Bisbee daily review., 1919-07-11

! peace treaty with it's League Of Ma tions covenant was laid before the sen- ate by President Wilson today in an address, accounting to the country for | his part in the negotiations at Yer I sailles-
 League Born Of Conviction The league, declared the president, was born of the conviction of practi- cal statesmen that an international concert had become a world necessity to end the old order and guarantee civilization. He asserted that in such concert the world looked confidently to America for leadership, and added that while the treaty might not be ex- actly as the American delegation would have written 1t, no vital prin- ciple had been sacrificed by the neces- sary comprises.
 Senate Listens in Silence The senate, already divided in 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 until he had passed out of the chamber and gone to his capitol office, where he talked for an hour with senators who wished to ask about specific features of the treaty or the negotiations. In these conferences, the president dis cussed freely such subjects as the dis position of Shantung, the German in demnities and Irish freedom.
 Does Not Answer Questions Involved
 In his address. however, there was no direct reference to many or 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 ten of the league cove nant, nor did he allude to the pro- posal to write reservations into the ratification. He asserted a hope that he would be given opportunity to dis CUBS details later. either with the whole senate or the foreign relations committee.
 All Information Offered
 My services and all the information I possess" said MT Wilson, twill be at your disposal and at the disposal of your committee on foreign relations at any time, either informally or in ses- sion, as you prefer; and I hope that you will not hesitate to make use of them"
 U. 6. Isolation Ended
 American isolation. the president asserted, was ended twenty years ago when the war with Spain put the na- tion in partial control of Cuba and the Philippines.
 Have Not Exploited Them
 "But we have not exploited them" he continued. We have, been their friends and have sought to serve them there can be no question of our ceasing to be a world power The only question is whether we can refuse the moral leadership that is offered us; whether we shall ac- cept or reject the confidence of the world. ..
 No Turning Back, Forward Always 'The stage is set, the 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 for ward, with lifted eyes and freshened spirit, to follow the vision" League a Practical Necessity Alluding to the skepticism with which the plan for League of Ma tions was received, the president said that as the peace negotiations pro- ceeded 1t became apparent to all the delegates that such concert was "a practical necessity" demanded by "aIl the peoples of the world" For the United States to reject 1t, he asserted, would break the heart of the world" Pointing out that many minor compro misses were made to secure the support of all the interested nations, he con- tinued:
 Treaty Best That Could Be Expected The treaty as a<result, is not ex- actly what we would have written. It is probably not what any one of the national delegates would have writ ten. But results were worked out, which on the whole, bear the test. I think that it will be found that the compromises which were accepted as inevitable, nowhere cut to the heart of any principle"
 Tn the settlement of the peace" l the president said, i've have sought no 1 special reparation for ourselves, but only the restoration of right and the assur tncs ot liberty everywhere that