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led national budget until then.
NATIONS FIRST TO RATlFV
WILL GET THE BENEFITS.
'The nations that rstify the
treaty. such as Great Britain.
Belgium and France, will be IN
position 20 lay their plans for
controlling the markets Of Cen.
tral Europe without eoEnpstitioA
from us " v,e do not presently
act. We have no consular nssnts,
no trsds representatives there
70 look sitter our interests.
There are large areas OF Europe
whose future will lie uncertain and
questionable until their people know
the final settlements OF peace and the
forces which are 20 administer and
sustain II. without determinate
markets our production cannot pro-
ceed with intelligence or condolences.
There can be no stabillEation Of
vnsos because there can be no set
tied conditions OF employment. There
can be no cary or normal Industrial
revival OF business.
''l3ut win not weary you with OBJ
vlous examples. will only venture
10 repeat that every element OF nor
mai NE amongst us depends upon
and awaits the ratification OF the
treaty Of peace. and also that We
cani.ot AFFORD 20 lose a single sum
mers day By not doing all that We
can 70 mitigate the winters suffering.
which unlesa we md means 70 pre-
vent II. may prove disastrous 20 a
largo portion Of the world. ana may.
at It's worst bring upon Europe con-
ditlons even moro terrible than those
wrought BY the war itself.
Nothing, /. am led 10 believe.
stands IN the way OF the ratification
81 ;the treaty a1eept, certain doubts
With regard 70 the meaning and Inn
plIcation OF certain articles OF the
covenant OF the League Of Nations.
and I must frankly say that am un-
able 10 understand why such doubts
should be entertained. You win re-
call that when l had the pleasure Of
a conference with your committee
and with the committee Of the House
OF Representatives on Foreign At
fairs at the White House in March
last. the questions now most fire.
quenty asked about the League of
Nations were all eanvassed, with a
view 70 their Immediate clarifcation.
FIRST cRlTlclsMs MET AND Ac-
cEPTEp IN PARIS.
~Ths covenant Of the League
was then IN its first draft and
subject 70 revision. Il was point
ed out that no express reoopni-
ton was given 10 the Monroe
Doctrine, that u was not express
" provided that the League
should have no authority 70 aot
Or 10 express . Judgment on mat
tsrs Of domestic policy, that the
right 70 withdraw from the
League was not expressly rOeos-
mixed, and that the constitutional
right Of the Congress 70 deter
mine all questions Of peace and
war was not sufficiently safe
guarded. On my return TO Paris
all these matters were taken up
aoaln BY the commission on the
League Of Nations and every sus-
ssStion Of the United States was
accepted.
The view OF the United States With
regard to the questions I have men
toned. had. In fact. already been ac-
cepted by the Commission. ana there
was supposed To be nothing incon-
aiStent with them In the draft OF the
covenant frst adoped--tho draft
which was the subject Of our discus
sion in March-but no objection was
made 10 saying explicitly In the text
what all had supposed to be implicit
In Il.
"Thsre was absolutely no
doubt 40 TO the meaning of any
one of the resulting provisions of
the covenant IN the minds Of
those who participated In draft.
ing them, and ! respectfully sub.
NIT that there is 'n6thlna vague
or doubtful IN their wording.
SPECIAL PROTECTION GIVEN TO
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
"The Monroe Doctrine IL expressly
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