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President Describes Progress Made by His Administration
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Makes Plea for
^ World Court in
St. Louis Speech
Reviews Savings in Govern
ment Expenditures Since
World War—Declares
Tax Levies Reduced.
(fontinurd From Pag* One.)
well, and good .ervlce to his country
ought to be the aspiration of every
citizen of our land.
The present national administra
tion came Into responsibility at a very
difficult time. Our country found it
self in a bad way in the aftermath of
world war. We had expended in
heedlessness, we had inflated in mad
ness, we had rushed into the abnor
mal. and found 10.000 difficulties in
resuming our normal stride. There
was the inevitable business stump.
It follows every war. It applies to
husiness in every line—finance, in
dustry. agriculture. And business re
flexes are felt by every citizen, no
matter how humble or how great. We
found in the Inevitable reflux of the
war tide threatened financial ability,
agricultural distress, and vast un
employment.
A survey of unemployment reveal
ed four and a half to five milliona of
workers without jobs. I leave the
appraisal of all relief efforts, legisla
tive. executive, or administrative, to
your own judgement. The thing I
want to say is that this distressing
Situation has been wholly reversed,
and today employment is calling for
men. There is complaint about that,
too. but since we can not always pre
serve the actual halance, T prefer a
land which is seeking workmen to a
country where discouraged men are
hunting for jobs.
■ConMdpnre in Policy.
T like to believe that the recovery
is based mainly on confidence in the
American policy and the fundamental
righteousness of our Institutions. I
l.ke to believe we have recovered be
cause we avoid the paths of destruc
tive experimentation. Ignore mad
heories. and cling tenaciously to the
foundations of business and property
■ights and human rights, which have
iiade ours the most rapidly and most
safely developed representative demo
■racy in all the world.
We have done more than banish un
•mployment: we have made our wav
o financial stability, without which
here is little permanent employment.
And we halted the extremists who
caught their inspiration in European
madness, and proposed to destroy our
ineial order because of temporary ills,
•ather than rure the ills
T believe America tonight is a fine
= xample to the world, with ronfi
lenee in herself, of a people capable
if laying aside their arms, grappling
a reconstruction problem, and dig
ging down to hard work to effect the
needed restoration, rather thn n to fling
islde all we had wrought In a century
of hopeful progress and thereby
subscribe to destruction in the name
'f social democracy. We gave busi
ness a chance io resume, and assured it
that honest success is no crime in
he United States We assured it
hst the government wasn't going
,nto business, hut that we meant to
get out of it Then to prose that we
meant to have more business in gov
erment, we struck at the extrava
gance which grew in war's fevered ac
tivities. we pruned government ex
penditures and reduced the govern
ment personnel, not hy thousands hut
by tens of thousands, and went a
long way in reducing government out
lay.
Measures were adopted to lighten
the taxation load and distribute the
burdens more equitably. We sough*
to substitute for the exactions of
war the convictions of peace We
inaugurated the budget system of
government financing, and thereby
effected reduction- in government
outlay amounting to billions.
Of course, this enormous reduction
was made possible mainly because
we suspended war activities and
ended war commitments. but we
Irove at. the ordinary expenditures
n the peacetime business of gov
■rnment, and lopped off hundreds of
millions at a time, and we have
proven to the world, in spite of a gi
gantic debt and It* Interest burdens,
hat here is a government resolved
to live within its Income.
Surplus At Knd of War.
The fiscal year, now near its close,
threatened a $800,000,000 deficit
when Its financial budget wan In the
making, but we cut and trimmed, and
insisted upon reduced expenditures,
and it will close with a $200,000,000
surplus.
These ar» rather dull facts, hut
they are interesting to the govern
ment. because they afford the proof
that government itself joined in the
tremendously essential task of strik
ing at Its own cost. We were al
ways keeping In mind the people
who pay In lifting our country nut
of the slough of depression and de
spondency.
Tn the simplest expression pos
sible. we were trying to get this
great country of ours on the right
track again. The anxiety was in be
lalf of no one Interest, but for all
nteiests. We were anxious nllke for
'he great captain of industry and
nis working army. We had concern
for him whom we sometimes call the
little chap, who makes up the great
'nduatrial procession, but who Is lit
tle noted because he walks in the
ranks, but whose good fortune is n
foremost essential to a national hap
piness and contentment. We safe
guarded against otir own destruction
being effected by tlje world's demur
ablation, but we never hindered the
world's honest efforts at recovery,
(in the whole, we contemplate for
tunate conditions today, arid I he
lleve they ars going to abide We
are the moat prosperous people In
the world. I do not, share the be
lief that we have effected only tem
porary relief I never did abate the
convictions of many men that run
permanent recovery could nnlv com"
after romplele collapse, which we
have so happily avoided
Moat Recognixe New Order.
It is too earlv now In safely np
praise the competition of the world
restored, but the world most take
eognlzam-e of the rtew older aa well
as we. War wrought an emauclpa
Uon of men and changed conditions of
production which the old world must
recognize before a stable order is re
stored to It. Our recovery Is based
on a prompt Recognition of the new
order, socially just and economically
sound, and I am sure we will
carry on.
It is very gratifying to contem
plate our conditions at home, wrought
amid many manifestations of impa
tience. hut, in spite of discourage
ments, the record is made. 1 share
your gratification, and have full con
fidence for the morrow.
These things, briefly related, with
great satisfaction in progress made,
are meant to serve as a foundation
for a wholly frank statement to you
of St. Louis and Missouri, and to all
the United States, concerning my con
victions about the attitude of this re
public toward other nations of the
world. The president's Impression
concerning international relationships
are necessarily founded upon official
experience which can come, because
of the duties of office, to none other
except the secretary of state.
Problems LUlle Revealed,
\ The endless problems of foreign re
lations are relatively little revealed
to the world. Most frequently they
are more readily adjusted because
they are not revealed, though it is
fair to assure you that nothing of
vital importance Is unduly hidden
from the people for whom the gov
ernment speaks. Week by week, day
by day, often hour by hour, there are
problems in our International rela
tions which are no more to be avoid
ed than the vital questions of our
own relationships at home. The citi
zen who believes in aloofness is blind
to inescapable obligations and insensi
ble to the 20th century world order
and unmindful of our commercial In
terdependence about which the mod
ern business fabric has come to be
w'oven.
In his never-to-be forgotten fare
well address, in which the first presi
dent compressed the gospel of our
mutual interests at home and our
proper relations abroad, he said
“Observe good faith and justice
toward all nations. Cultivate peace
and harmony with all. Religion and
morality enjoin this conduct. And
can it he that good policy does not
enjoin it'.’ .... The experiment, at
least, is recommended by every senti
ment which ennobles human nature.
Alas, is it rendered impossible by its
Has Been Heeded.
This solemn admonition was ad
dressed by George Washington to his
fellow countrymen 127 years ago.
That it has been heeded scrupulously
we aie proud to assume the world
believes. That we have, indeed, ob
served good faith and have exalted
Justice above all other agencies of
civilization, barring only Christianity,
surely none can deny with truth.
And we have cultivated peace, not
academically and passively merely,
but in practical ways and by active
endeavors^ Even as Washington ap
pended his signature to hi* mo*t
memorable and fai reaching declara
tion. a new principle had been writ
ten into the treaty of peace between
Great Britain and the United States,
had been sustained by the congress,
at his resolute insistence, and was
in full force and effect. That prin
ciple was arbitration, which was not
only employed successfully at the
time, but became ftom that moment
an established policy of the republic,
front which, to this day, there has
been no departure.
Thus, clearly, by tne method al
ready operative in substituting rea
son for prejudice, law for obduracy,
and justice for passion, the father of
his country bade us, no less than his
contemporaries, not merely to coun
tenance and uphold hut actively to
cultivate and promote peace. It Is
with that high purpose m mind and
at heart, men and women of America,
that I advocate parti* ipatmn by the
United Slate* In the permanent court
of international Justice
I wn i onattlons
Two conditions may be considered
indispensable:
First, that the tribunal be so consti
tuted as to appear and to be, in
theory and in practice, in form and in
I substance, beyond the shadow- of
'doubt, a world* court and not a league
court.
Second, that the United State* shall
occupy a plane of perfect equality
with every other power.
There is no consequential dispute
among us concerning the league of
nations. There are yet Its earnest
advocates, but the present adminis
tration has said, repeatedly and de
cisivejy. thar the league is not for
us. There admittedly is a leag
neetion with the world court,
not hope to get anywhere except
in the frankest understanding of
farts. The authors of the court pro
torol. cooperating with a brilliant
American leadership. turned to the
league organization for the court elec
torate, to solve a problem in choosing
judges heretofore unsolvable 't hough
1 firmly believe we could adhere to
the court protocol, with becoming res
creation, and he free from every pos
sible obligation to the league I would
frankly prefer the court’s complete
Independence of the league.
.lust ns frankly let me say that I
have not held It seemly-, in view
of oft repeated declaration favorable
to the world court establishment, to
say to the nations which have estate
lished very much what we have wish
ed. that they must put aside their
very commendable creation because
we do not subscribe to Its every de.
tail, or fashion it all anew and to
our liking. In every specific detail, be
fore we offer our assistance In mak
ing it a permanent agency of Im
proved International relationship
Submit Problems to People.
Government can never successfully
undertake the solution of n great
problem unless It can frankly sub
rnlt It to the people It Is for these
reasons that I confess these objer
flops. T recognize the constitutional
requirement of senate ratification,
end I believe that the tide of public
sentiment will be reflected in the sen
ate I sm so eager for the ultimate
accomplishment that T am interested
in harmonizing opposing elements,
more anxious to effect our helpful
commitment to the court, than I am
to score a victory- for executive Inals
tepee f.ri us, therefore. ippralse
soma of the determining factors
which must he considered in hope
fully mapping our course
Vearly three years ago, by an over
whelming majority, the people re
ie« ted the proposal of the adminlatra
tlon then In power to Incorporate the
United Slates in the league of na
tlono. To assert that Lhosa 1*.000,000
voters did not know what they were
doing Is to insult their Intelligence,
and to deny the facts. Whatever
other considerations may have in
fluenced their judgment were purely
incidental. The paramount issue,
boldly,, defiantly advanced In unmis
takable terms by the democratic
party and espoused by the democratic
candidate for president was endorse
ment of the demand of the then
democratic president. I dislike the
use of party names in dealing with
a problem which has now passed far
beyond party association, but I want
the world court proposal utterly dis
associated with any intention of en
trance Into the league, and recite the
history/to paint the background.
Moreover, I am so enrnest In my de
sire to have the United States give
support to the court that I would
gladly wipe out factional difference
to effect the great accomplishment.
Refused Opportunity.
If the country had desired to join
the league, in 1920 It had its oppor
tunity. It most emphatically refused.
It would refuse again, no less decls
ively today.
There has been no change in con
dition. It Is the same league. Not
a line in the rejected covenant has
been altered, not a phrase modified,
not a word omitted or added. Article
10 still stands as the heart of the
compact. Article 11 and all other
stipulations objected to and con
demned by the American people re
main untouched, in full force in
theory, however circumspectly they
are being Ignored in practice.
In the face of the overwhelming
verdict of 1920. therefore, the issue
of the league of nations Is as dead as
slavery. Is it not the part of wis
dom and common sense to let It rest
In the deep grave to which it has
been consigned, and turn our
thoughts to living things’
But let there he no misunderstand
ing. I did not say three years ago,
and I do not say now, that there ia
no element In the league organiza
tion which might he utilized ad
vantageously In striving to establish
helpful, practical cooperation among
the nations of the earth. On the con
trary. 1 recognized generally then,
and perceive more precisely now. rudi
ments of good In both the league and
the Hague tribunal Having marked
the fundamental difference between a
court of international justice, which
I espoused, and the council set up by
the league covenant, which I disap
proved. as "the difference between a
government of laws and a govern
ment of men." I said plainly on
August 2». 1920: "I would take and
combine all that is good and excise all
that is bad from both organizations.”
cancieney iKimnnnairu.
That i* exactly what 1 am now
proposing Id do. The abstract prin
ciple of a world court found its
genesis in The Hague tribunal. The
concrete application of that principle
has been made by the league. Sound
theory and admirable practice have
been joined successfully. The court
itself is not only firmly established
but has dearly demonstrated Its
utility and efficiency.
It is a true judicial tribunal ltB
composition Is of the highest order.
None better, none freer from selfish,
partisan, national, or racial preju
dices or influences could he obtained.
That, to the best of my Information
and belief, Is a fact universally ad
mitted and acclaimed I care not
whence the court came. I Insist only
that Its integrity. Its independence,
its complete and continuing freedom
be safeguarded absolutely
The sole question la whether the
requirements which 1 have enumer
ated as essential to adherence by the
I'nited States can be met. My an
swer is that where there is a un
animous will, a way can always be
found I am not wedded Irrevocably
to any particular method. I would
not assume for a moment that the
readjustment of the existing arrange
ment which appears to my mind as
feasible is the. best, much i»ss the
only, one Rut. such as it Is I sub
mit it. without excess of detail, as
a basis for consideration, discussion,
and judgment.
Granting the noteworthy excellence,
of which I. for one. am fully con
vlnced. of the court as now consti
tuted. why not proceed In the belief
that It may be made self ■perpetuat
ing? Thl* could la> done* In one of
two way* 111 by empowering the court
Itself to fill any vacancy arising from
the death of a member or retirement
for whatever eause. without inter
position from any other body: or 12)
by continuing the existing authority
of the permanent court of arbitration
to nominate and by transferring the
power to elect from the council and
assembly of the league to the remain
irg members of the court of justice.
Could Improve Sj*tetn.
The fixing of compensation of the
Judges, the supervision of rxpendl
lures, the apportionment of contribu
tions, etc . could also be transferred
from the league to either the court of
arbitration or a commission designs!
ed by the member nations Tlwis. in
cidentally. would be averted the art
mittrd unfairness of ihe present sys
ti-m, which Imposes a tax upon mem
hers of the league who are not sub
scrlbers to the court
Tile exclusive privilege now held hv
the league to seek advisory legal
guidance from the court might either
he abolished or. more wlsclv. perhaps,
be extended to any member nr group
of member nations. Thus all would
he served alike, subject as now to
determination by the court Itself of
the kind of questions upon which II
would rentier Judgments
The disparity In voting a* between
a unit nation and an aggregated em
pire. which now maintains In the ns
.aeinbly of the league, to which many
object because of apprehensions which
I do not share would, under thl* plan,
disappear automatically
These observations are not to he
construed as suggesting changes In
the essential statute of the court, or
the enlargement nt diminution of Its
numerical Strength or modlfvlng the
proper provision that a nation hav
mg a cause before Ihe court which
Is not represented smong Ihe Judges,
may name one of Its own notional-' to
sit In that pat llciilni i ase
Such, In brief, Is an outline of the
basis upon wlilch I slv II hope, at the
opening of congress, lor the consent
of the aenstr to Initiate negotiations
with Ihe power* which have assoi lat
ed themselves with the permsnent
court of International justice
\pprals In Reasonable Minds.
No program could be devised that
would win unanimous approval either
hi home 01 abroad VN e can not hope
to attain parfactlon or to aallafy eg
treme demands. The bast and the
most we can do la to appeal, let us
hope successfully, to reasonable minda
and, with sturdy faith, be true to our
aelves and ready for our duties as
liberty-loving, duty realizing Ameri
cans.
There are those who openly advo
cate our proposed association with the
court of Justice as a first step toward
joining the league of nations. Their
number is not large, and they can
not hope to prevail. There are those
who, In fear and trembling, proclaim
their opinion that this mighty repub
lic should live as a hermit nation.
They, too. are few and hold to an im
possible position. Both are extrem
ists In an endeavor to obtain actual
results, both may be safely omitted
from serious consideration.
But two great groups, comprising a
vast majority of our people, need to
be considered. And between these
there lies no* difference in professed
desire. I am striving for fulfillment
of that expressed desire. Both urge
participation of the United States in
a world court of justice, In fulfillment
of our age-long aspiration and In con
formity with our unbroken tradition.
They agree that to achieve its funda
mental purpose of substituting jus
tice for warfare in the settlement of
controversies between nations, such a
tribunal must he its own master. The
distinction between the two is not on*
of essential principle or of avowed In
tent, but one only of fact and opin
ion.
No Real Objections.
There are those who hold that the
creation of the existing court under a
distinct protocol, instead of directly
under the covenant of the league, re
moves every tincture of subservience
or obligation. For present purposes,
granting its correctness, there can be
no real objection to clarifying the fact
in plain, simple terms, to the end that
all doubts shall be dispelled and that
all minds shall be wholly convinced
by ready understanding instead of be
ing only partially persuaded by intri
cate exposition. If. as we all believe,
the cornerstone of every Judicial struc
ture is unquestioning faith in its in
tegrity, I am unwilling to deprive it
of any particle of strength whigij
would enhance popular reapect -for
and confidence in its decisions Sure
ly no harm, but rather much good,
might spring from simplification of
an admitted condition.
The other large group comprises j
those who. while equally earnest in
advocacy of an International •tibunal
regard the present court with suspi
cion because of its origin Tilts ob
jection. for reasors which I have not
ed, is unimportant. Indeed, from a
practical viewpoint. I consider It a
matter of distinct congratulation
that there is in existence a body
which already has justified itself, up
on its merits, by demonstration of Its
character and capabilities.
Test of Sincerity.
If American adherence couM be
made effective m the reconstruction
of the court, with respect to its con
tinuing operation, that would seem
to dtapose conclusively of all other
cited apprehensions of danger from
tile exercise of any influence whatso
ever, either open or furtive by the
league of nations or by any organiza
tion.
The whole question of support or
opposition on the part of these two
controlling group* clearly resolves
into s test of sincerity. When once
American citizens have comprehend
ed that v.tal point, I shall have no
doubt of their answer.
I have taken very frank cognizance
of the avowed objections, because we
have come to this very test of sin
ceiitv Kxcrpt for the very incon
siderable minority, which is hostile to
my participation in world effort to
ward security, yhich our better im
pulses sro ever urging, there is over
whelming sentiment favorable to our
support of , world court But I want
the 1 "nited States to give Its influence
to the world court already established
.since any adherence tmiat he attended i
by reservations I am willing to give!
consideration to our differencea at
homo sod thereby remove every
threatening obstacle worth consider
ing. so we may go whole heartedly
to the world with an authorized ten
der of support.
So much for the domestic phases of
this problem But there is another T
hear the voire of the doubter: "This
Is all very well, but It can not be
done The 4<1 nations which have
signed the protocol will refuse to
make these changes. They have form
ulated their plans. have arranged
their procedure. have constructed
their machinery, have establish'd s
going concern; they ate not only
themselves content, but they ran see
-10 te.isnti why the few remaining
powers should not be equally satis ,
fied with the result of their rndeav- I
era, Thrv will resent the mere shg !
gestii.n of such proposals by the
I nited States as an attempt at dic
tation It would h» an art of dls
courtesy, If not indeed of unfriendli
ness. on the part of the American
government to approarh them aiorg
these lines They will spurn the
> ffrr. They w ill not brook Inter
ferenee from an outsider They will
not consent lo upset or modify their
fnit accompli. They whole project
e. ili fall to the ground."
\\ |s|i No More M ar.
To which 1 Ireply: Primarily, at
this time. It Is to satisfy the arknnwl 1
edged hope and to comply with the
earnest wish of our sister states that
we ntc< striving to find a way to Join
and strengthen the one body created
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by them which bears promise of elim
mating the need of war to regulate
international relations. We wish no
more of war. To submit terms which
we consider essential to the preserve
tion of our nationality Is not an act
of discourtesy; it is the only fair,
square, and honorable thing a great,
self respecting nation can do. So
far from being unfriendly, it springs
from a sincere desire, through frank
and Intimate association, to help to
restore stability, and. In (he words
of Washington, to "cultivate peace"
throughout the world.
Manifestations of resentment at
our pursuing this natural and usual
course would appear far leas as evi
dences of Indignation than would at
tend a course of aloofness, or an utter
disregard for so notable an interna
tional endeavor.
The United States la not a suppliant.
Nor has it the slightest desire to be
come a master. It is and must be
an equal, no mors and no less, re
gardless of its realtive material power
or moral authority, ever conscious
of its own rights, but never deny
ing the like, in even proportion, to
another.
And what is the crux of conditions
which I have ventured to suggest as
constituting a basis for negotiation?
The making of the world court pre
cisely what its name implies and for
which we have so earnestly spoken.
I rges Karly Test.
Can it be possible that, despite
their protestations to the contrary,
this is not what gome of our sister
states at heart desire? Must there
he a test of sincerity Hbroad as well
as at home? Then the more quickly
It can be made, the better for them
and the better for us. There is noth
ing to be accomplished in ambiguity.
We want to know. And the only
way to find out Is to Inquire.
Very recently a striking message
was flashed through the air from
Rome to Washington. "Tell Amer
Ira." said the vigorous prime minis
ter, "that I like her. like her because
she is strong, simple, snd direct. I
wish Italy to be the same and shall
try to make her so." rjod speed him'.
And r.od grant that America shall
never forfeit the high honor borne
by that sentient tribute from Mus
sollnl!
T can not doubt that you will ac
cord. at least, the merit of simplicity
and directness to what I have said
Understand clearly. I do not advocate
compromise. I merely reiterate and
stand squarely for every pledge I
have made I still reject as unwise,
untraditiona] and un American any
foreign political alliance or entangle
ment I still "favor with all my heart
association of free nations, animated
by i onsideration cf right and Justice,
instead of might and self interest, so
organized and so participated in as to
make the actual attainment of peace
a reasonable possibility." 1 strongly
urge adherence to the permanent
court of international Justice as the
one and only existing "agency of
peace to which we < an safely sub
scribe without violating the basic
principles of our national being
I neither advance nor retreat from
the position which I assumed In my
recent message to tbs senate My
sole purpose tonight has been to am
plify the constructive suggestion
which, at what appeared to he a
proper time, I placed before the coun
try for consideration and Judgment.
Broadly, and yet I trust with suffi
clent particularity, I have indicated
ways and means for realization of
our common aspiration.
Make* No Demand*.
Further than that I shall not go
I shall not attempt to coerce the sen
ate of the United States. I shall
make no demand upon the people I
shall not try to impose my will upon
any body or anybody. 1 shall em
bark upon no crusade. Hereafter,
from time to time, as tonight, acting
strictly within, but to the full limit
of, my constitutional authority, I
shall make further exposition of my
matured views and maturing propo
sals. to the end that we not only "re
mind the world anew 1 by our words,
hut convince the world by our deeds,
that we do. in fact atand "ready to
perform our part In furth»rlng
peace." and in regatnlng the common
prosperity which can come only
through the restoration of stability
In all affairs.
Rut 1 shall not restrict my aiipeal i
to your reason. I shall call upon your
patriotism. I shall beseech your hu
manlty. 1 shall Invoke your Chris
tianity. I shall reach to the very
depths of your love for your fellow
men of whatever race or creed
throughout the world I shall speak,
as I speak now, with ali the earnest
ness and power of the sincerity that
is in me and in perfect faith that
God will keep clear and receptive
jour understanding.
I could not do otherwise My soul
j’earns for peace. My heart is an
guished by the sufferings of war. My
spirit is eager to serve. My passion
Is for Justice over force. My hope Is
in the great court. My mind is made
up. My resolution Is fixed.
I pass from Washington to Lin
coln. "With malice toward none,
with charity for ail." accurately de
picts our attitude toward other na
tions All in equal measure hold our
sympathy in their distress and our
hope for the quick coming of better
days. We would make no Invidious
comparisons.
Voices Administration.
It is hut natural, nevertheless, that
we should feel, and it is proper that
we should express due appreciation
of conduct which conforms notably to
our own conceptions of what honor,
integritj', sagacity, and gratitude re
quire of self respecting nations. I
consider it eminently htting at this
time to voice the keen admiration
and enhanced regard of this country
for Great Britain as an immediate
consequence of her frank acknowledg
ment and sturdy assumption of a fi
nancial obligation which, though in
curred for the preservation of her
very existence, added materially to
her already heavy burdens.
Nor can I withhold from the Ger
man demo. rar y Just recognition of
its new government’s clear manifesta
tion of faith in our consciousness of
fairness as the egg f requisite of a
peace settlement between her govern*
ment and ours, and of our disinterest
edness in all matters pertaining to
the adjustment of European affairs
It has ever been an irresistible im
pulse of our liberty-loving people to
welcome a triumph of democracy
over autocracy and a substitution of
popular government for monarchist
domination. Hence our earnest hope
that a just settlement, terms of which
we do not pretend to indicate, will be
made in Europe, satisfying the Just
dues of democratic and heroic France,
so that Germanj- may make good in
her promises of reparations. and
therein German democracy may e«
tahlish a national honor which the
monarchy had not conceived and
then take her place In support of the
permanent court of international jus
tice.
uur neighbor to the south, for
whom we have only good will and I
god hope, will soon I trust, he in a
position to make practicable resump
tion of fraternal relations w.th this
country, and, following that happy
consummation, what more natural
than that Mexico, too, along with
Germany and. let us hope. Turkey,
should accompany the L'nlted States,
upon terms essential to her welfare.
Into the great tribunal, then it will
be< ome indeed a true world court,
Thua, briefly, niy friends. I have
revealed the hopeful anticipations of
my mind, and the trustful long ng of
my heart. 1 feel that the time for
America to tike the first, long stride
in reatoration of a desolate and de
spairing world has come, and that
the way stretches clear, though far.
before our eyes. May our vision
never be clouded by specters of dis
aster or shadows of dismay! If, In
our search for everlasting peace, we
but let lead, and follow humbly but
dauntlesely, the "Kindly Ijght" of
divine inspiration to all human broth
erhood. glean,.ng like a star in tha
heavens from the most beautiful
Hymn ever written, God w.ll not let
us fall.
Cn il Vt ar V Hcran U
Found Dead in >liark
Hpe<“ial IMtpatch lo Thfl Onnha FW.
Beatrice, Neb.. June 111.—Joseph
Merrill, civil war %’cteran. who had
lived alone in an old shack in the
timber near Blue Springs for >oars.
was found <1ea*1 in hi* home From
the appearame of the 1* dy he had
evidently beer, dead *e\eral days.
Sheriff Sailing and Count > Attorney
Mattoon are investigating the tdse.
Gant
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Indeitructible
PEARL BEADS
Genuine Diamond Clasp
I uiimm ?4-ineh a»rand«. beautifully ma»«*he.|
and graduated I ela»a* aie 14V wi n*
gold • *» *nh a genuine diamond Usually
•old f<>r 11 71.
WITH \ I lA I 7
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SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS
Sale of Trunks
Bags and Suit Cases
Our Wholesale Trunk Department has decided to close
out all BELBER Wardrobe Trunks before the publica
tion of their new catalog. The sale will be held in our
Main Floor Retail Trunk Department, commencing
FRIDAY and continuing until every BELBER Trunk is
sold. The advantageous way in which we ovn these
goods, together with the resolve for quick action, has
caused us to put a remarkable price on every piece
offered in the sale.
$44.00 full size Belber Ward
robe Trunk equipped with
drawers and hanging section
Sk °r 7.$33.50
$36.00 full Size Belber Ward
robe Trunk equipped with
drawers and hang- £■77 CA
ing section, etc. . . 3—/ "JO
$30.00 steamer size Belber
Wardrobe Trunk with drawers
and hanging . ,£77 7
sect.on .—-»./D
$33.00 three-quarter size Bel
ber Wardrobe Trunk equipped
with hanging device, drawers,
$25.00
JK'.OO three-quarter size Bel
ber Trunk with shoe pockets,
hat box, laundry bag and hang
ing section with f\f\
open top.1. ^.jU.UU
*&7.00 full size Belber Ward
robe Trunk, fully equipped in
every particular; “ AA
lever locking devi e JOj.UU
*44.00 full size Belber Trunk
with shoe pockets, hat box,
laundry" bag and hanging sec
S';’“IT.... $35.00*
Steamer size Tray Trunks of
genuine veneer construction
"v,r"d'ib" $14.00
Steamer size Tray Trunks' of
genuine veneer construction
and hard fiber cover, full size
$19.75
*4.50 24-inch black or brown
fiber suitcases with brass fit
ting* ard cover, -q
56.50 Ladies' 16-inch Black
drained fabricoid Bag, silk
rre,ininF’.$4.00
*4.50 Ladies’ 16-inch Black
fiber Bag with ujo ”/ i
duck lining. . .
*4.00 Ladies’ 18-:nch Brown
f bricoid Bag, C'j A A
linen lined.'P.j.vU
Main Moor—trunk Urpi.
Remnant Sales of
Linoleums _
All classes of Printed ard Inlaid Linoleums are offered in th’*
sale. It is ea.-y to find ufficient linoleum in a good pattern to
cover small rooms, halls, breakfast nooks, bathrooms, etc., at
the piece price, which means a sa\ing of about 50 per cent, ruch
pieces range from—
$3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50
Smaller pieces from . 25C up
Short rolls by the square yard .75c up
Second Floor
For those who have the built-in buffets these
7-Pc. Dining Suites
will prove enticing bargains
Queen Ann* 7-piece suite in
American walnut, includes 45x
54-inch Obion.. Table that ex
tends to b ft. and six Spanish
leather S’lp 'cut Chairs.
a,0MriET\. $69.50
IlfiS.OO Antique Brown Oak
Adam Dining Suite. Oblong
Extension Table, 5 Side Chairs
and Arm Chair with full bnxtd
Spanish leather seats. COM
nKP $98.00
'-’45 00 Decorated Old Oak
Dining Suite. 54-inch, S foot
Extension Table and 6 Chairs,
,,nMri:ETE.. $145.00
Sl65.no Antique Frow n Mahogy
my Louis XVI Ptning Suite.
Oblong Extension Table. 5
t hairs and Arm Chair with blue
Spanish leather slip seats, to
COMPLETE >95.00*"
S.'.WPO Louis XVI Pining
Suite, 54-ineh. 6.ft. Extension
Table and Chairs in handsome
verdure tapestrv. To close
$125*00
S 50 00 F1, * rat on P’nir.g Suite,
built by Berkey £ Gay, Oval
Extension Table. 5 Fide and 1
Arm Chair. To close out,
i-°MriETK $197.50
Die beautiful Colored Glass Pow la that ha'a haen sold 'ara
freely all over town at Slot's $2 00. $.' So. will be sold FRIDAY
and SATURDAY at
ONE DOLLAR
It • teeeent Rlua, Nila, \mathyst and Gold Glass Row Is with black
glass bases for flowers or w*\ fruit in T inch to 1C neh aua4,
In Our Gift Show