Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-02
WILSON TELLS CONGRESS
PARIS TRIP HIS DUTY
WILL STILL BE PRESIDENT
Expains In Annual Address That He Will Keep Constant
Touch With Nation By Wire and Radio Service; Says
Congress Will Be Informed As To What He Is Doing AT
Peace Table: Seized Cable Lines on Advice of Experts.
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~ Associated Press "a Every Evening"
Washineton. Dcc = In mn address to
Congress ~ ioint session, today. President
Wilson formally announced his intention
to 90 Ia Paris for the Peace Conference.
SAVING The allied governments have a'-
ce,,tcd the principles cnunciatcd 1y hm
for peace and II is his paramount duty 10
he present
The President slid hc VIII hc N close
touch hv cable and wireless and that
Congress viii know all that he does on
the other sidc
Referring to his announcement that
the, French ami British governments had
removed all cable rcstnetions upon the
trahslnission of ntVs If tho conference To
Aultfica. the President sald he had taken
uvdf the lmcncau cable systems on cx-
pert advice 50 Is to make unulcd sNs-
tom available
1Ic expl,ss,4l th, hope hat hc would
htyp the cooperation "i the pnhiic and
of Congress, saving through the cables
nd wireless constant counsel and advice
would Re possible
Much III the address was devoted 10 he
railroad problem. tor wlnch the President
said he now had ne solution to offer Il"
recommended careful study hv Congress.
saving II would he a dle-~crHlcc f. the
country. and to he railroads - permit q
return to old conditions under pnvatc
rnan4gcment Wit hout notifications
The President declared he stood ready
- release the railroads from government
rontrol whenever 4 satisfactory plan ot
IaHlusjmoui could he worked out
Thc President SAID he hoped ~ SOC ?
declaration Of peace BY treaty hv lie
tinlo spune has come
No definite program oi reconstruction
stn 10 outlined nov, Nj Wilson sand
1T a. soon Ill the armlstlce WAS slgncd
.4ytr mcnt control 81 business and ln-
,luStre MAS released As far aS pus9-thie
H. expressed The hore that Congress
won not object to contcrrlng upon tho
Var tr3dc board or some other rgcnsE
thai rgat Of fixing extra propnctlcs t"
assure shIpment of food IL starving people
abroad.
A. 10 taxation, he President endorsed
the plan Tor lcvying six billion III 1919 ami
for notifying the pubic in advance that
tho 1920 levv will he four billion dollars
The new thrce-ycar naval building pro-
gram was endorsed because the Presl-
dent said il would hc unwlse tn attempt to
adjust the American program to future
world policy ~ vet undetermined
Paving tribute 10 the people conduct
IN w.,r. he spoke partiuclary y # work
oi women and again appealed tor woman
suffrage bN Federal amendment
Senator Kellogg ~ Minnesota RcpuhE-
can. declared he would oppose the rcso-
luton and hoped i would hc sent 10 he
foreign affairs committee and there Killed,
On motion IT Senator Hitchcock char
man of thc foreign relations committee.
the resolution Was referred 10 that COM
mIttec.
Except for thc statement q senator
kellogg there was uo discussion 81 the
MERIT o. thc measure
Democratic representatives arose and
aplilaud q voe,)lc1au~l, when The t'resl-
dent announced hie intention ot going IN
0cr on to the rs, conference The Re-
publican side ua> s.'en' tni 81 were many
Senators 0o both ~df~ o5 the chamber
The President concluded alter speaking
= mi utcs and left be chamber amidst
applause limited 20 tho Democratic side.
IntcrTlption- of tho address tor qIes-
tons which had been threatened by some
Rcpu lican members OF the House did
moi matcriahzc.
Declaring he had 10 private thought
or purpose IN going - france, but that
he regarded II ~ ms highest duty. the
President added II IS now my duty to
play my full part IN making good what
they America : soldiers offered their
Ii .e's blood 10 obtain
- hc taNt Of the message III fuil VII he
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