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Show TEXT OF PRESIDENT'S PLEA FOR COVENANT AT OAKLAND, CAL. OAKLAND, CaL, Sept. IS. The text of rresiuont Wilson "s ad-, ad-, dress toniclit v;.s. in pari, as follows: 1 am not g o i n c to s r e 1 : k tonight par- ticularly of tlie coenu:i; of the league of j nations, but 1 am gvmg to point out to j you what the treaty as a whole is. In th.e first place", of course, -that treaty j imposes upon Germany th.e pioper pen- ! I ahy for the crime she attempted to com- ! J nut. U is R just treaty In spite of its' I severity. U is a treaty made by men who had no inter. ion of crushing tee I German people, and t h r o ; c h their con- 1 j scionsness, into th.e apprehension of tee : world, that no people could afb-rd to 11 e under a government whieh was not con-! foiled by their purpose ami will, but1 1 which was ;-a liVorty to impose secret I ambitions upon oiv.h.r.at ion. It w:is m- ; j tended as notice to all mankind th.at any' 1 government th.at attempted wha! Ger-1 Ger-1 m.any a 1 1 empte d would meet w u h t r.e same concerted opposition of mankind, and would have meted out to it the same just retribution. First People's Treaty. Xotice is given in the very first articles of the treaty that hereafter it will be a matter of certainty th.at nations contemplating contem-plating what th.e government of Germany contemplated v:i! know t hat mankind 1 n s e rrie d ra n k s will d f e nd to t h e 1 a s t th.e rights of human beings wherever they are. Thus is the first peoples' treaty: this is ja tieaty not -merely for the peep'es who were represented at the peace table, but for th.e people who were tee suh ects of the gov ernments whose w routs w ere forever for-ever ended b v tho v 1 c f 0 r v on tt.e field s of FTanoe. My fellow eitisen.s. you know and you hear it said ev ery day; ou read it in t-.e new spapers ; yoa hear it in the conversation conversa-tion of your friemis, t'tat there is unrest nil over the world. A :id w hen ou look Into th.e history, not of our own free and fortunate comment, happily, but cf t e rest of the wor.d, you will find th.at t it hand of pitiWs power has been upon t.iC shoulders of mankind s.nce t.mo bean. and th.at on'.y with li nt Pit t'e glimmer of hgu t whim oa me at Ca'.v a"', 1 h it f.r.-t daw n which came with t ie Ghrist ..n era. did men begun to aw ake to the d ignity and ngh.t of t ie hman soul. Characteristic of Fact. There is little for the creat p:rt of b.i-ir.arutv b.i-ir.arutv in the history of the wor'l except ex-cept the bitter tears v' r-ity "i t' e ho; tears of wiath. And when. on lo.k, we were permitted to look in I'ar s. it .0 some of the partn-uhcr v-omis xlc'' t o; peonies upon whom th.e fut f m ud.! t iov s of tile n v GernuiP. po r v -r to be j bu :t ha d su: f ered fo:- g,me-fl t iov. .vi ( wonder w-hy t'tiy lv s lore o,u:'t: 0,1 j wonder why statesmen, m. n intended in-tended to have an o t'.looy upv. th.e w rl d. waited so lens to r.- : er th.. m, it cives p.bertv to Vi'.v, n, , ; could have won i: for t!; -v,m' (-s i', giving them liberty :t h'u is tie ;ct,: : t. ns and lit fe its t'-e hro. s cf a i -r erial 1st :c c ov em me-. : in t.-. w d. It is astomshmc P at t h g-. ,t dc -u - : -v : did r.-t eon e .1 a -P-o -'k v . t '" w 1 ; ' ! If le world had iu.t a'. e-ad- :.- by th.e gre.it stri. e w puc. :e i ;!.. pttlement. rfn w ou Id ha e stor d m 1 an are at h a d m :nt t as t' : I The makers rf the f .cv t -.-.. d.-.l t I arrause 1 1ms a thmcs w h ; ' !i hid I'm !i a 1 - ready arranged upon a competitive basis, liii.'ii a eo -1 p era t n e basis. ou have heard of the covenant of tho lea g no of na : tons until. I dare say, you have supposed that is the only thing in t h. e 1 ri a ; y . On t h e con t ra ry , there is a docunii nt. almost as extensive, in the latter part of the treaty which is nothing ; less than a great charier oi liberty for . th.e Wi.rking men and women. One of the most sir; Mug and useful provisions ol . th.e covenant of the league of nations is that f ery member of th.e league uuder-' uuder-' takes tii advance, the humane conditions ; of labor for men. women and children, 10 consider the interests of labor unuei its own uirisdietion and to try to extend ! to every na: ion with which it has an dealings the standards of labor upor which it itself insists. So that America, which has hy no inans yet reached th standards in these matters winch we mul land shall reich, nevertheless is the mosi ! advanced ua'.i. n in the world in the re-Aspect re-Aspect of 1 h e co n d : 1 1 o 1-. s c f la bo r. u n d e r takes to brine ail I lie infiuenct-s U car lee 1 1 imat ely bear upon ev ery nation witl' wiiich it has any dealings to see. thai labor there is put upon as good a footinj; as labor m America. Interest of Labor. In The covenant of th.e league there is an elaborate arrangement for a pc- . medio international conference in the interest in-terest oi labor. Jl provides that that con-fe-( n. e shah be ca.'.ed next month in th c: v of ash.: net - n bv I he pros .dent c: the Vm'ed States, and the president o the l"nited States has aueady e.illol it We are wailing to h-arn from t lie ten-ate ten-ate of t've l uittd States whether wa car attend it or not. M " 0 can. at least, s 11 and listen ar.d wonder how lore we ar going to be kept cut of membership ol the-- great hum.tne endeavor. Tins trc.ty atumi is to co-ordinate aV th.e iue.it humane endeavors of the world It tris to bring- under international co-op co-op rat ion every t ffo: t to check interna - t:on.,l cmn.e, );m t .; t unspeakHble traf-111 traf-111 wom-eu Pke an almost eej'ifGly un-sp-- ikabif t : .if -: ' in ch : Idt en. It under- ' 1. 1 '-. ti control the dealing in dead'v rlrucs Pke eiUnm, It org a tn 7.0a a nev m-t Led i-f co-e;n ration amonc till th-1 gri.it io d riv.-s M Cieties vi the world Work for Liberty. And I tell yo ivy f n'cw cif.ie: s. thai th.e Mii-oie Ked Or.tss br.s coire to men r m. 're to t'ee world than it has ever meant bet. re. 1 v . : v w h e re. m th.e renvUfst re-1 re-1 . .-s'U- of th.e w. rld, th.ere aro peopie win' w..i- that sv-nb'd. ar.! every tnr,. iv -:v at :t I : i i.e takirg e-:f ivy ha; as if 1 had f.en a tvmb'i of the worlds ir.-e.iv N r it e else than an or-c:ive or-c:ive .::.! of hh.r'y a-d mercy for th" world 1 w i-h oi: weu'd p.t a copy of 1 1 a- 1 re. id it. A g od d.el of it is teehnl-e teehnl-e :i " . h - d. von o u d tp that j'- rt . but r. .id .1 .'. if it that 'U do n, t r,.ed km r.e-t to r. 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