Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-05
PRESIDENT MAKES
FIRST SPEECHES ON
TRIP THROUGH WEST
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ence for acceptance by the United
states Senate of the peace treaty
signed with Germany. and predicted
when this treaty is accepted" he
said the men in khaki will never
have TO cross the seas again. and ]
say when it is accepted because it will
be accepted
Speaking to capacity audience
Which ISsiS fiied gEery nG9h in Memorial IL.
purpose on this trip 10 debate the
treaty. nor 10 eNpound tho people" He
ing among the allied representatives
At Versailles. Referring 10 the Ameri-
can delegation. he said;
we were under instructions and we
did not dare come home without full
Ming those instructions. If ! could
not have brought back the kind of
treaty did bring back, never would
have come back.
Would Report to People.
President Wilson asked the people
that if they woul not read themselves
to At least accept the contents as given
by those who made it, He declared
the only persons he owed report TO
are YOU and the other citizens OF the
United States.
because he had read many speeches
about the treaty. and was unable 10
gather from them much Of what the
treaty contained.
President Wilson said the treaty un-
der'ook to punish Germany, but that
there was no thought TO ovcrwhcl,n-
reparation demanded OF Germany. he
said. was no greater than Germany
could pay The President said Inc was
astoniShcd "by many of the statements
made about the treaty" and said he
was convinced they had been made by
men who had not read il, or who had
failed TO comprehend its meaning.
The league OF nations, he declared.
was formed in fulhllmcnt Of the prom
Int tod is t,,-
this war to END business Of that sort
: Iorever; Not to establish the leaSuc;;
10 those who had died.
Treaty Prevents Oppression.
Besides. the President said the
treaty tears away" the chains OF OPP
preston and gives small na,ionalitics
the right t? live their own lives!
sition and I was glad TO tight for it,"
The President praised the treaty pro.
labor organization, which will hold its
first meeting in Washington next
month. He declared the meeting would
he held whether the treaty had been
ratified by the Senate by that time or
Text Of Presidents Address.
and My Fellow Citizens:
,ba is n w'm nv ysTI { profound nieasuTS
at the confinement Of Washington. /
have for long time wished 10 fulfill
,he, purpose with which my heart was
full when returned to our beloved
country--namely, TO go ont and 10 re-
port TO my fellow countrymcn concern
now need to be settled.
The only people | owe amy report
the United states. and it has become
easingly necessary. apparently.
that ! should report to you; Aftcr all
the various angles at which YOU nave
heard the treaty held up perhaps YOU
would like 10 know what is in the
treaty 'rs ~, 9d i, very dfiic., in Sad,
read to form any conception OF that
great document.
tori ~ n doc wnriG fun nnqms IN ,n inc MS
and I think I cannot do you better
service for the peace of the world than
by pointing out 20 YOU just what this
treaty contains and what it seeks TO do.
I'm the first place. my fellow coun-
trymen,. IT seeks to punish one, or the
the wrong which Germany sought to
do to world and TO civilization and
with regard to tho application Of the
punishment. She attempted an in
tolorsble thing and she mus, be made
10 pay for the attempt.
Terms nf Trcnty severe.
hi. they are .int unjust. l can testify
that the nrn associated with nc. AZ
the peace conference in Paris had s,
in ;heir hearts TO do justice and rot
wrong but they knew perhars With
Tened than we s" Could possib n"' 'rnN
on this side of The water, the many
solemn covenants which Germany had
had made, 10 ovcrwhelm her neigh.
hors. the utter disregard which she had
sh mS tor human r!sh,S.for the
those who were helpless, Thcy mad
seen their lands devastated ny an
enemy that devoted itself, no; only 10
n Ni,..6 q Of n -.
OF terror. seeking TO tcrrfy the Dco-
pie whom they fought. and Wish to
in the terms OF this treaty They did
not wish Ito ovcrwhcim any great
nation and the mad no purpose in
overwhelming the German people. hut
they did not think that il ought TO lac
burned into the consciousness of men
forever that no people ouEh, TO pcrmi,
its government 10 do what the German
government did
in the last analysis my fellow
countryincn. a. We In America would
be the first to claim "A people are re-
spoons Die Cor the acts of their gov
eminent if their government purposes
things that arc wrong, they ought 10
take measures and see 20 IL that pur-
pose Is not executed
Rulers Did Not Conceal Purpose
Germany was self governed. Her
rulers h ad not concealed the purposes
that they had IN mind. hut they had
deceived their people as TO the char
acter OF methods they were going 20
use, and believe from what can
learn that there. is an awakened CON
seriousness in Germany itself OF the
deep intqui'y OF the thing that was at
tempted
when the Austrian delegates came
before the peace confcrenc they in N
many words spoke OF tho originaiinn
: of the war az crime and admitted
in our presence tina, y was "A thing
intolerable to contemplate. They knew
Is in their hearts that II had done them
the deepest conceivable wrong that j;
had put their people ana tho people
q Of Germany At the judgment scat 0f
3 mankind. and throughout this t-.aIS
every term that was applied TO Ger
Z many was meant not TO humiliatc Ger
many, but 20 rcCtify the wrong that
= she had done. And II YOU viii LOOK
e even into the severe terms OF ron.
aration. for there was no inJiemnity--
no indemnity OF any sor; MAS cairiicd
merely reparation, merely paying tor
the destruction done: merely ma King
good the losses. 80 far AS the losses
could be made good which she Mad
unjusuy inflicted not upon The gov.
ernments. for the PREPARATION Is
not to go 10 tho governmcnts-
but upon the people whose right.
oh hoe ffr,.