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Show PKIPLES OF PEACE-flTlME PEACE-flTlME President Promises to Keep Congress Fully Informed and Asks Support in Mission j ! By Associated Press. j WASHINGTON, Poo. 2 In an MtMrcKs to congress in j joint session today President' Wilson formally announced his j intention to ,,0 to ParjH for the! pear-e niforem e. salng the allied ( Kovernments have accepted principles ' enunciated by him for peace and It ' Is hts paramount duty to be present. The president said he will be In , Close touch by mole and wireless and that ion ureas will know all that, he does on lite other side. t i ASKS COOPERATION. Referring to his announcement that (he- Krenrh snd British governments! had removed all table roatrtt-thins upon the tntntrnlFston of news of the conference to America, the president ; Mid he had taken over the American cable svsiems on expert advice so as; to make a unified system available, j lie exnreMcri the hone that h : would have the cooperation of the puMi'- and of congress, satng that tlr un. the cables and wireless con-! con-! slant counsel and advice would be poslht RAILROAD PROBLEM. Much rf the address was devoted lo th" railroad problem, for which the president said he now hd no sotuOoel to offer. He recommended careful study bv , congress. Ming It would be a di-sertice di-sertice to the country and to the railroads rail-roads to iermil a return to old con- ditions under private management j without modifications. I The president declared he stood ready to release the railroads from ' ( government control whenever a satis, j (factory plan of readjustment could be j ! worked out. I PEACE BY SPRING. The president said he hoped to see ' a formal declaration of peace by treaty " by the time spring has come." ! The new three-year naval building 1 program was Indorsed because, the j I president said it would be unwise to ' j attempt to adjust the American pro-' gram to a future world policy as yet j undetermined. j SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN. Paying tribute to the people's con- ; duct in war he spoke particularly of j j the work of women and again ap- , pealed f'r woman suffrage by federal : amendment. ' i ; HIS HIGHEST DUTY. J ! Declaring he lutd no "private thought of purpose" In going to Prance, j but that he regarded it as his highest duty, the president added: I "It Is now my du'.y jo plsy my full , , . (Continued on page $ t I - , . . . ' ' , clples and purposes of the country Wf love, 1 may have the encouragement and tha added strength of your united support? I realise the magnitude and difficulty of the duty I am undertaking; undertak-ing; I am poignantly aware of ita grave responsibilities. I am the servant of th nation. I can have no private thought or purpose of my own In performing per-forming an eh an errand. I go to give the beat that ia In me to tne common settlement which I must now assist in arriving at in conference with the other working heads of the associated 1 governments. 1 shall count upon your friendly countenance and encouragement. encourage-ment. I shall not be Inaccessible. Th cables and the wireless will render me available for any counsel or service which you may dalre of me, and I shall be happy in the thought that I am constantly In touch with the weighty matters of domestic policy with which we shall have to deal. I sluUl nwkfl my ah nee as brief as-pot-sihle and shall hope to return with the h"pp.v assurance that It has been possible to translate Into action the fcreAl Ideals TorhTrn"AmcTTra Tins" striven. . CONGRESS IS i ADVISED or PURPOSE j Wilson Also Discuw Other Matter of ) Importance. i , ; (Continued from t-'igej ) 1 ashamed. It has been an inspiring thing to be here In the midst of fine men who had turned aside from every private Interest of their own and de- ; voted the whole of their trained ca- "pclty to the tanks that supplied the ! iiinewa of the whole (treat undertak-i undertak-i in' The patriotism. th unselfish- ' ies, nm ,HnrnMi!lm"lllg WtiWHii "Ml1 j tttstlngulshed capacity that marked their toilsome labors, day after day. j month after month, have mane them fit mates and comrade of the men In the trenches and on the sea. And not i .he men here in Washington only. They have but directed the vast j achievement. ThrnuKhont Innumer- , able faforleSj up.n inmimeraht farms, , . -In the depths of coal mines and Iron I nlne and copper mines, wherever the fluffs of Industry were to be obtained nd prepared. In the shipyards, on the railways, at the docks, on the sea. In very labor that was needed to sustain sus-tain the ttattlelliies, men have vied avith ewch other to do their part and , 3J,i It well. They r in look any man-at- j arms In the f.ice and siy. "We lw it rove to win and gave the est Ihnt y.aa In us to make our fleets and ar-nie ar-nie sure ofr their triumph." TRIBUTE TO WOMEN. lomhia. I very earnestly u rue upon them an early and favorable action upon that vital matter. I believe that they will feel with me that; the stage of affairs is now set for such action as will be not only Just but generous and in the spirit of the new aire upon which we have so happily entered. READJUSTMENT PROBLEM. So far as our domestic affair are concerned the problem of our return to peace Is a problem of economic and Industrial readjustment. That problem prob-lem is less serious for us than it may turn out to be for the nations) which have suffered the disarrange- I menta and the losses of war mngerj than we Our people, moreover, do not wait to l-e .coached and led. They know their own business, are quick find resourceful at every readjustment, read-justment, definite In purpose and self reliant In action. Any leading strings we might seek To pulrheTn In won I itt j Mteedily become hopelessly tangled because they would pay bo attention I to them and go their way. All that j Tae-can-do as Their legislative ml ; i executive servants Is to mediate the i j proresa of change here, there and ; ! elsewhere as we may. I have beard I much counsel as to the laWns that should be formed and personally con-I con-I ducted to a happy consummation, but j from no quarter have I seen any gen-j gen-j eral scheme of "reconstruction" .emerge whirl I thought It likely we could force our spirited business men! and self reliant laborers to accept with due pliancy and obedience. TAKE HAMNESS OFF. ' While the war lasted we set up many I l,v which to dlfCLLJh tin d us-,, ,lries of tile country in the service It was necessary for them to render, by which to make sure of an abundant supply of the materials needed, by t which to check undertakings that could for the time be dipensef with! and stimulate those that were most serviceable In war, by which to gin f.r the purchasing departments of tha irnVeTMTnelHH a reTIHlll I'UHlUU uvvi ! the prices of essential articles and materials, ma-terials, by which to restrain trade with alien enemies, make the most of the available shipping, and systematize financial transactions, both public and private, so that there would be no tin-necensury tin-necensury conflict or confusion by which, in short, to put every material energy of the country in harness to t draw the common load and make of us one team in the accomplishment of j a great task. Hut the moment we knew the armistice to have been j siKned we took the harness off. Kaw . - i ,...An , I t ha nnvoriimsnt should not be left wholy to shift for Itself It seems to rne Important, therefore, that the development of public pub-lic works of every sort shoujd be promptly resumed. In order that opportunities oppor-tunities should be created for unskilled labor In particular, and that, plans should he marfle for auch development of our unused lands and our natural resourcen as we have hitherto lacked stimulation to undertake. FARMS FOR SOLDIERS. t particularly direct your attention to the very practicable plans which the secretary of the Interior has developed In his annual report and before your committees for the reclamation of and. swamp and eutover lands which miht. If the states were willing and able to cooperate, redeem some three hundred hun-dred million acres of land for cultivation. cultiva-tion. There are said to be fifteen or twenty million acre of Iftnd in the West, at present arid, for whose recle-tnat.on recle-tnat.on sn(t r -hr-s-vathrhle t property conserved. There are vhout two hundred hun-dred and thirty million acres from which forests have been rut, but which, have never yet been cleared for the plow and which lie waste and nesolate. These he scattered all over the I'nion. And there are nearly eight million acres of land that He tinder swamps or subject to periodical overflow or too wet for anthln but grarlnic. which It is erfecily feasible to drain and protect pro-tect ai)d redeem. RECLAMATION URGED. The rrti a; ra can at once direct thousands thou-sands nf the returning soldiers to the reclamation of the arid lands, which it has already undertaken, if it will but enlarge the plans and appropriating appropria-ting notch II h.-i.. If.triiMt-l t,. the department of the interior. It Is possible, pos-sible, in dealing with our unused land, in effect a great rural and agricultural development which will afford (he best sort of opportunity to tnen who want to help themselves, and the secretary of the Interior has thought the possible possi-ble method out in a way which Is worthy of your moM friendly 1 attention. atten-tion. CONTROL OF SHIPi-lNG. I hive spoken of the control which must vet for a white, perhaps for a long while, be exercised over shipping, because of the priority of service to which our forces overseas are enel-tled. enel-tled. and which should also be accorded the shipments which are to save recently re-cently liberated peoples from starvation starva-tion and many devastated regions from permanent ruin. May I not say a special spe-cial word atKiut the need of Itflgium snd northern France? No sums of money paid by way nf indemnity will I essential business Interests can afford to be responsible for creating or pro- longing- 'learly determined condi-I condi-I tions, clearly simply charter, are Indispensable In-dispensable to the eoonoialc revival J and rapid Industrial development j which may confidently be expected If 'we act now and sweep. all Interrogii-j Interrogii-j li n points away. . ABOUT THE NAVY, j I take It for granted that congress ) will carry out the naval program which' 'was undertaken before we entered the ' war. The secretary of the navy has submitted to your committees for authorization au-thorization that part of the program j which covers the building plants of the next three years These plans have I been prepared along the lines snd in ! accordance with the policy which Ujc concress established, not under the exceptional ex-ceptional conditions of the war. aut i with the intention of adhering to a , de finite method of development for the 'navy : T earnetslv recommend the uninterrupted un-interrupted pursuit of that policy. If would clearly be unwfse for us to at-tTnpL at-tTnpL to ntllUHt nur program t w ft rttire world policy as jet undetermined. I RAILROAD QUESTION. The question which cause me the ; greatest concern is the question of the policy to be adopted toward the railroads. rail-roads. frankly turn to yon for conn-; conn-; se upon it. have no confident Judg-1 Judg-1 ment of mv own. I do not see how j any thoughtful man nn have who J knows anvthinr of the complexity of t the problem. It ts n nrotil.-m which ' must he studied, -studle immediately land studied- without Iras or prejudice. ; Nothing can lie ga'ne. by hecoruing 1 nartix-tns of any particular plan of t- MOVE NECESSARY, t It as neccss.irv that the admlnls- ! t rat ion nf the r:tflw:ivn should be 1 taken over by the rove'-onvo o kmg : as the war lasted. '! on''' been impossible otherwise to establish j nnd crrv through under a single direction the nccewtrv priorities nf i slmnnsfiTT tf Would have been TrnT" possible otherwise to combine maxl-j maxl-j mtitn production at the factories and ! mines and farms with the maximum j possible car supply to take the prod-i prod-i uctf to the ports and markets; lm- possible to route trooo shipments nnd j freight shipments without regard to , the advantage or disadvantage of the roads employed; Imttos-dWe to sub-I sub-I ordinate, when necessary, all qne-I qne-I tions of con en fence to the public ,necessilv; Impossible to give the nee- ensary f inane lit I iintort to the ronds I from the public treasury, ftut all I htese necessities have now been several roads for the execution of such plans; except by formal contract with their directors, some of whom will consent, while some will not, snd therefore does not afford sufficient authority to undertake Improvementa ; upon the scale upon which it would be necessary to undertake them. Kvery j approach to this difficult subject mat -I ler of decision brings us face to face, I therefore, with this unanswered question: ques-tion: What la right that w should do with the railroads. In the Interest I of the public and In fairness to their i owners? I PRESIDENT STUMPED. ! Let me say at once that I have no ; answer rady. The only thing that is j perfectly clear to me is that It is not , fair, either to the public or to the owners of the railroads, to leave the j question unanswered, and that It will ' presently become my duty to relin-' relin-' qulsh control of the railroads, even f before the 'expiration"' of the statutory ! ieriod. unless there should appear soma j clear prospect in the meantime of a jegijLiiive solution. Iheir releae j mould at least produce one element j of a solution, namely, certainty and i i quick stimulation of private lnltla-! lnltla-! tlve. THREE COURSES OPEN. I believe that It will te serviceable for me to set forth as explicitly as possible the alternative courses that lie open to our choice. We can simply release the roads and go back to the old conditions of private management, unrestricted competition and multiform regulation by both state and federal authorities;' or we can go to the opposite oppo-site extreme and etablih complete government rontrol accompanledf If j 1 TTr.Ttsarx . i.y actual government own- j ership; or we can adopt an Intermediate Interme-diate course of modified private cftn-i cftn-i triil. under a more unified and affirma-i affirma-i fve- pHbttc regulation and tinder such i alterations of the law as will permit wasteful competition to be avoided and I j a considerable decree of unification of administration to he effected aw. fur ! example, by reglona I corporations ! under which the railways of definable j area would be in effect combined In I single systems. NEW POLICY NEEDED, i The one conclusion bat I am ready ! i lo state with confidence is that it I on Id le a disservice alike to tha country and to the owners of the rail-j roai to return to the old condition unmodified. Those are conditions of 'restraint without development. Theie is nothing affirmative or helpful about) them. What the country chiefly needs I is that all its means of transportation should 1k developed. Its railways. Its I waterways. Its highways and its cnun- I tryside roads. Some new element of j .policy, therefore, is absolutely neces- sary -necessary for the service of the j public, necessary for the release of I credit to those who are administering j tha railways, necessary for the protection pro-tection of their security holders. The , old policy may be changed mhrn or j little, but surt-ly It cannot wisely be left as It was. I hope that the con- f gress will have a complete and im-part's) im-part's) study of the whole problem tn-PtinMI'd tn-PtinMI'd M oFWe and prosecuted or rap- ; Idly as possible. 1 stand ready and j anxious to release the roads from the prsnt control, and 1 must do so at a very early date If hy waiting until the statutory limit of time Is reached I shall be merely prolonging the period of doubt "nd uncertainty which Is -hurtful to every interest roncerned. 1 DUTY TO CO. I welcome this occasion to announce l to the congress my purpose to join tn . fans the representatlvces of the gov- lest - for the r(r-vds und for the , public In the future? j Fxreottonnt circumstances snd ex-.' reptional methods of administration i were not needed to convince us ihM j the railroads were not equal to the immense tasks of transportation Imposed Im-posed upon them bv the ripld and I continuous development of the Indus- ; tries of the country. We knew that ! already. And we knew that they . were unequal to It partly because , their f'lll moii- I'.lin" " i- r-iul.Ted impossible bv Jaw nnd their competi- tion made obligatory, so that it has been Impossible to assign to them severally the truffle which test could he carried bv their respective lines In i the Interest of expedition snd national economy. ! TREATY SIGNED SOON. We mav hope, I believe, for. the for-, mal conclusion of the war by treaty j hy the time spring has mm The' twentv-one months to which the pre-- , ent 'control of the railwn Is limited ( after formal proclatnai 'on of peace I shall have been made, will run at the! farthest. I take if for granted, only l.i the J tnuar of The full equip- r ment of the rail's which the f ed - ) eral dmmtr-iim b-d vUui4 couUi. not bee ompleteti within anv such pe- 1 riod. The present law does not tier-nut tier-nut the ne of Te reer.o of the 1 And what shall we say of the women i Z. of their Instant Intelligence, quicken- j lpg every task that they touched; j heir capacity for organisation and co-j titration, which gave their actum dls- i Sipline and enhanced the effectiveness I f everything they attempted; their pt tude at tasks to which they bad ! A) ever Itefore set their hands; t'telr ut-j Jfr self sacrifice alike In what lhey id and In what they gave? Their j Jontribution to the great result is beyond be-yond appraisal. They have added a Jiew luster to the annals of American . QUALITY FOR REWARD. Ths least tribute we can pay thein W to make them the equals of men in t political rights, as they have proved j themselves their equals in every field f practical work they have entered., whether for themselves or for their i fount ry. These great days of completed com-pleted achievement would be sadly ana r red were we to omit that act of. Justice. Besides the immense practl- cat services shey have rendered, t he women of the country have een the i moving spirits In the systematic economies econ-omies by which our people have volun- , tarily assisted to supply the suffering j peoples f the world and the armies tipon every front w-ih fcod and everything every-thing else that we had that might gerve the common cause. The detni'.si of such a story tan never be fully j written, but we carry thera at our I carts and thank ftod that we can say I " that w are the kinsmen of such. fcREAT TRIUMPH COMES. - And now ws are aura of the great i triumph for which every sacrifice was made. It has come come In its completeness, com-pleteness, and with the pride and In-' In-' jrjdration of these days of achievement ajulck within us we turn to the tasks of peace again a peace sure against j ths violence of irresponsible monarchs ( and ambitious military coteries and j make ready for a new order, for new I foundations of Justice and fair dealing. J We are aiajut to give order and or j ftanlsatiun to this peace, not only for ourselvae, but (or lha other peoples I of the world aa well, so far as they j w til suffer us to serve them. It is in- f ternational Justice that we seek, not domestic safety merely. Our thoughts ! Tnave dwelt of late UKn Kuroie. uion Asia, upon the near and the far Kast. Very little upon the acts of eace ' and accommodation that wait to be performed at our own doors. ' RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS.. I While we are adjusting our rela- tions with the rest of the world Is It ? fiol of cspltsl lmprtance that we I ohould clear away all grounds of mls- I understanding with our immediate pelgbbors and give proof of the I friendship we really feel? I hone I that the members of the senate will permit me to sneak once more of the t Unratified treaty of friendship and gdiustment with the republic of 'o- had kept Its hand for fear there should 'not be enough for the Industries tnat j supplied the armies have been released j 'and put Into the general market again. treat Industrial plants whose whole, output and machinery had been taken over for the uses of the government, have been set free to return to the. I uses to which they were put before I the war. It has mt been possible to I remove so readily or so quickly the J 'control of foodstuffs end of shipping j 1 because the world has (111 to be fed fmni our uninnriea whip" ra I Mt til needed to send supplies to our men oversea snd to bring the men back as I I fast as the disturbed conditions on the I other side of the water permit: hut j teven thera restraints sre being relaxed j ; as much as possible snd more and I more as the weeks go by. , j MARVELOUS RECORD MADE. j Never before have there been agencies In eilstenre in this country I i which knew so much of the field of supply, of labor snd of industry as the i war industries board, the war trade' board, the labor department, the food j administration and the fuel administration adminis-tration bsve known since their labors ! t became thoroughly svstematJsed; and J they have not been isolated agencies;; they have been directed by men who 1 represent the permanent departments ' I of the government and so have been I the centers of unified and cooperative action. It haa been the policy of-4b I executive, therefore, since the srml stice was assured which Is In effect i a complete submission of the enemy),, ' in put the knowledge of these bodies ; 1st tha disposal of the business men j I of the countrv and to offer their in-; ! telligent mediation at every point and j j in every matter where It was desired. It Is surprising bow fast the process of return to a peace footing has moved j In the three weeks since the fighting ! stopped. It promises to outrun anv Inqulrv that may he Instituted and' anv aid that may he offered. It will J ! not be esy to direct it any better : tltnn H will dirert Itself. The Amerl-'ctn Amerl-'ctn business man is of quick initia-( initia-( tlve. . i I EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERED. I The ordinary and normal prHesaes of private initiative will not. however. provide immediate employment for all men nf our returning armies. Those I who are nf trained capacttv, thoiie who j are skilled workmen, those who have I acquired familiarity with established businesses, those who sre ready snd willing to go to the farms, all those jwhoa aptitudes are known or will he sought out bv employers will find no i difficulty. It is safe to say. In finding j place and employment. Hut there will be others who will be at a loss where j tn gain a livelihood unless pains are 'taken to guide them and put themn J the war of work There will be a Marge f1oit" resjdinnwdMsboib-h serve of themselves to save them I from hopeless disadvantage for years j to come. Something more must be on than merely find th money. If1 they had money an I raw materials In abundance tomorrow. I hey could not ( resume their place In the Industry of: the world tomorrow the very Impor- i taut place they held before th flame j of war swept across them. Many of i their factories are rased to the ground. Much of their machinery Is destroyed or has been taken away, j Their peool- a.e si altered and HUIliti of their best workmen are dead. Their; markets will be taken by others, if they sre mil In some special way as- i I slsted to rebuild their factories and I replace their lost Instruments of man- ; ufacture. They should not be left to ; the vicissitudes of the sharp competl- j tion for materials snd for industrial fa- j ditties which is now to set in. I hope, j therefore, that the congress will not j be unwilling. If It should become nec- essary, to grant to gome such agency as the war trade board the right to establish priorities of export and supply sup-ply for the benefit of these people, whom we hsve been so happy to ss-slst ss-slst in saving from the (ierman ter- . ror. and whom we must not now . thoughtlessly lesve to shift for them- selves in a pitiless competitive mar- ' ket. DECIDE TAXES NOW. j For the steadying and facilitation of our own domestic business readjustments readjust-ments nothing; is more Important thsn the Immediate determination of the taxes that are to be levied for l1s. 1119 and 192". As much of the burden of taxation must be lifted from business busi-ness as sound methods of financing' the government will permit, and those J who conduct the great essential Indua- i tries of the country must be told as l ; exactly as possible what obligations to1 the government they will be expected I I to meet in the years immediately ahead of them. It wll be of serious consequence to the country to delay ! removing all uncertainties in this matter mat-ter a single day longer than the right processes of delta t a Justify. It Is idle! to talk of successful and confident j business reconstruction before those i uncertainties are resolved. WAR 13 ENDED. If the war had continued It would have been necessary to raise at least eight billion dollars by taxation pay- ii hie in the vear 1919; but the war has ended, and I agree with the secretary of the treasury that It will he safe to reduce the amount to six billions. An ' immediate rapid decline In the ex- pensea of the government is not to be i looked for. Contracts made for war j supplies will. Indeed, he rapidly can- ceied and liquidated, but their Imme- i dlate liquidation will make heavy j drains on the treasury for the months. Just ahead of us. The maintenance of our forces on the other side of the sea , ts still necessery. A considerable pro- i portion of those forces must remain in, i Kit rope during the period of occupy. lion, and those which are ttruught home i will be transMried and demobilised at heavy expense for months to come, j The Interest on our war debt must, of course, be paid and provision made for the retirement of the obligations iof the government which represent it. Hut these demands wlX of course, fall ! much below what a continuation of l military operations would have en-j en-j tailed, and x billions, should suff-cs to supply a sound foundation for the I financial operations of the year. TAP WAR PROFITS. I en I rely concur with the secretary I of the treasury in recommending that i th $2,000,000 Ovo needed in addition to th 14.000.000,000 provided by existing I law b obtained from the profits which have accrued and shall accrue from i war contracts and distinctively war I business, but that these taxes b con- fined to tha war profits accruing in 91S. or In 1919 from business originating origi-nating In war contracta. I urge your i acceptance of his recommendation that ' provision be msd now, not subsa-1 subsa-1 quently. that the taxes to be paid In j 1920 should be reduced from $$.000.-000 $$.000.-000 000 to M. 000. 000.000. Any arrange-' arrange-' menta leas definite than these would I add elements of doubt and confusion Ito the critical period of Industrial readjustment re-adjustment through which th country coun-try .must now Immediately pasa and whicai no true friend of th nations 1 ernments with which have heen i ao'.stes In the war against th cen- ! empires for the purpose of discussing wlih them the 'main features of the 1 pece treaty. I realize the great In-: conveniences that will attend my leav- , ine the country particularly at this ! time, hut the conclusion I list it wss mv paramount duty to go has heen ; forced upon me hy considerations hU'h I hope wtH-seem-as- conclusive to vou as they have seemed to me. The allied governments have accepted ac-cepted the hasis of peace which I rut lined to the congress on th f th ' f January, last, as The central cm- pi res a Iso lis vo, a nd very reasona hly ' d sire my iryor.:-.! counsel in th".r I: terpretatlon i nd rpplicatlon. -nd It Is highly destral.le that I should f've It In order th.it the sincere dcire 1 of oup government to eontrthut with- out selfish purpose of anv kind to settlements that will he of common hen'fit to all the nations cnooerned may he made fully manifest. The peace settlements which are now to le agreed upon are of transcendsnt Importance hot h to us and to the rest nf the world, snd I know of no business busi-ness or JntTeet which should tske precedence of them. The gallant men of our armed forces on land snd sea have conscloulv fought for the Ideals ; which they knew to he the Ideals of their country; 1 hsve sought to x- prees those ides Is: they have accepted accept-ed mv statements of them ss the suh- ! Mance of their own thought and purpose, pur-pose, ss the ssnclated governments have accepted them: I owe It to them tn eee to it. so far as In me HaJ that no false or mistaken Interpret-, tion Is put upon them, and no pos- J uhle effort omitted to realise them It Is now mv duty to plsy my full part in making- god what they of- 1 ffred their life's blood to obtain. t cwn think of no call to service which j i-otild transcend this. ) CENSORSHIP REMOVED. I shall be In close touch with veu snd with affairs on this, stde of the water, snd you will know all that I do. At my request, the French and Knglish governments have absolutely removed the censorship of cable news j which until within a fortnight they bad maintained, and there now no censorship whatever exercised at this end escept upon attempted trade communications with enemy countries. coun-tries. It hss been necessary to keep an open wire constantly available between Paris snd the department of state snd another between France and j the department of war. j In order that this might be done i with the leait possible interference I with the other uses of the cahles. I have temporarily taken over control of both cables. In order that they may ! i he used as a single system. I did en t at the advice of the most eiperieneed j cable officials, snd I hope that ths t results will Justify my hope that the i news rf th next few months may , ! pnss with the utmost freedom and with , I the leas't possible' delay from each side. I of the sea to the other. ASKS FOR AID. I May. I not hope, gentlemen of the congresa. that In the delicate tasks I . shall have to perform on tha other side of the sea. In my effarts truly : and faithfully to Interpret the rln- |