The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-02-25

I sle~,y; fr':H day to day in Paris it
seeYs to go slowly; but I wonder if
yo2 rea..-e the completely Of the task
VIII h It has undertaken. 1t seems as
If The settlements Of This war affect,
an affect directly. every great. and
] 5 !netiiues think, every small nation
In lie W0rlG, and no one decision can
pr~iently be made which is not prop
erlr linked with the great series Of
other decisions which must accompany
1t and it must be reck0ncd in with he
final result. if the real quality and
Character Of that result is TO be prop
erl- judged.
What we are doing is 10 hear the
whole case: hear it from the mouths
OF the men most interested: hear il
fl, m those who are officially commits
s,rned to state it; hear the rival
claims; hear the claims thar affect
new nationalitics that affect new
areas Of the world. th4t affect new
commercial and economic connections
that have been established by the
great world war through which we
have gone.
Impressed by Moderateness.
"And l have been struck by the
moderateness of those who have rep
resented national claims. | can tes-
tifr that I have nowhere seen the
CLEAN Of passion. / have seen earn
estness. I have seen tears come to
the eyes Of men who plead for down.
trodden people whom they were privi-
legged to speak for; but they were not
the tears e anger: they were the
tears of ardent hope
81 don't see how any man can fail
to have been subdued by these pleas,
s., lied TO thiSS feeling that he was
n 80 =" assert IN individual iudg.
ment Of his own, but to try to assist
the cause of humanity.
''And in the midst of it all every
interest seeks out, first of all, when
it reaches Paris, the representatives
of the United States Why? Because
and l think l am stating the most
wonderful fact in hiStory-becauSe
there is no nation in Europe that sus-
poets the motives of the United
States.
America Alone in High Trust
WAS there ever so wonderful
thing seen before? Was there ever
so moving Il thing? Was there ever
any fact that so bound the nation that
had wen that esteem forever To de-
serve it?
81 would not have you understand
that the great men who represent the
other nations there in conference are
diSesteemed by those who know them.
Quite the contrary. But you under
stand that the nations of Europe have
again and again clashed with one an
other in coHipetitive interest Ii is
impossible for men Ia forget those
sharp issues that were drawn between
them in time past II Is impossible
for men to believe that all ambitions
nave all of u sudden been fnrgOne
''They remember territory that was
coveted; they remember rights that
IL WAS attempted 10 pSlorf, tneY re-
member political ambitions which if
was attempted To realize and. while
they believe thai men have come into
a different temper, they cannot forget
these Things, and so they do nol re-
sort TO one another for a dispasSionatp
view Of the matters in controversy.
They resort TO that nation which has
won The nnviable distinction of being
regarded rs the friend nf mankind
vsnks Never Under Suspicion.
''Whenev" il IS desired to send a
small force of soldiers to occupy a
piece of territory where 1t Is thought
nobody else viii he welcome. they ask
'sfor Americans soldiers Aud where
other soldiers would be looked upon
with suspicion and perhaps met with
resistance. the American soldier is
welcomed with acclaim.
81 have had so many grounds for
pride on the other side of the water
that / am very thankful that they are
not grounds for personal pride. but
for national pride. If they were