The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
ALL FACES TURN TO
U. s., WILSON SAYS


not to mean anything except friennY
protection and assistance. Do yoN
wonder that 1t made our hearts swell
with pride TO realise these things?
But while these things IN some degree
softened my Inconsistencies, they made me
all the more eager to get homo, where
the rest of the folks live 70 get whore
tho great dynamo of national energy wrs
situated; to get home where the gre0
purposes of national action were formed.
and to be allowed to take part In the
counseis and in the action which wsfS
formed to be taken by this great nation.
which from first to last has followed the
vision of the men who set 1t up ana
created It.
Friends of Freedom ana RtSh&
I'VE have had our eyes very close
upon our tasks at times, but whenever
we lifted them we were accustomed 90
| Mt them to a distant hortEon. We were
| aware that all the peoples OF the earth
had turned their faces towards US as
those who we're the friends of freedom
| and of right, and whenever we thought
, Of national policy and of it's relation
upon the affairs of the world, we knew
we were under bonds to do the large
| thing and the right thing 1t Is .
privilege, therefore. beyond all computa-
| ton for a man, whether In a great ca
pacity or q small, to take part In tho
counsels and IN the resolutions OF peo-
pie like this.
am afraid some people. some
persons do not understand that vision
They do not see 1t. They have
looked too much upon the ground They
have thought too much of the interests
that were near thenn, and they have not
listened to the voices OF their neigh
bors
II have never had a moments doubt
as to where the heart and purpose Of
this people lay When any one on the
| other side OF the water has raised the
| question: Will America come In and
help? l have said: OF course America
will come in and help. She cannot do
anything else. She will not disappoint
any high hope that has been formed Of
her. Least Of all will she In this day Of
new born liberty all over the world fall
10 extend her hand of support and ass's-
lance to those who have been made free
IT wonder II at this distance you can
have got any conception Of the tragic
intensity of the feeling OF those peoples
in Europe who have just had Jokes
thrown off them. Have you reckoned
up in your mind how many peoples.
how many nation. were held unwill-
ingly under the yoke of the Austro-
Hungarian Empire, under the yoke OF
Turkey. under the yoke Of Germany!
These yokes have been thrown on
These peoples breathe the air and look
around to see a new day dawn about
them, and whenever they think OF what
It going TO I'LL that day with action. they
think first OF us. They think first of the
friends who through the long years have
spoken for them. who were privileged TO
declare that they came into the war TO
release them. who said that they would
not make peace upon any other forms
than their liberty. and they have known
that Americas presence in the war and
in the conference was the guarantee Of
the result.
The Governor has spoken of q great
task ended. Yes, the formulation OF the
peace Is ended. but 1t creates only q
rev task Just begun. believe that II
you will study the peace. you win Zee
that 1t is Just peace and peace which,
II IL can be preserved, will save the
world from unnecessary bloodshed. And
now the great task is to preserve Il, I
have come back with my heart fun of
enthusiasm for throwing everything that
I can. by way of influence or action, in
with you to see that the peace Is pre-
served; that when the long reckoning
comes men may look back upon this
generation Of America and say: They
were true to the vision which they saw
at their birth"