Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-05

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cause they are beginning to percsive
to be that nations have stood singly OF
in little jealous groups against eacn
other, fostering prejudice. increasing
the danger OF war. rather than con.
certing measures to prevent It; ana
that il there is right in the world, y
there is Justice In the world, there u
no reason why nations should Do
divided in the support Of Justice.
"They are therefore saying 4 you
really believe that there Is a right. II
your ally believe that wars ought to De
stopped, stop thinking about the rivai
interests Of nations and think ABOUT
men and women and children through
out the world.
Nations are not made to afford dis
tinction to their rulers by way OF sue
cess in the maneuvers Of politics; ma
lions are meant, ii they are meant Tor
anything. to make the men and women
and children In them secure and happy
and prosperous, and no nation has the
right to set up special interests against
the interests and benefits OF mankind,
least Of all this great nation which We
lovA
1T was set up for the benefit Of
mankind; it was set up to illustrate the
highest ideals and to achieve the high
est aspirations of men who wanted 70
be free; and the world-the world Of
today believes that and counts on us,
and would be thrown back into the
'blackness of despair IL we deserted 1t.
Il have tried once and again, my
fellow citizens, to say to little circles
Of friends, or to larger bodies, what
seems to be the real hope of the peo-
pies Of Europe, and tell you frankly l
have not been able to do so, because
when the thought tries to crowd itself
into speech, the profound emotion of
the thing is too much; speech will not
carry / have felt the tragedy of the
hope of those suffering peoples.
AWFUL ALTERNATIVE.
1T is tragedy because it is a hope
which cannot be realized In its perfec-
ton, and yet l have felt. besides its
tragedy, its compulsion, its compulsion
upon every living man to exercise
every influence that he has to the ut
most to see that as little as possible of
that hope is disappointed, because il
men cannot now, after this agony OF
session and be allowed to regulate the
affairs Of the world, we will sink back
into period of struggle in which
there is no hope. for why should you
spare another If you yourself expect TO
perish? Why should you be pitiful II
you can get no pity? Why should you
be just if, upon every hand, You are
put upon? -
There is another thing which
think the critics Of this covenant have
not observed. They not only have not
observed the temper of those splendid
boys in khaki that they sent across the
seas. l have had the proud conscious
ness Of the reflected glory of those
boys, because the constitution made
me their commander in chief, ane
they have taught me some lessons
When we went into the war we wen
into 1t on the basis of declaration:
which it was my privilege to utter, be
cause 1 believed them to be an inter
probation of the purpose and though
of the people of the United States.
/ '.And those boys went over ther'
with the feeling that they were sacred
1 ly bound to the realization Of thos'
ideals; that they were not only goin.
/ over there to beat Germany; they wer
not going over there merely with re
sentiment in their hearts against a par
ticular outlaw nation; but. that the.
were crossing those 5000 miles of sc;
in order to show to Europe that tn
United States, when it became neces
sary, would go anywhere the rights Q
mankind were threatened.
"They would mot sit still in tn
trenches. They would not be re
strained by the prudence of expert
lenced continental commanders whel
they thought they had come owe
there to do particulars thing. an
they were going to do it and do 1t
i once. And just as soon as that rus
of spirit as well as rush of body cam
in contact with the lines of the enem,
they began to break and they con
tinued to break until the end. The
continued to break. my fellow citizens
not merely because of the physics
force Of those lusty youngsters. BIT
because of the Irresistible spiritus
force of the armies of the Unite
States. It was that they felt. 1t wa
that that awed them. 1t was that ths
made them feel, If these youngstei
ever got foothold, they could neve
be dislodged and therefore every for
of ground that they won was perms
nently won for the liberty OF mar
kind.
CAN'T QUIT EFFORTS.
"And do you suppose that havin
, felt that crusading spirit of thes
| youngsters. who went over there NJ
, to glorify against. but to serve the
! fellowmen, I am going to permit my
! self for one moment to slacken In m
effort to be worthy Of them and the
! cause?f What / said at the opening
said With a deeper meaning than pei
haps you have caught; do mean N
. to come back until it's over over thel
and it must not be over until the M
4 tions of the world are assured OF Il
\ perrnanency of peace.
! Gentlemen on this side OF the wat
|. would be very much profited by &c
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