South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-22
PLEA FOR LEAGUE
OF NATIONS MADE
BY NOTED LAWYER
O'Brien Addresses Knife and
Fork Club Banquet-O'Hara
and WetmOre Entertain.

An eloquent plea for the adoption
of the League OF Nations or any
other association OF nations. by the
United States senate, was the mes
sage delivered last night by Quin
o Brien. prominen. Chicago lawyer.
Al the Annual Ladies Night banquet
or the Knife and Fork Club, held
last night at the oliver hotel and
attended BY 500 men and women
Godfrey O'Hara and Wing T. Wet
more. composers. vocalists and hu-
morists were the other features OF
the program
In his address Duties and Dam
gers Of the Hour" Mr.. O'Brien con-
fined himself 20 the question. what
Did We Get Out OF the War;" He
said: When we entered the war we
were rated as being fourth in the list
OF naval powers. and poor fourth
NJ that. Our army was ridiculed by
Europe as being one so small that 1t
could not even clean up Mexico.
after soldiers from that country
came over the border and shot and
killed our citizens at will. We had
no merchant marine on the high seas
10 carry our products, and were
forced TO use vessels flying foreign
flags TO carry our goods.
But after we were IN the war,
we developed into the second most
powerful naval power IN the world,
and first I'm point OF efficiency Our
merchant marine grew by leaps and
bounds so that IL can now compare
with any in the world. We trans
ported 1900. 900 soldiers through a
submarine infested sea, without the
loss of a single life.
Most Powerful Nation.
AT the close Of the war we we're
the most powerful nation the world
has ever seen. Our president had
reached a pinnacle which no other
mortal had ever hoped to attain.
We are the wealthiest nation of all
time and have more gold stacked in
our country than any other nation in
the tides OF time"
Mr.. O'Brien emphasized the ire
menduous power that was in the
hands OF the United states at the
time the war ended.
In referring to ex-President Wood
row Wilson, the speaker said: "He
was a great war president. probably
the best man who could have been
in the chair at that time. When the
war was over. however, he made
several mistakes. The first. 1 think.
was ,hat he forgot what he had said
we were lighting for. to make the
world safe for democracy. and he
began to fight only for his party.
His second mistake was during his
trip i'm Europe He neglected TO
bring the best brains at his disposal
with him. Yes. even the best men
of his own party he neglected. There
was Chief Justice White, an eminent
International jurist; Sen. Underwood.
generally conceded to be the best
business brains in the senate, and in
the opposite party there was Elihu
Root. probably the greatest author
ity on international law in the world
ex-President Taft. who had worked
night and day for the League OF
Nations. and last, but not least, the
great Theodore Roosevelt
Mr.. O'Brien then went on to praise
the great work Pres't Harding has
done I'm calling the recent Disarma-
ment Conference. and the decision
10 scrap the navy. saying, Rather
than hold the riches OF the world In
one hand. we prefer TO keep hold OF
our ideals with the firm grip Of both
hands"
Warns OF Menace.
A warning Of the impending me-
for the white nations Of the world
10 form an association of powers,
closed the address.
South Bend has been visited time
and time again by famous stars OF
the stage. but 1T is doubtful II any
appearance here received such a
warm welcome and was so heartily
enjoyed as that presented at the
Oliver hotel last night by Messrs
O'Hara and Wetmore.
O'Hara. famous as the composer
OF such world favOrite war songs as
-K-katy." "Thera Is Nc
Death. =" Give a Man a Horse He Can
Ride" and Your Dyes Have Told
Me" played and sang rs compost
lions in an inimitable way His vari-
fNN4NAAM VI NAAf NfNA NNNN'A--t "a -
Katy" were especially amusing
Wetmore is a past master OF the
art Of Characterization. and HIS In
depreciation of some OF Joseph G
Lincoln's Cape God Ballads" was
a treat. His THE Village Oracle,
was exceptionally well done Wet
more also offered one OF James
WhHcomb RHey's verses and Tom
AIcNaushton's Z a m JUS IT h e
Trees"
The comedy hit OF the evening
however. was O'Hara's' and Wet
morc's presentation OF a minstrel
show. Nothing so refreshingly or
icinaI and DELIGHTFULLY."- clever has
been here for some time
Invocation was read by Rev Or
= 4 Burnett Of Mishawaka. Rome
C. stevenson presided as POSTMASTER
During the banquet. music was
furnished by Harry Dennys Oliver
Hotel Orchestra