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Show ! PRESIDENT REPLIES TO QUESTIONS BEARING ON TREATY -COVEN ANT SAX KKAWISCO, (.'ill., S.'iit.. IS.-- liYih in;r in n Nliiti'inent to ilay lo u list, til' (jiu'st ions put. to him liy a San I'Yiiurisco of nations oraniza! ion, Prcsiilcnt Wilson tltvlaiTil (,'ivnt Uriliiiii I'otild not ont-voto llio (Miitfil Stairs in lint Ini-iii' ; tliat i'on'if',11 iTOVt'i-nincnts coulil not, mulor tlm rovcn.-inl, order Anicriean troop.s aliroatl; that t In li'iiuo would have a powerful inl'lnn lowan! restoration of Sliaiit mii; to China; that the 1'nitetl Stales would not be obligated by artiele X to aid (iiviit, Britain in suppressiii',' revolt in Ireland, and that under artiele XI there would be created u new forum for questions of sel I'-detenniiial ion. Mr. Wilson's lU.itrinent oontalnlui; th.-iiuestlons th.-iiuestlons and answers follows: Question No. 1 Will von stale the nn-deriyiui; nn-deriyiui; consideration winch dictated an awaiting of sl otes to t)le Urltlsll em-plie em-plie In the asscmhly. and Is It Hue that tit-cat ltrllaln will ou;ole us In tho leimue of nations and thereby couliol the Icadim a act ion1.' : Aiiswn- 'I'he consideration which led to ai'si;;i,ii1(- SX voles to the s f-K,iv c I n 1 1 1 K perilous of the Urltlsll empire was that they have In effect, In all hill foreign poll-cics, poll-cics, become nulolonious, self-sovel IllllK states; their policy in nil but foreinn affairs af-fairs heint; Independent of the conlrol of tile Itritish Koerninenl and In many respects re-spects dissimilar from ll. lint It Is nol true that the lirltlsh empire can o-ilvolo us in the league of nations and therefore control the action of the iea'-iue. he ause In every matter eveept the jidmi-o-lon of new members In the le.ie.ue no a -lion can be taken wl'hout the coneu Men e of n unanimous vole of the i eprosenta I lies of if.e states which are members of the council, coun-cil, so that In all matters of action the affirmative ote of the l ulled states is necessary and ouutvnlent to the united olo of tile representat Ives of the soe;-a! parts of the llritlsh empire. 'I'he united votes of the several parts of the Tlrltlsh empire cannot offset or overcome, the vote of the United States. Question No. 2 Is !t truo th.lt under the Ic.iLtue of nations foreUTTi count Men can order tho sondini; of American troops to foreign countries'.' Answar It Is not. Tho rltht of congress con-gress to determine such matters Is in no wise Impaired. Question No. 3 What effect will the league of nations have In either forwaro-lns forwaro-lns or hinuerin,- tae final restoration of Shantum; to rinnaV W hat effect will the league of nations have in pieveutiiu: further fur-ther seoMalion of I'liimi and tho abroea-tlon abroea-tlon of all such pp.-clal i'ri lle-.-s now eu-.io-e,I in t'hina b- foreign cnlullt;es, i Ans-.ver I'he leiu.'iie of nations will have a v-ry p,,w,.i!u eifeci In ioiwardlm; the final roMur.ilInn of Hli.tnt urn; to I'hlmi, and no other in.sl i umenl a ill v or action can be snbsiliuiod which could brlns; Unit result aboiii, Th.' aulhorltj' of the leae.ue w-lll. under ai-tlclo X. be constantly dl-reclel dl-reclel toward ...ale'tuardlin: Dm tcrrllorial inteKi-lly ,ii politknl Independence of ''lillia. II will, therefore, al'-.olulely pi..-v.nl pi..-v.nl the further .'.pollution of .'ulna, pi,.-mole pi,.-mole ihe re.toiallon to China of llio r-v-eral prlvlleees now lone, enl.eed bv for-elsn for-elsn counliles. and assure China of Ihe emnpletlon of Ihe pro. -ens by which .-han- t'HiK Will piesenlly be relur I lo her in lull suvon-Uoil v. In Ihe past there has been no lilbnnal which could be resor.rd lo lor anv of these pur poses. Question No. s Is there niotlilnc In the lea.e,n.i ol nations covenant or the peace ti e 1 1 y w h Ic li ,1 ir ecth or I n. lire, -11 y in any manner lrnporef. on III.- I'nlled stales any obi i e lions, moral or olherwlse, of the sluthleal ehaiacler to supimrt Kn-uland Kn-uland In anv way In care of re nil In li-IiuiiIV li-IiuiiIV Answer 'I'her e Is not. The onlv .itnn r-aulee r-aulee contained In Ihe covenant Is l.ltalnst e:. rnal ;-.i;i;res.;l.,n. and lln.e who named tae oui'iiiuil were set-u pu iouiil v car-i-fnl m mi way to infer!. Mth what Uuy re-i:ar...,l re-i:ar...,l as Ihe sacred rlrv.hls nf so! I - determination. deter-mination. Question No. 5 What effect. If any. will the l.-aitue of nations covenant have in ellhrr lilnderiiie, or furthering toe cause of Irish freedom Aniwfr It was not possible, for the peace con feren,-,. to act with lecard lo the se' f-.lel ' i-mlnri Hon o:' anv t. r r ilni ies e-.eepl those which bad ho, ..lilted to th" defe lte I emicres. leit ill the co.enrillt of the Icaeue of na : Ions it h is sel up for the first time. In article I. a 'or-nm to winch all claims of self-.ler. In.-ilion vciiim are likely to disturb the r-'ace nf the world or the itoo.l ui-.ler standi ic b.-lween nations, na-tions, upon whi.-h the t e.-u of the world depends, can be 1 .10 1 ;,.),; . |