The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
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areas of the world. that affect new com
been established by the great world war
thru which We have gone. And l nave Deen
struck by the modernteness OF those VINO
have represented national claims. can
testify that l believe have nowhere seen
the CLEAN of passion.
Il have seen ea.nestness. have seen
tears come to the eyes of men'who pleaded
for downtroddeA peoples whom they were
privileged to speak for: but they were not
Of ardent hope.
How Can Man Fall.
have been subdued by these pleas, sub
to assert an individual Judgment Of bis
own, but to try to assist the cause OF hu-
And in, the midst of it all every in
terest seeks out, first of all. when it
reaches raris the reports Of the United
States. Why? Because-and think am
shifting the most wonderful fact in his
tory-because there is nation In Europe
! that suspects the motives of the United
was there ever So wonderful a thing
seen before Was there ever so moving
thing! Was there ever any, fact that SO
bound the nation that had won that esteem
for ever to deserve 1t?
the great men who represent the other ma
| tions there in conference are lisesteemed
by those who know them. Quite the CON-
| trary. But you understand the countries
of Europe have again end again clashed
with one another in competitive interests.
Impossible to Forget.
1T is impossible for men to forget the
sharp issues that were drawn between
men to believe that all ambitions have all
Der territory that was coveted: they re-
member rights that 1t was attempted to
which it was attempted to reaiize~and.
while they believe that men have come into
different temper. they cannot forget these
another for "a dispassionate view Of the
| matters in controversy.
Ask for American Soldiers.
| They resort to that nation which has
won. the enviabie distinction of being re-
garded as the friend of mankind.
| Whenever 1t Is desired to send small
force OF soldiers to occupy piece of terri
tory where 1t is thought nobody else will
be welcome, they ask for American soldiers.
upon with suspicion. and perhaps met with
resistance, the American soldier is wei
have had So many grounds for pride
on the other side of the water that l am
very thankful that they are not grounds
for personal pride. I'd be the most stuck
up man in the world. And it has been no
infinite pleasure to me to see those gallant
soldiers OF enrs, Of whom the constitution
commander. You may be proud Of the
twenty sixth division. but / commanded the
twenty sixth division and see what they did
under my direction. And everybody praises
the American soldier with the feeling that
In praislng him he Is subtraeting from the
credit of no else.
Il have been searching for the funfla =
mental fact that converted Europe to be-
lieye In us. Before this war Europe DID
not believe In us rs she does now. She
ala not believe in us turnout the first
three years of the war. She seems really
TO have believed that were holding off
because We thought we could make NOR.
by staying out than by going In. And all
OF sudden In q short eighteen months tli.
whole verdict Is reversed. There can be
but one explanation for 1t. They saw what
We did-that without making n single
claim we put all our men and all our
| means ut the disposal of those who were
fighting for their homes. in the first in
man rights and Justice, and that we went
In not to support their national claims but
to support the great cause which they held
| In common.
And when they saw that America not
| only held Ideals but acted ideals. they
were converted to America and becalne
| firm partisans of those ideals.
Il met group of scholars when ! was
. In Paris-sone gentlemen from one of the
Greek universities who had come to see
me and In whose presence, or rather In the
presence of those traditions of learning,
, felt very young indeed. l told them that
had one of the delightful revcnges that
sometimes comes to man.
president Wilson's speech to, be con-
cluded in postscript edition Stale journal
on streets ut ) oclOck.l
(StOry of tie presidents arrival ana
his reception on page 81