The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-01-26
WILSON ADDRESSES
SENATE ON PEACE
President Says Peace Made
BY Conqueror Would Not
Be Permanent.

WaEhtDgtOn.-Nheth the United
States shall enter a world peace
league and. as many contend. thereby
abandon It's traditional policy OF iso-
lation and no entangIing alliances.
was put squarely before congress and
the country by President Wilson 10
q personal address 10 the senate.
For the first time in more than .
hundred years a president OF the
United States appeared In the senate
chamber TO discuss the nations for.
eign relations. after the manner OF
Washington. Adams and Madison.
The effect was to leave congress. all
official quarters and the foreign dipio-
mats. amazed and bewildered. I'm.
mediately there arose sharp division
Of opinion over the propriety. as well
as the substance. Of the presidents
proposal.
The chief points Of the presidents
address were:
That lasting peace in Europe can.
not be peace OF victory for either
side
Concert Of Power Required.
That peace must be followed by .
definite concert OF power TO assure the
world that no catastrophe of war shall
overwhelm IT again.
That in such concert OF power the
United States cannot withhold its par.
licipation TO guarantee peace and JUS.
lice throughout the world
That before q peace is made the
United States government should
frankly formulate the conditions upon
which il would feel justified in asking
the American people for their formal
and solemn adherence.
1T is clear TO every man who
thinks" the president told the senate.
that there is in this promise no
breach in either our traditions or our
policy as a nation. but fulfiiIment
rather OF all that we have professed
or striyen for"
Sweeping aside all collateral issues.
the house rules committee. conducting
the leak inquiry. began public hear
ings Tuesday In New York 10 deter
mine whether anyone profited in Wall
street as a result Of advance informa.
tion on President Wilson's peace note.
When this feature OF the inquiry has
been fully disposed of. and not until
then. ii is declared. the inquiry will
extend into other phases OF the leak"
rumors. and every one of them. re-
gardless OF its vagueness, will be run
down. The committee expects to con-
fine the hearings at New York speci.
fically TO the subject Of advance In
formation. and members say there is
little possibility the inquiry will be
broadened to embrace a complete in
vestigation of the stock exchange. as
urged by Thomas w. Lawson and
others.
Guardsnen Are Ordered Home.
MOTE tudu @otuVV udllUuAl SuahuS~
men, now on the Mexican border, have
been designated by Major-Generai !
Funston for return home and muster
out OF the federal service. All these
organizations will be started home
ward as soon as transportation facili-
ties can be provided.
Their departure will leave between
As, 900 and $4,000 men of the guard
still in the federal service doing bor-
der patrol.
The announcement generally was
accepted as an indication that the
of pershings force from
Mexico would not be long delayed.
Four Confirmed For Shipping Board.
The nominations of William Dem
nan. OF San Francisco: Bernard n.
Baker, of Baltimore; James .. White,
of Kansas City. and Theodore Brent.
II New Orleans. as members OF the
'ederal shipping board were confirmed
~ the senate. Opposition by progress
to John A. Donald, OF
New York. the fifth member of the
board. held up his confirmation.