Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-07-16

the senate without attempt to explain
its specific terms. His address, which
required 10 minutes for delivery, xaa
devoted almost wholly to the league
Of nations.
American isolation. the president
said, ended 20 years ago at the close
oan motives now also had ended, he
declared.
There can be no question Of our
eeasing to be world power" said
Mr.. Wilson. Tho only question Is
whether we can refuse the moral lead
ership that is offered US. whether we
shall accept or reject the confidence
o fthe world"
The war and the peace conference
In his opinion, the president said. had
already answered that question, "and
nothing but our mistaken action can
alter It,"
After tho end OF the great war
the president said. "every enlightened
Judgment demanded that. at whatever
cost Of independent action. every gov
ernment that took thought for it's
people. or for Justice or for ordered
freedom. should lend itself to new
purpose and utterly destroy the old
order Of international politics."
Text Of Address.
President Wilson, In presenting the
peace treaty and che league Of ma.
tions to tho senate, spoke as follows:
Gentlemen OF the Senate:
The treaty Of peace with Germany
was signed at Versailles on the 2Sth
Of June. avail myself Of the earliest
opportunity to lay the treaty before
you for ratification and to inform you
with regard to the work Of the confer
ence by which that treaty was formu
lated
The treaty constitutes nothing less
not be possible for me either to sum-
merize or to construe It's manifold.
provisions in an address which must
Of sity be something less than
treatise. My services and all the
I possess will be at your
disposal and at the disposal OF your
committee on foreign relations at any
eime. either informally or In session.
as you may prefer; and I hope that
you will not hesltate to rake use OF
them. shall at this time. prior to
your own study Of tho document at
&empt only a general characterization
OF rs scope and purpose
In one sense. no doubt. there ts no
need that should report to you what
was attempted and done at Paris.
You have been daily cognizant OF
what WAS going on thereof the prob
lens with which the peace conference
had to deal and Of the difficulty OF
laying down straight lines OF settle
nient anywhere on field on which
the Old lines OF international relation.
ship. and the new Alike followed 50
Intricate a pattern and were, for the
most part. cut 50 deep by historical
circumstances which dominated &C
tion whore 1t would have been best
to ignore or reverse them. The crc.s
currents Of politics and OF interest
must have been evident 20 yoM II
would be presuming in me to attempt
10 explain the questions which arose
or the many diverse elements that en-.
tered into them. shall attempt
something less ambitious than that
and more clearly suggested by my
duty to report TO the Congress the
part It seemed necessary for my col
leagues and me to play as the repre-
sentatives Of tho government OF tho
United States.
That part was dictated by the role
America had played in the war and
by tho expectations that has been
created in the minds OF the peoples
with whom we had associated our
selves in that great struggle.
The United States entered the wal
upon different footing from every
other nation except our associates on
this side OF tho sea. We entered n
not because our material interests
were directly threatened or because
any special treaty obligations to which
We were parties had been violated
but only because we saw the suprem
acy, and even tho validity OF righ'
everywhere put in jeopardy and Tree
government likely to be everywhere
fmperilled by the intolerable aggres
Sioa OF power which respected
neither ~.ght nor obligation and whose
very sys.em Of government flouted the