Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-11 | Page 6 | Frazer Speaks at Tabernacle

FRAZER SPEAKS British Journalist Talks on Peace Conference, Soviets and World Conditions 1 With an audacious wit that sometimes some-times took ones breath away and an amazing fund of information, Sir John Foster Frazer last night spoke to a (small audience at the Ogden tabernacle taberna-cle on the subject of a "A Diplomatist at "Large." Beginning with a series of pen portraits por-traits of the members of the peace commission at Versailles, the speaker Kent on to talk of the league of nations, na-tions, Russia nnd the soviet government, govern-ment, Turkey and its Old Man, Arme-jnia Arme-jnia and America's opportunity to accept ac-cept a mandate; the yellow peril, or the question of Japan and Shantung, Great Britain and the question of Irish home rule. He said: "America has one or two choices. She either comes into -the league of nations or she prepares herself to be the mightiest naval and military force In the world. There is no other alternative. alter-native. If I were an American I would espouse one of two causes. Either I work for tho inclusion of my own people peo-ple in the league of nations, or I would use every effort in my power to Snake this the greatest compulsory military nation In the .world. "The league is not a perfect covenant. cove-nant. The perfect covenant will never nev-er be made by men. The league is at "present constituted provides a means v hereby war may be delayed. "To my mind, the Russians are the most wonderful people of the world. Their genius is not practical as is jours. Give him time therefore. He is making a new experiment in government. gov-ernment. The natinos will have to recognize rec-ognize the soviet government. "Bolshevism Is the result of the Russian's mistreatment of the Jew. The nations that have mistreated the Jew have been made to suffer. Your own country here, my country, has tieatcd the Jew well and we have been richly blessed for It. Russia has mistreated mis-treated the Jew. Being but four per cent of the population, he Is at present , time 61 per 'cent of the government. . He saw his chance in the upheaval of Ihc revolution and he is working, in the spirit Qf Shylock to reap his revenge." re-venge." I The speaker was very closely fol lowed by an attentive audience which was presided over by Stuart P. Dobbs, jond before which Mrs. Dobbs. accompanied accom-panied by Mrs. Vera Frey Beason, , l sang, and Miss Mary Fisher, violinist, accompanied by Miss Vera Peterson, played. 00