Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-07 | Page 5 | Taft Boosts Wilson

TAFT BOOSTS WILSON. NEW YORK. Dec. G. Questioning ' B the wisdom of turning tho German fe colonies over to England and France, I former President Taft declared in an ! address before tho committee on infor- ( Rjft matlon of the League to Enforce Kf Peace here tonight that the safest pro KjS cedure would be to have them govern-ed govern-ed by a league of nations. Mr. Taft declared the United States jgs already is a member of a league of na-tions, na-tions, into which it was driven in de- fense of the freedom of the seas. He W urged that the league should bo made & permanent at the peace table. 3v Mr. Taft said he had been in favor m of President Wilson's going to Europe $ because he believed the trip would i strengthen the president's view with respect to tho necessity of the league, j w "The president, I think, for a time f vt grew faint-hearted, with reference to m the league," said Mr. Taft. "But now 1 I " am hopeful that he has returned to his I first view," j fi Mr. Taft emphasized the president's i Stf statement that tho United States en- j tered tho war to make "tho world safe i ffl for democracy, not the United States." 1 It was to suppress militarism, ' not in ' jsg the United States, not in Europe, but I 3$ in tho world," he declared. g "We aro going to see that Germany's 2 armament is quite as low as safety ' shall require," Mr. Taft said. "Aro we Rk just going to leave that in tho treaty flfe and make no provision for enforcing that requirement?" i w.