Show PRESIDENT MOB belf PEACE KNOX PROPOSAL SCORED BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN VETO MESSAGE declares such a method of maelna peace with germany would place an stain upon the honor of the united state washington aident allion sale milled a message to the house houge of 0 rev reu on slay may 27 17 vetoing the knox peace resolution such a method of 0 making peace pea with germany the president said would place an iclef fiacable stall stain upon poll the gallantry anti and honor of the united states without announcing lils hl intention rl re garding gai dang the treaty of versailles the president declared that tile the treat embodied the important things omitted by the resolution and said aid by re ejecting the treaty tile hie united states state had declared in effect that it wished t to 0 draw apart and pursue objects anil and in teresta of our nur own the president added that tile peace resolution omitted mention of 0 many important objects for tile the of which the united states entered the war such a peace with germany the message continued a peace in none of the essential interests uhle we hail had at heart when we me entered the war Is safeguarded safeguard pil Is or ought to be inconceivable Is 14 inconsistent with the dignity of the united states with the rights and liberties of her citizens and with the very fundamental funda conditions of civilization we have sacrificed the lives ot of more than americans and ruined the lives of thousands ot of others other and b brought h t ti upon p on th thousands 0 t is a n d s 0 of f A american meri frobig 1 e s a an n un unhappiness h a p p in e s s t that i at ran a never end for purposes which ne me 10 lo do not now care to state or take furt further lier steps step to attain said president witson wilson the attainment of these purposes la Is provided fur for in the treaty it 0 versailles by terms deemed adequate by the lending statesmen and experts of all the great problems who were associated in the war against germany po do we now not care to join in the effort to secure them we entered the war most reluctantly our people were mere profoundly dis inclined to take part in a european war and at last did so only because they became convinced that it could not in truth be regarded as only a european war but ant must be regarded as it a war in which civilization itself was as involved and human rights of every kind as against a belligerent government moreover when we entered the war we set forth very definitely the purposes for which we en tere tefeil il partly because we did not wish to be considered as merely taking part in a european contest this joint resolution which I 1 return does docs not seek to accomplish any of these objects but in effect makes a complete surrender of the rights of the united states so far as the german gover government Dment Is concerned |