The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-27
n his FINAL
CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT

The statement. which the president
<1uad. was one he had prepared TO r.
uoe as his final campaign document
md WAS addressed 10 my fellow
tGnuntryn~n.
The president said that ne war
Aaying been won. 1T Is my privilege
- summon you now TO the concert of
peacr and the compilation OF the
ureat moral achievements which the
Nmr represented"
The text OF President Wilson's
hague OF nations statement. read to
= delegaticn Of pro-league republicans
~ fshc White House today. follows
NY fellow countrymen:
I'll Is 70 be feared that tho su
rnrome ISSUE presented for your con-
,0tder.tion In the present campaign IL
growing more obscure rather than
polsnrcr by reason Of the many arbl-
Nrury turns the discussion OF II has
oakcn The editors and publishers OF
ne country would render a great
uervice II they would publish the full
urxt OF the covenant Of the league OF
nations. because. having read that
next. you would be able TO judge for
yourselves n great many things In
khich you arc now In danger Of be-
ing misled- ] hope sincerely that II
I'm be very widely and generally
Dub1inhed entire. IL Is with a desire
= clarity the Issue and to assist your
koungment that I take the liberty Of
Utnting again the case submitted 10
&Doo in - simple terms a. possible.
Three years ago II was my duty
- summon you to the concert of
MAJ. 10 join the free nations Of the
world in meeting and ending the
'1nos4 sinister peril that had ever
4eeo asveioped In the irresponsible
politics Of the Old world Your re-
lnponse TO that call really sattIed the
fortunes OF war. You viii remember
that the morale AZ the German PEG
~ broke down long before the
BROKEN That was obvious because
;(hoy felt that a general moral force
which they could not look In thu face
Had come into the contest. and that
'ohenceforth all their professions OF
right were discredftcd. and they were
unabis 10 pretend that their contin-
Unkion Of the war was not the sup
Bort OF a government that had
S1eIated every principle Of right and
every consideration Of humanity.
<oGsGMON YOU TO
CoNCERT or PEACE
1T Is my privilege TO summon you
Nv 10 the concert Of peace and the
eompletion OF the great moral
\ achievement on your part which the
&W1R represented. and In the presence
- which the world found a rcassur-
once and . recovery OF force which
& could have experienced In no other
kUuy. We entered the war. ns you
1onember not merely 10 beat Ger
Y many. but 10 end the possibility Of
1he renewal OF such Ubiquitous
schemes a. Germany entertaineyi
IL war win be fought In vain and
~ Immense sacrifices thrown away
nIess we complete the work we be-
I'm. and I ask you TO consider that
Mere IN only one way to assure the
World Of peace: that IL. by making
q - dangerous TO break the peace
9hat no other nation viii have the
Gudacify TO attempt II. We should
~ be deceived into supposing that
&nperialistic schemes ended with the
Gefeat Of Germany. or that Germany
y the only nation that entertained
Unch schemes or was moved by sin
1eter ambitions and long standing
1eo1ousies to attack the vefy sfrtc.
lure Of civilization. There are other
oaftons which are likely to be power.
Fully moved or are already moved by
commercial jealosies. By the desire 90
dominate and 10 have their own way
n politics and In enterprise. and Il
b necessary to check them and 20
&pprise them that tho world will be
1mtted against them as IL was against
Germany II they attempt any sim
naF thing.
q PRIMARY DEMAND
UeON CONSCIENCE
The mothers and sisters and
wives Of the country know the sac.
Rice of war. They will feel that
~ have misied them and com
peIled them to make an entirely
unnecessary sacrifice OF their be-
loved ones " we do not make II
- certain as II can be made that
+ no similar sacrifice will be de
&panded Of mothers and sisters and
wives In the future. This duty is
20 plain that II seems to me to con
Dtitute a primary demand upon the
conscience of every one Of u.s.
ut IL inconccivabie to most Of
~ that any men should have been
70 false or 80 heartiess as to de-
rIare that the women Of the eoun.
try would again have TO suffer
/ the intolersbie burden and priva-
ZION OF war IL the league Of nations
were adopted.
'sThe league Of nations n the we'll
be0nsidcrcd effort of the whole group
I Of nations who were opposed to
/ (5enuany to secure Themselves and
the rest Of mankind against
! repetition of the war. II will have
hack of It the watchfulness and
material force Of all these nations
md is such a guarantee Of a peace
fui future az no wellinforned man
ran question who does not doubt
the whole spirit with which the war
/. uus conducted against Germany.
y eThe great moral influence OF the