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benefits her or not. She was set up in
order to rehabilitate the rest Of man
kind. And the dollar of American
money spent to free those who have been
enslaved Is worth more than million
dollars put into any American pocket"
He accused opponents of an unquali-
ned league Of downright" ignorance,
ignorance Of the state OF the world and
OF Americas relation to the state OF the
world. We have got to play a part either
as members Of the board OF directors
or as outside Spectators.
Threat of Wrecked Treaty.
This was one Of the numerous similar
statements made by the President to-
day which ignored the feasibility or the
discretionary value of such reserva-
lions to the covenant as are approved
by the two Minnesota Senators.
Whether he deliberately strove to create
the impression or not, the effect left by
these statements In the minds of his
hearers was that any change or changes
utterly destroy all the work done by
the Paris Peace Conference. This Is
a string he thumbs many times.
Wherever he goes the dire threat OF a
wrecked peace treaty and the old nick
10 pay all around the globe II 80 much
as period or a comma OF the docu-
n1ent Ia altered.
Take this as a sample; THE facts
are marching and COD Is marching with
them. You must either welcome them
or subsequently with humiliation sur
render to them 1t is welcome or SUR
render. It is acceptance Of great world
! conditions and great world duties or
souttle now and come back afterward
I am not arguing this with you. am
merely telling YOU"
He closed his speech before the Legis-
lature with: Everywhere I have been
on this trip the majority OF the COM
mittee that has received me has con-
sisted Of Republicans and nothing has
pleased me so much, because l should
be ashamed of myself II permitted any
partisan thought to enter into this great
matter. II l were a scheming politician
and anybody wished to present me with
| the peace of the world as campaign
issue IL would be very welcome. be-
| cause there could be no issue easier to
win on. but everybody knows that this
is not worthy thought. Everybody
knows we are all Americans. Scratch
a Democrat or a Republican and under
meath 1t is the same stun and the labels
rub Off upon the slightest EFFORT"
| old Order Gone Forever.
Following the speech before the Leg
islature, the President was entertained
| at luncheon at the ST. Paul Hotel sitting
with Gov. Burnquist and the Mayors of
St. Paul and Minneapolis. After lunch
con the inevitable motor car parade hus-
tied him through pleasant st. Paul
| streets past the mansion of the late
James ]. HIN and the splendid new ca
thedral that Mrs Hill gave to the
church, over one of the bridges Of the
\ Mississippi that persistently remind each
Jealous city of It's twins proximity and
SO along fine Minneapolis boulevards to
Il the armory.
This squat building was jarnmed with
people standing. Six thousand doubt-
less crowded within it's wallis for the
rare excitement of Presidential speech.
To these Mr.. Wilson said his mood was
solemn. you have heard SO many lit
tie things about the treaty" he con-
tinued, that perhaps you would think II
was an arrangement for the inconven-
fence of the United States As mat
ter Of fact 1t is a world settlement, the
first ever attempted, attempted upon the
broad lines laid down in America"
i He told them that the old order OF
the world had gone forever. balance OF
4 power and kindred medievalisms. for
now the voiceless multitudes Of men
are awake and they have made up their
minds that rather than have this again
II the governments cannot get together
they will destroy the governments.
81 am not speaking revolution" he
went on. ~ am intimating that the PEG.
1 Pile of the world are tired of every other
kind. of experiment except the one we
are going to try I have called 1t ar
experiment. frankly admit that 1t is
but 1t is a very promising experiment.
He spoke Of his heavy heart when.
ever he considers the pain and plight OF
Europe, especially of Russia, and he
read from a memorandum he had writ
ten with his own little typewriter a list
OF accomplishments certain to be cred
tied to the League of Nations. The
substitution of publicity, discussion anC
arbitration for war The boycott, tn,
emancipation OF labor. destruction o.
autocrAtic power and secret treaties
! for the protection of dependent people.
and for the general happiness of man
kind.