The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-08
"We Cannot Rewrite Thi'
Treaty." His UItimatum.
Addresses $500 Persons a
Omaha This Morning.
"BILL OF RIGHTS TO LABOR
Accept Treaty and Settle Indus.
trial Row, He Says.
Declares Reservationists Want
To 'sScuttle and Run"

Omaha, Sept S.-Discussing for the
first time during his speaking tour
Nations, President Wilson replied in
an address here to arguments ad-
vanced by those who favor reserva-
tions.
"A reservation" said the president.
sis an assent with a big 'but'-'we
agree-but
Prompt acceptance of the treaty so
that uncertainties in labor conditions
thruout the world may be cleared up
was urged by the president. The in
ternational labor organization to be set
up under the treaty. he said. would
! give to labor a new bill of rights.
There were many dramatic features
in the presidents Omaha speech.
His declaration to the effect that.
IL he personally stood in the way of
consummation of the peace settlement,
he would be glad to give up his life
for it, was received in impressive ST.
lence. His use of a copy of the peace
treaty, ruffling its pages, pounding II
for emphasis, and holding 1t out to the
people like an old school preacher ex-
pounding on his Bible, was widely
commented upon.
Wilson is glad, he said. in his
| speech, that Republicans are taking
such a prominent part on the recep-
! ton committees, as that lends a non
partisan atmosphere.
To Packed Hall
Mr. Wilson spoke to a crowd of Ne
braskans and 1owans which filled
every corner of the auditorium, said
to seat $500 persons.
He was taken for an eight mile au-
tomobile ride on the way to the hall,
women of the Red Cross motor corps
driving the party.
On downtown portions OF the ride
| there were crowds which cheered the
president and in the residential sec
tions small crowds had gathered here
and there.
Want Hand on Door Knob.
The proposed reservation providing
for unconditional withdrawal from
membership. said the president, meant
that its sponsors wanted to "sit near
the door with their hand on the
| knob" and. if anything is said they
don't like. to "scuttle and rum
The league proviso that internation-
al obligations must be fulfilled before
withdrawal never would restrain the
United States, he said. because this
nation always would live up to its pro-
visions
Those who wanted a reservation to
Article X. Mr.. Wilson continued.
simply did not want to come in now
but wanted to be late Joiners."
World Accepts U. S. Doctrine.
Any reservation regarding the Mon
roe doctrine, he added, was unneces-
swallowed, hook line and sinker" by
the peace conference and had been
authenticated by the big powers of the
world for the first time.
So far as reservations about domes-
| tic questions were concerned, he de-
| clared. it would be work of super
erogation.
I'VE did not ask Germany's consent
about the meaning of any one of those
! terms when we were in Paris" he
co NA1l A.
and said sign here Does any patri-
otic American want that method
changed" ?"
There were cries of no, no"' from
the crowd.
Take 1t or Leave IT."
II reservations were put in, Mr..
Wilson told them, all that the senate
had written in would have to go back
| 1or the consent of Germany. He added
that there were Indications that those
on the other side of the water are
not in as good a humor as they had
been.
! The only way the shantung pro-
vision could be bettered." Mr. Wilson
declared, would be to go to war with
Japan, England and France" He told
the crowd the nation could not sign
all but part of treaty"
We cannot rewrite this treaty"
said he. We must take It or leave
| it"
Senate "?" He SAYS.
He said he believed the treaty
should be accepted soon, but added:
But no man can tell how long It
will take the United States senate to
| do anything"
The president said he had heard
some men wanted the United States to
stand alone for an armed pan-Ameri-
I canism." but he did not believe the
people would accept IL. He paid
tribute to Senator Hitchcock, the
Democratic leader in the treaty fight,
whose home is in Omaha He had
been proud to stand by Senator
Hitchcock" in the fight. he said.
Wilson's special train stopped be-
fore dawn at Underwood, Iowa. about
twenty miles from Omaha 1t was
placed on a siding there as the recep-
the president in Omaha until a. m,
and it was thought that this time
/ might better be spent in the country
than in a railroad yard.
Hears BOOSTERS Growing.
The president was up early. He
found his travelling White House
standing in a corn field with the
| houses of Underwood in the distance
Farm noises. Growing of roosters, etc,
sounded family. Wilson weather is
the popular phrase on the train.
Sunny skies have greeted the presi-
dent almost everywhere.
The president came out on the rear
platform for a breath of the fresh
morning air. The people in Under
wood were not aware that the presi-
dental special was so close by and
there were no spectators. Shortly
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