Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-03-07
MUST LET THE
PEOPLE DECIDE
OPINION OF ALL AMERICA WILL
BE HEARD IN DECISION
ON PEACE LEAGUE.
ALL FRIENDLY To U. S.
WILSON DELIVERS SPEECH AT
MECHANICS HALL IN BOSTON
TO BIG CROWD.
Western Newspaper Union News Service

western Newspaper Union News Service
Boston, Feb. 24.-Presldent Wilson
made the following speech at Mechan-
les Hall In Boston, after landing from
his trip back from Europe.
Governor Coolidge. Mr.. Mayor. Fsi-
low Citizens;
II wonder II you are half as glad TO
see me as i am to see you. II warns
low citizens again, because In some re-
spects during the recent months i have
boon lonely Indeed without your COM
radeah.p and counsel / tried at eV-
cry step Of the work which fell 10 mo
your counsel with regard to the great
matters which were under considora-
tion.
II do not want you to TO think that
I have not been approciative OF the. ok
traordinary generous reception which
was given TO me on the other side. IN
saying that IL makes mo very happy 70
get home again. / do not mean TO say
that / was not very deeply touched by
the cries that came from the great
crowds on the other side But went
them to be a cali OF greeting TO you,
rather h to me.
II did not feel that the greeting wa
personal. had IN my, heart the over
sentative. and Of receiving the piaudits
OF mon overywhsre who felt that your
hearts beat with theirs In the u OF
liberty,
There was no mistaking the tone In
the voices OF those great crowds. II
was not a o n OF mere greeting, II was
not a tone Of mere generous welcome.
II was the calling OF comrado to COM
rade. tho cry that comes from men who
say. We. have waited for this day whon
the friends of liberty should como
across the sea and shake hands with
utructed upon u new basis and founda-
tion OF justice and right
II can't tell you the inspiration that
came from the sentiments that. came
out OF those simple voices In the
to report to you Is that this great
country OF ours 10 trusted throughout
the world.
~ have not come to report the pro-
ings OF tho peace conference; that
would be premature. / can say that j
ave received very happy impresslons
from this eonference-the Impression
OF Judgment. while there are some d.
~vergencies OF object, there IL. never
theiess, Il common spirit and n common
realization OF tho necessity OF setting
up new standards OF right In the world.
Because the men who are In con-
ference realize as keonly as any Amer
lean can realize that they are not the
- NhNAh K1NRAtf NAA1N NANJ ~
the servants OF their people. and that
the spirit OF their people has awakened
TO a new purpose and a new conception
OF their power to realize that purpose,
and hat no nan dare go home from
that conference and report anything
less noble than vas expected Of It.
.lo yThls e s9o% s"y seems Ssv to yGp to &c
seems 70 go slowly; but ! wonder II
you realize the completely OF the task
which II has undertaken. II seems as
and affect directly. every Rreat-and.
sometimes think. every small-nation
in h world, and nc one decision can
be made which is not properly linked
sions which must accompany II, and II
must be reckoned on. with the final re-
suit u the real quality and character
OF that result II TO be properly judged.
What we are doing II TO hear the
whole case, hear II from the mouths
OF the mon most interested hear II
stoned 10 state e.; hear the rival
claims; heal tho claims that affect new
nationalitios. that affect new areas
Of the world. thar affect new com
have been established by the great
world war through which we have
And I have been struck by the mod
erateness Of those who have presented
national claims, / can testify that l
believe | have nowhere seen the gloam
OF Hhhalhlt 1 nave seen fnfnoHtnenH
! have seen tears come 70 the eyes Of
mon who pied for down-trodden peo-
pies whom they were privileged TO
speak for, but they were not the tears
q anger, they were tho tears OF ar
II don't see how any man can fail
TO have been lubdued by these pleas,
subdued TO this feeling, that he was
not there 20 assert an individual judg-
mont 81 his own. bu TO try 10 assist
the cause OF humanity.
And In the midst 81 II ali ovory in
terest seeks out. first OF all. when Il
reaches Parts. tho representatives. OF
the United States, Wny7 because
and think am stating the most Won
bo nntio, Euynne there
the motives OF the United states.
thing seen sner ssetseyyssgg S wa w9bn st ay. a
any fact that so bound the nation that
had won that esteem forever to de-
Il would not have you understand
that tho great mon who REPRESENT the
other nations thore In conference are
disehteeined by those who know them.
quite the contrary. But you under
again and again FLASHED With one an
other in competitive interests. II IL
impossible for men 70 forget the sharp
ISSUES that were drawn between them
'lt l. Impossible for men to believe
That all ambitions have ali Of n sud
den been foregone. They remember
member rights that II was attcmpted
% %eNtorti they remember political nm-
billions which II was attempted 10 real
have come into n different tompor, they
cannot forget these things and 30 they
do not resort 20 one another for a dis-
passionate view OF the matters In con
which has won the Onyiablo diatinctlon