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Show WILSON APPEALS I FOR HIS LEAGUE Urges Endorsement of Nation Alliance At Polls in November WASHINGTON. Oct 4 President Wilson, urging endorsement at. the polls next month, of the administra-l , stand on the leafue of nations,; declared In a communication ad- dressed, to "mj fellow ouAtrymen,"1 and given oul for publication today., that there was noihinR in the covenant coven-ant which in the least interferes wlth or impairs the right of CongrOSfl to declare de-clare war or not declare war, accord-1 ing to Its own Independent judgment, as our constitution provides The president characterized as "ab- , solutelv false" assertions that other nation.-, under Article 10 of the leue covenant, would be In a position to lead the United States into war SAl PI BMC MISLED. The communication, which was the president's first direct campaign appeal ap-peal to the public. Charged that you I have been prosslv misled with regard, to the-treaty and particular with re- J ..n, iTi the nroiius.'d chai.T.lei i.f the; league of nations, by those who have assumed that serious responsibility of i opposing it The whole world will wait for iiui v erdict in "oa ember," the president presi-dent declared, "as It would wait for 1 an intimation of what its future Is to be." MM IMPORTANT ELECTION. The text ..f tb. appeal follows. "Mj fellow ouni rvmen: The issues of the present campaign are of such tremendous Importance j and of such far reaching significance j , for the Influence of the country and the development of Its future relations and I have necessarily had so much to do with their development, that I Ih suYe vou will think It natural and ; proper that I should address to you! a few words concerning them. Every' one who sincerely believes In govern- 1 meni bv the people mult rejoice at 'the turn affairs have taken In regard' to tins campalgaJF This election Is to I be a genuine national referendum.' I The determination of a great policy ! upon which the influence and authori-i iy of the I'nited States In the world I mii.-T ,ji ,. ml t- not tu be left ! groups of politicians of either party, but is ' ! to bt- referred to the people them-' them-' selves for a sovereign mandate to their representatives). They are to Instruct their own government whut thej wish UVIir, THJ nil tl I STION. "The chief question that Is put to J .vou is, of course, this. "Lo you want your rountrv s honor' vindicated and the tn atv of Versailles ratified. Do you In particular approve of the league of nations as organised ' and iii","i 'I in that treatv V And dp you wish to see the L'nlted Slates play its responsible part In It .' Vou have been grossly misled with regard to the treaty, and particularly with re- garl to the proposed character of the league of nations, by those who have I assumed the serious respon dbllity of opposing it. They have gotiu so far that those who have spent thlr lives. i I linv- spent my life, in familiarizing familiariz-ing themselves with the historv and traditions and politics of the nation, must stand ;muzed at the gross Ignorance Ig-norance and impudent audacltv which' has led them Lo at tempi to Invent an' 'Americanism' of thslr own. which has no foundation whatever in any of the authentic traditions of in govern ment. VIEWS S 1MJ KM Ms "As Americanism iu the conceive n n ver-. s tie u hoi" process ,,f the last few tragical years, it would substitute sub-stitute America for Prussia in th. policy of Isolation ami defiant segregation segre-gation Their conception of the dig-nity dig-nity of the nation and its Interest 1 is that we should aparl and watch ! for opportunities to advance uur own Interests, involve ourselves in no re- I Bponslblllty for the maintenance of the right in the world or for the continued con-tinued vindication of any vt the thin for which w entered the war to fight. ! The conception of the great creators of the government was absolutelv apposite ap-posite to this. They thought of, America as the light of the world, as created to lead the world In the asser-tlon asser-tlon of the rights of peoples and th rights of free nations, as destined to ' responsible example to ail the! world of what free government Is and can do for the maintenance of right' Standards both national and interna-I tlonal. This light the opponents of the league would quench. They would relegate the United States to a sub- I ordinate role in the affairs of the w orid. ( OXFiDElN l l RES1 I T "Why should we be afraid of responsibilities re-sponsibilities which, we are qualified to sustain, and which the whole of our historv h ts ..nstitnted to promise i" the world we would sustain .' Thi is the most momentous Issue that bus ever been presented to the people of the I nlted States, and I do not doubt I thai the hop. of the w hole world vv l be verified l,y an abaolute MMvrtlOU bj ihe voters of the countrv oi thi de-' termination of the United lo llve up to all the great expe, , i -,n. which the) created bv enteii.i- the war and enabling the other great gallons ga-llons of the world to bring I, io victorious . on. luslon, to the confusion Of PrusslAlIsm and everything that arises out of i'russlanism. Sureiv we i shall not fail to keep the promts sealed In the death and sac, trice of -ur incomparable sold illon ani marines, who await our Verdlcl beneath be-neath the sod of Icance WAR row ms OF I ONGRE88 1 ho.e who do not care to tell you the truth about the league of nations tell you ihat Article in of ihe coven-I ant of the league would make It possible pos-sible for othe, nations to lead us Into1 war. whether we wlllecj it by our own independent tudgment or not. This l abs0utc.v fftjBi Thcre 8 nothin , the covenant which in the least Interferes Inter-feres with or impairs the right of oongvess to declare war or not declare de-clare war according to Its own Independent Inde-pendent judgment, as oui constitution i I provides. Those who drew the covenant cov-enant of the league were careful that it should contain nothing which Interfered Inter-fered with or impaired the constitutional consti-tutional arrangements of any of the great nations which ar to constl-tute constl-tute its members. They would have I been amazed and indignant at the things I that are now being Ignorantly said about this great apd sincere document. docu-ment. v,J,hC' Wft?r" world wlM wat for vour verdict In November as it would "wait to to be! n?tlon of what 118 ru,u,c 'OODRQW WILSON." |
