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of nations which shall assure peace
and justice throughout the world
President Replies
Before L. :. Senators.
On January 80. 1917, the President
addressed the Senate win references
to these replies, and said:
I'm every discussion of the peace
that must end this war, it is taken
for granted that the peace must De
followed by some definite concert OF
power which shall make IL NlItuaiIy
impossible that any such catastrophe
shall overwhelm US again
Speaking of the league OF peace
which was to follow the war, ne sai9
"If the peace presently to be mace
is to endure, it must be peace maoe
secure by the organized MAJOR ioi0e
of mankind 49,,
Acting upon these proposals, ootn
the French and the British govern
ments appointed committees TO STUDY
the problem while the war was sun
in progress
On April >. 1917, the President de-
liyered his famous war message "
Congress. and thrilled the heart OF
the country anew by his annouIoeuu ~
purpose to make the contest va.
against war" High above all OF ou1
other aims. he placed "a universal
dominion Of right by such a concert
of free peoples as shall bring Pea'Se
and safety to all nations ana man
the world itself at last Tree.
Following this message the IN
gress by resolution, passed Sp..' ''
1917. recognized the state OF war;
On January s. 1918. the Presioens.
went before Congress and set loutn
his famous fourteen poihts. ny.
fourteenth point. which is practicails
identical in language win .he p
visions of article Y of the covenant
provided that "a general ASSOCIATION
Of nations must be formed under spe
ci6c covenants for the purpose ol
affording mutual guarantees OF Po
litical independence ana Ter .ntas
integrity to great and small STATES
alike ,x .fo Tho
Senator Lodge himself, before tne
exigencies of politics forced MIN TO
take the other side, sald tnat an
attempt to make separate Peaee
would brand us with everlas,ihss t ,he
honor and that "the intent OF the
Congress and the intent of the fresl-
dent was that there could be no peace
until we could create SituatIoi5,
where no such war as TINS coulu
recur." -,
July Is. 1918, said:
"i-nless we stand by all our allies
who have stood by us we snail nav
failed in making the liberty OF wen
behaved. civilized peoples secure, ana
we shall have shown that our an
nouncement about making the Worid
safe for democracy was an empty
boast.
On November 4. 1918. the armistice
was agreed to and it was concludeo
upon the basis OF the fourteen po,n.s
set forth in the address of President
Wilson delivered to Congress on jan
uary S. 1918, and the principles sub
sequently enunciated by him. AT no
point. at no time, during no period
while this history was in the making.
voice
raised in protest.
Thus. before we entered the war
We made the pledge: during the war
we restated the pledge. and when
the .armistice was signed all OF the
nations. ourselves included, renewed
theEp1edge, and it was upon the faith
oftthese promises that Germany laid
e down her arms. Practically all of the
civilized nations of the earth have
now united in a covenant which con-
stitutes the redemption of that
pledge. We alone have thus far failed
to keep our word. Others may break
, faith. the Senate of the United States
: may break faith. the republican party
B may break faith. but neither Presi-
dent wilson nor the democratic party
will break faith.
Fundamental Purpose
of League of Nations.
In this hemisphere the mere dec
1aration of our young republic that
the attempt of any foreign power to
set foot on American soil would be
considered an unfriendly act has
served to preserve "the territorial in
ence" of the nations of Central and
South America. The treaty pledges
all of the signatories to make this
doctrine effective everywhere. 1t is
the Monroe Doctrine of the world.
The purpose of the league is to give
notice that if any nation raises its
menacing hand and seeks to cross the
line into any other country the
forces of civilization will be aroused
to suppress the common enemy of
peace. Therein lies the security of
small nations and the safety of the
world.
Every war between nations that
has ever been fought began in an at
tempt to seize foreign territory or to
invade political independence. If, In
1914. Germany had known that in the
event of hostilities. Great Britain
would have entered the war; that
France would go in; that Italy would
go in; that Japan would go in; and
that the United States would go in
there would have been no war.
Opponents of Treaty
Present Their Charges.
The opponents of the treaty cry
out, Shall we send our boys abroad
Balkans" Immediately. the unthink-
ing applaud and the orator records
a momentary triumph. Have we for
gotten that that is precisely what
America has already done? Have we
forgotten that we sent more than
two million men to France, spent
more than tweny billions of dollars
and sacrificed nearly a hundred thou
sand lives to settle a Balkan dispute.
There was controversy between
Serbia and Austria. Territorial ques.
tions, political rights and boundary
lines were involved. The crown
prince of the house of Austria was
assassinated. a little fame of wal
licked up into the powder house o.
tinent was in flames. 1t took all tn,
power of civilization to put out tn,
conf1agration. How idle to nquir,
whether we wish to send our boys Il
settle political disputes in the Bal
kans,
II is extraordinary that men shoult
waste our time and vex our patienc'
by suggesting the fear that we ma.
be forced into future wars while for
getting entirely that America wa
forced into this greatest of all wars
No league of nations existed when w
entered the war; and 1t was oni.
when we formed in haste, in tn
midst of battle. a league of friend
ship. under unified command. that W
were able to win this war. This asso
citation of nations. held together b.
a common purpose, fought the wa
to victorious conclusion, dictate
the terms of the armistice and formu
lated the terms of peace. If such
result could be achieved by an in
formal and temporary agreement VIII
should not the association be contln
in