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Tf the peace presently to be made is to en-dure, it must be a peace made secure by theorganized major force of mankind.” (Ap-plause) Acting upon these proposals, both the Frenchand the British governments appointed commit-tees to study the problem while the war was stillin progress. On April 2nd, 1917, the President deliveredhis famous war message to Congress, and thrilledthe heart of the country anew by his announcedyurpose to make the contest “a war against war.”Iligh above all of our other aims, he placed 25 —_— —— eee ‘a universal dominion of right by such a con-cert of free peoples as shall bring peace andsafety to all nations and make the world itselfat last free.” (Applause) Following this message, the Congress by re- solution, passed April 6th, 1917, recognized thestate of war. On January 8th, 1918, the President went be-fore Congress and set forth his famous FourteenPoints. The fourteenth point, which is practi-cally identical in language with the provisions ofArticle X of the covenant, provided that “a general association of nations must beformed under specific covenants for the pur-pose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrityto great and small states alike.” (Applause) Senator Lodge himself, before the exigenciesof politics forced him to take the other side, saidthat an attempt to make a separate peace would“brand us with everlasting dishonor” and that“the intent of the Congress and the intent ofthe President, was that there could be no peaceuntil we could create a situation where no suchwar as this could recur.” (Applause) Former President Roosevelt, on July 18th,1918, said: 26 ee pe ae re ——— “Unless we stand by all our Allies who havestood by us, we shall have failed in makingthe liberty of well-behaved, civilized peoplessecure and we shall have shown that ourannouncement about making the world safefor democracy was an empty boast.” (Ap-plause ) On November 4th, 1918, the armistice wasagreed to and it was concluded upon the basis ofthe fourteen points set forth in the address ofPresident Wilson delivered to Congress on Jan-uary 8th, 1918, and the principles subsequentlyenunciated by him. (Applause) At no point,at no time, during no period while this historywas in the making, was one responsible Americanvoice raised in protest. (Applause) Thus, before we entered the war, we made thepledge; during the war we restated the pledge;and when the armistice was signed, all of thenations, ourselves included, renewed the pledge;and it was upon the faith of these promises thatGermany laid down her arms. (Applause)Practically all of the civilized nations of the earthhave now united in a covenant which constitutesthe redemption of that pledge. We alone havethus far failed to keep our word. Others maybreak faith; the Senate of the United States maybreak faith; the Republican Party may break 27 — citings a an faith; but neither President Wilson nor the De-mocratic Party will break faith. (Great Ap-plause ) \
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