The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-09-19
WILSON TALKS To
WESTERN PEOPLE
DECLARES ACCEPTANCE OF THE
PEACE TREATY MUST BE
UNQUALIFIED.
Idaho, Montana and Washington
Audiences Listen TO Arguments of
Chief Executive in Favor of
Adoption of Treaty.

Spokane, Wash.-Amerfca's accept.
ance of the peace treaty must be I'M
qualified. President Wilson declared
here on September u. if it is to end
promptly the spirit of unrest through
out the world. Any change which
would make the ratification condition
al, he said, would reopen the negotia
tions and SO prolong the doubt and
uncertainty.
Mr.. Wilson said he saw no moral
objection to interpretations which
would not change the meaning of the
document, but added that such step
would merely be to say that the United
States knows the treaty to mean what
it says.
The president spoke to crowd
which filled the Spokane armory,
where the $500 seats had been distrib-
uted by lottery, and was repeatedly
cheered. On his way to the armory
he had ridden through a riot of cheer
ing and flag waving, the crowds in
the downtown section surging far out
| beyond the curb.
| 1t was Mr. Wilson's second address
during the day, and the first of three
he made in Washington, the home
state of Senator Poindexter, one of
those bitterly opposing the treaty.
Repeating many of his previous de-
ciarations regarding the treaty's pro-
visions, the president asked the crowd
| at the armOry whether they did not
think some insurance against war was
better than none, and there were cries
of Eyes, yes, followed by cheers.
Not one of the reservations suggest
ed to the league of nations covenant
was warranted, declared the president
Under the withdrawal clause, he as,
serted, the nation itself would judge
whether it had performed its inter
national obligations. That was mat
ter, he added, which never could OF
would be left to the judgment of any
other nation.
Making his only address in the home
state of Senator Borah, one of the
bitterest opponents of the peace trea
ty, President Wilson spoke in a biz
tent at Occur d'Alene on September
u, being introduced by Governor
Davis.
President Wilson declared tina
America was face to face with de
cision as to whether she would Prov
to the world that she meant what sht
said in promising to aid in peace
concert"
While he could understand why maj
, might differ as to details of the trea
ty, Mr.. Wilson said he was amazed
j that some men wanted to reject
altogether 1t was America that saveI
] the world, he declared, and now
. was proposed in some quarters t
, desert the world"
'If the west really believed in pre-
gressivism and publication of politl
cal affairs, then it must be in favo
Z of the peace treaty so it could b
accomplished" declared the presiden
: President Wilson made two address
! es in Montana on Thursday, speakin
+ at the Billings auditorium before noor
2 so that he could reach Helena in tip
i for meeting at night. He arrive
{ at Billings from Bismarck, \. D., onl
short time before the hour of hi
address.
Laying his appeal before the peapl
I Of Montana, President Wilson declare
!. the question of the ratification of tn
. peace treaty was a question whethe
United States would fulfill its pledge
TO its people and to the world.
Completing the first week of hi