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' - SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. .
PRicEtnvECErrrs.
:TfaNewg6
PRESIDENT WILSON FIRES TWO SHOTS AT LEAGUE
i
OPPONENTS ON FIRST DAY OF
SAYS TREATY REPRESENTS
TREATY I'M
TO
Committee On Foreign Rela
tions Finishes . Its Work;
Lodge Will Formally Pre
sent Majority Report
Next Week
MINORITY BY DEMOCRATS
TO BE FILED; SENATE TO
. TAKE UP TREATY SEPT. 15
About Two Score Amendment!
; Fmiouily Adopted By Be.
publican Majority of Com.
. mittee To Accompany Be.
pprt ; Stormy Debate Pre.
ceded Action By Committee;
Beiervationt Provide That
Tbey Must Be Specifically
Accepted By Tho Other Four
Great Powers; Six Demo-
ctzU Voted Aeainst All
Eeservatlcna
" : ' v (By Tha Associated Press.)
; Washington, Sept. 4. The Seni'tt for
, b relations committee lata today
flu'shed. tta work oath peace treaty
with Germany, tad, after adopting four
-VtertatW to tho' Warn, of atloai
'coVeTraaTTerdcred "Hit rcjy. poxttd
to the Senato with,, about - toeow
mondment (iVerloaaly lacorporalcd.
"t The treaty, a'gwed at TerwlUca June
SS, and aubmitted by Pmideat Wileoo
to tho Bcoaio aad rtfcrrtd to the com
laiUee July 10, bow paste r far at
tho United State is eooceraed into
ita leal tge that of opco eoneider
. u. K th Keaata for ratification or
wUftiai. Committee actioa ws defer
rod ea tho special treaty to protect
Frrne aad oa other treaties submitted
, T. R.wort It Next Week.
Chairman Lodge will rehire tho treaty
to tho 8enate .with, a formal majority
lt eit week. A minority
m re
port by the Democrat opposing both
!! , ..uiiauii aad reservations is to be
Clod itbia three days thereafter, aad
it is expected that aetnai eoanaeraiion
. 4k. tM.tv will beain about 6ep-
- - mh,r 15. Wceka of debate, keforo the
.l vMa'ara expected. Tho flrtt eon-
.. .111 Ha orer tho committee amend
meat with tho final aad decisive strug;
Klo over the reservations which the
eaolutioa provides must bo specially
... .Mntsd br tho four great powers-
rraaeo, Japan, Italy aad Oreat Britain
. , r-.ailttM Two Mootluff
-... f lbs tommittee's work
whleh has' takea nearly two "on
. . ctmo somewhat eapeetedly "
, apeeial etecutivo session of i0
otormv debars, which divided both the
Jtepublicaa aad Demoerntia membership.
Tiho fouf reservations to tho League
of Nation covenant, which were spoa-
sored by Chairman Lodtte aad writtea
into resolution providing for eondi
Uonal ratiflciUoa of tho treaty, provide:
rirt. for "unconditional" withdrawal
ef tho United 8tatee from the league:
Second, Befutal of this halloa to as
.urn any foreign territorial guaraatees
dor Article X of tho )m eovcn.at
or mandates withoot actioa by Coa-
''S?.5. .i,.ro actioa by the United
Btatol'oa domostio or polKieal affairs,
. - Fearth, iatorpreUtioa jof the Moaroe
. Doctrine olely by thia nation.
BhloMa aad MeCambor wap Party
Horsca.
kii .. TMrivatioa th party
lino ap of the committee was shsttered,
- Senator McCamber. Bepublleaa, of
North Dakota, voted with th ptmocn t
ik. i .....ki.. tn thoso dealing witk
Article IX aad tho withdrawal pitvlsion.
but joined hi colleague la supporting
thoso provisioae affecting the Monroe
docrrln aad domestia affair. 8r
bi.:.i.i. n.nt of. Tanweaiee, joined
tho Bepublicaa la upportlng all of the
reMrvatioa ept th.t concerning tor
ritorlal guarantee, oa wb ch bo with
i - held kit rott. Jh other i Democrat.
of tho aommitte voted aoiioiy JKamn
mil vfVieMV"oa t
After th vote oa tho reeolutioa of
ratiffcatioi aad th reservatloaa t he
treaty as amended was ordered reported
without' roeord vote. . v
Thorwervatioa were . wd by
Chairman Lodgw aad were regarded a
repmeatiBg th view of the Keouou.
eaa advocatiflg drastic reservatloae.
' 'Beoator MeCumber'a opposiUa was
' said to have been baaed oa tho belief
that they wore too draatie. It was aa
aoaaced that b would aot file a oepar
. ' .to minority report bat would offer a
substitute ratifleatioa resolution la th
. B .. .M.ti.a riewa ofth so-ealied
"mild" ' roservatist. Seaator- Lodge
Mid th Mwrvatioae were, tho tompos-
-ff !
GERMANY
SERVATONS
IS
BE REPORTED
TEXT OF. RATIFICATION ,
RESOLUTION AND THE
FOUR RESERVATIONS
Washington, D. C, Sept. 4. Th
German treaty ratiScatioa rosola
Uol and roaervatioBa follow i J '
Tho resolution of rstlBcitloa with
tho Teservatlono adopted follows:
Reaolved (two-thirds' of tho Sob-
atora preeeat coacarrlag therein)!
Thai tho Senate advise aad eoaseat
to tho ratification of a treaty ot
peare wjjh Germ aay,"slaed by tho
ploaipoUatlariea of the United
States aad Germany aad by tho
alealaoteatiarioe of the twenty
aavea allied aad aaeoeialed powers
at Versailles oa J a as 28, 111, with
tho following rooervatloas aad aa
derstaadlais, to bo made a part
aad a eoadltloa of each ratiScatioa,
whleh ratiScatioa la aot to take
affect or Mad tbo United State aa
til the said following reeorvationa
aad understandings have been ac
cepted aa a part of aad a condition
f eald lastraaaeat of ratifleatioa
by at least tbroo of the four aria
ciaat allied aad associated powora,
to-wlt. Groat Brltala, rraace, Italy
aad Japan i
WITHDRAWAL FROM LEAGUE,
ONE Tho United State tooorvoo
to itself tho aacoadltioBal right to
withdraw from tho Leagao of Na
tions apoa the notice provided In.
Article I of'aald treaty of pes so
with Genaaayf": -BY
CONSENT OP CONGRESS.'
TWO That tho United Itatep do
cliaoa to aoaanso aador the pro
vision of Article X. of aador any
ether article, any obligation to pre
serve tho territorial Integrity or
political Independence of aay other
.coantry or to Interfere In contro
versies between other nations mem
bers of tho leagao or aot, or to em
ploy tho military or naval farcea
of tho United States In sack con.
t rovers! ea, or to adopt economic
asoooaroo for tho protection of any
other coaatry, whether a member
of, tho leagao or not, a gal net ex
ternal aggreasiaa or for the pnrpoee
of coercing ony other coantry, or
for the purpore of Intervention la
tho Internal eorllcts or other con
Irovorcleo which may arise tat aay
other coantry, aad aa mandate
ahall bo accepted by tho Ualted
Stateo under Article XXII, part one,
of the treaty of peace with Ger
many, except by action of Con
gress of tho Ualted SJates,
U. 8. TO DECIDE ON DOMESTIC
QUESTIONS.
THREE Tho United Stateo re
serves to Itself caclaoivery tho right
to decide what ejaosllono are within
ita domeotlo jartedictioa and de
clares thot all domestic end politi
cal ejoeotiooo relating to Ha affairs,
lacladlag Immigration, coastwise
traBe, the tariff, commerce aad all
tker domestic qaeatloae are solely
withla tho larledictioa ef tbo United
, State aad 'are not wader thto
treaty aabmitted Ja aay way either
to arbitration ar to tbo considera
tion ef tho cos sell or of the assem
bly of tho League of Nstioao, or
to tho declsloa or recommendation
of aay other power.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
FOUR Tho Ualted Stateo de
clines to submit for srbitrstloa or
looairy by tks assembly or tho
. oooacil of the Leagao of Nations
provided la aald treaty of peace aay
ejaontloa which la tho judgment of
tho Ualted SUtea depend apoa ar
relate to Ita long established policy
commoaly kaowa as tho Moaroe
Dectriae; said doctriae le to bo in
terpreted by tbo Ualted States aloae
aad la hereby declared to bo wholly
oateide tho jurisdiction or said
Leagao of Notions sad eatirely wa
affoctod by ony provision contained
la tbo oald treaty, of peace with
Germany, V
CONFER REGARDING STATUS
OT EMPLOTMEST AGEXa
(Special to Nowa aaf dbserver.l
GreenslMiro, Sept. 4. Thomas Hard
man, of Wintton-Salem, who is man
ger of the employment ageneieo for
former service aica la this district, st
hero today for a eonfereaeo with local
ofdciala relative to the future atatns
of tho ageary here. There is some
likelihood that tho ofnee hero will
discontinue'!. Col- H. Bowman la
oresent in charge of this work. Greens
bore peopt are aaxiooi that th work
be maiBtaiaed for " at least severs
weeks loafer, aad it i honed that Col
Bowmaa. will re ma i a la chare ' until
November 1st. Duriag hi ail weeks'
work here, employment has been fount
for about ISO returned soldiers, and
vsluable, worl! Js being Jong overjjfl
PALMER CHECKS AGREEMENT ENDS
Att'v-General Informs Fair
a.r. . A '11 -a.' a I
rnce uommiuees i ney must
Not Sanction Increase
PURPOSE IS TO REDUCE
COST, THEY ARE REMINDED
Dealers Invited To
Accept
Prices Suggested By Com
mittee and Consumers Urged
To Insist Upon These Prices
or Refuse To Buy; Instrnc
tions Sent Out
(By Tho Aisociated Press.)
WashingtoB, Sept. 4. Fair price com
mitteee throughout the country were
informed by Attorney General Palmer
today that their activities were not
expected in any wise to include official
sanction for raising prices above present
levels.
Beoorts that in a, few places com
mittees cooperating with the Depart'
ment of Justice in the government's ef
for. to reduce the cost of liviiur had
advanced charges to consumer caused
aa official circular to be prepared, malt-1
inar it rtoar mat sucn a step nau u
aDnroval from Washington.
'Tho purposo or this campaign is io
reduce the cost of living, not to in
crease It, tne circular snia. imr
prjes com mitt cm should not at any place
under any circumstances increase
prices. If, ia the judgmeut of the com
mittee, a price i too low, it should not
bo touched. It ia only prleea which are
100 biku wiva-wuicM wo wvifi
idtiiMi races in sew riexe.
Assistant Attorney-General .Ames, (n
eharoa- wf .tho admioisttaUOB ot the
food, control Uw. m;d thora woro Bly
lew plaeea wnore prices uau vvou u-
l n.. I sunl., m. da
public by Jurgo Ame, likewise gav
instruetioaa aa to tke basis of cost to
bo used la determining fair prices.
In ascertaining what n a reasonable
charge, the circular said, "the original
cost is oae factor to bs coniidered, the
replacement value is another, ana all
tho facts and circumstance surround'
iog the transaetioo are proper elements
entering into tho problem. Pair price
committees must use their best Judg
ment in such eases, without narrowing
the question to any on factor.
lactates Fuel ana Clotaing.
It was made clear in a memorandum
of the cooference betweca Mr. Palmer
and Mr. Ames and the eommit'ee of
governors, that the jurisdiction of th
fair price committees includes fuel and
wearing appael as well aa food and
feeds.
"Whether all these subjects ahall be
avestigated," the memorandum said,
''is a matter for eaeji local committee to
determine for itwlf, although in the
larger cities it is hoped that the activi
ties of the committee will cover the en
tire subject. '
"Dealers should be invited to accept
tho prices suggested by the committee
and the eonsumeri should bo urged to
insist upon these prices or refuse to
buy." ,
MCE!
6
Body Called By President in In
terest of Labor and Indus
try; Its Complexion
Washington, Sept. 4 (By the Also
elated Prctt.J The conference called
by President Wilton to (discus rela
tions between labor and industry will
meet in Washington October 4 and
will be composed of five persons select
ed by the Chamber of Commerce of the
United Ststet. five br the National
Industrial Conference Board, fifteen by
CONFERE
ILL
IE
OCTOBER
the American Federation of Labor J tablisliment of a governmental commit.
threo by farming organisations, three H fT'" 'Vi 1?
by investment bankers and fifteen rep
rcsentatives oMli public
Th President will select the lii
representatives of the public, but !:.
representatives of the other groups 'till
be tclcctcd by heada ot their orga auc
tions. ' '
lavitatios to aelcct representatives of
the coafereuc. wer tent out today from
the White Houto to th following:
Homer L. Ferguson, pretident of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
State.; Magnus W. Alexander, managing
director ef th National Industrial
CoaforsBco Board; Samuel , Gempete,
preaidcBt of the Amcrieaa Federation
of Labor; William G. Baker, Jr, pres
ident of the Iavestmeat Banker As
sociation j J. N. Tittemore, presideat of
th American Society of Equity t Oliver
Wilson, president of the National
Grange, and C. S. Barrett, president' of
th Nation! Farmer Union. Th last
thre will nam th farmers' repreian
tativea. v,."" v:,'
Bectetary of tabor Wilson, during the
President beetce, will have charge
"(Continnod oa Pago YwoT
Contract in Charlotte Similar
mm ri tail ak ill . .1 ap ...
10 inai wnicn aeuiea i rou
ble at Greenville
RIGHT GRANTED FOR
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Utilities Company Takes All
Strikers Back With Excep
tion of .Twelve WhA Had!
Made Threats To Injure!
Officials; 9 Hours To Consti
tute a Day's Work
(Special to The News and Observer.)
Charlotte, Sept. 4. After conferences
lasting throughout todny, an igremenj
waa reached nt 6:30 o'clock this evening
between striking streetar men and offi
cial of the Southern Public Utilities I
Company, whereby tho carmen, who
hare been on itrik for three weeks, will
return to work tomorrow afternoon..
The electrical workers, who went ea
strike shortly after the eatmea, failed
to agree with the Utilities Company, and
it wat stated last night that no agree-
nient here likely will bo reached.
The earmenand tho Utilitiei Company
agreed on a contract identical with .'th'
one accepted by tne Ureenvitie, B. C,
strikers, with the exception that the
Utilities Compaoy will not tako back
13 of the striking carmen who are al
leged to have made threat i to injur
oflieiula ot tb Utilities Compaa;- or de
stroy property.
Tbo returning carmen will eontiauo to
hold the seniority right held by them
heVy ouit o4v No discrimination
will bo mad by.either frty agains aay
man in. me emyroyoi me company or
who may hereafter be employed on ac
count of hi affiliation wttbtny organi
zation, tho employ reserving the right
to join or sot to join aa he tecs St arith-
out irejudice to bim. Any man called
out for extra work for lees than three
hours will be paid for three hours time
at his rating.
. Nine Hours A Day' Work.
Nino hours .will constitute a day'
work and air additional tint will be
paid for at tho rate of oneaad one
half time. The seal of wagea for
ntotormen and conductors will b as
follows: First lix months, 38 1-3 cent
an hour; second sit months, .19 1-2
cents an hour; second year, 40 1-2 cent
aa hour; . third year, 41 1-2 cent;
fourth year, 42 1-2 cents; fifth year, 41
cents. The operator of a one-man ear
is to be paid 4S 1-2 cents aa hour. The
right of collective bargaining is granted.
Official of the Southern Public Utili
ties Company were undetermined to
night as to whether street car service
would be restored nt once ia North
Charlotte, a mill settlement, though it
was atated that eervirewould probably
nant some of thoso were who opposed
the league.
"If they read the English language at
(CoBttaaed oa Pago Two.)
L1
Underwood Advocates Govern
mental Commission Clothed
With Such Power
Wssbiagton, 8opt. 4. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Meaus of preventing
Itrike of rallrond employes wrra dia
eiissetl todny la the penste, with Senator
Borah. Renublican, Idaho, challenging
the Doner of Congress to prohibit strikes
or lockouts at proposed in tnevummiBr
. . . . , 4
railroad reormnizatin bill.
Senator Underwood, Democrat, Ala
bama, opened the debate by urging es
cuts directly the plan in the Ctimmint
Kientura relating to strike, but said mea
xould aot strike against "Hie just de-
T .1. - . . 1
eifioiit oi I ne gorrruk.cji.
Only under proof that strikes were for
tire 'purpose of impeding interstate-commerce
could Congress force arbitration
or mekeatTlkejLcnni
ator Borah tnid, adding that tuh a pur
pose would be difficult to ' proves . U
doubted that Congress could C6 more
than foeter . agreementt between em
ploye and employers unlet it should
become necessary to tee that labor had
a larger and more direct Interest in' the
enterprise in which it wt engaged.
Senator-Williams, Democrat, Miaeis
tinni. declared American labor was com
ing to European methodt of strike,
adding that he bad scoa it atated thot
general strike would be called to force
passage pf the Plumb plaa bill for rail
road reorganisation. : Such . I project
would bo no less thaa .treasoa, b d-l
(lared. .. .. v , i,'.' -t - - .-V
, CharaeteririBg tho' Joint commission
rtroDOted in tho Cummins bill to control
railroad wagea and working condition
WOULD FIX RAI
WAY
RATES AND WAGES
"(ConUa'aed on PagoTwoT
SPEAKING TOUR;
AMERICAN POSITION
. .-V '. , "ii""-;";4;i'
... t
MEN IN KHAKI WILL
HAVE TO CROSS SEAS AGAIN
IS ASSURANCE OF WILSON
TEXT OF PRESIDENTS SPEECH
DELIVERED AT
Columljus, 0., Sept. 4. Following
is th test of Presideat Wilsoa'a
speech, delivered ia Memorial Ball
here today:
"Mr. Chairman, Governor Campbell
and My Fellow Cltiaons:
"It ia with very profound pleas
ure that I find myself face to face
with you. I have for a long time
chafed at th eoafiameat of Waah-,
Ington. I have for a long Jim
wished to fulfill the purpose With
which my heart waa full whea I
returned to our beloved country,
namely, to go out and report to Bay
follow countrymen eoneeralsg thoso
affairs of the world which as aeed
to be settled.
Responsible to tho People Only.
"The only people I owe aay report
to are you and the other eitlaeat
of tho Uaited Btatea, aad It baa
become tocreasingly accessary, ap
parently, that 1 should report to
you. After all the various! angles at
which you have heard tho treaty
held up, perhaps you would like to
know what ia ia tho treaty. I Sad
it very difficult la reading torn of
the speeches that I have rea) to
form aay eoBoeptioa ot that great
document.
"It ia document BBlqua ia th
history of the world for auay rea
sons, aad I think I eaa not da yew
better service or tbo pea at th
world a better asrsie thaa by
'o1nUnr but to yovl jail what thia
Hrcstjf contain aad what It seeks to
"TOO,
To Paalah a Croat Wroag.
Ib th flrst plaeo, y fellow
countrymen, it seeks to poslsh obo
of the greatest wroag over don la
history ( tho wrong which Germany
ARTICLE 10 SPEAKS
OF THE WORLD. DECLARED WILSON
IN HIS INDIANAPOLIS SPEECH
President Presented By The
To Great Audience 1 hat
... -
T A - f Tk T.t lU-anM ft r.;v A Nw
iutnvwii.. ,V 1
rlattorm for world Mnairs; runpnasizes me imc
MontKa Stinulation And Saw It Means An .End To
Physical Warfare; Time To
Indianapoli. Ind., Sept. .-(By Tho
Atsooiated Prcts.) Presideat Wilson
arrived io Indianapolia at 7 o'clock this
evening to make the second speech on
his twing through tbo West' in bchaU
of the Leogu of Nations.
The President was escorted to the
Coliseum at the State Fairground by
a MKinlttei whlefc-licluded wn .James
P. Goodrich. Mayor Charles T. Jewett,
of Indianapolis; Thomas Ttggtrt, for
mer Governor Bnmnel U Balstoa aad
Franklin McCray. president ef tho lo
dianiiDolis branch of tho league to en
forcer cace. Thousaada of persoas, IB
eluding many visitors to ths State Fair,
crowded tho streets aad cheered bistily
at the Pretideot patted.
Pretident Wilson, ia tho eeeonl sd
drcss of his eountry-wide speaking
tour for tho peace treaty, told a crowd
of thousands hore tonight that the
American delegates had goae to Pari
with a definite errand ,-and had accom
plished it.
He made a pica for acceptance of the
treaty, because he ssid it gave a new
olatform for world affairs.
PrescBtcd by HcpuDiiraa uoveroor
I j8mi p
B I fTBt SB
Goodrich, Republican gover
oor of Indiana, in a brief addrett wel
coming tho Pretideat, sail everyone
u Mt, hnt
ttt '"0
wsnted a better aaderataBding among
that every true Ameri-
alto favored a atrpng aot-
ioaalism. He pleaded for all Art es to
lay aside partita nthip ia deAlag the
istuet of the peaca treaty.
When the Governor mentioned that
the meeting nat to hear the President,
the crowd cheered for several minutes
and the Governor could only ttop them
Ly presenting Mr. whrob.
tew Tninuttn before mc crowo
wat quieted and the Pretideat pro
ceeded. He traced- the incident! from
which the great wer started, wiving the
significant eircumttnaees was sat Aus
tria sail Germany "did wot dare' to die
cjtss'' the ilcmnnds made, on Berbla. It
gcucrnllv wit admitted abroad, he as
serted, that if t her had btea discus
tion there would hare beea ao war.
The Nino Mentha StlmaUtloa.
Thit fact, he said, recalled that the
"heart of th leagu wf nation cove-
tiint," tl agreement not to go to war
for nine month alter a controversy
became acute, had aot beea eoatidered
at all bv thot who tnticia th league,
,If there had beea ilia day, aaid
tl Pretideat, , Oermany would net nave
aonato war.r" '',.-. . i '
It waa a solemn pledge to those who
fought th tear; kail tl Pretldeatfthat
COLUMBUS, OHIO
ought to do to tho world and to
civiiiaatioa, aad there ought to bo
ao weak parposj witk regard to th
applieatloa of tho vanishment. She
attempted aa intolerable thing and
ah mutt be mad to pay for tbo
attempt.
"Tho terms of tho treaty are se
vere, but they ar aot aajutt. 1 caa
testify that th mea associated with
me at the peace conference la Paris
had it ia their hearts to do justice
aad aot wroag, but they kaew,
perhaps, with a mora vivid teste of
what had happened than, w could
poesibly kaow oa thia aide ot tbo
water; th aiaay aoloma covenants
which Germtty had disregarded;
th long preparation ah had mad
to overwhelm her aeighbora; th
otter diaregard which aha tad ahowa
(or annua rights, for th right of
worn aad childrca, aad those who
wort helpless. They had sees their
laad devastated by aa eaemy that
devoted itaelf, not only to th ef
fort of victory, but to tho effort of
terror, eeekiag to terrify th people
whom they fought, aad I wish to.
, testify that they eiercised restraint
ia tha terms of thia treaty. They
did aot wish to overwhelm aay
great aatloa aad they bad aa par-
poo U overwhelm lag tbo uermaa
Mool. bit they didt think that
it jgM to bo baraed. lata th eon
' seimaaeaa at mea, ferove that a
' poepl wwgbt- to -pcreaiv- Jt ira--'
meat to do what tha Uermaa gov-
mauat did. . .
' , fa tat laat Aaatyak, , i
"la tb hit analysis, my fello
Cttiatmnea. at wo ia America
(Coatlaaod aa Pag Throe.)
CONSCIENCE
Republican J Governor of IndiHaSS. S-
Uamored lo near Mira; Heads
- . . . ... na l
" J r , " tpl : .
"Put Up Or Shut Up
there should be inch aa arrangement to
prevent future wart.
Territorial 1 at eerily.
The et. wbirh was characteristic
of the beginning of thia war, waa the
violatioa ef the territorial integrity of
Belgiam,1 he continued, adding that
olo of the primary provltloaa of the
league covenant wa to prevent viola-
! -. i-'!iit-r r-s;-. - '
lion oi lerrnoriaj i4-jii4j.
Thia proviaioa, ho pointed out, was
contained ia tho much discussed article
ten.
"Article tea, 'declared tho Pretident,
"speaks th conscience of the world. U
eoes to the heart of this whole bad
business.
Proeaiee Per the Oatmoa Good.
It waa true, Mr. Wilsoa aaid. that
very ma a surreadered part of hia ov-
traurBtr whenever be promised o
sneet the rishtt ef hia neichhora; but
ha declared he could see no harm, bcv
ertheles, ia makiag sack a p.omise for
the common good.
Ceacarrwace ef U. S. Safegaarded.
pointing oat that decisioni by the
leagwo eouaeil must be Baanir.ua, .he
President aaid lhat whntever judgment
waa pae apoa the United Ctalea by
tha eaaneil mutt have ti e roncu.'ence
of the Ualted 8tatea. He added, that
of eewtse, the American delegate oa the
conoeil weald aot act without Inst me
tioaa from his government
Eceaemtc Preasar the Wespea ef
Fetare.
Brferriag to the economic pressure
that would be brought to bear oa cove
naat breaker, the Presideat said eco
Bomk pressure would preel' de tho aeed
of force.
The Pres'.dent told the crowd that bo
one bettered the Leagwo -of -Nntiont
would make all war impossible, but
that he canceled it to make war "viol
ent! v ImDrobable" the economic aad ar
titration aectioat of the covenant, he
awrteil. would 'keen war on the out'
skirts' aad make it only a "last resort."
OppoaeBta of the League of Nationa,
he said, had discussed ealy three out of
2d articles ef the eoveaant. tb ar
tides which would make war Improbable
had beea overlooked.
"Pat Ub Or Skat Ua!"
Calling ea eppoaeat of tbo Leagu
ot NatioBB to present a "better pro
gram" for peace, Presideat Wilsoa de
clared ft la a cat ef nat Bp or shut up.
Th President aaid hia apeakiag trip
was pertly to point out how "aheolutely
Igaoniat' St oatent ef th eot-
tatlaaed en Tfg Tei.
NEVER
CAPACITY HOUSES
AT COLUMBUS AIID
INDIANAPOLIS HEAR
Tells People He Would Never
Have Come Back With a
Makeshift
I misaaiiasimii '.
NOT TO ESTABLISH THE
LEAGUE WOULD MAKE US
UNWORTHY OF THE DEfO
Astonished at Tho Ifnorance o!
Some of The Critics of The
Covenant; Treaty Tears
Away The Chains of Oppres
sion, and As That Was The
American Principle He Was
Glad To Fight Tor It; Yes, It
Will Be Ratified, He De
clared S'Ul'T
- (By Tha Asaoelsted Pre.) t
f. Columbus 0:, 8ept.; sV-li th first
tpoecit- mz ait trane-oenMBOttUl tour,
Pri;dent Vliioa hor today urged iht
American peopl to eiort their In-',
flutneet for accepUnc by Ui.Uaitei
SUte tSenate of tho peac treaty algaed
with Germany aad toredieted that thi
Senate would rstffr bs treaty. " ' .
r "Becaaos It Will Be Aceeptew '
"When thia treaty ia accepted." hi
aaid, "th men ia khaki will aevei
have to cross tho seas agaia, aad I
say whea it ia accepted because it will
bs accepted." ' ?
wh'S ST.
nail, the rretideat aaiij it waa aot
hia purpose during th trip to "debate"
I uruuir. lie iimercu l
cert of feeling among the allied rpr
koatatlvca t Versailles, Baferrlag to U
AmoricaB delegation, he said:
Weald Not HavKetaraed Without th
. Coed.
"Ws were, under lnatructiona ind w
did not dare come homo without .ful
filling those instructions. If I eould not
have brought back the kind of treaty
I did bring back, I never would hive
tome back. -
Presideat Wilson appealed to hi
hearers if they would not read' th
treaty themselves, to at leaat accept
me account III IIS cuiiirni M aura
l. .t. . L. U Urn uI.mI !,
VJ XlinWV W41U 4II4IUV v. W " " 1 w ..i
only persons he owed a report to "are
- - .1 Wi .Ik.. .i4l.n.. ml 4kA TTb14b1 .
J OH O IIII IBD V41IV1 1 L t . I. V . 'I. ,v.
Strtet."
He said tueh a report wat Becetsary
because he Jiad read many ipeeehe
about the treaty and wat untbl to
gather from them much of what . th
treaty eootained.
AO TBOBgwi u Lrnan awj uiwws rwrn
President Wilson said the treaty UB-,
dertook to puaith Germany bnt that,
there wat no thought to overwhelmingly 1
. t. n... nl. 'T h m HMHhM .
demanded of Germany, be said, wa ao,
greater than Uermany could pay, ' , :
The Pretident taid he waa "Utoa
Itlied" by many of tho ttttementa mad1
about the treaty, aad aa'.d h wa eon-
vineed they had been made by mea who
had not rend it. or who had failed to'
comprehend itt meaning. ' '
To End Teat Bert or naaiaeaa.
The Letiue of Nationt he declared,
wat formed in fulfillmeat of the prom it
that the United Btatea wat fighting thit
to end business of that eort.
forever. Not to ettabliih tb League i
he said, would have beea unfaithful U i
those who had died. ,
b n :.).., ...i.i 4t.. 4 ... i . u
tears away" th chain ot opprestioi ,
aad gives small nntionslitics the right
to live their owe live. "That, 'no taid
was the American positloa aad I wn ,
glad to fight for it." 'V
lateraatloaal taker Orgaalaatlea.
Th Pretident praised the treaty pro-
vltioa providing for an . international
labor organisation which will hold Hi
first meeting In Wathlngtoa axt
moatb. He declared the meotlng would
be hed whether the-treaty bad be
ratified ty the Bcnat by that time i
ot.
CrttlcUm ef Jape.
Riehmondr Ind., Sept. 4. (By thi
Associated Preu.) Ob Board Preaidenl
Wilton't Special' Traia. Criticism ol
Japaa became of that ouBtry' attitude
toward th Sbaatung qucstloa is nol
justified, Presideat Wilson told a email
crowd that gathered at th rear of (hi
traia at Urban, Ohio. '.' .
(Japaa etoaot act la the matter "(
ShaBtttng, th prcaidtnt .aid nnid
'(CBttBsd ea Pagr TweJ '
(Coatlanod oa Pago Twe.,
lb thia (lirectiea.