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|PEACE COVENANT WITH LEAGUE
CLAUSE LAID BEFORE THE SENATE
The President Gives of Stewardship Before
Crowded Senate; Received With Tumutuous Applause
And Heard With Rapt Attention
GREATER PART OF ADDRESS DEVOTED TO LEAGUE Of NATIONS
succinctness Rather Than Vrbosy Marked the Composition
OF the Address Which Will Go Down Into History One
of the Most Remarkable Documents of Any Age
GREATER PART or ADDRESS DEVOTED TO lEAGU|

we have sought 10 special reparation
| for ourselves, but only the restoration
| OF right and the assurance Of liberty
| everywhere that the effects OF tho
settlement were to be felt. We en-.
| tered the war as disinterested cham.
pions Of right and we Interested our.
no other capacity.
The hopes OF the nations allied
against the central powers were at
very low ebb when our soldiers began
to pour across the sea.
There was everywhere amongst
them, except in their stoutest spirits.
sombre forebodinx OF disaster The
war ended in November, eight months
ago. but you have only to recall what
was feared in midsummer last four
short months before the armistlce, to
! realize what it was that our timely
aid accomplished alike for their
morale and their physical safety. The
first, never-to-be-forgotten action at
Chateau Thierry. had already takcn
place Our redoubtable soldiers and
marines had already closed the gap
! for their advance upon Paris-had al.
/ ready turned the tide Of battle back
! towards the frontiers OF France and
! begun the rout that was to save Eu-
rope and the world. Thereafter the
Germans were to he always forced
back. were never to thrust success
fully forward again. And yet. there
was no confident hope. Anxious men
and women. leading spirits Of France.
attended the celebration OF the Fourth
Of July last year in Paris out Of gen.
erous courtesy-with no heart for
festivity. little zest for hope. But they
came away with something new at
their hearts; they have themselves
told us so. The mere sight OF uor
men--Of their vigor. Of the confidence
that showed itself in every movement
Of their stalwart figures and every turn
OF their swinging march. in their
steady comprehending eyes and easy
discipline. in the indomitable air that
added spirit to everything they did
made every one who saw them that
remarkable day realize that something
had happened that was much more
than mere incident in the fighting,
something very different from the
mere arrival Of fresh troops A great
moral force had flung Itself into the
struggle. The fine physical force OF
these spirited men spoke OF some
thing more than bodily vigor. They
carried the great ideals Of free poo
pie at their hearts and with that
vision were unoonquerable. Their
very presence brought reinsurance;
their fighting made victory certain.
They were recognized as crusaders
and AS their thousands swelled to
millions their strength was seen to
mean salvation. And they were At men
to carry such a hope and make good
the assurance Il forecast.
Finer men never went into battle;
and their officers were worthy OF
them. This Is not the occasion upon
which 70 utter an eulosy OF the armies
America sent to France. but perhaps.
since am speaking OF their mission,
I may speak ai>o OF the pride shared
with every American who saw or
dealt with them thee. They were the
sort OF men Amer.oa would wish to
claim as fellow conntrymen and com
rades In a great cause. They were
terrible In battle. ard gentle and help.
iui out OF it. remembering the mothers
and the sisters, the wives and the lit
tie children at home. They were free
mon under arms. not forgetting their
ideals OF duty IN the midst OF tasks
~l~Y@ - nd
the privilege Of being associated with
men and OF calling myself their
leader.
But speak now Of what they
meant to the men by whose sides they
fought and to tho people with whom
they mingled with such utter simple.
ity. az friends who asked only TO be
OF aervice. They were FOR all the
Visible embod iment OF America. What
they I'D made America and all that
she stood for a living reality In the
thoughts not only Of the people OF
France. hnt also OF tens OF millions
CT men and women throughout all the
toiling nations OF world standing
everywhere in peril Of its freedom and
Of the loss OF everything 1t held dear.
in deadly fear that It's bonds were
never to be loosed. its hspes forever
to be Knocked and disappointed.
And the coinpulsion OF what they
stood for was upon us who represent.
ed America at the peace table. It
was our duty to see to It that every
decision We took part in contributed,
80 far ~ we were able to influence
It, to quiet the fears and realize tho