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Show WILSON PLEADS FOR RATIFICATION BEFORE ! COAST BUSINESS MEN ; SW l-'ISANVISi-O. sr,ut . Is -1'rcsldent ilson spoke at tiK. .', luncheon In ! pan ns follows: . "Tho nu-n who do not look forward i now are of no other service to tho imilon Tho lninH.,li..to no,-,! of this country iu.,1 of tho world is peace, not only a settled pence, ,ut peace neon a definite and wil-utnU-rstood found. 1 1 ion. supported bv such covenants as nu-n oan depend ui.oii, , supported by such pur',.o..,os us will per-I per-I nut of a concert of n.-iion lhim;hout nil i tho tree peoples of tin. world. ' ' 1 '' t'cilcxo Hi It WO even now slop to oonsuUr how lemarkable Unit peace conloivnce In runs has I,, t s tho List Siviit inwriiatlonal conference which did nol moo! to oonsidor tho . . torosis and a,liim:ifs of th,. xtr.Mii? i.al oris, rho Iwiirt 01 this troatv is that '' Klvos I: I'.-it y and indopondonoo to poo-, poo-, 1 So who iu'or could h.io g.n ;t lor thom- SO.XOS. "Von havo onlv to t.iko tho fonuulas i ot th.,- war in ordov to soo l:m was tho ! "''' Tl"' '""! 'f l'an-l.;ornianlsni ' nils 'Kromon t, U.i;dad.' lormany was Lvkltiit lor tho llm- of . l.-.ist I'OS.skui,.,. to oslahhsli h,.,- power' j and uuU-ss. (...ntlomfti. tho world niakrs I 1!,at a lino of nhsoluto r.s.slanoo. this : war will li.ivo to ho tons In ovor "Yotl must soitlo tho ditfioultns whioli lavo oooasion to th.o war. or ou must tpoot war usaln. "l am not saySi-.j; 1 1 , ;i t Oernianv was . tho only usm ossor and ItitrtKiuT. lint 1 .am o i ,s m.n tlu.io was llio fiold v hou o Ia t'-.o u.u Kor of tho world ill ro- ( .k.ll'd to . -1 was skid, aftor 1 lnain.-ur.itrd it. tit 1 drew tOKollior tho iitu,, hody that was oallod tho -b:: tour.' It was i v,rv I s u:p!o ooun. il of fr-.o; ds 'rho milniaolos i ol ties ilttlo room woro tl.o oontor oi I tho whole p.aoo oou:r,uico. and tlu-y i wo-o tho :i..tin-.a,-los of loon who hol ovod iho .-...mo things and thought tho same tho-'Clits ' Now the i,M..' of the worhl is ntiso- lu'.elv- ir.uispensahle to us. and iinnied.l-alei iinnied.l-alei e-.d:sper.sal..e t, tis. There is not a s;no:e liomesi.o trouh'.o that can be I w ; :;,d out in the riht ttunper or oppor-:.:'i oppor-:.:'i t, u;-.d in tune, unless we huce coll- td'.ti'i.s that we 1,'itn fount on. ; "W c oar. it"! ari'.ir.i;o a single elon.t'Tit o our l-us-irn. . s until wo e selti.Hl i pea ft, and know whether we are koIih; : to de.il 'h a nheiuiiv world or un un-, un-, t :-:e:ui.y w orld. t "I a;i on :r..irket men's n'.iTids mil si j h" open. It h;-.s heen said bo often that I it :s a very trite :.ylnR. but it remains i n-.- er;. true, that :i financial panic is :i r.u re s.;e of miml. Lut while the who- worhl i In d uht whit l to expect. I the wh-'ie wr'.d :s uiuier tlie special ap-pr ap-pr eh. ens. on thr.t irf churaeieriti'.c of a "Ami I w aU to remind yiu how the permanency f pe.ict is ,a the heart of ; t:-.'s treaty. This is not merely a treaty ol pt-.Lce w :t h ;erniiiny ; it s !H'thit: ; l:ss t'.a:i a world settlement, and at the ic titer of it sMt'.ds ti.'s cvenant for the t fu.:r. which wo th.o covenant of t lie ; lea-i" of n.i'ions. winch Is the instru- mentality 1 r ihe m.un'.enance ot peace. "If a:.y r,'.'i!it";i' . f the league lenori'S I the p""'m s- s w::h recard to arhur;ition 'a:-.d d .-u-:"n. wh.i hanpe'is? An auo-: auo-: 'r.:-' is ; ion ;,rd t-oyctt. . "T!Tt is ivit. so f;.r a I know, n plnple Rur i.i'.i ! country arid I s.iv I-luri.pean hecai; t ; h r. k o: r -.v n i-u;!;try is ex -it ioii.il wh;ch .t- not (iemue:it uivii s T-.i' other p.iri ..f the world lor some of th r..c-5urits of lis life. "S.t h.a. wiuit 1 am emphasizing Is ; tha the li art of tlv.s covtvinnt is arbitration arbi-tration ar.d il i-'Mi.i"ii. nnd that that is i the only poss.bU b.is:s for peace in the 1 future. "It .s a his s f 'r son'.ethir'.ic better than pace. c ' vh 7.; X m pr-n-eds on the prmoii'le of ii'ui-.-rs'andin otie ai.f'ther. Vu kr.o'.v h"'." i"'.iiv l'i''U"--en those who en !!(' 'ah-T .trv.! th'.se who labor tlf- , pev.us u;.- :i c"''n,r:K'e inul murua! mi-i!.,rci'n,'mi' mi-i!.,rci'n,'mi' If v, hi ririn't r-t toirot lirr v.-i:ii '.!. t- Lhcr sale, it wid be hostility j ; to h 3. I i "Mv fi.ow ciC'Z'n-:. I bt-hev3 in Divine ' Pro ;de:i' -'. Ii I tiid. not I would po j erazv. If I fh-au:':it (he dir'tion of t'ne diS'iniert i a'.''i:r.- of t!::s -.rM d.-oend'"1! u;K-n " :i f.n.:-: endeavor. I slv-uld not ' 1 know h'-'.v reas n my way to sanity. ! 1 H-.it I do n-t. l-elu-ve t'nere is anv body of , 1 men.- liowever they I ' liort their rovtir : or tiicir ir.ilue'i.-e, tla'.t can defeat this 1 ! frr-t eaterpr'.-e. which lr. ihe enterprise j . ,f divn.e merry and pt av-e and trrod will." |