Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-09

ladies and gentlemen am over
whelmed beyond words to the depth OF
my heart with the spirit with which
| am SO iiatteringly welcomed. and
which | have received from you. !
therefore wish today to put before YOU
some very plain words which | do not
utter in the spirit of criticism but which
| say To you. though the same may be
unpleasant.
II think in a democracy not only has
every man Il right to spenk, but maybe
he is not using this right as well and
as often as might be done. | know, Of
course, thar in this Government of the
people in this country and in the gov
crnmcnt Of Britain and many others
there is work that all must try to do
to tn" very best of their means. But
il every citizen in a democracy IS n
king. and We do not care for kings IN
democracy, ] do not think it would
be very comforting. There are at times
plenty of use for those interested TO
come forth and state what their opin-
ions are.
1T has been my misfortune some
times as we'll as that of some of the
governing powers, to say thlhgs, anu
/ know that there were things which 1t
might have been useful to say, but
which I could not say without making
matters worse than they were. some
times | would like n man to come lorth
and say what he thinks on sltuat,oi
and would like to know what th'l
thought is Of that situation 10
II have no mission. i am sent u!
no one. am sent here by the s"slte nr
belief and with the same iueus '''
which Won yourself took the troup'r =.
come TO US. ! have things 10 snS 49,, ni,,,
my country and about otner so'''''''e
powers. . ho road
II was very much hurt when ! rean
IN rho nspers that France. had been
rh,rgad with miiirarism and :mpcrial :
;tm rcolly could not sit stili IN my
h"ir ., home and. old rs l am
, dnterm;ned Tnt, that l would start OUT and
n,,t tba question before America. IRON
| tha very minute ] landed on thes'
| shores | knew that our hearts "et,
nike. Your hearts ana .o Ihose ~ ";
France. know that you nlueis'nm. n isdar-
France and that France "ouiu In nort
stand YOU We have the same hear,
the same spirit ana tue '"''''
for well being
In City Of Penn
..JIoro am in the gorgeous clty o
no i,nmortalized William Penn.
,Iooo mvself under it's hospices'. fnIia
aeInhia is the city OF peace WIN Wy ~
Yam Penn AS its founder, and IT Is TN
nitx nf Var. with Washington 30
is his is but human instinct. -,
'' IL is we'll that it should be the cit!
- neoce because peace means eq"a
riphts to all, because IT. means usalcg u
everv citizen, because it means freedom
nd because it means a,ondsrc Inaa ,nis ,
wb@are @ the Declaration OF independshc
"hsFt W. ,;rtb Giving, as it did, happines
mad nnd II liberty n'ts" for men and to men; 49,,
am! ..,rhere her has never been that ! knoN
of a greater problem and q highe
n1, nrobIem' when this right was denied T 7
nnc m c' When it was, you had TO 10 arm an
yo,, had to resort to war lhat ~ ~
S"n Sose "' / come for peace win the solyln
of'r Of n great problem which solving wa
not finished. ] come to express myse'
nO' nU n" lessons that have been the out
"" ,nna ~ that great war, Just as yo
bone6tted by the great lessons yo
learned and which are connected wit
! % ,be immortal. name of George Wash
ingtOn. L,, ,rorq yould any
: hodv say that We told Germany,-thi
for for The fifty years after 1871 we threat
n ened anybody and made them feel Il