The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-22
Wilson Writes Senator
Fall He Has No
Authority.
WOULD STAIN HONOR
Insists Action Would BE
Abandonment Of Our
Allies.
WANTS NORMAL CONDITIONS
Declares Only Ratifica-
tion Can Bring Reduc-
tion in Costs.

WAsmNGTON Aug ~ Pros
ldJnt Wilson had not thc power "a
declare hy reclamation that state
~ peace sN 10 between me United
N'nIcA and Grrmany before the
treaty has 3. rn rhtlficd he so' iprih
iuu1y ln a, -werlnE the flrT' ~ the
twenty questions submitted ~ him boo
Vrlunr hy Senator FAN. ~ Sew MeN
icn at the white house conf"rcu'"
1acsday
70 abandon our associates IN the
wit In tho settlement Of The terms NJ
peace" The president asserted I'm hr
answcr. would put" stain upon ot-
national honor which Nc could never
rfacc
The president also expressed the
h,llcf mat the immediate ratification
of me treaty would reduce iho cost ~
living IN mis- country ana clHowhcrc
II feel constrained. Tho prrHident
wrote 'to say I'm reply 10 your first
question not only that In my judR
mont I have not the power hy prov -
nmhiion 10 declare that pence exists
but that I could In no circumstance
consent to take such a course prior
~ the ratification ~ a formal treaty
of peace feel n due 10 perfect
ftanknesH 10 sny that II would In my
opinion put stain upon our nation
ul honor which We never could cf
face. II after sending our men 10 the
battlefield 10 fight the common
cause. We should abandon our as
soclatcs IN the war In the settlement
OF tho terms ofofcacc and dlsaFsoci-
ate ourselves from all responsibility
In regard to those terms
Il respectfully suEEeat that, having
sald this. / have In effect answered
also your second. third and fourth
questions, 90 far as myself am con
ctrncd
Permit me 10 answer your fifth
queation by saying that the prov isiohs
OF the treaty which you refer operate
merely to establish peace between the
powers ratifying and that II IL uues.
t!onahle whether Il can be said that
the league of nations Ia IN any true
sense created by the association OF
only three OF the allied and aHuoci.
ated governments.
In reply To your sixth question. |
can only express the confident opin-
ION that the Immediate adoption OF
the treaty. along with tha articles ~
the covenant ~ the league Rs writ
ten, would certainly within the near
future reduce the cost of living In
this country aH elsewhere. by rrAtor-
Ing production and commerce TO
their normal strength and freedom
For your convenience. I will nnm-
Der the remaining paragraph OF this
letter as the questions to which they
are intended 20 reply are numbered.
~ II have had no official lnfor-
nation Rs to whether Norway,
sweden, Denmark. Holland or
Switzerland will Join the league.
81 answered your eighth ques-
ton In reply 10 question asked me
at our conference the other day
"0.--In February 1917, spain was
requested 10 take charge of Amert-
can interests In Germany through
her diplomatic and consular repre-
Hentatlvcs and no other arrangement
has since been made
-lO,--Thc committee to prepare
plans for theN organization OF the
league, for the establishment " the
sent Of the leasua, and Tor the pro-
ceedings Of the fhst meeting NJ the
assembly, has necn appointed but
has not reported
"il-ArticN liN Of the peace
treaty. part ". undcr which Ger
many reuouncca all her rights to ter
ritory formerly belonging to herself
or 10 her allies WAS understood su
FAR ns special provision was no,
made In tho treaty itself Tor its dis
position. as constituting the princi-
pal allied and associated powers the
authority hy which such disposition
should ultimately he determined, II
conveys no title TO those pcwcrs but
merely cntrusts the disposition oi
the territory In question TO their
decision
ll2.-sGcrmnny's renunciatlon I'm
favor Of the principal allied ana as.
sociated powers ofS her rights and
titles TO her overseas possessions Is
meant similarly 10 operate us Ncstinr
in those powers trustroship with
respect ot their final disposition aud
government
'"lS There has been q provisional