Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-19
TREATY LOOKS TO
FUTURE, WILSON
.SAYSAT OAKLAND

Oakland. Cal. Sept. 1S-President
Wilson told an audience here tonight
that the people had been ''singularly
and some times fear. greatly
misled" as to the contents of the
peace treaty.
In an address interrupted many
times by cheers he said that any man
who discussed the treaty on the bas-
is Of small and technical objections
by public opinion.
Mr.. Wilson spoke before a crowd
which jammed| the auditorium here
with its seating capacity Of 1900.
When he rose to speak some one
shouted "are we with him?" and
many shouted in chorus. yes"
This was the first treaty. said Mr..
Wilson, whose purpose was not TO
serve governments. but TO serve peo-
pies" All the peoples Of the world.
he declared. at last had seen a Wis
ion of liberty and had drawn up a
treaty for the peoples and 1.-THE for
tunes of children everywhere" 1t
vas for the benefit of those of future
generations. he asserted, that the
document had been formulated.
The characteristic" of the treaty,
he said. was that lit gives liberty to
peoples who never could have won i;
for themselves" had the world not
already been rent by the great war,
he said, 1.-The world would have been
amazed that such a thing was posi-.
BILE" He declared it meant the end
Of the dreams of every imperialistic
COVER nment in the world.
For one thing. continued the Pres
tcent. the treaty attempted to inter-
nationalize all of the greas wa,.r-
ways of Europe. He said that in ef-
feet it proposes to "cut out" every
influence IT national privilege. Dis
cussing the labor section of the
treaty he declared there would be set
up q new standard of labor for the
| world. under which laborers would
| be regarded as human beings and
| treated as they. ought-to be treated"
In that connection he mentioned
the Seamen's Act passed by Con-
gress a few years ago.
The international labor conference Z
be held in Washington next month was
recalled by the President and he wa:
cheered when he added:
I'VE are waiting to learn from tn;
Senate of the United States whether w
can attend it or not"
In short. said the President, the trea
~ provided an Organization, of liber.
ty and mercy" for the world.
Referring to Germany's temporar,
exclusion from the League of Nations
the President said IL the autocratic Ger.
man government were revided with :;
Hohenzollern on the throne Germany
forever would be excluded from the
league and from respectable society.
''The Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns
are permanently out of business" add.
ed Mr.. Wilson.
Referring to the withdrawal feature
of the league covenant he said that
should the United States go into the
league with a seat near the door, Il
would be invited to take a front seat
Immediately.
Turning to the arbitration and dis
cussion features of the covenant, the
President said 1t invited all the ma
tions to lay any grievance before the
jury Of humanity before going to war.
r America. foremost of all nations, said
the President. declared 1t as one of the
principles on which she entered the war
that there should be no more wars.
"Why do We debate Details" he asked
while the crowd cheered. when the
heart OF the thing is sound?"
Before his departure from San Fran
cisco today President Wilson received
a petition from the Chinese National
Welfae Society of America. said to rep
resent l0.ooo Chinese in the United
States. asking the President to Use his
influence to bring about a readjustmens
of the Shantung award.