Gunnison news-champion., 1919-08-29
WILSON ANSWERS
SENATE QUERIES
3ays H 0ees uo' Reasonable Oh.
jsssioa 70 Reservations Con-
ess1ing League.
CONFERENCE At WHITE MOUSE
President Asserts United States
euzrendsrs No Powers and
Nay Withdraw.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson and
committee Of the Senate met ut the
White House Tuesdsy to discuss the
peace treaty. The President opened the
discussion by tmpresxtng on the sen
ators the urgency of prompt ratifica-
tion of the treaty without amendments
ana without reservations that would
require resubmission OF the treaty To
The other signatories. especially Ger
many. The President said that the in
ssrest Of every class OF people. the
pioyers, demanded prompt ratification
!" the end that stable conditions Of in
sens.ry: es r, aSsrisuIsure snss rs and emplSyms.t
dress. which was In effect an address
10 the country follows:
Il hope that this conference will
the treaty Of pence beg that you
VIII Atrdon and Indulge me If again
urge that practically the whole task
nr m,, ,piinssng the country back TO nor
waits upon the decision OF the senate
With regard TO the terms Of the peace.
vice that the action of the Senate with
regard to the treaty be taken mt the
earliest practicable moment because
the problems with which we are face to
tional life are of the most pressing and
critical character. will require fox their
tt'pFT botutttu tnt tUtituAtG nNl
disinterested cooperation OF all parties
and all interests. and cannot be post
poned without manifest peril to our
taees we hold most dear.
The copper mines of Montana. Ari-
fonn and Alaska. for example. are be-
ing kept open and In operation only at
a great cost and loss. in part upon bor-
rcwed money. The zinc mines OF Mig
souri. Tcnnessee and Wisconsin are be-
ing operated at about one-haif their ca
M Antn t.. u.aA
Missouri reaches only q portion OF it,
former market. there IL an Immediate
need for cotton betting and also for iu-
because the channels OF trade are
barred by war when there ir no war.
The same IL true OF raw cotton. OF
meriy purchased nearly 100000 bales.
and these are only examples. There IL
hardly single raw material n single
Important food stuff. or a single class
of manufactured goods which is not In
the same case. Our full. normal profit
able production waits on peace.
upon IL. We cannot inteliigently or
wisely decide how large q naval or mil
itary force we shall maintain. or what
training is TO be until we have peace
not only. but also until we know how
peace IL TO be sustained. whether by
concert Of all the great people. And
there II more than that difficulty in
vowed. The vast surplus properties OF
merely. whose sale will affect normal
prodnction but great manufacturing
establishments also. which should be
stores Of machine tools. and all sorts
Of merchandise which must lie idle un-
~ peace and military policy are defi-
The nation. that ratify the treaty.
such as Great Britain. belgium and
Erance Will be IN a position to lay
Of central Europe. without competition
from us. II we do not presently act. We
have no consular agents, no trade rep
resentatives there to look after our in
,sd There srs i.rgs area. Of Europe
whose vnmn.sst future VII lie uncertain and
the final settlements OF peace and the
forces which are to administer and sus-
tain II. Without detcrminate markets
our production cannot proceed with in
tc1iigence. or confidence. There can be
no easy or normal industrial credits
because there can be no confident or
can be no stabtlixation Of wages be-
cause there can be no settled condition
OF employment.
amongst us depends upon and awaits
the ratification Of the treaty OF peace.
and we cannot afford I lose a single
can 10 mitigate the winters suffering.
which. unicss we find means to prevent
4. may prove disastrous TO a large por-
bring upon Europe conditions even
mo- more .s terrible ,,ns,s than those brought by
"Nothing, am led to believe. stands
in the way Of the ratification Of the
treaty except doubts with regard TO tho
meaning and implication Of certain ar.
ticies Of the covenant Of the League OF
Nations; and must frankly say that
am unable to understand why such
doubts should be entertained. You will
recall that when had the pleasure of
a conference with your committee and
Representatives. on foreign affairs at
the White House in March last. the
questions now most frequently asked
about the League Of Nations were all
diate Qualification. The covenant OF the
league was then In its first draft and
subject to revision. II was pointed out
70 I he y Monroe Doctrine. U shat ~ vas s'Hsa nos
expressly provided that the league
should have no authority to act or to
expreas . Judgment on matters of do
draw from the league was not express
~ recognized and that the constitu-
tional rights OF the Congress to deter
mine all questions Of peace and war
my return to Paris. all these matters
sion on the League OF Nations and ev-
cry suggestion Of the United States
.rhe view Of the upited States with
regards to the questions ] have men,
toned had. in fact. already been ac-
was supposed to be nothing inconsist-
ent with them in the draft OF the COW
cnant first adopted, the draft which
was the subject OF our discussion In
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