The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
WILSON
BREAKS HIS
SILENCE
First Remarks He Has
w a d e on Public
Questions Since He
Was Stricken on the
League Of Nations
T our Of Western
States

t1~S%SSo
Washington, Nov. 11.-Wood-
row Wilson told a. host of friends
ard admirers who made an Armis-
tice day visit !, to his home here
today that world peace could be
brought about only by active CO.
operation for justice" and mot by
amiable phrases America al
ways has stood. for justice, he de-
clared, adding that the .'puny per-
sons" now standing in the way
would find presently that their
weakness is no match for the
strength of a moving Providence"
The. former president spoke
! standing on the portico of his s
street residence and without man
uscript or notes. His remarks con
sumed about five minutes. They
were the first he had made on
public questions since he. was
stricken. ON his league Of nations
tour of; the West three years ago.
This was his third public ap-.
pearanee since he left the, White
House on March 4, 1921.
! The appearance of Mr.. Wilson
who was assisted to the portico by
a negro servant: was the signal for
prolonged cheers from the crowd
that packed the street and over
flowed GA nearby lawns and a va
cant field. The war time. presi-
dent responded with a smile and q
raising of his. conyentionalssilk hat.
Mrs. Wilson did not accompany
him. but as she appeared to assist
him hack indoors at the conclu-
sion OF his address. she, too, re-
ceived an ovation. ~
Mr.. Wilson's. address was in re-
sponse to. one to him by Henry
Morgenthan, former ambassador to
Turkey, who declared that, the
principles enunciafed by Mr.: Viii
son during the war would prevail
!, and that on last Tuesday it had
been demonstrated that 1.-The pee-
pie ofs.America are escaping from
nlaterialism and selfshness and are
preparing again to recognize their
solemn and. inexorable duty to-
wards their fellow nations in Eu-
rope"
This reference to the. elections
. brought a smile and low cry of
Hear. hear" from the ;osmer chief
executive In his remarks Mr..
Wilson spoke clearly and distinct
1ly and with much OF his old time
.rapidity., Necessarily, however,
there was lacking the once char
acteristic vigor Of delivery and his
voice; carried only slightly beyond
the inner ideges Of the crowd. The
text of his remarks follows:
IT am very much moved by the
wonderful exhibition Of your friend
ship and approval and Ishaye been
l.refectiHg today that Armistiee adaY
has a particular, significance for
! the United States: because the
gnitde States, has remained con-
! tented With the. armistiee aad has
not, neved forward to peace.
tais9 a very serious reflection
that the United States. the great
ioriginative nation. should remain
eontentedi with -Ssa neSatic IA. Ar
mis.ice is q negation. it; is q stand
still Of arms; it is.,a cessation Of
fighting and we are SO bent. on a
cessation. of fighting that we are
even throwing our arms away
1t is: a, singular circumstance to
which. Mr.. Morgeethau has in part
adyerted that while we prescribed
the conditions of the aArmistice We
did not concur in. the establishment
of permanent peace. That Of
course, was. brought about by n
group in the United States senate
who preferred personal, partisan
motives to the honor OF their ceun-
try and the peace of the world.
E They do not represent the
United States, because, the United
States is moving forward and they
are slipping backward. Where
their slipping will end. God only
|
will determine.
"And 1 have also been rejecting
upon the radical difference be-
tween armistice and peace. Ar
mistice, as have. said, is mere
negation; it: is the refraining from
force. But peace is a very posi-
tive and constructive thing, as. the
world stands nowadays, because it
must be brought about by the sys-
tematic maintenance of a common
understanding and by cultivation,
not by amiable phrases but the ac-
tive cooperation for justice, and
justice is a. greater thing than any
kind Of expediency.
America has always stood for
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