Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-11

WaSnlngtOn, July .1O.-The peace treaty with it's league of nations cove nant was laid. before the senate by President Wilson today in c- dress accounting to the country to. --.s part in the negotiations at Versailles.
 The league, declared the president was born of the conviction of praeti- cal statesmen that an interna tional conce@ had become world necessity 10 end the old order and guarantee civilization. He asserted that in such a concert the world looked confidently to America for leadership and added that while the treaty might not be ex- : actiy as the American delegation would have written it. no vital prin- ciple had been sacrificed by the nec- | eSsary compromises.
 The senate, already divided in a bit ter fight over. the league proposal, re- ceived the president with cheers and listened to his words in a grave si- lence- When he had concluded there was another burst of cheering as he went to his capitol office, where he talked for an hour with senators who wished to ask about specific features the treaty or of tEe negotiations. In these conferences the president dis cuSsed freely such subjects as the dis position of Shantung. the German in demnities and Irish freedom.
 In his address. however. there was no direct reference to many of the questions around which senate debate has centered. the president declaring he could not construe details of the treaty in a short address. He did not directly mention the Monroe Doctrine Shantung or the obligations assumed under Article 10 of the league cove nant, nor did he allude to the proposal 10 write reservations into the ratifica- tion-
 My services and all the information l possess" said Mir. Wilson. will be at your disposal and at the disposal of your committee on foreign relations at any time, either informally or in ses- efr 76 you will not hesitate to make use of them
 American isolation, the president as- serted, was ended twenty years ago ton in partial control of Cuba and the Philippines
 But we. have. not exploited them," he continued.z ssVVe have been their friends and have sought to serve them % There can be no ques- ton of our leasing to be a world power The only question is whether we can refuse the moral leadership accept or reject the confidence of the world-S
 The stage is set.s.tae destiny dis closed. It has come about by no plan of our conceiving. but by the hand of God Who has led US into this way. We cannot turn back We can only go forward. with lifted eyes and fresh ened spirit, to follow the Vision.''
 Abiding to the skepticism with which the plan for a league of nations frst was received, the president said th- as the peace negotia tions pro- ceyIed it became apparent to all the delegates that such a concert was "a practical necessity demanded by ''all the peoples of the world For the United States to reject it. he asserted, would break the heart of the world"
 In disregard of precedent, the senate received the address in open session and afterward ordered that the treaty be published in the Congressional Record and as a public document. The unable to gain admission waited in the rain to cheer the president when he arrived and departed
 There was no attempt at oratory and no applause interrupted the ad- dress. Nearly every senator was in his seat and all listened attentively. Afterward his supporters were un- stinted in their praise for the presi- dents words. while those opposed ei- ther declined to comment or declared he had dealt only in unsatisfactory generalities.
 In his talks afterward with league supporters, the president was said to have discussed at length the Shan tung and Irish questions. He was quoted as saying he was not satisfied with the treaty provision giving Shantung to Japan, but as declaring there was an informal und among the peace delegates that even tually Jauan must make an accepta- ble agreement with China in the mat ter.
 Discussing the failure of the peace conference to receive the representa- tives of Irish-American organizations on behalf of Irish freedom, MT. Will son was said to have told senators that the representatives had so identi- fled themselves with the revolution ary element in Ireland that it became impossible to receive them,
 ~S-1@ H. to a definite indemnity, the president | was reported to have said. was | reached over his protest He was quoted as saying he consented to the l Lloyd George over domestic obsta- | cles. It was said the question of | Plume was not mentioned.
 In talking to the senators, the pres | stand against any reservations in the | senate's ratification of the treaty. It 1 was asserted he would not be disposed | kindly even toward interpretive reser- | vatiOnS to make the Senate'S position | clear. |
 Regarding the proposed reservation l under which the senate would declare | the nation could not enter war under | Article Ten without war declaration l by congress. MT. Wilson was report l ed to have declared such a stipulation | unnecessary. He was quoted as say ing that the constitutional inability of |
 
 out a congressional declaration was | one of the reasons why the league | council was authorized only to "ad- | vice" aT to the steps to be taken
 In all the presidents visit to the | t-a pIJol occupied less than two hours. | The address required 39 minutes
 After the president finished speak 1 ing the senate adjourned until Mon | day. when the ratification debate will | begin The foreign relations commit | tee also will meet Monday to begin | of the treaty.
 President Wilson's Speech. President Wilson, in presenting the | peace treaty and the League of Ma | lions to the senate today, spoke as follows:
 Gentlemen of the senate: The treaty l 0f peace with Germany was signed at | Versailles on the twenty-e eighth of | June. I avail myself of the earli- | sst opportunity to lay the treaty, be- 'cre you for ratification and to inform @ ~ [