, 1921-11-12

luls CONFERENCE n corolal welcome tr
tho capital of tho United States Of
America It is not only a satisfac-
ton to greet you because we were
lately participants In n common cause
In which shared sacrifices and sor-
COWS and triumphs brought our ma
lions more closely together. but It Is
gratifying to address you as the
Spokesman for nations whose convic-
tons and attending actions have so
much TO do with the veal or woe of
nii mankind.
IT is not possible to overappraise
the importance OF such a conference.
IL is not unseemly boast. no dIspar-
agement OF other nations, which.
though not Represented, are held IN
highest respect. to declare tnat the
conclusions OF this body will have a
signal influence on all human pro-
gress-on the fortunes OF tho world.
Here Is a meeting. I can well be-
Hove. which is an earnest Of the
awakened conscience of twentieth
century civilization. It il not a con-
vention OF rcmorse. nor a session OF
sorrow. IL Is not the conference OF VIC
tors TO define terms OF settlement.
Nor is It a council OF nations seek
ing to romako humankind. II Is rath-
er a coming together. from all parts
OF tho earth. to apply h better attri-
butes OF mankind to minimize the
faults In our International relation.
ships.
Speaking as official sponsor for
the institution. I think l may say the
call is not OF the sentiment OF the
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spoken word OF n war-wearied world
struggling for restoration, hungering
and thirsting for better relationship.
OF humanity crying for relief and
craving assurances of lasting peace.
1T is Easy to understand this world
wide aspiration Tho glory of triumph
inc rejoicing OF achievement. tho love
OF liberty. the devotion to country
n pangs of sorrow. the burdens OF
debt tho desolation of ruin-all these
are appraised alike. in all lands. Her,
in the United States We arc but fresh
fy turried from Tho burial OF an un
known American soldier, when a ma
ton screwed while paying him trib
ute. Whether 1t was spoken or no,
n hundred millions Of our people were
summarizing the inexcusable cause
the i~ncalculate cost. the u~nspeakable
sacrifices. and the u~nutterable sor-
rows. and there was the ever-tmpell.
ing question: How can humanity lust.
ify or Ccd fc-S-c?' Human hate de,
mands no such toll: ambition and
greed must 20 denied 1t. II mlsunder.
standing must take the blame, then
let US Danish It. and let understand.
ing rule and make good will pregnant
everywhere. All OF us demand liberty
n Justice. There cannot be ono
without the other. and they must be
held he unquestioned Possession OF
all peoples. Inherent rights are OF
God; and tho tragedies of tho world
originate in their attempted denial.
h world today is infringing their
enjoyment by arming to defsnd or
deny. when simple sanity calls for
their recognition through common un.
derstanding.
"out Of the caaciysm OF the world
war came new fellowship. new con-
cuons new aspirations. 1t is ours
10 make the most of them. A world
staggering with debt needs its bur.
den lifted. Humanity which has been
shocked by wanton destruction wouns
minimize the agencies of that de-
struction. Contemplating the meas.
ureless cost OF war and the continu-
ing burden Of armament, all thought
ful peoples wish for real Limitation
OF armament and would like war out.
lawed- In soberest reflection the
worlds hundreds of millions who nay
in a and die In war wish their
statesmen to turn the expenditures
Tor destruction into means OF con-
struction. aimed at a higher state for
those who v n follow after.
1T ia o alone hat the world can
not readjust itself and cast aside the
excess burdens without relief from
the leaders of men. War has grown
progressively cruel and more destruc-
tive from the first recorded conflict
to this pregnant day. and the reverse
order would more become our boosted
civilization.
Gentlemen of the conference. the
United States welcomes you with un.
selfish hands- We harbor no fears;
we have no sordid ends to serve: we
suspect no enemy; we contemplate or
a~pprehend no conquest. Content with
what we have. we seek nothing which
Is a~nother's. We only wish to do with
you that finer. nobler thing which
no nation can do alone.
1--WE wish to sit with YOU at the
table Of international understanding
and good will. In good conscience we
are eager to meet you frankly and IN
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