The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-22
President Wilson Goes Before
Senate and Outlines the Efforts
He Has Already Made to Bring
European War to an End,
PREVENTION OF FUTURE
CONFLICTS is DESIRABLE
Treaties and Agreements Which
Terminate Present Struggle
Must Embody Terms That Will
Win Approval of Mankind.

my Ev.niag Hsrsid Leased Wire,
Washington. Jan. 49, - President
Wilson in personal address TO the
senate today laid down the question "
whether the United States snail depart
from its traditional policy of ISOLATION
aud no entangling alliances. aud tdhe
part in world league C. preserv"
peace after the war
80 such history making event with
such fnr-rcaching possibilities 90 the
United states probably even had been
seen IN the senate chamber.
shbttcring precedent of more than a
century the president. regarding tn"
senate with it, treaty making poWcr ~
ms counsellor ~ foreign affairs. en-
planned why he believed the time had
come Tor the world TO know Americas
position and discussed the underlying
/ causos on which he believed per-
manent peace of the world can be
maintained.
While Preaident Wilson was speak
ug directly TO the senators, after the
manner ~ Washington, Madison and
Adams his address was in the hands
of an foreign governments or on ats
way 60 them.
la the background OF the fundd .
mental proposition Of whether the
United States should alter the foreign
policy. laid down by Washington and
carried cut hy a long line of presidents
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when the presi,lert bna finished
4 and us senate returnd to rs regular
business. senator LaFollctte epitor.-
4 izcd the sentiment Of an present Oy
4 saying
An fmportnm Hour.
We have just passed through q
very impuTtont huur in the NE OF the
world"
Senators generally reserved com.
mout ON the uresident's address. bu
some Republicans who said they aid
not wish 90 be quoted said they wer'
! opposed 10 hoth the pI"pi'e'' an
subs'anoe
bri"ilS the pien''thl IN ms 'oufeH
SAID 'h1t ne "rheNeu u" p'"'e "h''
was peace OF N''t"iS IN 'h' pee'h
war would he a permanent peace ans
mat u must DC thkeh i"r Bran''' nm
peace must ne l"il"W'd ny some u'l
in'c concert or power "hl'h WIZ hah'
II virtually Impossible ihat any su''
'atisttoph" Sh"uid "N'r"h'Nh Ia
X again
4 1t is iuconceivahle hc said, tina
the people of the United states shoul'
II play no part In that great ont"rpris,
j They cannot In honor withhold tn
service to which they are about to g
! challenged
THAT service is nothing less thai
/ this. 10 ndd their authority and the.
l power To- the authority and force q
I other nations to guarantee peace an
| Justice throughout the world.
NJ another point, the president s1id
80 covenant of cooperative peac
that docs not include peoples Of a.
nrw world can suffice 10 keep the ~
\ turo saf" against war"
Al that poiut the presidept won, q
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