Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-11
Asks Ratification of Peace
Pact Without Reservation.
Stating League Of Free Ma
tions Practical Necessity" .
NECESSARY INSTRUMENT
FOR MAINTAINING ORDER
Most Skeptica| Of Peace Con.
ferees in Paris. Had Turned
to League in Seeking Solu.
tion Of Problems, He Says.
President Wilson's address in
full will be found on pages Q
ard 8. --s IT

ard s. lt
Washington, July 10-The peace
treaty with its league of nations cov-
enant was laid before the senate BY.
President Wilson Thursday in an
address accounting to the country.
for his part in the negotiations at
Versailles. &se
The league, declared the president,
was born of the conviction of prac-
tical statesmen that an international
concert had become a world neces-
sity to end the, old order and guar-
antee civilization. He asserted thar
i'll such concert the world looked
confidently to America for leader
ship, and added that while the
treaty might not be exactly as the
American delegation would have
written it, no vital principle had
been sacrificed by the necessary
compr, misses. -s~, .5..
The senate, already divided ia
bitter fight over the league pro-
posal, received the president with
cheers and listened to his words iri~
a grave silence. When he had corl-
cltnded there was another burst Of
cheering until he had passed out OF
the chamber and had gone to his
capitol Office, where he talked for am
hour with senators who wished to-
ask about specific features Of the
treaty or of the negotiations In
these conferences the president dis
cussed freely such subjects as the
disposition of Shant,ing, the Ger
nlsn indemnities and Irish freedom.
No Direct Mention Made.
In his address, however, there was
no direct reference to many of the
questions around which senate de-
bate has centered, the president de-
claring he could not construe details
of the treaty in a short addfess. Ho.
did not directly mention the Monroe
doctrine, Shantung, or the obliga-
tons assumed under article ten of
the league covenant, nor did he az
lude to the proposal to write reser-
vations into the ratification. Ho
asserted hope that he would bo
given opportunity to discuss details
later, either with the whole senate
or the foreign relations committee.
MY services and all the, informa-
tion | possess" said Mr.. Wilson,
will be at your disposal and at tho
disposal of your committee on fors
eign relations at any time. either in
formally or in session, as you pre-
fer; and hope that you will not
hesitate to make use of them.
American Isolation Ended.
American isolation" the presi4
dent asserted, was ended twenty
years ago, when the war with Spa.i
put the nation in partial control of
Cuba and the Philippines.
But we have notexploited them,
he continued. "We have been their
friends and have sought to serve
them. Consequently there can be nd
question of our ceasing to be a world
power. The only question is
whether we shall accept or reject
the confidence Of the world.
"The stage is SEA the destiny
disclosed. 1t has come about BY no
plan OF our .conceiving, but BY the
hand of God, who has led US into
this war. We cannot turn back
We can only go forward with
lifted eyes and freshened spirits, 10
follow the vision"
League Practical Necessity.
Aliuding to the skepticism with
which the plan for a league 81
nations was received, the president
said that as the peace negotiations
proceeded it became apparent t.
Continued on Pare Four Coyuv,n r,raA s.