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Show jHATFT PEAGE. I LANSING UflGES Secretary Says the Treaty Should Be Signed at Once, Without Change. i WATKRTOWN, X. V., Sept. ;o. "The treaty sdunild. he ratified with- out de-lav and without chn,;,," dele de-le la rod Secretary of State Hubert l.nn-s",s l.nn-s",s h,'r' t0'lay in tho first public ut-I ut-I toranoe made bv him since the ..tale-"tent ..tale-"tent of William C. Bullitt before tho souaio torou;u relations eomnnttee, ill which it ,vas Hllek-ea that tile secretary ot state on Mv 1:. in I'ans, said that it the Amene:::i people Knew what was Hi the treaty thee would defeat it ."In tho treaty of peaee, " Mr. I.an-sin,, I.an-sin,, tnrthor said, there is nothing w o.io.i invades the sovereignty of this rep,i,,. or hi.h Uniits H, ny wny the tii'd exorcise of siu-h sovereignty,'' Mr. LanMin spoKe at the dedication ot l.anMiio.orp. a sul.ur'.i of Watertown erected by the government to house munitions workers and named in honor ot tno Home of the l.ansmi: family in J ,u l,irwt i-efer'euee to tho tin it t testimony :.- j himself with, snviiie; that' the treaty aa l it is siiould be ratified, j ; We are approach, rff a ,.ew era," ho said, -nil era of peace, an.l. as 1 eon-Itidently eon-Itidently believe, an era of national prosperity unsurpassed in our history, the people of the earth ardently Wir to enter upon this era. so that thev niav- bocin to rebuild that which has been destroyed. This cannot be done until normal commercial and industrial leondit'.ons are restored, and thev cin on.y be restored by ratifying the treaty ot peace. 'In the treaty there is nothing ivhich invades the sovereignty of this republic or which limits in any wav trie rull exorcise of such jovereicnty. " "There n.av be in the treaty features w inch do not meet universal" approval. It woul.i be strance if it were otherwise. other-wise. Hut the .objection? which have een ma:e to certain provisions are .nvia, compared with tno imperative nee.i ot peace. We or.cht to have peace at once. Lie treaty sr.ou'd be ratified without telav and w-.rhou: change. It is a rarrowuiinded statesmanship which would endanger the r;0ic into, errect of the treaty bv ehanrfing its provisions and thereby pestponmi; tho rerr.rn or peace. I cannot comprehend how anv man with a true appreciation or the situation can permit any objection objec-tion les than the impairment' of the national sovereignty of the fnited 3tes to weigh against the universal practices cf the nation for the restoration restora-tion of peace. 1 |