The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-04
PRESIDENT WILSON OPENS.
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Wilson arrived in Columbus shortly aft
err IL O'Clock.
Columbus today was CARRIED in her
showiest fashion TO greet President Will
son. Practically the entire city was ex-
pected to line the down town streets to
witness the parade. The strike of mot
ormen and conductors of the street rail-
way company win not interfere with
the plans made to welcome the Presi.
dent. A reception committee will meet
him at the union station and escort
him to an automobile which will head
procession of machines along the
streets Airplanes will fly over the line
of march.
President Wilson opening his country
wide speaking tour for the peace treaty
| declared that his purpose was to Ego
out and report to my fellow country
men,
"The only people | owe any report !"
| said the President, care you and the
other citizens of the United States. -
The President said it also seemed in
creasingly necessary that he should
make such a report because he had read
many speeches about the treaty and was
| unable to gather from them much of
what the treaty contained.
President Wilson began by saying
! that he had chafed at the confinement
! of Washington and was glad to get out
to make his report to the people. In
| the first place, he said, the treaty under
took to punish Germany, but there was
no thought to crush any great people
Overwhelmingly. Restraint had been cx-
ercised, he said, and there was provi-
sion for making the reparation no great
cr than Germany could pay.
! The league of nations, he declared,
was formed in fulfillment of the prom
Use that the United States was fighting
this war to ''end business of that sort
forever Not to establish the league
he said, would be unfaithful to those
who had died. eff we do not do this
thing he declared, "we have neglect
cd the covenant We promised our peo-
pie. The league of nations is the only
thing that can prevent the recurrence
of this catastrophe
''Besides this, the President cOntin.
ued, "the treaty tears away the chains
of oppression and gives small nationali
tics the right to live their own lives,
"That was the Americn position anC
] was glad to fight for it, he said
Italy, he continued, had presented te
the conference a contrary proposal il
her request for Fiume. Though there
were only scattered Italian settlements
there, he declared, Italy wanted FUN,
for military purposes. If there were /;
league of nations. he asserted. Itai,
would not need that foothold. 81 Z
rather have everybody on my side HI
continued, ethan to be armed to tn
teeth
"This treaty is an attempt to RICH
the wrongs of Europe and in my humble
opinion it is a measurable success h
said. Praising the treaty provision pro
viding for an international labor organ
ization, which will hold its first meetin
DIN Washington in October, the Presi
dent said, 'TLet me tell you it will NEE
whether the treaty is ratified by the
or not He appealed to his hearers t
exert their influence for acceptance o
| the. treaty. .@Don't let me pull j
down. he said. ''Doh't let them mis-
| represent it. -
"When this treaty is accepted,
President Wilson said, "the men j
| khaki will never have to cross the sea
| again and | say lis accepted becaus
| it will be accepted
:" As the President was leaving til
| hall a Chinaman in the gallery Gale
several times, - Mr.. Wilson. How abou
| Shantung.' The President apparent
| did not hear him.