| Show tere LEAGUE OF NATIONS delegates from utah idaho and Wy wyoming orning back of plan for world peace former president taft and other speakers of international fame address mountain cor congress gross of league to enforce peace salt like city alie the mountain toneless ton gress of the league to enforce peace held in tills this city february 21 and 22 brought together probably tile the greatest galaxy ot of the ahr peo pie odthe of the intermountain section have hae had bad the pleasure itle asme of entertaining in ahe the past decade Ite citizens from every section of the intermountain country had journeyed to salt lake to take V WILLIAM I 1 I 1 T pint part in ili the conference and to listen to addresses by 1 speakers spinK cis of international fabii canil lir ill epting line been beld in eight other of the larger cities dalt s of if tile the country coun tri bilich have been addressed by b former president are william Il how owarI aril taft and other distinguished citizens of ta the e un united ted states but none iloilo of tile the meetings were ere more enthusiastic than held at salt lake I 1 ake mr tatt taft fortner tile league to en force foice pence peace in 1014 1914 and Is president of 0 f the league lile lie sees ees no ni good rea en son wily why a question quentio n of such supreme importance to the whole hole world should be made the football ot of poll ties and lie he does doeg not bellee believe that those who do not agree with mi president wilson I 1 n arp are justified in tle the tie de teat of the covenant which holds holdi out the li hope ope of pence peace mr taft was as of course the HIP arinel pill pal speaker tit at the c some home of odthe alie speaker of ional avnie fome addressed tile congress being A law rence lowell lovell president of f arvard Il university george grafton wilson allson ll son professor pro of international lat lit ilar ard yard dr glenry bioni van dyke dike former minister to the lams mrs irs ahillip north moore moon pi president evident of the national council of nf women henry former anal asador to turkey ir dr Cli chaales nilos R brown bion yule yale university edwaad A rilene filene dire direktor etor chamber of com commerce comine merc iio U S A cap tit in thomas clio chamberlain frank P walsh former doimer j joint tilt chairman oatlie of the war labor board was v is detained in san francisco and was as therefore unable to address the congress borrner goi arnor mill jolin C cutler presided lit at the opening session of tile the longress con ron giess gress tit at the tabernacle which elih was cached to the floors dlois among the lie prominent utahna on the grani were IN ere former oiiver goeller Go ellor nor william spry president 11 kiiber ber J grant head of the church of acius christ of latter day li alev gcoy ge 13 davies dal pastor pa of the l list dr J A WhIt whitson soe president of the university ity of utah n B it IL Itol elt former chaplain ot of the neld field artillery J will knight member of the state senate professor arofo sor levi lev I 1 1 young of the university of utah and A II 11 uni voy by secretary secret nry of the utah state fedoration federation of labor at the lie opening session of tile the con gross giess nt tile tabernacle friday ove ee nang ng dr glenry vun van dyke farmei for mer minister inister n to the netherlands author 5 c holar and more lately chaplain and leftenant leu tenant commander lit in lie alie united U states navy ii alvi olad vigorous app approval annl of the proposed league of nations ns as espoused ik by wilson e Deni demands for reparation on oil the part 0 of f germany were er expressed pi eased by ur dr van dyke who also expressed sentiments against further warfare on oil tile this part of the nations dr xan van dyke not only strenuously voiced approbation of president wilsons Wll Wil sons participation in tile the paris peace conference and ills his labors in behalf of the league of nations but he ha referred in a complimentary manner to the tha part former president taft Is playing in efforts to promote the proposed league professor gratton grafton wilson took occa ion filon to berate the senators who ho are OP posing opposing the proposed league of nations nation though none were vere mentioned by name professor saor filgon during the courso connie of a most mos t able address pre aiming to conclusively clu that thai the monroe doctrine was as not fly by the proposed league and thal tha tile ni nil sections brought tor for 1 ward by b the opponents of the plan were ware untenable ex governor john C cutler cu tier chair clia I 1 r man it of tile the mountain congress cong fesq for a league of nations made madea a appeal for permanent peace and declared areil t lie league leneaue as fost fostered gd by pres president illson was the means to such sue an end cud I 1 state senator son i aitor J will knight 1 representing the associated industries ot of the intermountain country pledged tile support of that organization organization to tile proposed league president john A widstoe of the lie university of appealed for the league on behalf of the farmers of utah and the other mountain states former president tuft taft was the guest of honor at a dinner given at the I 1 botel cutilli saturday over BOO prominent citizens being present following the banquet fornier former governor cutler made a short address being followed by governor Go r It amberger who introduced Introduce 4 sir mr taft P the former president in opening his dinner speech referred laughingly to ills his peculiar pleasure in being in utah and of the support given him in 11 1012 by the state ile he then told of ills his lats mission joll in salt blake Lake and of the efforts he and the other speakers on en tour in ili the interest of the proponed league were making to edu chate pie the people regarding tile the covenants of the union dr henry van dyke former inin ister to the netherlands followed mv mr tuft with n tin n address in which lie declared victory in tile the war war must be made by a longue league of nations the two days session of the lie congress culminated culminate A in n ma mass meeting it at tile the nacle saturday night presided over oer by president cleber J grout and attended by over people tit at former president tatt taft wits was ill alie principal speaker mr tatt tart declared unequivocally in favor of the league of nations clail wits was strong in his denunciation of f tile senators who have offered opposition to tile league the former chief executive confined his lil s address largely to an explanation of the various tenets of the proposal as drafted draft eI in parts paris and to nn expression sion of the ole results of the entrance of the united states ti as a member of the union ot of nations lie ile declared that the formation of tile the league meant open diplomacy ey mill everything in ili Intern atlon til rela bioni alons open and with alie ill cards card face up lip upon tile table mr taft A K H harvey secretary of the utah state stale federation of labor laborin in an all able address declared that there ought to be a voluntary union of nations n R longue league of nations to adjust disputes and difficulties and to facilitate the lie worlds erogies progress pr ogies la in accord with tile highest principles Pol following lowing the address by former president tuft taft nt at the alie virility urdia night nine kit from utah idaho and wyoming voted to adopt a resolution expressing exar es sing tair conviction that tit alie league lea q of nations was the means of guaranteeing guaranty pang that mat peace liberty and justice will be estal established and maintained on oil en enduring foundation we need to apply the principles of personal tind domestic municipal and notional morality aliby more widely declared dean charles Clin rles it drown of yale university tit at the saturday morning session tn ili the assembly hall other DR VAN AN pei leis nt at the lie morning ses lon were mrs mis philip north 11 loore president of the council of IV m ii n ot of tile the united states professor lol levi alfue aws young ot of uie the university ot of utah till Bri ghadi 11 II Il Ko berts chaplain i ot of the hll 11 cutali field artillery at the hie saturday afternoon session Sits slon at uie the tabernacle dr di A lawrence I 1 an rente lowell loell president ot of the harvard tint ver eisot eis sity jt presided the llie other speakers erh vero ware captain thomas a 0 chamberlain henry coriner halted 1711 ted states ambassador to turkey aad ed ward A hiene director of the united states chamber clincher ot of commerce tile soldier fought to make the world safe for democracy demo cruc and lie he is going to fight to keep it 11 said captain chamberlain F former ormer ambassador mado made a strong appeal for or the support of the american people to be placed squarely behind the league of nations plan an critics of the league of nations plan dr low ell declared that aa 10 longer wag ans it po possible isible for us to 16 wrap ourselves lit in a n cloak of glorious glo ilous isolation we cannot avoid hiir ld r responsibility lity ty its as it grell croat t nation |
