Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-27
Presidents First Speech III
Presidential Campaign M ade
Before Pro League Republicans
Declare. !! Defeat OF. Germany
Has Not Ended Imperial
istic Schemes ; Urges That
Breaking . OF Peace Be
4 Made A Most Dangerous
Crime.

Washington, Oct. 27:-Presidcnt
Wilson received at the White Ho"se
today a delegation of pro league J;e-
publicans headed by Hamilton Holt
Of New York. 1t was the first poll
tical reception the president has held
during the present campaign and the
presidents address to the delegation
was the first he has made since he
was taken i'll, more than "a year. ago.
Appealing for the completion of the
great moral achievement" which he
said the war represented, the presi-
dent asserted that 1.-The war will have
been fought in vain and our immense
sacrifices thrown away unless we
complete the work We. then began
There is only one way 8sto assure
the world Of peace the president de-
clared, "and that is by making it so
dangerous to break the peace that no
other nation will have the audacity
to attempt it.
The, president warned. his. hearers
not to be deceived into supposins that
imperialistic schemes ended with the
defeat Of Germany or that Germany
is the only nation that entertained
such schemes or was moved by sin
cere ambitions and long standing
jealousies to attack the very: struc-
ture of civilization.
There are other nations" said the
president, (which are likely to be
powerfully moved or are already
moved by commercial .jealousies, by
the desire to dominate and to have
their own way in policies, and enter
prise and it is necessary to check
them and to apprise them that the
world be united against them as it
was against Germany If they attempt
q nv cjr fhinDu 10,
Shows Effect Of Illness.
In a formal statement issued after
they left the White House, members
of the delegation said they were
deeply touched by the physical ap-
pearance Of President Wilson,. who
plainly showed effects of his long ill
ness and the tremendous strain which
he has been carrying
He read from a manuscript his re-
ply to the address of the deputation.."
the statement continued. "andv was
greatly moved as he did so. More
than once his voice choked, especial
ly when he referred to the soldier
boys and the mothers of those who
had fallen in. battle.
TT was evident that he was voic-
ing the profoundest emotions of his
heart" the delegation added" The
whole occasion was solemn iand ten
!!ss7ssl m II was evident that the president's
intellectual powers were in no way
Impaired" the statement continued,
nothing less than tragic, that the great
nothing less than tragic. that the great
president of the United States should
have besn brought to such stricken
physical condition as the result of his
indefatigable labor for his country
and for humanity
The. delegation said they felt that
this might be the presidents final ap-
peal to the conscience of his country
men in the supreme moral decision
that they are called upon to make"
The Presidents Address.
President Wilson. in an address to
a delegation of pro-league Republic
cans today at the White House said:
My fellow countrymen: It is to be
feared that the supreme issue pre-
sented for your consideration in the
present campaign is growing more OBJ
scured rather than clearer by return
of the many arbitrary turns the dis
cussion has taken. The editors and
publishers of the country would rem
der a great service if they would
publish the full text of the covenant
OF the League OF Naf1ons, because
having read that text, you would be
able to Judge for yourselves a great
may things in which you are now in
danger of being misled. I hope sim
cerely that it would be very widely
and generally published. 1t is with
desire to reclarify the issue and to
assist your judgment that I take the
liberty of stating again the case sub
mitted to you, in as simple terms as
possible. ,..sst,. * s@
Three years ago it was my duty to
summon you to the concert Of war. to
Join the free nations Of the world in
meeting and ending the most sinister
.s (Continued on paRe So