Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-06


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speciai Leased Wre)
ltason' ne continued why the United
| states snoulu nave representative
on the poweriul reparatloh coihmis-
son. IL mere were no american
voice N tths colhilAssloh' ne asse'teu'
the country would nave TO put INTO
the hands OF foreign interests seeking
te eohtrol world markets, American
money Tor the rehabllltation OF the
world.
Playing Lone Hand.
THAT" said the president as
what they call playing a lone hand.
1t is playing a lone hand; 1t is playing
| a hand frozen out. Those who prp-
pose these things do not understand
! the interests of the United states"
! Should America fail TO take lis lust
part in the world rehabilitation the
| president asserted the whole att
tude OF the world reward America
ould be changed. Because the wcrld
trusted so much, he said. the reartion
would be ACCORDINGLY great.
Emphasizing how econ,mic feat-
ures figure In war MIR. Wilson IA.
scribed how the Germans had dis.
mantled Belgian flctories. The war
he added, was not political wac
! but Commercial and indust.ial
! war"
Should the United States stst,1
| apart, economically and politically
the president continued, then il ,nusn
| be physically ready for traatbla
J The aation, aauet hassma. i ait ~.
nation in arms
| You cant afford to he bnfriendit
| TO everybody" he continued, "unl VS.
| YOU can afford to have everybody an
friendly TO you"
Germany was not the only nation
which had secret service, Mr. WIZ
son said, but every other nation in
Europe was also spying on its neigh-
bors because they all had to be ready
for schemes OF conquest to be sprung
The league of nations without the
United States the president said
would be an alliance and not league
of nations"
There can be no league of na-
tions in true sense" he continued,
without the partnership OF this great
people. And If we are a partner let
me predict we'll be the senior part
ner. The other nations are looking to
us for leadership and direction"
1t was clear choice, said the presi-
dent, between armed isolation" and
peaceful partnership He said he
had heard 1t asserted with "annoying
Ignorance" that this league would be
Il league for war.
No Doubtful Meaning.
Il wonder" he continued, 'tif some
ot the gentlemen who are commenting
on this treaty have read 1t. There
isn't phrase of doubtful meaning in
the whole document"
When the president said II somebody
would give him the name of tone of
these gentlemen" he'd send him q
copy, several people in the crowd
yelled; Reed The president
laughed.
The league opponents, said the pres
ident seemed to be figuring out how
soon we could get out of it." Then
he added
81, for one, am not quitter." and
got another cheer from the crowd.
All the arguments OF the opposition,
Mr.. Wilson said, were based on as
sumption that every one was going to
break the covenant, and that bad
faith was to be the universal rule. He
described the arbitration and boycott
If any nation went to war after these
means had been exhausted. Il meant
that that nation was determined TO
run amuclI anyway.
Obeying Both Parties.
The president declared there was
no party politics in the treaty and
asserted that both the republican and
national democratic platforms in 1916
advocated such an arrangement az the
league of nations. So at Paris, he said,
he had been obeying potr ,arties. He
said he was glad to get away from
Washington, where he heard politics
uhtil sometimes ! wish ooth parties