The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-22
WOULD FOLLOW
PREPARATIONS
SETTLEMENT
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4 the direction of the failure to
rfaintain its economic position, but
in the direction of the failure TO
naintaiu its ideals.
The president, in abiding to this
anger, mentioned that the World
q ar caused many Of the old stand
irds TO be suspended or cast aside
and asserted that alth ough war CON
aItions passed away they left "a trail
of vicious and criminal selfishncss.
il"r turning TO revelations of the
alaic Investigations without men
oning them specifically, he contin
ed:
From u Of this sordidness the
ffair- Of government, Of course, Sut-
cred. In some of it Il few public
Ulcers were guilty participants. But
he wonder is not that this was 50
zach or 50 many, rather that it has
cen 50 little and so few. The en-
ouaging thing at present is the evi-
encc Of II well-nigh complete return
. normal methods of action and il
luc public opinion. The gravity Of
quilt Of this Kind is fully realized
nd publicly rcprehendcd. There is
II exceedingly healthy disposition to
proot II aItoecther, and administer
iunl Shmcnt wherever competent evil
e.ncc Of guilt can be produced. That
am doing and propose to continue.
The law of service, Mr.. Coolidge
onteudcd, also demands strong rcsiS-
aucc against the most determined
assaults upon the public treasury,
~ minority groups Of one kind or
another, and organizations, some
Zines almost nation wide in their
notifications,
The same law requires the adoption
Of sound method Of taxation, he
asserted, adding that the success of
the government does not lie in
wringing all the revenue it can from
the people but in making their bur
den a light and fairly distributed
as possible.
Carrying the law Of service to adj
ministraton Of America foreign re
latious, the president traced the
Law $ eXcmplifications in the Span
American war which, he said
i"ft our country "A world power
with world sponaibiities in the
World War in which "America made
Is sacrifice for what it believed was
The cause of righteousness, and at
thc peace table in Paris where Our
presence softened the terms and di-
~ IL h.I III, Of bn tpp
ious nations. He then traced the
tops which led to the selection of
three Americans on the commission
to untangle the PREPARATIONS snarl
and declared:
"A final adjustment for the liqui-
dation of separations ought to be
:he beginning of new era of peace
and good will.
In the event that such a condi-
tion, develops, he went on, 1T be-
comes pertinent to examine what can
be done by ol1 own country, in co.
operation with others. further to
rid ourselves and the rest of the
World of the menace and burden of
competitive ornaments and more eff
tectivcly insure the settlements OF
differences between nations, not by q
recourse to arms, but by "A recourse
20 reason; not by action leading to
war, but by action leading to jus.
tice. Our past experience should
warn us not to be over-confident ir
he face Of so many failures but il
also justifies the hope that something
may be done where already there has
peen some success, and at least We
IAN demonstrate that we have done
all that we can.
The president renewed his endorse
nent of the permanent court of in
,erriational justice and then turne,
toward a discussion of the possibil
lty of another world conference.
Concluding he reminded his audi
ence that ION what nations are a
home depends what they will b
abroad, and added:
The world knows that we do no
seek to rule by force of arms, Oh
strength is in our moral power. W
increase the desire for peace every
where by being peaceful. We main
tain military force for our defens
but our offensive lies in the justic
of our cause. We are against wa
because it is destructive. We an
for peace because it is con8tructiv.
We seek conc0rdN with all nation
through mutual understanding. W
believe in treaties and covenants an
international law as permaror
record for reliable determi1atio
of action. All these are evidence
Of right intention. But somethin