| Show LEAGUE OF ant NATIONS PLAN HORSED BY LOYAL WESTERNERS delegates from utah idaho and wyoming back of plan for world peace former president taft and other speakers of international fame address mountain congress of league to enforce peace salt lake city the mountain congress of the league to enforce peace held in this city february 21 ind and 22 brought together together probably the greatest galaxy ot of celebrities the people of the intermountain section have had the pleasure of entertaining in fit the past klecun a representative citizens froni from every section of the intermountain country had journeyed to salt lake to take WILLIAM 11 II TAFT T part in the conference and to listen to addresses by speakers of international tame faille similar meeting have been held in fit eight other of the larger cities of the country which have been addressed by former president william howard taft and other distinguished citizens of the united states state but none of tile the meetings were more enthusiastic than those held at salt lake sir mr taft formed the league to enforce peace in 1914 and is president of the league ile he sees no good renson reason why a question of such supreme impo tance to the whole world should be made the football of partis partisan hn polities politics and lie dow does not believe that those who do not agree with president witson wilson arp are justified iusti fied in advocating the defeat of the covenant which holds out the hope of peace sir taft was of course the principal speaker ut at the conference some of the speakers of national tame fame addressed the congress being A law rence lovell president of harvard university george grafton wilson professor of international law at harvard dr henry van dyke former minister to the netherlands sirs its phillip north moore president of the national council of women henry I 1 former ambassador amb asador to turkey dr charles R brown yale university edward A filene director chamber of commerce U S A captain thomas chamberlain Chain berl ain F rank frank 1 P walsh former joint chairman an of the w war ir labor hoard board was detained lu ili san francisco and was therefore unable to address addres the congress former governor john C cutler presided at the opening session of the congress at the tabernacle which was packed to the doors among the lie prominent on the program were former governor william spry aresi president eleber J grant lead of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints rev kev george 13 davlos davies pastor of the first presbyterian pre church dr J V widtsoe soe president of the university of utah C B 11 Ro Il betts former chaplain of the field artillery J will knight member of the state senate professor levi edgar young of the university of utah nul and A E harvey secretary of tile utah state fed oration of labor at the opening session of 0 the congress gress 14 at the tabernacle friday evening dr henry van dyke former minister to the netherlands author scholar and more lately chaplain and lieutenant commander in the united states navy voiced vigorous approval of the proposed league of nations as espoused by president wilson demands for reparation on the part of Germa germany veers expressed by dr van uylie who also expressed sentiments against further warfare on oil the he part of tile the nations dr van dyke not only strenuously voiced approbation of president wilsons Wll WIl sons participation in tin tile paris peace conference and Ms his labors in behalf of the league of nations but lie he referred in fit a complimentary v manner to the part former president T tatt aft la Is playing in efforts to promote the proposed league professor gratton grafton wilson took occasion to berate the senators who are opposing the proposed league of nations though none ilone were mentioned by name professor wilson during the course of a mos most t able address presented I 1 s arguments aiming to show conclusively c clu iu that the doctrine was wag not endangered by the proposed league and that the objections brought for fop ward by tile ilio opponents ot or the hie plan were untenable ex governor john C cutler culler chairman of the Moun mountain taink congress for a league of oc nations made a strong appeal tor for permanent pence and decla declared reI the league as fostered by president wilson was uie the maani to lo such tin nu end I 1 state senator J will knight representing the associated industries of I 1 the intermountain country pledged the I 1 1 support of that organization to the proposed league 1 resident john A widstoe of the U university of utah appealed for the league on behalf of the farmers of utah and the other mountain states former president taft was the guest of honor at a dinner given at the hotel utah saturday over GOO prominent citizens being present following the banquet former governor cutler mado made a short address b being eang followed by governor danzberger ISan Dan iberger who introduced sir fr tatt raft 1 the former president in opening ill his dinner speech referred laughingly t to 0 ills his peculiar pleasure in being in and of the support given him in 1912 by tile state late ile he then told of his mission in salt lako lake and of the et ef fort 4 lie and the other speakers en tour in the interest of the proposed league of nations were making to educate like people regarding the cove nants of the lie union dr henry van dyke former minister to the netherlands followed sir mr taft with an address in which he declared victory letory in the war must be made practical by a n league of nations the two days session of the congress culminated in a mass meet meeting illg at tile thu tabernacle saturday night nigh I 1 presided over by president cleber J grant and attended by over people at which former president tatt taft was tile principal speaker mr taft declared unequivocally in favor of the league of nations and was strong in his denunciation of the senators who have offered opposition to the league the former chiet chief executive confined its ills address largely to nn explanation of the various tenets of the proposal as d drafted in parts and to an expression of the results ot of the entrance ot of tile the gilld states stales as a member of the union of nations ile he declared declare that the formation of the league meant open diplomacy with everything in international relations open and with fill tile the cards face up upon the table Irece ning sir mr taft A E harvey secretary of the alie utah state federation of labor in an able address declared that there ought to be a voluntary union of nations it a league of nations to adjust disputes and difficulties and to facilitate the worlds progress in accord with the highest principles following tile address by former president tatt taft at the tabernacle sat bilay night nine thousand delegates f om utah idaho and wyoming voted to adopt a resolution expressing their conviction that the league of nations was tile the mean of guaranteeing that peace liberty and justice will be established and maintained on an enduring foundation we need to apply the principles ot of per personal onal and domestic municipal and national morality morn lItY more widely declared dean charles it II brown of yale university at tile the saturday morning session in the assembly liall hall other al 41 ily 1 1 ay r DR HENRY VAN DYKE sIt speakers eakers at the morning session were mrs philip dill north moore president of the national nul council ot of women of the united stoles states professor levi I 1 edar ed ar young ot of the university of utah slid and brigham 11 roberts chaplain of the 14 ath utah field artillery at tit alie saturday afternoon session at the tabernacle dr A lawrence lowell president of alie harvard antver university ver sity presided the other speakers were captain thomas G chamberlain henry former united states ambassador to turkey and edward A rilene filene director of the Ull united iteI states chamber ot of commerce the soldier fought to make the world safe for democracy arid and lie is going to light fight to keep keel it safe babe said captain chamberlain former ambassador blargen than made a strong appeal for the support of the american people to b be e placed squarely behind the league of nations plan answering critics ot of the lea league gue of nations plan dr lowell declared that no longer wit was it possible for us to wrap ourselves in a clo cloak ak of glor glorious lous isolation we cannot avoid our responsibility lity as a great nation |
