Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-24
IN
TREATY WOULD Be
SERIOUS BLOW To
NATIONS LEAGUE
President in Salt Lake City
Speech Says Notifications
as Proposed Would "Cut
Heart Out of Covenant,
BALKAN CONTROVERSY
IS ALSO DISCUSSED
Mr. Wilson Speaks in Mormon
Tabernacle, Before a Great
Crowd, and His UtteranCeS
Are Loudly Cheered,

tsv MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL ttAsEo wlssl
Salt Lake City, Utah. Sept 49, -
Replying directly to senate proposals
to write reservations into ratification
of the peace treaty President Wilson
declared in an address in the Nor
man tabernacle here tonight that the
would "cut the heart out
of the league of nations.
Before a great crowd which repeat
edly cheered his utterances, Mr.. Will
son read proposed reserNataion un-
der which the United States would
assume no responsibility to protect
the integrity of foreign governments
under Article X. Such reservation.
he asserted, would relieve the United
States of a part Of its just response
bility.
Does the United States want to he
in on that special footing?" asked the
president, and there was great shout
of mo" from the crowd.
Balkan Question Answered.
Answering objections that under
Article x the United States might be
called on to settle Balkan controyer-
sizes, the president said
IF you want to put out a fire in
Utah, you don't go to Oklahoma for
the fire engine, and If you want to
put out fire in the Balkans, you
don't send to the United States for
troops"
The choice would be made he said,
from "the most suitable and most
ayaialahle'' forces, and the decision
would be made with the consent OF
all the nations concerned. Should
the controversy spread so That the
aid of the United States would be
necessary, he said, then it would be
so serious a situation that this ma
ton would get in any way, league or
no league.
To adopt such a reservation, con
tinued Mr. Wilson, was not to inter-
pret the covenant. but would consti-
tute an absolute withdrawal" from
the responsibilities of Article x and
consequently rejection of the treaty
Instead of wanting to get what it
could without assuming any responsi-
bility, it was the nataion's duty, he
said, to accept the leadership which
the world now offered. That could
be done, he continued, without in any
way impairing national sovereignty,
because no great decision could be
taken without the vote of the United
States.
Hints at Pro- Germanism.
The president was cheered again
when he said that the "only serious
forces" back of the movement to >Te-
ject or change the treaty proceeded
from the exactly the same sources as
the pro-German propaganda proceed
ed from" He added that he had no
notion of reflecting upon the public
men who were aiding the opposition.
but he declared they were pleasing
Germany by their attitude, Through
certain channels open to the govern
ment, he said, he knew Germany was
praying that the United States
would stay out of the league.
Every previous treaty, said the
president, had been a division of
spoils, while the present document
was IAN absolute remuneration of
spoils." Everywhere throughout the
world, he asserted settlements had
been made on the theory that the
people themselves should determine
have.
lHI0uEn .lIlb pbppltB tliC piNolhCh
said, he was appealing to senator's o
take a second thought if they intended
to write into the treaty any such res
ervation as that he had quoted.
The president also discussed the
Shantung provision. repeating his
previous statements that the league
covenant offered the best hope for
China's interests. He asked his hear
ers to make felt their moral judg-
ment that the thing for America to
do was to redeem the pledge by ac-
cepting the treaty.
Majority Favor the League.
President Wilson declared his
trip had convinced
him that the overwhelming major
ity of the people want the league of
nations adopted
In speech which again and again
was interrupted with outbursts Of
cheering, the president said that one
by one the objections to the league
had melted away until the issue had
been resolved into a square-cut ques-
tion of taking the treaty or leaving it.
The president spoke to a crowd
which the police estimated at 10000.
Every seat was occupied and all the
available standing room taken. while
outside the tabernacle there was an
other great throng blocking the en-
frances and the surrounding streets
The cheering that started when the
president entered the tabernacle last
ed more than a minute, and then 'fThe
Star Spangled Banner was played on
the great pipe organ. AS the last bar
of the song began the cheering broke
out again.
President Herberal J. Grant of the
Mormon church opened the meeting
with an invocation in which he pray
ed for strength for the nations chief
executive in his responsibilities. Gov
ernor Simon Bamberger introduced
the president, t ~