Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03

Presidents Speech in Full
Mr.. Wilson's words were as follows:
81 should be very sorry, indeed. IL this
session adjourned leaving in the mind Of
any one the conviction that we have
here expressed the idea that the great
the smaller nations, out of any feeling
of pride or arrogance. I want to call at
tention to one aspect Of this arrange
ment which we are working on together.
We want to insure the peace of the
world and to Danish all elements of
trouble and danger for the future. One
of the essential conditions is an equit-
liable distribution of territory in accord
ance with the desires and aftinities of
the populations.
This distribution made. the allied
and associated powers will guarantee
the maintenance of the conditions which
we shall decide upon, having made those
conditions as just as possible. These
powers are the nations which will I'M
dertake the contract and the burdens;
on them will rest the chief RESPONSE
bilty. just as. by force of circumstances.
| they have made the greatest effort dur
| ing the war And it is necessary always
| to remember that it is force which is
the ultimate guarantee of the public
peace.
| Advisers, Not DfctatOrs.
''Cnder such conditions is it unreal
| sonable that we should say to you,
speaking in the language not of dicta-
tors, but of advisers and Of friends:
! We cannot guarantee your frontiers
| here if We do not believe that they con-
form to certain principles of right and
| wrone?'
! Exactly the same line of reason
| ing applies to the question of minori-
| ties. 1t is with the same concern
that condition as to minorities has
! been discussed. If you want the prin-
cipal allied and associated powers to
| guarantee the existence of your
states. is it unreasonable that they
| should be satisfied as to cordit'o7s
which they regard as indispensable.
/ if we are to avoid future causes of
| war?
| I'VE ask our Rumanian and Serbian
| friends to believe that we have no
desire this evening to invade ancient
and recognized sovereignties. But the
present treaty will add much. and it
| is impossible, for example. to treat
the kingdom Of the Serbs, the Croate
and the Slovenians as a unit created
4 by the events which we have wit
messed and at the same time, in GER
tain contingencies, to treat the Serb
/ ian kingdom as separate state.
| IF these states are solidly estab-
! 1ished, thanks to the treaty which we
are making together. the right be.
lon~s to the powers which will
| guarantee the execution of this
| treaty. in the last analysis, to see to
it that the conditions on which these
states will be established are of a
sort to insure the public peace Our
desire in this is not to interfere in
any fashion which might lnJure these
states in any particular. but to aid
them and to help the common cause.
We hope that you will not hesitate
| to accept our point of view, because
we cannot see another means of set
| Ting the question.
| ha mt ~
| United States go before the Congress
| and people of the United States and
| pretend that 1t had assisted in inSur-
| ing the peace of the world. if it be-
lieved that the settlement agreed up
| on here contained unstable or dan.
| gerous elements?
America Would Send Army and Fleet.
eff the world should be troubled
again, if the conditions which we all
regard as fundamental are chal-
Ienged, the guarantees which will be
given to you will pledge that the
United States will send its Army and
| fleet across the ocean. Is 1t surpris-
should desire to reach solution OF
the various problems which seems to
it satisfactory?
| II would say to Mr.. Bratiano, in
particular. that we have not the
eighty Of his country. We do not
want to do anything that could dis
please him. Rumania will come out
of this war increased in power ana
in territory. We have the right, &C
cordingly, to insist on certain condi-
lions which, in our opinion, will make
this success permanent.
MAY I not. ask my friend Mr.. kra-'
mar. my friend Mr.. Trumbitch and
INV friend Mr.. Bratiano to believe
that IL we have only mentioned the
great powers in the article which we
nave Just been discussing, it is not
because these powers desire to I'M
nose conditions Of their own, but
sinply because they desire to satisfy
themselves that they can guarantee
the sum total of advantages which
this treaty gives you as well as us
with all the strength which they pos
sess?
mon. and this collaboration can only
be founded on a definite agreement.
To lea~e the solution Of these ques-
lions to later negotiations, as some.
body has suggested, would amount
to saying that when the conference
had completed it's labors some sep
arate xroups would decide among
themselves what would in reality be-
come a part Of the general founda.
ton of the peace Of the world. This
seems impossible.
Force Ultimate Peace Guarantee.
IT hope that we shall reach-that 1:
our goal-a cordial and voluntary
agreement to cooperate on the onl,
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