The Rice belt journal., 1919-09-27


.as,tsd by the police at .39o 699o' ,,lane Inc
" n1 vss iammed and outside were
ar,ands and who could not get in, some Some
y ssso waiting since early morning
4 4 tic doors to open -, N.Y.,
=. auditorium meeting Mr.. WI
i VAS introduced by ;,o.ot Mrs; Soslaa IN
g ' &C rovles, national president OF
s'ls c.ns,al federation of Women's
N. O' Who told the crowd that the
slo, . must and would become the
~ ..,s.,t of a war-weary world for all
aas 49,,
i. nrosldent alluded to an address
=. ~ ~ President Mckinley on the
i. - ssiore i his assassination and as
"a that the martyred presidents
. .,Is about arbitration seemed to
wv ~ y had prophetic vision on the
n oi his death.
n.,.,,,ne to objections that the
,saa wonld involve the United States
n's !. sntsngItg alliances, Mr.. Wilson
"a me- league was in fact a proposal
hi dsentanglement'
wbst washington had in mind was
mot those gentlemen want to
IA gs back to" he said. "The day
i alliances is behind u.s."
when Mr.. Wilson declared it was a
u,i,ar of amazement that some men
vsrp now opposing the league, some
ms IN the crowd shouted Shame on
tssma and many others took up the
- There we're more cheers mo-
nsrt later when he declared the treaty
v,s founded on the rights Of the weak
ntber than the power Of the strong.
lvas a peoples treaty, he sald' not
statesmens treaty.
San Francisco, Cal.--Acceptance OF
ID pesce treaty as good business
uoDOsItIon was urged by President
wilson Thursday In an address to
San Francisco business men.
He asserted that to refuse member
stb in the league of nations would
Il 10 Isolate the United States ane
to build up a distrust abroad which
would be detrimental alike to the ma
ions political and commercial inter
as
Solution Of many domestic cues
tons, said the president, awaited rati
dcatOn Of the treaty. Until there wa
peace, he declared, the nation coul'
tOl feOrganise "a single element" 0
lls economic status. He added tina
hare we're many reforms necessary
As long as uncertainty about peac
continued, he said, and the busines
Of the country had mo conditions tha
ecan count on" there would be tn
partial paralysis that is characteristi
aiapanic Mr.. Wilson also discusse
q length the arbitration and boycot
provisions Of the league covenant, d
slsriag that had there been anythin
approaching such an arrangement
lsls Germany never would have b
sdn the war.
Sen Francisco, Cal.-America is u
eei an Overwhelming moral compr
aan to accept the peace treaty, Pref
esas Wilson declared in an addre
Wednesday, because 1t was drawn !
g American specifications and mar
lhe worlds acceptance Of Americ'
principles.
Even Germany had been forced
cept these principles, said the pre-
asat
Discussing at length the Shantu
eioyisien Of the peace treaty, Pre-
esal Wilson said that he had been |
saied BY the great powers that und
1 league Of nations there would
new International policy for the p
s1on Of Chinese integrity.
iaese powers, said Mr.. Wilson, b
apaas promise to return Shantung
alna, and intended to see that it v
aaed under the league. He 81
asd asked his colleagues at v
llles specifically whether they mel
iaer the league to inaugurate a n
lAs did.
aF Wilson also discussed the M
8 Doctrine, article 10 and the ri
withdrawal from the league,
9eating previous argument agai
ergations on those points and
lns some Of the changes propo
involved merely question Of lit
ere style
Turning to the objection that G,
ssllaln has SIX votes in the league
9s M Wilson said it SO
saea that our one vote is Just
sNarial as their six.
laefe was no case in which III,
,aaiy would vote on any impoI
except admission Of new i
Without a decision first ha
made BY the council in v
Eas an equality OF votes, he
1enouneing 4hypbenated 4
TIE president repeated
se thet pro-German propoa
= vas spreading in the .
Ha said opponents of the
ssss desiring the same ends
s.s Ras desiring, but assert
s.aeuee that the treaty wou