The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-25
ARTICLE X IS A
DRIVE At The
TAPRO0T Of WAR
Unless Ii Is Cut Out the
Tree Is Going to Bloom
Again.
JAPAN'S PROMISE
ABOUT SHANTUNG
To Relinquish All Sow
, ereignty Rights hume
diately Upon Ratiiea-
ton of the Treaty.

Cheyenne, wyo.. Sept. 24.-PreGA-
dent Wilson spoke before 5000 per-
sous here late today He centered
hts attack on the senate reoervA~
tion to Article K and decfxred the
thing is unwo rthy and rfdfcuicos.-
He said IT would change the entire
meaning of the treaty. and m1es
than that would mean fts completes
rejection and tho neceeatty a No.
EotiatinE a separate pAA0n with
Germany.
Some men In favor uf E11aA rAaaUk
vation." he asserted. do not n tha
least realize It's meaning. r. any
such reservation as that 10 Adopted.
would be obliged. ~ chief execu-
tive, tn regard Il as . rejection Of
this treaty.
we are coming now 10 the trap
rle~ he went on. Presently wN VIII
tton which has been raised to this
treaty, but that 1t has not hAem DIS
posed of by candid nfudM- Y
EVERY OBJECTION vANI8HEs.
He followed this statAsnent ~ ~
clsring that every objection raised u
the Monroe Doctrine had vanished; hA
justified Great Britatn's SIX votaa to
Americas one with the expiAnafion
that our one counted SIX and with
the statement don't you thtnk cours-
tries IKE Australia New Zealand.
South Africa and Canada are moEs Mlrs
the United States than they are GrcAt
Britain
He declared that the martar Of do
nestle questions had been cleared
away, that the right of self-deterpainA--
tion was made sacred for the treaty
and that withdrawal from the league
was no longer question.
What remains" he said. lis the
heart OF the whole covenant---AYtfcle
X. IT, trts, at the tAprnots az wnf. Ard
unless YOU cut at the taproots the tree
is going to bloom again and all fu-
ture generations win be betrayed
The president ifkened himself 70 ma
soldier in the war. He said they never
thought of turning back nor thought
of making reservations and ~ for
himself he declared.
II am going to complete the task.
am not going to turn back. I arm
going to keep my face towards tho
enemy"
SHANTUNG QUESTION.
Shantung was again discussed By
the president who illustrated what he
termed the helplessnesH Of William
Mckinley and John Hay to protect
China from foreign inyastpn. He said
thing in the substance at thu treaty
that had been debated seriously.
The president said Japan had
promised. at the instance Of America
to relinquish all sovereignty rights h,
Shsntung Immediately upon ratddcAr
ton of the treaty. and he termed tho
professions of Kindness toward China
by members of the senate as empty
noises"
A lurid picture OF the next war
the war that he believes viii come Il
this nation fats TO join the league
was painted by the president, He said
shells which would carry explosives
more than one hundred miles had
been perfected at the close OF the war,
and in the concluding remarks he arr
pealed to the Almighty to bring the
day of peace at hand
God eend that day, may It come
and come SOON" ne crisd with up
lifted hands
Toward the end Of his address the
president seemingly gathered himself
together and said. in a laughing tone:
II talked As though ] doubted what
the decision viii be.
IT don't have to conjecture what
the judgment Of the American people
will be. / know before hand, and
I'm ony sorry for the men who don't
know"
The president special left Cheyenne
an hour before schedule this evening,
so that the president might retire an
hour earlier at his hotel in Denver.
He was given "A pleasant welcome
here this afternoon,