Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-25
SAYS RESERVATION
MEANS REJECTION
Proposed Senate Action as to
Article K. Fatal, Declares
President.
ESSENCE OF TREATY
Executive Urges Nations Agree
ment Against External Aggres-
sion Cuts Wars Tap Root.

n E--\NE.. w ~. sept. 24.-Read- =
Ing again the proposed Senate rcserva-
tion TO Article y, Of the league cove
nant. President Wilson declared in an
address here today that should anv
such reservation be adopted. he would
be obliged as chief executive 10 re-
gard II as rejection of the treaty."
The President added that rejection
OF the treaty would mean negotiation
tot separate peace with Germany, and
asserted that such negotiation could
not ,change single item of the peace
ksese;nl!ing Japan's. promise to return
90. 20 Sh'na ,h Iil sotyereign rights in shan
retained by the Tokyo covernmeni tmt.ii
would he economic rights such as other r
Gn.tionS hold. He said the United
Use. lie characterized as empty noise
me professors of friendship for China
mraade by those who want the treaty 10
Must Soon Rcnch "Showdown..
turning TO the league covenant tho
president said the question Of whcther r
nc heart OF the league covenant was
showdown." II would mean the vita :
ifon OF ne whole plan, he asserted,
tons TO Article y. as proposed in the
on! one by one, said he, the other OBJ
posed OF To all candid minds" he
aatSser,ed' It now was apparent that the
ihai fhoh'oe Doctrine .a was fully protecte ed,
set up and that no danger was to be
leared from the speaking parts
league assembly. The withdrawaj obo e
,setions; he added, was another bug
aoT9r T6us that uoI,ld had been ,dispslled
whole discussion had settled down
upon Article ", underswhithJthc mem
terE;,asg;,d ters agreed to preserve one another
+,
aggression. az He declared this cut "a az
IN she Tap root of war" because nearly
selves. e"u them-
Discusses Reservations Eject.
;dan, reservation read by the Pres
his audiente s rne Iame ,ha5 he laid before
Lake City tabernaciee Bv ite Sa.'
ntohs no me United States would ASSUME
integrits aoi9n of ntber TO preserve territorial
Eress should so decide. o''e's |oh-
not lois is as as though you said We will
may. join It from time 10 o"ii tinn' ne' NJ Wd
~ont promise anything. but from, t;,no we
" "The TIE tSing Wf nay = co,operate.
lous II Nims rneans rs uph~orthy h and rdicu-
Wreaty' nothing less. The issue is i e ,paf ,ne
the Ms dant avoid H. We've e got to eS mnhe MAXI
can De no turning back" ''aae 'herc
-, Lnless the United States went ;,,,
its fui respons nom: ff ADDED and assumed
20 como in later with Germanv nave
1-pi,sI ermany is not anxious for ,h.
IN n'tha the Ita,es sa to bs among the m nations ohs
to Imembership until she "oh chaness aemItted ted
sbe aiEe Gu Siovernment, and AT that TIM
the renrs w,r Be admitted with the rest of
Q, 81 tne world am not making tbjs
s.;Ialemeht by conjecture. but am eet nts
persons M qI5FeGsy IN G;srr, from the mouths Of
ana know what the rejection ~ ,fts
treaty means. VI the
Means Separate Treaty
GermanW means ana separate treaty with
any OF the doctrines Of the Ieaeun .hof 81
naaions. and the whole word wonid he
inihy' smpiy be sAs enns gni;sd states II would
GATES hand in hand with Germany
we nave come 10 ask that You viii
,.i sots,der II: There is no other way.
America must face it now.
~, The men who fought in Chateau
Inc merry. the men who fought in Bel-
tho" thongH oS3 of ana IN the never
thought of making reservations on
tneir service. They never thought Of
Of fEhs the iob anS ars Gbong to do this much
the rest And | am here on this iouro
n ney to do what l can to fulfill and
died upon the battle fields of France
began. And I am not going to turn
back any more than they did am
going TO keep my face just as they
Kept theirs. forward. towards the enc
my.
MY friends. the only organized
forces opposed to the league of nations
are hyphenated Americans outside,
mean. of the congressional circles
beg you to observe that said the only
organized forces. because ] would not
include many individuals that I know
in such charge as this. but I do
mean that it is the proGermans that
showed the hyphcn during the war
that are now organized against that
treaty. and we can please nobody in
America any better than by rejecting
this treaty without Qualifying 1t in
our acceptance of it,
Following the address President and
Mrs. Wilson and members of their par
ty were taken for an automobile ride
over tho city and through Fort n. A.
Russell, three miles out Upon their
return their special train left immc-
diately for Denver.