The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-27


The president warned his hearers M
to be deceived into supposing that In
perialistic schemes ended with the ut
feat OF Germany or that Germany
the only nation that entertained sue
schemes or was moved by sinister am
billions and long-standing Jealousies !
attack the very structure OF civlliza
tion."
"There are other nations" said tn
president (which are likely to b
powerfully moved or are already move
by commercial jealousy, by. the desir
TO dominate and to have their own wa
in politics and In enterprise ana II
necessary to check them and TO ap
united against them as 1t was agains
Germany II they attempt any simha
' Personnel Of Delegation.
The delegation which arrived at tht
White House at IL o'clock includes
Hamilton Holt, editor of the lndepenn
mt, and wha. acted as spokesman for
the delegation; Theodore Marburg, OF
baltimore; Edwin F. Gay. president 81
he New York Evening Post: John f.
Moors, chairman of the League OF Ma
tions Club of MASSACHUSETTS,; Mrs; JONI
r. Moors, treasurer of the proleagut
republican quotas; Mrs. Schuyler n
Warren, OF New York, director of sac
eaeue foI. Political Education; f.. N.
Warren, Jr., Mrs. Malcolm Forbes
president Of the Women Voters Asro-
cation OF Massachusetts,; Joseph NJ
Price. chairman OF the board of trus-
tees of the New York City chp' Dr'
John Bates Clark. professor OF eco
romicH, Columbia university; DR., Jonn
Spcr Ger Bassett, professor OF history,
Smith college; d. G. Rowse New YORK;
Col Samuel p. Weatheriii. heau OF .He
nrojea sy,Ie republican movement OF PHI
adelnhia: Rev. Arthur J. Brown, New
York. honorary vice-president OF tne
League TO Enforce Peace, ana george
X. Hunton, New York.
PLEDGE support to LEAGUE.
The delegation pledged their suppo,t
10 the league OF nations. Holt, IN al
dressing the president. stated that re
felt sure that there We're many re.
rubiicans and independents who were
s,nnosed n the league being MADE
party issiis. snd that they would SUP
''Ps Not merely to 1eat Germany. Y
"Jt Is my privilege to summon you
now 10 the concert of peace ana the
crmpjetion OF the great moral acnleve-
ment on your part which the war rep
resented and in the presence OF wnicn
the world found reinsurance anu q
recovery of force which u cou,u nare
experience In no other way we en-.
tered the war, as you remember nov
merely to beat Germany. but 70 emu
the possibllity Of the renewal or sucn
inlauitous schemes as Germany enteI
tanned. The war will have been 1ought
In vain and our immense sacrinces
thrown away unless we complete the
work we then began, and ask you
to consider that there is only one way
10 assure the world of peace: That Is
nv making II so dangerous TO break tne
reace that no other nation VIII nave
the audacity to attempt 1t. we snouIu
not be deceived into supposing tnat
defeat of Germany. or that Germany |
Is the only nation that entertained such
schemes or was moved by, sinister. am
b.tions and long -standing jea'c sies 10
attack the very structure OF civiliza-
tion. There are other nations which are
likely to be powerfully moved or are
already moved by commercial JEALOUSY,
nv the desire TO dominate and to have
their own way In politics and In enter
prise. and Il Is necessary to check them
and to apprlse them that the worid
would be united against them MS y
was against Germany. II they attempt
any similar thing.
Feel We Mlsied Them.
THE mothers and sisters and wives
of the country know the sacrihce OF
war. They viii feel that we have mis-
led them and compelled them to make
an entirely unnecessary sacrfnce OF
their beloved ones II we do not make
1t as certain as It can be made that
no similar sacrifice viii be demanded
III mothers and sisters and wives IN
the future. This duty is SO plain that
II seems to me to constitute primary
demand upon the conscience Of every
one of us. 1t is inconceivable to most
II us that any man should have been
go false or SO heartless as to declare
that the women Of the country would
gain have to suffer the intolerable bur-
Wtwar.k t.a. - NAnC
ii nations were adopted The league OF
lations Is the wel-considered effort OF
he whole group of nations who were OPP
,osed to Germany to secure themselves |
md the rest OF mankind against repe- |
ition OF the war It will have back Of
I the watchfulness and material force |
II all these nations and is such a
OF peaceful future as no |
man can question who |
loes not doubt the whole spirit with |
'hlch the war was conducted against |
Germany. The great moral influence Of
he United States will be absolutely
brown away II we do not complete the
ask which our soldiers and sailors SO !
leroically undertook TO execute.
Text OF Address. 1.
President Wilson In an address 10 n
delegation of pro-league republicans
oday at the White House said:
MY Fellow Countrymen-lt is 10 he
cared that the supreme issue pre-
ented for your consideration I'm the
resent campaign is growing more oh
cure rather than clearer by reason OF
he many arbitrary turns the discus
ion OF II has taken. The editors and
publishers OF the country would render
great service II they would publish
he full text OF the covenant OF the
aague OF nations, because. having read
hat text. YOU would be able to Judge
pr yourselves a great many things IN
'hich you are now in danger Of being
iisled. hope sincerely that Il win he
cry widely and generally published.
IL with desire TO reclarify the issue
nd TO assist your judgement that I n
ike the liberty OF stating again the u
lse submitted TO YOU, in as simple a
rms as possible.
"'rhree years ago II was my duty TO ~
immon you TO the concert OF war. 10 4.
lin the free nations Of the world I'm =
leeting and ending the most sinister =,
eri that had ever been developed In ~
Ne irresponsible politics OF the old nj
GRID. Your response 20 that can -
ally settled the fortunes Of war You 10
an remember that the morale OF the n,
ernan people broke down long before y,
,e strength OF the German armies n,
err broken. That was obviously be-
luse they felt that great moral force III