New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29

again. While they stood guard on
the Rhine. while 100000 Of the brave
fellows stood behind the sentinels IN
advance. Germany signed peace that
was peace procured by our soldier
boys. They were there while it was
made, and now it is proposed to throw
that peace pact into the waste basket
in order that another peace might be
made with Germany. There will be no
separate peace with Germany, and very
| soon after the 4th of March, 1921, in
will enter the League Of Nations Of
| the world.
Sees Menace Of Famine
"Thc League of Nations will seek to
allay human suffering wherever it may
be, it will stamp out starvation, be-
cause in doing that it stays the hand
of Bolshevism, and we must regard
that as a distinct menace to the civil
cation of the world.
"Nore than that, my business friends
and want to say a word to the business
men of New York-oh, if you knew the
| dangers that many business people
We're unwittingly and meaningly
helping to create, you would withhold
| the support of the great check books
am not addressing those in this pres
[ ence, but l am speaking a message to
you that you can repeat to others.
Il know something or unrest; we
went through it in Ohio. we had more
unrest there in the old days than we
have in the nation now, and we
! ton in Ohio by adopting an evolution
airy process. These business men,
many of them here and elsewhere, are
possessed Of very dangerous philoso-
E; ply. They are helping to install an
administration which intends to scrap
| the League of Nations. If the League
Of Nations does not become a thing
! in fact and a vital organization in the
affairs of the world, it is my judg-
ment that not single European ma
ton will ever be able to pay it's ma
tlonal debt; and if the national debt
is not paid, then what becomes of
fiscal conditions overseas?
More than that, l spoke of dan.
gerous philosophy which seems to have
taken possession of the minds of some
business men-we must have an in.
dustrlal readjustment, We must have
an industrial readjustment that will
endure. 1t won't endure unless it is an
honest and fair readjustment. And
millions of dollars are being con.
trlbuted now in order to guarantee an
unfair readjustment. l protest against
that.
Ascribes Purpose to Contributors
"1f readjustment is made under re-
dictionary auspices you will have
another one made; and the further you
pull back the pendulum of the clock or
this side the greater the smash when
1t comes to the other side. l speak
knowingly, have been in the midst OF
the currents of life that are running
now everywhere.
II know many men are making con-
tributions for the purpose of using the
bayonet to settle industrial difficulties
Nothing can be more dangerous than
that. That is building a BolsheyiA
factory. Stop, look and listen, you bus.
mess men!
This is government Of free people
That government is to be maintaineC
by our citizenship. Government is not
a nebulous thing millions of miles 70.
moved from the people; government is
a part of the people. The people are
the sovereigns in this country; anc
let me remind the reactionaries that
people are human, made up of flesh and
blood and brain and soul, and YOU
can't press down on the great mass
of our people a REIMBURSEMENT that is
unjust and unfair. 1t can't be done.
1T is our purpose to enter the
league, it is our purpose to remove
taxes now which cannot be justified IN
times of peace, it is our purpose tc
adopt the Golden Rule, the principles
| of fair play in working out our in.
dustrial readjustment."