Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-22
DEFENDED
BY MORGENTHAU
Former Turkish Agent Praises
Wilson Record.

| The need for the League of Nations.
regardless of legal drawbacks, from the
| standpoint of plain humanity to pros
/ trate millions in Europe was emphasized
/ by Henry MOrgenthau, former ambassa-
/ dor to Turkey, in an address before an
audience which crowded the Propylaeum'
/ auditorium last night
Mr.. Morgenthau expressed impatience
with the quibbling over minor points
/ Of law involved in the league and painted
a picture of conditions in Armenia. Ser
/ bia, Poland and other stricken countries
| through which he travelled at the Prest
/ dents behest TO show how great is tue
need for the moral as well as physical
/ help which should be given them by the
| United States entrance into the leagae.
Declaring himself TO be aH Immense
admirer of Wilsonianism," he urged
Democrats to go out among their neigh
bors and defend the Presidents acts and
doctrines against all corners as Candi-
dates James NJ. Cox and Franklin D..
Roosevelt are doing.
APPROVES NATIONAL
TICKET CANDIDATES
He said he knew the party had made
no mistake in its choice of vice presi-
Dental candidate at the San Francisco
convention but that he hesitated while
ucAoIo putting us stamp OF HDDEbNdt
upon Governor Cox
But when I saw Mr.. Cox and Mr..
Roosevelt taking up the Wilson banner
and defending it against all corners
decided they both were made Of the
right stuff" he said
The speaker styled himself as ''the am
bassador for the nations of Europe to
make their appear to the United States
as to what they expect OF US in this
fearful crisis.
Sketching European conditions from
his own observations. Mr.. Morgenthau
declared that if America had not stood
behind the Armenians ut the peace con
ference the "unspeakable Turk would
have remained in Europe"
He told of his mission to Poland, where
ne investigated the troubles between
Jews and Christians for the League Of
Nations.
The League of Nations will work best
by sending representatives to the va
rious countries where there are contro-
versies," he said.
"You can't settle controversies between
those European peoples unless you give
them an opportunity to speak their
pieces
"They want to be listened to.
1T was very gratifying to witness
how pleased they were whenever they
got an opportunity TO lay their case be-
fore the representative of America
"They are very distrustful of each other
but they trust America because there is
nothing they have that we want"
GREATEST CHANCE
SINCE CHRIST'S TIME.
This, the speaker declared, is Americas
opportunity TO do an act in the spirit
which has been preached for the last 1 800
years.
'lf we don't act in this spirit we are
going to pass by the first great chances
ever given to any country to do what we
can do.
I'VE have had a man who has had the
power and the strength and the oppor-e
tunity to start US along the path toward
accomplishment of this act.
Are We going to permit him to be
blocked by the same interests that have
blocked every real progress since the
world began?"
Americas failure to enter the leaghe
would be q signal either for the reaction
aries such as the Hohenzollern family or
the BoIshevists to seize control in Europe,
Mr.. Morgantheau said.
We've got the chance to save millions
of lives.
81 believe that % per cent of the peo-
pie of America are right-thinking but.
don't know the truth that they have an
opportunity here to push forward the
whole world and that 1t can't be done
without us.
go home and spread these wilsonian
doctrines among your friends and neigh
bors." 3
Evans woOllen presided and introduced
Mr. Morgenthau.