Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-05

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I have not been able TO do SO because
when the thought strtas { crowd itself
into speech. the profound emotion lof
the thing - too much; speech will
not. carry. I have felt the tragedy Of
those suffering peoples.
1T is tragedy bscauss y is q hope
lection ana vet / have felt besides its
tragedy. its compulsion. Its compul-
sion upon every living man to exercise
every influence that hA>has to the ut
most to see that n little AZ possible Of
that hope ID disappointed, BECAUSE Il
men cannot low. after this agony OF
session and see how TO regulate. the
affairs of the world, vi will sink back
into a period Of struggle in which there
Will be no "a hope and therefore no
mercy. There can be no mercy whore
there is no hope, for why should you.
spare another II you yourself expect
TO perish. Why should YOU BE- pitiful
you be just IL upon every. hand you
are put upon?
Critics Not observant
There is another thing which 1
think the critics of this covenant have
not observed. They not only have not
observed the temper Of the world, but
they have not even observed the tenn
per of those splendid boys in khaki
that they sent across the I have
had the proud consciousness Of the
reflected glory Of those boys. because
the constitution made M their COM
mander-in-chief and they have taught
me some lessons. When we went into
the war, we went into It on the basis,
Of declarations. which It was my priv
ilege to utter, because I believed them
to be an Interpretation Of the purpose
a nd th0syohf ~ tAA AAA~1A ~ kkA YY~kt
ed States.
with the feeling that they were sacred
" bound to the realization Of those
ideals; that they were not only going
over there to beat Germany; they
were not going over there merely with
resentment in their hearts against a
particular outlaw nation, but that they
were crossing those three thousand
that the United States. when It be-
came necessary would 60 anywhere
where the rights Of mankind were
threatened.
"They would not sit still in the
trenches. They would not be restrain
ed by the prudence Of experisnc-
ed continental commanders. They
thought they had come over there to
do a particular thing and they were
going to do it ana do it at once. And
just as soon as that rush of spirit as
well as rush Of body came in contact
with the lines OF the enemy, they be-
gan to break and they continued to
break until the end. They continued
to break, my fellow citizens, not mere
~ because Of the physical force Of
those lusty youngsters. but because OF
the irresistible spiritual force Of the
armies of the United States. It was
that they felt. It was that that awed
them. 1t was that that made them
feel, il these youngsters ever got a
lodged and therefore every foot OF
ground that they won wal permanent
~ won for the liberty Of mankind.
To Back Up Fighters.
."And do you suppose that, having
felt that crusadink spirit Of these
youngsters, who went yer there not
fellow men, l am going to permit
myself for n moment to slacken in
my effort to be worthy Of them and
their cause? What I said at the OPP
ening I said with a deeper meaning
than perhaps you have caught: I do
mean not to come back until it's over,
over there, and it must not be over
until the nations of the world are as
sured of the permanency OF peace.
1SLlL1cuucll Ou InkS 0tU0 % tAO
water would be very much prodted
by getting into communication with
some gentlemen on the other side Of
the water. Wa sometimes think. my
fellow citizens, that the experienced
statesmen of the European nations
are an unusually hard headed set OF
men, by, which we generally mean, al.
thoughfWe do.not admit it, that they
are a BIT cynical; that they say This
is a very practical world by which
you always mean that it is not an
that things can be settled upon an
ideal basis. Well, I v came Into
intimate contact with them before,
but if they used to be that way. they
are not that way now. They have
been subdued, IL that was once their
temper, by the awful significance OF
recent events and awful importance
of what is to ensue; and there is not
+ one Of them with whom ! have come
in contact, who does not feel that he
cannot in conscience return to-, his
people from Paris unless he has done
his utmost to do something morothan
attach his name to atreaty Of peace
Every man in that conference knows
that the treaty of peace In itself! will
be imperative. as Mr.. Taft has, said.
without this constant support and
energy Of a great organization SUCH q
is supplied by the league Of nations.
Necessity Of League Admittedly
"And me- who, when I first went
lover there, were skeptical Of the pos
sibility of forming a league of n
tons, admitted that il we could but
form it, it would be an Invaluable
fundamentally through which to sc,
cure the operation OF the various
parts Of the treaty; and when tina
treaty comes back. gentlemen on THU