Evening star., 1923-11-11
Nation Hears Former Presi-
dent by Radio Pillory Amer
lea for Turning Back When
''Victory Was Won."
SEES CHANCE TO REMEDY
FATAL ERROR COMMITTED
Voice Waivers at First, Grows
Stronger-Evidently Prompted
by Mrs. Wilson During Address
on Significance Of Armistice
Day-Flays France and Italy.

Woodrow Wilson, in the first words
he has addressed direct to the Ameri-
can people since he left the White
House nearly three years ago, last night
charged America with adopting a
policy of "sullen isolation" toward
"our former associates, which is
deeply ignoble and cowardly because
1t is manifestly dishonorable."
Declaring that France and Italy
have made wastepaper of the treaty
of Versailles, the former President
called upon America "to retrieve the
past and to render mankind the ines
timable service of proving that there
is at least one great and powerful
nation that can turn away from pro-
grams of self-interest and devote
itself to practising and establishing
the highest ideals of disnterested
service"
The only way in which we can
worthily give proof of our appreci-
III
istice day" Mr.. Wilson asserted, "is
by resolving to put selfinterest away
and once more formulate and act
upon the highest ideals and purposes
of international policy. Thus, and
only thus, can we return to the true
traditions of America"
Whole Nation Listens.
Speaking into a specially installed
radio instrument in the library OF
his home on 8 street, Mr.. Wiispn's 8
voice was flashed through the air
to every section Of the nation. He
talked for only five minutes, but in
that time he addressed the greatest
audience Of his career. From coast
to coast. from the Rio Grande to the
Canadian border, the American peo-
pie tuned in" to hear his first mes
sage addressed personally to them.
The anniversary of Armistice day"
the former President began, should
stir US to a great exultation of spirit,
because of the proud recollection that
it was our precept and example which
had. by those early days of that
never-to-be-forgotten Novembef, lift
ed the nations of the world to the
lofty levels of vision and achieve
ment upon which the great war for
democracy and right was foughs and
won; although the stimulating memo
ries of that happy time of triamph
are forever marred and embitsered
for us by the shameful fact that when
the victory was won, chiefly by the
indomitable spirit and ungrudging
sacrifice of our incompatible SOL
diers, we turned our back on our as
sociates; refused to bear any respon-
sible part in the administration of
peace or the firm and permanent es-
tablishment of the results won by the
war at so fearful a cost of life and
treasure; and withdrew into a sullen
and selfish isolation. which is deeply
ignoble because manifestly dishon-
orable.
Civilization Wronged.
This must always be a source of
deep modification to us, and we shall
inevitably be forced by the moral
obligations of freedom and honor to
retrieve that fatal error and assume
once more the role Of courage, self
respect and helpfulness which every
true American must wish to regard
as our natural part in the affairs of
the world That we should thus have
done great wrong to civilization at
one Of the most critical turning points
in the history Of the world is the
more to be deplored because every
r~lY
made the exceeding need for such
services as we might have rendered
more and more evident and more and
more pressing, as demoralizing cir
cumstances which we might have
controlled have gone from bad to
worse. ..s.s..
And now, as if to furnish sort
of sinister climax, France and Italy,
between them have made waste paper
of the treaty OF Versailles and the
whole field Of international relation
ships is in perilous confusion. The
affairs Of the world can be set
straight only by the firmest and most
determined exhibition Of the will to
lead and make the right prevail.
AAaPphs shO Ia lCSCht SIludtIOn III Tie
world of affairs affords us the op-
portunity to retrieve the past and to
render mankind the inestimable serv-
ice of proving that there is at least
one great and powerful nation which
can turn away from programs Of self
interest and devote itself to practic-
~S and establishing the highest
ideals of disinterested service and the
consistent maintenance Of exalted
standards Of conscience and of right.
1.-The only way in which we can
worthily give proof Of our apprecia-
tion of the high significance of
Armistice day is by resolving to pu<
self-interest away and once more
formulate and act upon the highest
ideals and purposes Of International
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