who, when | first went over there,
were skeptical of the possibility of
forming q league Of nations aamltte4
be an Invaluable Observation-Disclosures
through which 10 secure the operatlon
of the various parts of the treaty. and
when that treaty comes back, gentle
men on this side win find the covenant
not only in It, but so many threads OF
the treaty tied TO the covenant that
YOU can not dissect the covenant from
the treaty without destroying the whole
vital structure. The structure of peace
will not be vital without the league of
nations, and no man is going to bring
back a cndaver with him.
by some Of the criticisms, not by the
criticisms themselves; / can understand
them perfectly. even when there was
no foundation for them, but the fact !
OF the criticism. I can not imagine how
in the atmosphere Of the world, r
81 can not imagine how thew con
live and not be in contact with Tho
events Of the times, and nartlcuIarlv
can not Imagine how thew con no
Americans and set IN a doctrine Of
careful selfIshness. throupho1t r. tbt
last detail + have heard M corpuannT
OF generosity IN their criticism 7 have
no constructive suggestion
have heard nothing except 9VViI II NOT
be dangerous to us to heln the worId -
II would he fatal to ma not tn hoin II
curo % c,,rnor+ "o' :"
0uAe VI DuPPoLt'
From being what I will ventrre n
cali the most famous and no mToet
nowerful natlon in Tho world We ut rViLd
~ n sudden have become tbn most cor cmu
So | did not need IN ho
told as | have been lola thoto tho
OF Inc limited States would snns
mort this covenant, lam an American
and knew they would
what n sweet revenge II ia upon
the world They laughed M ne oncn'
thought we did moi moan our nro!
fessions Of PRINCIPLES They thonrht
so until Aprll Of 1917, II was hardly
10 ,ham tbot Nc "waan,iJ
do more than send n few men over
and 20 through the form Of heIninp