Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-03
THINKS IT HIS DUTY
TO HAVE SHARE IN
PEACE CONFERENCE
Wishes to Make Sure Four.
teen Points Are Not q.
Misinterpreted.
GOES BY INVITATION
OF ALLIED PREMIERS
Mr.. Wilson Undecided What
to Do With Railroads
of Country.
FORMER STATUS UNDESIRABLE
Executive Urges Development Of
Waste Lands for Benefit
of Soldiers. yszs
'oRNIER STATUS UNDESIRABLE
Executive Urges Development of
Waste Lands for Benefit
OF Soldiers. gsz
IRy AssncIaiel nra..


gress in joint session to-day heard
President Wilson announce formally
MS purpose to attend the peace c5i.
tcrence and give his views on the part
me government should play in dealing
with reconstruction problems. anr
The President said he will be in close
touch by cable and wireless. and that
Congress will know all that he does
on the other side. 50
Referring to his announcement that
the French and British governments
had removed all cable restrictions upon
the transmission OF news of the con.
terence to America. the President said ts5
the government had taken over the
American cable systems on expert adj.
vice, so as to make unified system
available. 's'-S'.ss.
He expressed the hope that he would
nave me corporation Of the public
cables and wireless constant Counsel
ana advice would be possible. s,Frgt5
,ha Much ,a,,td or the address was deyoted.to
preslHsHl n iSsa9,:.s asia he ne had 9o salutl9g
be a disserSIee 10 the Country y Ana sstef o.
the railroads to permit return to old
conditions under private management
without notifications. .11s rs
The President declared he stood
ready to release the. railroads from
government control whenever salts:
factory plan OF readjustment coulds.bs
worked out. s.. n
HOPES TO SEE FORMAL
PEACE my sPRINGTIME
The President said he hopeh to SEQ
lcn can be outiiaed nGssinr now, W. eoHSii Mr WisSi
said. but as soon asHthe armis:ice. was
signed government control of businessl
released
possible, He expressed the hope that
Congress would not object to confer
some other agency the right of fixing
export priorities to assure shipment OF
to starHmg qsoPs
1919 and for notifying the pubiicaa
advance that tho 1920 levy will be Sf
rhe new three-year naval building
program was indossed because tEs
to adjust the. American pro-
gram to future world policy as vet
undetermined.
Paying tribute to the peoples con-
duct In war. he spoke, particularly OF
the work of women and again appealed
for woman suffrage by Federal amend
mont. s ' ~
Declaring he had no private thought
or purpose" In going to Europe. but
be addes his s duty
duty TO play my full part in making
good what they (Americas soldiers)
offered their life's blood to obtain."ts
TEXT or PRESIDENT'S
Address TO CONGRESS
"Gnruemen OF the Congress: I'D
The year that has ELAPSED sinceaI
last stood before you to fulfill my con-
stitutional duty to give to the Congress
state Of the Union has heen so crowded
win great events ard great results
that I cnnrot hon+ to give YOU an
n q n n irt NJ itc TO ct lone n,
of the far-reaching changes which have
been wrought in the life OF our nation
and OF the world. You have yourselves
is too soon to assess them, and we
who stand In the midst of them and
are part Of them are less qualified
be to say what they mean or even
what they have been. But some great
outstanding facts are unmistakable and
constitute in sense part OF the pub
lie business with which 1t Is our duty
to deal. To state them is to set the
sta.e for the legislative and executive
and which we have yet to shape and
determine. ~ t&i4.s
"a year ago we bad sent 1888 men
'nSS ssh isssss ss4s esSb
month the rumber. in fact. rising In
May las, TO a+5,a5l. in June to 27s,T60.
in Inly TO- So7.ls2 and continuing to
september--in august ass.5To and ar I'm I'm
September 2574SS No such movement
OF 1roons ever took nlace before. across
> o6n miles of sea. follow ed by adequate
COMPLIMENT and supplies. and S carried
safely through extraordinary dangers
OF attack dangers which were alike
strange and infinitely difficult to guard
K" ninst In all this movement only
KS men we're lost by enemy attack
$50 OF whom were,nnop single Eng.
lish TRANSPORT. which was sunk near
the orkney Islands.
81 need not tell you what lay back
OF thia great movement Of men and
mnterial !, IS, not tnvidious TO say
that back of =. lay the supporting orc
Garizaton Of the Industries OF the.
country and OF jail ITS productive aes
tivities moe scomplcte. more thor
oush in method and, effective in result,
more, spirited and Unanimous, In pur-
beiiiCerent had been abie to enect. We
nrotited greatly by the experiences of
tho nations which already had been.
engaged for nearly threc years In the
cSiEent and exactine business. theif3
every resource and every executivAs
nrohciency taxed to the utmost. NE
were their pupils. But we learned II
quickly and acted with a pronnptntss
nnd readiness OF co-opcration that
Justify OUR great pride that wos wsrs,
able to serve tho world with unparSs
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