The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-09-29
MORMON LESSONS
STRONG nA PAcI
utdh, While Stronghold Of smoot.
Stands BY League Yor
Peace; Church Declares
For Il
tRy Indsp.ndsnt .Nev. Bureau, form.

Mormon. On The eastward wss or hi
speaking tour ON behalf ct the lsAgu
Of nations President Wilson prQxrsss
I'd sfiss he had lefr ihe pAcinv cQss
and he found thai the followers A
Joseph Smith, and Brigham Young
were just as heartily in favor VI th,
league ~ had bs<n anyone slse .~itl
whom he came face 10 face during hi'
journey
Ogden and Salt Lake CITY In ms
state OF Utah. are towns which to I
large degree are dominated in = busi
ness ~ yell ~ p0liucal way ~ Lhs
sdherents Of the old faith that prs
| scribes many Of the theories OF the
best manners Of living thar the world
knows The sncisnt idea that Nor
mons we're persons who had large
number vi wives is altogether wrong
There Is no poiygsmy here nos and
one could not md y cleaner. brislt.
er community than the capital city VI
Utah, nor is saArby mstropois.
For Smeat--And the League.
Reed Smoat. one of the ssstsi sen.
storlsi representative II Washing
ton, ls > wonderfully popular man
throushou, Utah. Bat. Just - vas
tue case in California with HirAm
johnson the hsrol The sreatsr mum.
bsr OF citizens are with him in most
VI his political aspirations but are
Against him in his opbosIllon 70 Pres
idsnt Wiison,s AtAHd on ,rhs lssxns
The more the president sxpounds
that great pact Of peace. the moss
genuine Americans assert their inds
pendenes from, party politics aad De
clare themselves back OF Mr., Wilson
for program which shau ,brinx
about permanent cessation from .SAr
and which lhAu ALLOW olr people 10
start out on. > greAssr laAn eyer pro-
gram OF peace pToduction.
Let's settle AL this. var bnsinsss
and do ,sSmethiny," say the Norm
ons, And thsy have said - formally. !.
bseAuss recently the prssident q ths
Mormon church. Heper J. Grant.
pledged them 81 10 the League. "
was Ar. Grant. = hne looking .elAsr q
the church. who sat beside the prssi
dent when he delivered his main e.
dress in The Utah tabernacle.
II WAS from the red velvet pulpit of
old Jos<ph smith hinsslf ihats ths
prssldenr spoke. and Il was to =
croxd or more than 12.ooo that he al |
dresssd his swords ,or the alsAsne.
ANAsks Rsssrvations.
He bitterly attacked one proposed
Reservation .Thich said that The
United States should not assume the
obligation of preserving The terrific.
rial Or political integrity OF any .0ld
corntry. ,~4
that. the president said .wzs =, re.
pudiaiion OF the rAo.e covenant in |
which ye declared ourselves = part
when We sent our men 10 Europe to
hsht against the rule OF xutocracy He
went ON. Does the United States
want to say TO the nations with whom I
1t stood in this great struggle. We /
have seen you through on tbs battle
held. but new We are done :"
10 we want 10 say We are no, go
ing 10 stand BY YOU nov that The nght.
ing ia over" VI N, ssg
From the great audience in the tab /
srnscle came loud choruses Of NO.
No"
Ar Wilson took up article tsn Nm.
der which his enemies. have, said Iks l
United States might be called upon TO
asht for nationalstiess far from US and
not known 10 US, Re drnanded 10 Know
III there was a Are In Ctsh would the !
are nghting forces Of Arizona me call
ID upon 70 aueneh ~" :
There were more criss of no"
t Explains Article Ten ~
So, be explained the nearest nsp.
bers OF the league " Europe would b
naked TO Quench disturbances
The president pointed out that un-
der article ten norhias could Be done
unless BY a unantmous vote. which in.
cluded that Of the United States. and /.
be added: 1T Is inconceiyahle that
the United States could be drawn In
except that the 6re ct the war spread
10 the whole world. and would We
wait thenf" There we're more Choir
Uses ot NO" from the. IMAM enss gath
Dring L
Mr., Wilson repeated the assertion
made to several previous .audisnces--
hat the greatest forces which now op-
posed the league ware the forces that
aad hoped and worked for Germany 4
whils We were 1t var. And he said
hat all the serious .intsrasts openly
lsainst the lsagpe Nsrs pye0ermAn
nterests. IN. NJ
He hoped. he said. that those sen
ltors who were opposiug the league
would read the peace treaty over
gain and reflect upon il most SRI
,usly before they would dsny IL L
Before reaching Salt Lake City. the
,rHsident had the experiance ef. ria:
nj close to sasarI .stxahla iorsat nrss
which were rA&Asrs NaeoMf0Etably.I
lta< and then q lasejRe ovsr III ~,
sr. g. ~ 0rsss ealt. Lbs 4