Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-06

J al AdnSaS lily
did not know, that. but it was known
In Wilhelmstrasse, where the central
ofnces Of the German government
were, and Wilhelmstrasse was the
master of the German people; and
this war, my fellow citizens, has
emancipated the German people as
well as the rest of the world.
Want it Stopped.
we don't want to see anything like
that done again because we know that
democracy will only have to destroy
that form of government; and if we
to be done and by a combination Of all
the great fighting peoples Of the world
to see to it that the aggressive pur-
poses OF such government cannot be
realized, you make It no longer worth
while for little groups of men to con-
trfve the downfall of civilization in
private conference.
my fellow citizens, 1t does not
make any difference what kind Of q
minority governs you, il it is minoris
~ And the thing we must see to- is
that no minority anywhere masters
the majority. That is at the heart, my
fellow citizens, Of the tragical things
that are happening in that great
country which we long to help and
can find no way that is effective to
help mean the great realm Of Rus:
sia. The men who are now measurably
! in control OF the affairs Of Russia rep
i resent nobody but themselves They
nave again and again been challenged
to call constitutional convention.
They have again and again been chal-
lenged to prove that they had some
. KIND n q ~ Ia
class Of their fellow citizens. And they
dared not attempt it; they have no
mandate from anybody. There are
only thirty-four of them, am told
and there were more than thirty four
men who used to control the destinies
OF Europe from Wilhelmstrasse. There
ls closer monopoly of power in Pet
/ rograd and Moscow than ever there
was in Berlin. and the thing that is
tintolerable is not that the Russian
people are having their way but that
another group of men more cruel than
the Car himself is controlling the
destinies of that great people. And I
want to. say here and now that I am
against the control Of any minority
anywhere. Search your own economic
history and what have you been un-
easy about? Now and again you have
said there were small groups of cap
ltalists who were controlling the in
dustry and there the development of
the United States. Seriously, my fell
low citizens. il that is so (and some
times I have feared that it was) we
must break up that monopoly. I am
! not now saying that there is any group
OF our fellow citizens who are con-
II tsciously doing anything Of the kind.
and am saying that these allegations
must be proved. But if it is proved
that any class any group anywhere is
! without the suffrage of their fellow
! citizens in control Of our affairs then
OF that group. We have got to be frank
with ourselves however. If we do not
want minority government in Ger
many we must see to it that we do not
have 1t in the United States. II you do
not want little groups of selfish men
to plot the future of Europe we must
not. allow little groups Of selfish men
man that speaks for a class must
prove that he also s,Ipea&Bi.for an ssnis
/ fellow citfEehs and for maflkind: and
then we will listen to him.
r Asks Treaty Support.
! President Wilson appealed to a
the peace treaty as a charter for q
new order of world affairs. H.
Making his third speech for the
treaty in Missouri to a capacity audi-
ence. President Wilson spoke IN Con-
vention hall, said to accommodate
| 5,0o0s 1880
When the president, accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson, appeared on the plat
form of the auditorium the crowd,
each Of whom had q small American
/! flag, arose and cheered for more than
| two minutes.
President Wilson had been cheered
as the presidential party paraded
through four miles of the city's streets
to Convention hall.
| Mr.. Wilson was introduced by B. A.
Parsons, president of the. Kansas City
! Chamber Of Commerce.
The president covered many Of the
same points of the treaty he had dis
cussed in previous addresses. He said
he had come to report to the people
direct about one of the greatest docu-
he declared, was "shot through" with
American principles put there by the
common consent of the world.
One of the things America had had
in heart throughout her whole exist
ence, said the president, was that ar
bitration and consultation should be
substituted for force. This was accom-
plished, he declared, by the League
Of Nations covenant.
Nine months Of decision Of any in
ternational controversy would be as
sured under the covenant, he assert
ed, adding that this principle previous
" had. been written into thirty arbi-
tration treaties "all of which were
confirmed by the United States SEN
ate" The principle Of the league. he
declared, already had been adopted
by the United States.
Boycott Emphasizcd.i
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