Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-07-11 | Page 1 | $30,000,000 Profit in Year on $50,000 Cash; Wilson Dodges Facts, Declare Senators

Profit in Year on Cash Cash t Wils Dodges s' s F Facts acts Declare Senators Senator rO OVEN ANT IS CALLED NECESSITY Wilson Tells Tens Senate Le League gu guIs Is Vehicle Expected by Practical Statesmen ip Guarantee Civilization J W JUI July 10 The peace treaty with its league of or nations covenant co was laid before the Senate today by President Wilson in inan inan inan an address accounting accounting- to the tile country for his part in the negotiations negotiations' at nl T es The league declared the tho President V Avns ts S born born o of the conviction n of f pr cU I cal cai st statesmen t sI CI an il international ern concert ha had become a ty c Ss Y t to end the the theold old order an and guarantee civilization He lie lIe assorted assert cd that I In n such a conce concert concert t the world looked confidently to Amer lo-Amer- Ica lea for fOI leadership and a added de that while the treat treaty might not be exactly as the tho American delegation would have ha written It It no rio vital principle had been cn sacrificed by the necessary ary compromises corn com com p promises rein I ses lI c Particulars The Tho Senate Senite alread already divided In f a a bitter tl fight ht over the leJ league ue proposal received the Pr President gl enl with cheers and listened to his hJ words In a grave graveS S silence I I C U CC When hen he ha had concluded there was another burst of cheering until he ha had passed out of the the ch chamber and had gone to his capitol office where he talked for or an au hour with senators who wished to to ask about specific feature features fea lea tures ture of at the treaty or of oc tile In these conferences the thc President discussed freely such subjects as the disposition o of Shantung tho German indemnities and Irish freedom In his address b however we er there was no direct reference to many of the tho questions around which Senate has hns centered the lr President declaring he could not construe details of ot the treat treaty In a short address He lie did not directly mention tho the Monroe doctrine Shantung or or r the tho ob oh- assumed under article ten of ot the lea league ue covenant nor imor did ho he allude to the thc proposal to write reservations reser Into the ratification lIe He asserted a hope that he ho would be bo given gl opportunity to discuss details later either cither with the tho whole Senate or orthe orthe orthe I the foreign relations committee Offer rH All til Information My fy r services ces and all the Information I I possess said Mr Wilson will be beat beat beat at your OUr dl disposal and at the disposal 1 of ot your our committee on forel foreign n relations I at any any time either cither Informally or In 1 ses session don as you OU prefer preer and anI I hope tl that i you OU will not hesitate to make malte use use of oC oCI them them- I I American Isolation the President asI asserted as as- sorted was sas ended t twenty ent years ears a ago o I when th war s 's with ith Spain put the na naI nation nation na- na tion in partial control of or Cuba and I the tho Philippines But we have haYe not exploited them he continued wo we have been their thelt friends an and amid have sought sou ht to serve servo them 4 There can be no no question of or our ceasing to be a world power The only question is whether wo we can cin canI I I LA 4 f CL ue uen me n moral iU LI a LII inai us us whether wo shall liall accept or reject the confidence of or the tite world odd S The Tho stage tn e Is set the destiny dis dis- closed close 1 It II has hat come about b by no plan of or our conceiving but b by the hand han 1 of oC I God Goel who has hns led us Into this way JJ We e can not turn back We c c can only l jo go O forward with lifted eyes ees freshened freshened fresh tresh ened spirit to follow the vision Islo l Cou Alluding to the skepticism with which the plan for a league of ot nations first vas w received the President said ald that as the peace penco negotiations proceeded pro pro- ceede It became apparent to nil all tho delegates that such a concert was a practical necessity demanded b by nil all th the people of ot the world Fo For tho the United States to reject It it ho ho asserted would break the heart of ot the world Pointing out that man many minor compromises com corn promises were necessary sary to th 0 support of o all the thc Interested l nations he hc continued Tho treaty as a result Is not exactly exact exact- I ly what w we would l have written It Is probably not what any one of ot the na- na Continued on Pago PaSe 2 PACT IS s NECESSITY SA SAYS YS NA lIONS lION'S Continued from page 1 lonal delegates would have ha written But nut results were worked out which on tho the whole boar I think that it will wil be bo found fonne that the compromises wh which Ich were accepted as 05 Inevitable no- no wh ro cut to the heart of or an any prin prin- ciple Sennie Opel Door In disregard of precedent tho the Senate o Seno received the tile address In fl open session and afterward ordered that th the treaty I Ibe bo be published In tho the Congressional Record Rec Hec- ord and as ns a public document The Tho galleries were overflowing o and crowe crowds unable to gain aln admission waited waited waltee wait walt ed ee In tho the rain to cheer tho the President when wIlen ho io 0 arrived and departed Many Iny members of ot tho the Hou house o crowded into the tho rear of or orthe the tho Senate chamber and most of oC the tho members of or tho the cabinet were vero seated near the vi vice co presidents president's desk Speaking from tho the pame amo platform where thirty months a ago o. o he astounded the world with his first declaration for a league of oC nations tho the President President read rend his address ss slowly and In a clear cler quiet voice Ills manuscript rpt typewritten on small mal pages he held in his left hand and ances with wih his with rl right h ho an nn punctuated his gesture utterances utterances utter utter- uter- uter I him on tho vice rico Ico presidents president's desk lay the tho treaty trean brought by him hint In person person person per per- son from Versales Versailles There Thero was no attempt at oratory and m no 10 applause interrupted the tho address Nearly ea l 1 every overy cr senator wa was In his seat scat and ane all al listened el attentively Afterward his were unstinted In their praise for tor the tho Presidents President's words while those thos opposed either declined to cOmment comment com corn ment or declared d he had dealt only In unsatisfactory generalities VICI J on Shantung In his hiI talks nf afterward with wih league the President was said to have o o hn discussed the Shantung and Irish questions He Ho was quoted as ns saying ho he was not satisfied with the trent treaty provision ln 1 giving Shantung to Japan Jalan but lut as declaring there was an Informal understanding among the tho I peace dole delegates atos that e eventually amons Japan I must make mako an acceptable agreement with wih China in the matter He Ho was represented represented represented rep rep- resented as expressing confidence that tha Japan would deal rightly In iii the final fina se set t t temen I em en t. t the failure of the tho peace conference to receive the representatives representatives tives of ot Irl Irish American or organizations organisations on behalf of Irish freedom Mr Wilson was Ivas said to have ha e told senators that thai tho the representatives es had hae so Identified themselves with wih tho re revolutionary element ole ele ment meat In Ireland nd that it became Impo sl- sl blo ble to receive them He was quoted na os saying that both he and David Lloyd George tho the British premier had been to arrange for a n hearing The rhe decision not to bind Germany to toa toL a L definite Indemnity the President was report reported ee to have ha said was reached over his hig protest Ho lie was quoted as ho consented to tile the Indeterminate minate plan to help Premier Lloyd Llod George over o er domestic obstacles It I v was us said tho question Queston of was not nOl mentioned