The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-26

porated in its ratification, the president
said he did not consider a qualified
rejection" as adoption in fact He
said, however. he saw no objection TO
mere interil citations.
In hi saddress the president repeat
ed his charge that unorganized propa-
ganda WIS opposing the treaty and
that it proceeds from hyphens.
Denver, Colo, Sept. 25.-Declaring
the issue in the peace treaty discus
sion at last had been CLEARLY drawn"
President Wilson said in an an ad-
dress squarely facing the nation was
whether the United States would keep
its pledges to help guarantee the peace
OF the world"
Of all the subject matter in the
treaty aside from the league covenant,
Mr.. Wilson said, the Shantung provi-
objection now had been cleared away,
he continued, as had been the lesser
objections against the covenant itself.
He asserted the whole discussion
now had settled down upon the heart
of the League of Nations covenant
the guarantees of Article X. Adop-
tion of a reservatio Mike that proposed
in the senate, he declared, would be
equivalent to rejection of the treaty.
The presidents declarations were re-
Oh
packed the Denver auditorium said to
hold more than II 900. Previously he
had been greeted with uproarous
cheers along the line of an automobile
route through the principal streets.
The president touched briefly upon
the voting power of the British en-
pire in the league assembly, saying
objections on that score had been Eek
ploded" when it became known the
British dominions, "have six votes in
the assembly but the assembly don't
vote"
On the final issue, as it had settled
down about the question of reserva-
tions, said the president, there was
no organized opposition to the treaty
except among the peopI ewho tried
to defeat the purpose of the govern
ment in the war
"Hyphens,'' he added, while the
crowd cheered. are the knives being
stuck into the document"
The line had been definitely drawn
said the president and the only dues
tion to be decided was whether the
United States would go into the league
or stay out
1t had been one of the purposes of
the war, Mr.. Wilson said, to set up
a permanent peace guarantee. He de-
clared he was under bond" especial
ly to the children of the country, to
make good the promise Of such a guar
antee- He added the next world war
would be much more terrible than the
last, saying I'm for any kind of in
surance against a barbaric reversal of
Should the United States stay out OF
he league, continued the president. it
would have to have "the biggest navy
in the world" and there would have
% be conscription and heavy taxation.
A wholesome moral clearing house"
was the way the president character
zed the covenant position under which
questions could be brought
Up for discussion by the league. That
1IONASiOIls he SAID, WOuIu nave Sucn
luestions "everybody's business" while |
international law had meant
'minding your own business particu- |
arly when something outra geous is |
Ip."
Eulogizing the labor section of the |
reaty, Mr.. Wilson said it would give i
America an opportunity to raise la |
Dor standards all over the world. I'm |
il that was done. he asserted the full !
energies of the world could not be re- |
eased.
In his reference to reservations /
he president declared:
When the senate has acted. it viii |
'e for me TO determine wether its ac-
ion constitutes an adoption or rejec- |
ion"
He added he hoped the senate would
lot leave the matter a doubt but
Tould make it's position unmistakable.
nd would put its action into such
orm that it would clearly constitute a
i