The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-05
PRESIDENT MAKES SECOND ADDRESS
 OF GREAT TOUR
 AT INDIANAPOLIS
Is Given Great Ovation bJ Crowd of Many Thousands| as He Rises to Plea for Acceptance of Treaty
 of Versailles
By A.ocia,.e Pre-.


 Indianapolis, September "Put up or shut up," was t
 advice given opponents of league of nations by Presid Wilson here tonight in the ond address of his 10,000-n tour of the United States. "It the critics of the league have
 something better to suggest, said the President, "I hope they will hold their convention and
 do it now
 He said the league opponents could mot hope to defeat the programme ex- cept by offering something better.
 He told the crowd of several thous ands here tonight that no one beliNysd
 the league of nations would ma all wars impossible but that he
 pected it to make war violently probable"
 President Wilson's special train
 here shortly after ten ocnck ten for St Louis, where he will sp vzsS tomorrow.
 The economic and arbitration See tons of the covenant. he asseftel. would keep war on the outs1Slrts' and make it only last resort Opponents ot the league or nations he said had discussed onIy three ofl 26 articles of the covenant. TrA articles which would mahe Wal
 probable had been overlooked.
 James r. Goodrich. republicann
 erupi of Indiana, in brief welcomed the President. w
 mentioned that the meeting
 hear the President the crowd
 for several minutes and the gov could only stop them by pressed
 Mr. Wilson, It was 10 minutes befd
 the crowd was quieted and the iresiV dent proceeded.
 He traced the incidents from which the great war started. saying the sis
 nificant circumstance was that Austria and Germany did not dare to discuss the demands made on Serbia. It gen. orally was admitted abroad. he as-i serted. that if there had been discus sion there would have been no war. This fact. he said, recalled that the "heart of the league of nations cove
 nant," the agreement not to go to war for nine months after a controversyI became acute. had not been considered at al by those who criticise ths league
 If there had been nine days sali the President, "Germany would no have gone to war" SOLEMN PLEDGE GIVEN It was a solemn pledge to those vii fought the war. said the Presiden
 that there should be such an arrange ment to prevent future wars. "TheA act which was characteristiI Of N.a ri nj fre of a I violation of the territorial integrity ' | Belgium" he continued. adding thEt l one of the primary provisions of~fhe l league covenant was to. prevent vio- 1 lation of territorial integrity. i This provision, he pointed out, was con- | tained in the much discussed Article 10. ] Article 1o' declared the President. ! speaks the conscience of the world 1t
 goes to the heart of this whole bad busi.
 ness"
 1 1t was true, MT. Wilson said, that every man surrendered part of his sovereignty whenever he promised to respect the rights of his neighbors; but he declared i he could see no harm, nevertheless, in
 making such a promise for the common | good.
 ! Pointing out that decisions by the ] league council must be unanimous. th<1 President said that wherever Judgment was passed upon the United States b the council 1t must have the concurrenc of the United States. He added that course the American delegates on tf council would not act withoup instru. tions from his government ! Referring to the economic pressure tA 1 would be brought to bear on covenal breakers. the President said eccnon
 pressure would preclude the need ! force.
 OPPONENTS IGNORANT 1 The President said his speaking was partly to point out how -absolu | ignorant" of the contents of the GOV
 ant some of those were who opp} l the league.
 If they read the English lang,1ai