lf jpjfttV ' " '"mWri-WW BV AV- T! ' ' ' 'VWJ, -.&" EVENING1 PUBETC LEDGER-PHIUADELPHIA, THfUKSDAT, JULY 10, 1919 t . k M 4 I 1 jc 1 I J f 'f n k s h UftEXT OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S SPEECH ON TREATY BEFORE - ML V T " v- T T 7 .. T - - fHM4ltiA Vrnm 1n flnn f , . rtnlln nnd hclnftil nut of it. rrnicm- Ifeerlnit the mothers and the Kilters, - U L.C.... ..J At.- 1t..l. -C1 1.1 ...... f luo wivvb nuu iiiu iiiur iiiimivu mi. 'VIM at. .nVrhey wore free men under nrms, Vjioj. iorEPCiinR incir lurnis 01 uuijr in il-V..' ... . ,i -. , . -. . .!... 1- , aJHieitnldat ol tnsKR ot uoicnoe. i HBTOud to have lind the prltlleee of i 'Vejiar A.nrlatMl tilth lllpni Rnel of M'eftOlne m j self their leader. Ojut I spenk now of Tihnt the tfyt Jk2"t t tnt' mpn "f oe skips mry KJL-vriSISht ""d ,0 U"1 People with whom Rjiff TVfrjr mingled with Mieh utter ti simplicity, ns menus wno iism'u uim to be of Bcrviro. Tlte were for nil the yisiblc embodiment of America. Deacon LlRlit for Millions Vhat they dirt made America and All that she stood for a Ihlng reality In the thoughts not only of the people nf Franco but also of teas of millions of men and women throughout all the tolling nations of n world standing everywhere In peril of its freedom "Tuid of the loss of everything it held deer, In deadlj fear that its bonds were ncifr to be loosed, Its hopes forever to be mocked and di.ip pointed. And the compulsion of what thej stood for wns upon us who repre sented America at the pence table. It was our dut to sec to It that eet decision we took part In contributed. MM nB .. n HUM fiMi tn Influence It. !if to quiet the fe.irs and leallic the k hones of the peoples who had been rlhlilg In that sli.ulon, the unions that had come by oui nsslstnnce to their freedom. It was our rtutv to do ierj thing that it was within our power to do to jnakc the triumph of freedom ind of Tight n lasting tiiumph in the ns surance of which men mirfht ever -where live without ftar. Old entanglements of eerj kind Ktond in the wn promUis winch wi. jrpvernments had made to one another 'I in, the das when might nnd right were, confused and the power ot trie tictor was without lestrnint. Kn gagements winch lontemplnted unj expositions of territory nnj exten sions of socrcignt that might tm to be to the Interest of those who hud the power to insist upon them, had been entered Into without thought of what the peoples concerned might wish or profit In : and these could not alwajs be honorahlj brushed nshfc. It was not easj to graft the new order of ideas on the old, and some of the fruits of the grafting -may, I fear, for a time be hitter. Support at Peace Table But, with crj few exceptions the men who sat with us nt the peace table desired as slncenlv ns we did to get nwn from the bud lulltunces, the Illegitimate purposes, the elemm - allzing ambitions, the international counsels and expedients out of which tnt sinister designs of (iermnuj had sprung ns a natural growth. It had been our privilege to formu late the- principles whiih were ac cepted as the basis of the peace, but they had been accepted, not because we had come In to hasten and assure the, victor and insisted upon them, but because they w ere readily acceded to, as the principles to which honor able, and enlightened minds eviry 'wh6re had been bred. They spoke the conscience of the world ns well ns the conscience of America, and I am happj to paj nit 'tribute of respect nnd gratitude to the able, forward-looking men with whom it was my privilege to co-operate for their unfailing spirit of co-operation, their constant effort to accom inodate the Interests thej represented & to the principles we were all agreed upon. The difficulties, which wtre nnny, lay In the circumstances, not often in the men. Almost without excep tion the men who led had i aught the true and full tision of the problem of peace ns nn indltislble whole, a problem, not of mere adjustments ot intbrest, but of Justice and right ac tion. The atmosphere in which the con ference worked seemed created, not by the ambitions of strong got em- ments, but by the hopes and aspira tions of small nations and of peoples hitherto undet bondage to the power that victory had shattered and de stroyed. Two great empires had been forced Into political bankruptcy, and we were the receivers. Our task was not only to make peace with the Central -empires and remedy the wrongs their armies had clone The Central cm- fires' had lived in open violation of 'many of the tery rights for which the L war had been fought, dominating JSfC' Nn Peopl8 "er whom they had no "it natural right to rule, enforcing, not obedience, but teritable bondage, ex ploiting those who were weak for the benefit of those ivho were masters and overlords onlj b forte of arms. There could be no peace until the whole order of central Europe wa - set right. , - Creating New Nations That meant that new nations weie t to be created Poland, Czeobo-Slo-' vakla, Hungary itself. No pait of .ancient Poland had eter in ant true f,- sertse become a part of (lermany, or fA vf. Aunina, or ui uritt, H- IJohemla was alien In every thought F ,and hope to the monarchy of which Is she had so long been an artificial fk. part; and the uneasy partnership be i ;i j, Itween Austrin nnd Hungary had beeu i K-ae rather of interest than of kin i? ip or sympathy. The Slavs whom Austria had rSVschosrn to force into her empire on SUhe, south were kept to their obedience 'bylaolbinB but fear. 'Their hearts were with their klns- V; " Boen In the Balkans. At These, were all arrangements of Zh power not arrangement of natural union or association. It was the r.latuArativa task of thou uhn unnM i peace and make it Intelligently bllsli a new order, which would &pn the free choice of peoples man upon the arbitrary kwrlty of Hapsburgs or Hohen- I f ' Rumania and Slavic State ?.v'''j ;More than that, great populations l ' Itouna or sympainy ami actual Kin If , to IKuraanla were also linked against tkd2i tvtll in thn ronfflotYinrfi And. ih i r -" r tat-Hunjariau monnrchy or to other nptt sovereignties, and it was part ' f toski of peace to make a new Jljij$M4a ns ,vt" as a new Slavic iSl.lilsierlnff about Serbia. ft Mtural frontiers could be found, fc lijsttA9a fintiln nr1 arifuRtment and & rj . -r : ""i" ti 9MapHH!. A KU tpunxMNu; lu look constantly forward to other re lated tasks. The (lermnn colonies were to be disposed of. They had not been gov erned : thet had been exploited merelj, without thought of the inter est or even the ordinary human rights ot their Inhabitants. The Problem of Turkej The Turkish empire, moreover, had fallen apart, as the Austro-llun-garlan hnd. It had neter had anv real unity. It had been held together onlt bj pitiless, Inhuman force. Its peoples cried aloud for relense, for succor from unspeakable dis tress, for all that the new dnv of hope seemed nt last to bring within Its dawn. Peoples hitherto In utter darkness were to be led out Into the same light and giten at last a helping hind. I'ndet eloped peoples anil peoples read for recognition, but not tet reach to assume the full responsibili ties of statehood, wen1 to be git in adecpiate guarantee of fricndlj pro tic I ion, guidance and assistance. And nut of the execution of these great enterprises of llhert) sprang op portunities to attempt what statesmen had n"ter found the way before to do; an opportunist to throw safe guards about the rights of racial, na tional and religious minorities b) sol emn International covenant; an op portunttt to limit and regulate mill far establishments where the wero most llliel to be mlsehletoiis; in opportunlt to rffect a complete and ststcnmtlc internationalization of waterwats and rallwas which were necessar to the free economic life of more than one nation nnd to dear main nf the normal channels of com- I merre of unfair obstructions, of law I or of prhilege; and the ter.t wel come opportunlt to secure for labor the concerted protection of definite Intel national pledges of principle and practice. flraie Tasks Created b War These were not t isks which the conference looked about it to Find and went out of its wn to perforin. Thet were inseparable from the settle ments of peace. Thei were thrust upon it hi eireiimstnnc i ' which could not be overlooked The wai had crenti'd them In all cpiarters of the world old established rel ltionships had been disturbed or broken and affairs weie at lce ends, needing to be mended or united again, but inulil not be made what thc were be fore Tint hud to he set right bv apphing some uniform principle of justice oi enlightened expedience. And thet could not be ndjusteel b mere h prescribing i it n treatt what should be clone. New states were to be set up which enuld not hope to lue through their first period of weak ness without nssured support lit the great nations that had consented to their creation and won for them their independence. Ill-goierned colonics could not be put In the hands of governments which were to act as trustees for their people nnd not as their masters If there was to be no common nutlinrit arnon; the nations to which the were to be responsible in the execution of their trust. Future international conventions with regard to the control of wntir wavs, with regard to illicit tinfhc of many kinds, in arms m in deadly drugs, or with regard to the adjust ment of manv tarjing lnternation il administrative arrangements, could not be assured if the treat were to provide no permanent common inter national agenc, if its execution in such matters was to be left to the slow and uucertain process of co operation by ordinary methods of negotiation. Difficulties of Divided Counsel If the Pence Conference itself was to be the end of co operative au thority and common counsel among the governments to which the world was looking to enforce justice and give pledges of an enduring settle ment, regions like the Knar basin could not be put under a temporary administrative regime which did not involve a transfer of political sov ereignt and whlrh contemplated a final determination of its politicnl connections by popular tote to be taken nt n distant date; no free city like Danzig could be created which was, under elaborate international guarantees, to accept exceptional obligations with regard 'to the uc of its port and exceptional relations with a state of which it was not to form n pnrt: properly safeguarded plebiscites could not be provided for where populations were nt some future date to make choice whnt sov ereignty the would live under,; no certain nnd uniform method of arbi tration could be Recured for the set tlement of anticipated difficulties of final decision with regard to mnny mntters dealt with in the trentv it self- the long-continued supervision of the task of reparation which fler manv was to undertake to complete within the next generation might en tirely break down; the reconsidera tion nnd revision of administrative arrangements nnd restrictions which the treatv prescribed, but whirh it was recognized might not prove of lasting advantage or entirely fair if too long enforced, would be imprac ticable. League a Necessity The promise governments were making to one another about the way in which labor wns to be dealt with by law not only but in fact as well would remain a mere humane thesis if there was to be no common tri bunal of opinion nnd judgment to which liberal statesmen could resort for the influences which alone might secure their redemption. A league of free nations bad be come a practical necessity. Examine the treaty of peace and you will find that everywhere through out Its manifold protlslons its train ers have felt obliged to turn to the league of nations as an indispensable instrumentality for the maintenance of the new order it has been their purpose to set up In the world the world of civilized men. Thnt there should be a league of nations to steady the counsela nnd maintain the peaceful understand ings of the world to make not treaties alone, but the accepted prin ciples of international law as well, the actual rple of conduct among the governments of the world had been one ot the agreements accepted from the first as the basli of peace with the central powers. The statesmen of nil the belligerent countries were agreed (hat such a league must be cicatcd to .sustain the settlements that were to be effected. Hut nt first think there was n feeling among some of them thnt, while it must be attempted, the formation of such a league was per haps a counsel of perfection which practical men, long expeilenrcd in the world of nfTnlrs, must agree to very cautlousl and with inat.v misgiv ings. Like .Something Written I pon Paper It wns onlt as the difficult work of arranging an all but universal adjust ment of the world's affairs advanced from dat to dav, fiom one stage of conference to another, that it became evident to them that what they were seeking would be little more than something wiitten upon paper, to be Interpreted and applied b such meth ods as the chances of politics might mike available If they did not pro vide a means of common counsel which all were obliged to accept, a common nutlinrit whose- dieisions would be recognised as derisions which nil must respcrt. And so the most prnctcnl. the most skeptical among them, turned more and more to the league as the au thority through which international action was to be see lire d, the author itv without which, as thev hnd come to see it, it would be diliiiult to give assured effect either to this treaty or to tny other International un ilcistiiidlng upcMi which thet were to depend for the ninlntc nance of pence. The fact that the covenant of the league wns the first substantive part of the treatv to be worked out and iigniel upon, while all else was in solution, helped to make the formu lation of the rest easier The con ference was, after all not to be ephemeral The concert of nations was to i midline nuclei a di finite c ov -en int whuh hiiel been iigieid upon and which all were convinced wns workable. 'Ihev could ro forward with con fidence to make ai radge me tits in -tended to be permnne nt. '1 he most prai ticnl of the confirees were at 1 ist the most read to refc r to the league of nil ions the superintendence of nil interests which did not ailmit of immediate ele termination, of .ill ad iiiiuistiative problems winch were to litpiin i continuing oversight What had seemed a counsel of poi -fee tion hud e onie to seem a plain c ounsel of nee essit . Practical statesman's Hope The league of nations was the pinc tnal stitcwiinn s hope of vine ess in manv of the most difficult things he was attempting. And it Ind validated itself in the thought of ever inimber nf the con feienoe as something much bigger, much gre-atir ever naj, than a mere instrument foi cair.ting out the pro tisions of a particular treat. it was unite rsallv lccogmresl that all the peoples eif the wen lei demanded of the conferenre tint it should create such a continuing conceit of free na tions as would make wars of aggres sion and spoliation such as this that has just ended forever Impossible. A crj had gone- out fiom evil home in evcrv stiu ken land from which sons and brothers and fathers had gone forth to the great sacrifice that such a sacrifice should never again be exacted. Old Policies Meant Wur It was manifest vvh it had been exacted It had be-eu exacted becnuse one nation desired dominion and other nations had known no means of de fends except armaments and allinnces Wat had lam at the heart of every arrangement of Kurope of over arrangement of the world that pre ceded the war. Itestivc peoples had been told that fleets and armies, which the toiled to sustain, meant peace; and the now knew that the had been lied to, that fleets and armies hud been maintained to pro mote nutionnl ambitious nnel meant war Thev knew that no old policy meant an thing else but force, force alwa.vs force. And the knew that it was intol erable. Kverj true heart In the world, and even enlightened judgment de manded that, nt whatever cost of in dependent action, etery government that took thought for its people or for justice or for ordered freedom should lend itself to a new purpose and ut terl destro the old order of inter national politics. Statesmen might see difficulties, but the people could see none and could brook no denial. A war in which the had been bled white to beat the terror that la.v con cealed in every balance of power must not end in a mere victor of nrms nnel a new balance. The mon ster that had resorted to arms must be put in chains thnt could not be broken. The united power of free nations must put n stop to aggres sion, and the world must ne given so much better. "I simply will not nave mother cooking in this heaC ueclnrtHl Susan. "what H become of the swee tooth of tho family if I stop? mother responded, looilns, hve young fnces aroun and the fast disappearing apple pic "I'll show you nt dinner to-night' Susan finishkfL-Dgr luncheon Bllentl and went t "Seven packages of National Bis cult Company Zu Zu Ginger Snaps please, and a jar of mars low whip," she on mother, we're in half an Mothe When a growing to es ba handful of ZU ZU sw no fear. For what could be better for any boyorgirlthanhealthfulgingerand molasses and sugar and flour, per fectly blended and perfectly baked? JNAUUNAL 01M.UU I fo COMPANY hoc "r'''-ir ftp inflt OJNOJEn Susan &u zu marsamarnCTrcvYfetiea, The only reason VsVv-J 4 good things were not saltVO,,,. vJjQw sert was because the family ran out of adjectives,, , peace. If there was not the will or the Intelligence to accomplish that now, there must be another nnd a flnnl war nnd the world must be swept clenn of every power thnt could renew the terror. The lengue of nations was not mercl.v nn instrument to adjust and reined old wrongs under n new trent.v of pence; It was the onlv hope for mankind. Again nnd again had the demon of wnr been cast out of tho house of the peoples nnd the house swept clean b n tient of pence; only to prepare a time when he would ter In ngaln with spirits worse than himself. The house must now be glviui n tenant who could hold It against all such. t Convenient, Indeed indispensable, ns statesmen found the newl plnnned league of nations to be for the exe cution of present plnns of peace and reparation, they saw' It In a new as pect before their work was finished. Dare We Disappoint World' Hope Thev saw It as the main objee't of the pence, as the onlv thing that could complete It or mnke It worth while. They saw It as the hope of the world, and that hope the did not dare to disappoint.. Hhall we or any other free people hesitate to accept this great duty? Dare we re ject it and break the heart of the world? And so the result of the conference of peace, so far ns (iermnnt l con cerned, stands complete. The differ ences encountered were ter manv. Sometimes the seemed Insuperable. ft wns Impossible to accommodate the Interests of so great a boilv of nntlons interests which directly or Indirectly affected almost every na tion in the world without many minor compromises The treatv, as n icsiilt, is not exnctlv what we would have written, it is probablv not whnt anv one of the national delegations would have wiitten Hut lesults were vvoiked out which, on the whole, benr test I think thnt it will be found thnt the compromises which wero accepted as inetitable nowhere cut to the lie irt of an principle. The work of the conference squares, as n whole, with the principles agreed upon as the basis of the peace as well as with the practical possibilities of the Internntioiial situations which had to be faced nnel dealt with as fnc ts. Special Treat With Trnnce I shnll prcscntlv hnve occasion to lav before .ton n special treaty with Prance, whose object is the temporary protection of France from unpro; voiced aggression bv the power with whom this treat of peace has been negotiated. Its terms link it with this treatv. I take the lihertv. however, of re serving It for special explication on another occasion America's Role in War The role which Ameiica was to plav in the conferenre seemed deter inincd. ns I have said, before mv col leiguos and I got to Paris deter mined bv the universal expectations of the nntions whose representatives, draw n from all epiarters of the globe, we were to deal with. It wns uni versal! recognized that America had entereel the war to promote no pri vate or peculiar Interest nf her own, hut only ns the champion of rights which she was glad to share with free men and lovers of Justice every where. We had formulated the principles upon which the settlement was to be made the principles upon which the armistice had been agreed to nnd the jiarlevs nf peace undertaken, nnel no one doubted thnt our desire was to see the treaty of peace formulated along the actual lines of those principles and desired nothing else. We were welcomed as disinterested friends We were resorted to as arbiters in manv a difficult matter. It was recognized that our material aid would be indispensable in the c'.ajs to come, when industry and credit would have to be brought back to their normal operation again and communi ties beateu to the ground assisted to their feet once more; and it was taken for granted, I am proud to sn, that we would pin the helpful friend In these things as in all others with out prejudice or favor. We were generously nceepted as the unnffected champions of what was right. It was a very responsi ble role to play ; but I am happy to report that the fine group of Ameri cans who helped with their expert advice in each part of the varied set tlements sought in every transac tion to justify the high confidence reposed in them. And that confidence, it seems to me, is the measure of our oppor tunlt nnd of our duty in the daS to come, in which the new hope of the peoples of the world Is to be ful filled or disappointed. The fact thnt America is the Finally father summed up the situation ; 'Mother," he said, "I'm goine to hock your pride and add several ears to your life. You do no more summer; let Snsan pre- serts." Mother was hurt a little, but irlele in her daughter's success and ellef from n duty thatJbecame more rcame that. Where did you learh the trici?" ather asked Susan. ool," the cirl replied. n times to be mm- ot eat rake plcy little boy grabs a Ing into Ginger Snaps, have re the avor leer- &M- J.iNT' rwi7i by supplying cleanly baked Zu Zu mado ot boat mutwitU?, ft siivlag of friend of the nations, whether they oe rtvnls or nssoclitcs. Is no new fact It is only the discovery of It b the rest of the world that Is new. World Hole Dates rVom War With Spain America mny be sulci to hnve just reached her majority ns n world power. It wnH almost exaetl.v twen t.v -one enrs ago thnt the results of the war with Spain put ns unexpect ed! In possession of rich Islands nn the other side of the world nnd brought us Into association with other gov ernments In the control of the West Indies. It was regnrded as n sinis ter nnd ominous thing b the states men of more th mi one Kuropean chancellery that we should have ex tended our power be) nnd the con fines of our continental dominions. Fears Proved Groundless They were accustomed to think of new nelghbots ns n new incline e, of rivals ns watchful enemies. There were persons among us nt homp who looked with deep disapproval nnd avowed nnxletv on such extensions of our national authority over distant islands and over peoples whom they feared we might exploit, not serve and assist. Hut we have not ex ploited them. We have been their friend? and have sought to serve them. And our dominion has been u menace to no other nation. We leileemeil our honor to the ut most in our dealings with Cuba. She is weak hut absolutelv free, nnd It is her trust In us that makes her free. Weak penples etei) where stand ready to give us anv nutlinrit) among them thnt will assure them n like friendlv oversight nnd direction. Thev know thnt there Is no ground for fear in receiving us ns their men tors and guieles Oui Isolation was ended twenty .tears ago; and now fear of us Is ended also, our counsel and nssoclntlon sought after nnd de sired. 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Call to Duty Answered It was not an accident or a mntter of sudden choice thnt we arc no longer Isolated and devoted to a pol icy which hns only our own Interest nnd ndvnntnge for Its object. It was our duty to go In. If we were Indeed the champions of llbertt and of right. We answered to the call of dittv In n ivaj so spirited, so utterly without thought of what we spent of blood or treasure, so effective, so worthy of the admiration of true men ever) where, so wrought out of the stuff of nil that wns heroic, thnt the whole world saw nt Inst, in the flesh, in no ble nction, a great Ideal asserted nnd t Indicated, bv a nation thev had deemed material and now found to he compact of the spiritual forces that must free mn nf etery nation from etery unworthj bondage. Light Ste earns on Path Ahead it is thus tint a new role nnd a new responsibility hnve come to this grent nation that we honor and which we would nil wish to lift to tet higher lewis of service nnd nchievenient. 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