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Show I PRESIDENT WILSON VETOES RESOLUTION OF I KNOX AS STAIN ON THE COUNTRY'S HONOR I WASHINGTON, I), C, Ma 27 The republican resolution to end tbo H -war with German) nnd Austria was vetoed todny by President Wilson Such B n method of mnkiug pence with Germany, tho president snid, "would place W nn inefficnblo stnin ujion tho gnllnntry nnd honor of the United States." i m Without announcing his intention rcgnrdmg the treaty of Versailles, the 1 president declared that the treaty omlmdicd the important things omitted li the resolution nnd snid by rejecting tho trcntj the United States hnd declar-d declar-d in effect that it wished to draw apart nnd pursue objects nnd interests of; our own." Tho presdent ndded Hint the cnco resolution omitted mention of I tunny importnnt objects for tho x indication of which the United Stntes enter-j cd tho wnr. "Such n jicncc with German," the message continued "a penco in which nono of the cssentinl interests which wo hnd nt heart, when wo entered tho war is safeguarded is. or ought to be, inconceivable, is inconsistent with j the dignity of tho United Stntes with tho rights nnd liberties of her citircnts I and with tho cn fundamental conditions of cuilizntion." ( Text of Menire. "To the Hound of tteprcscntnllvca 1 return, herewith, without my slann- P ture, Itnuso Joint Itcsolutlon No 327, Intended to repeal tho joint resolution resolu-tion of April , 1S17. declaring a stnte of war to exist hetween the United , Htntes nnd Oormnnv-, nnd the Join' resolution of December 7. 1917, declaring de-claring a stnte of wnr lu exist between the United Htntes And the Atintr.--llunimrlnn government, su-1 to le-Clare le-Clare n slalo of pence t I ave nut felt nt liberty to Him this joint resolution t-oeauro I ennnot nrnih nosel t. lie-como lie-como pnrty to nn idlon wrliieh would i place Incfiarcablo stain upon Ihn jrnl- ianlrt nnd honor of tho I nlicnl Htntes Thn resolution seeks to cstnl-Ilsli peace with tho Clermnn empire without ex-netlnK ex-netlnK from the Oermnn internment nny action h way of puttlnit rlitht tho Infinite wrong which It did to the pooplcs whom It nltntked nnd whom wo profess It our purpose to assist when wo entered tho wnr llno wo sacrificed the lives of more, thnu n hundred thousand Americans nnd ruined the lles of thousands of otli-t otli-t -era nnd l-roimtit upon thousands of Amorlenn fnmllles no unhnpplness L that can never end for purposes which ' we do not earo to stnte or take further steps to nttnln Tho nttnlnmaut of them purposes Is provided for lu tno treaty of Versailles l terms deemed Adeqtinto by the lendhiK stntesmen nnd the experts of nil tho RTenl people who wero associated tit tho wnr aralnst fJermtny Do ri now not car to join In tho effort to iceuro them? ltiilcrcil Itrlitctnntly. !"! ii I nmslflVri irUr-1 tho. w'sr tnosL,rluct j'u nnilyTour peoplo werfi profiinflliftllft I tt Inclined to take part In a Ktiropcnn 1 ir. and nt last did so, only hocnuso they hocomo convinced Unit It could not In truth ho rewarded an a Kuro-pean Kuro-pean wnr, hut must ho retarded its a wnr In which civilisation Itself vvns Involved nnd humnii rlKlils of overx Kind ns nKHlns' n tielllKerent rov eminent em-inent Moreover, when wo entered the wnr wo set forth verj definitely tho . purpotHHi for whh'h we entered, ixrtb h because, wo did not wish to ho con- I lterel ns morel) tnklna part lu a f Kuropeaii contest This joint reeolu- rtlon, wild h I return, does not seek to aoeompllsh hid of these objects, hut i In offect make a complete surrnuder I of thu rlRhts of tho United Suites so I Tar hs tho (lermun Kovernmelit Isi-on- t oeriieri A lreat of ptsue whs sIkiiwI nt Versailles on the 18lh of June, Isst, I which dltl seek to atroinpllsli thn ob- fjnctH will, h wo liatl tlwlsretl to It III our minds. Iieumt all the Krent rov-crnments rov-crnments and peoples wlilth united BRslnot aermaii) hail Rdopted them In communication to the Oerman f Kflvnrnmeiit prellmliutr to tho urnils- tleo of Novemher II. 1U18 Hut the treaty as slRited ut Versailles hits been rejected !' tho senate of the United KtutN, thouRh It lias tu ntllflotl l nermuuy lly that rejection mid hy Its methods wo had lu off ft devlured that wo wish to draw .iput and pursuit pur-suit ohjetls and Interest of our own, unhampered h nu uoiiii.k'Ioiw of lutorost or of purpose with othei rov-ommoiits rov-ommoiits and peoples. Mlcnt On Iuliris. ".N'otwIlhstandliiR the fait that upon our enlrauro Into tho war wo pro-fesurnl pro-fesurnl to ho seeklnR to mwnt In tho malntenauio of common luterets. noihlnu Is said In this resolution uUmt tho freedom of imvlKHtlnn upon the KMts or the reduction of Hrmaments, or the vindication of the rights of llel-Klum, llel-Klum, or tho rllflllou of wrongM don to Fram e. or the releaso of the Christian imputation t,( the ottoman empire from the Intolerable suIiJiimh tlou which the) havo had for so man KonorHtlnna to endure, or the estiili-llshment estiili-llshment of an Independent Polish state, or the lontlnuwl mHlnlenaiiie of nn kind of understanding among tho irreat powers of the world which -would he calculated to prevent In the future such outruKea aa (lermnii) at-tompted, at-tompted, nnd In iart loiisummated Wo Imve now In uffott dmlitred that wo do not care to take an further illM or to assume any further re-I re-I fiponslhllltles with regard to freedom of nations, or the Hairednesa of International Inter-national nhllgatlonH or the aafet of Independent peoples. 8mh a penio with flermany a peace lu which none of the OHsentlal Interests whhdi Ave had ut heart when we entered the war Is safeguarded is, or ought to he, Incomelvahle, Is liuonslstent with the dignity of the United States, with tho rights and llhertles of her Itlsens and with the very fundamental conditions condi-tions of civilisation "I hope that In these statements I have sufficient!) set forth the reasons wli) I have felt It luuimhent upon me to withhold m) signature ' "WOODItOW WILSON'." 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