New Britain herald., 1919-08-21
President Says He CaI Take No Action PriO To Formal Ratified ton of Covenant.
REPLIES TO SENATOR
 FALLS QUESTION
Immediate Acceptance q League of Nations WOuIl Reduce the High Cost Q
 Living.

Washington, Aug. 21.-Preside1 Wilson has not the power to declar peace by proclamation, nor could Il consent in any circumstances to taI such a course prior to the ratificatioI of formal treaty of peace by tl : senate. The president so wrote Ser ator Fall today in answer to one q the 20 written questions the senatc presented at the White House cor ference Tuesday.
 Not Created By Three Govts.
 Replying to another question, tn president said the provision of tn treaty that il should come into ford after ratification by Germany an three of the principal associated pow CTS operated merely to establish peacX between those ratifying powers an that it was Questionable whether can be said that the league of na tions is in any true sense created the association of only three of tI | Allied and associated gOVernm ents"
 As to the question of when horns
 
 ident said he could only express tII confident opinion that immediate rat tication of the treaty and acceptanc of the covenant of the league written would certainly within tl ' near future reduce the cost of living | both in this country and abroaJ through the restoration of productiol and commerce 10 normal Ne -Fe. s~xwr To Senator Falls questions relatinl to the disposition of Germany's po5 sessions the president said the alI rangement in the treaty conveyed nI title to the Allied or associated powI CTS, but merely ''intrusts dispositioI of the territory in question to the decision"
 ''Germany's renunCiatiOn in fave of the principal Allied and associate powers" the president continued, "d her rights and titles to her oversea1 possessions is meant similarly
 operate as vesting in those powers trusteeship with respect of their flns disposition and government"
 Presidents Letter.
 The presidents letter follows:
 My Dear Senator Fall:
 You left yesterday in my hands cen tain written questions which I prom ised you I would answer. I arn hastening to fulfill that promise.
 I feel constrained to say in replI to your first question not only thel ih my judgment I have not the powe1 by proclamation to declare that peacv exists, but that I could in no cirl Cumstances consent to take such course prior to the ratification of formal treaty of peace. I feel it duI to perfect frankness to say that \ would in my opinion put a stain upot our national honor which we neveI could efface, if after sending our mel to the battlefield to fight the commo \ cause, we should abandon our asso| ciates in the war in the settlement o| the terms of peace and disassociatj ourselves from all responsibility witt regard to those terms.
 Answers Fifth Question.
 l respectfully suggest that, havinj said this, 1 have in effect answerei also your second, third and fourtl questions, so far as 1 myself am conI Cerned. f Permit me to answer your fiftl question by saying that the proyisionl of the treaty 10 which you refer operI ate merely to establish peace betweej the powers ratifying. and that it iI questionable whether it can be sait that the league of nations is in an1 true sense created by the associatici of only three of the Allied and assol ciated governments.
 Would Reduce II. C. of IL.
 In reply to your sixth question, can only express the confident opiniol that the immediate adoption of thu treaty, along with the articles of th| covenant of the league as writte1 would certainly within the near futurd reduce the cost of living in thia country us elsewhere by restoring production and commerce to theil normal strength and freedom.
 For your convenience, l will mum Der the remaining paragraphs of thi letter as the questions to which the. are intended 10 reply are numbered.
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