South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-19
President Asks for Speedy
Settlement of Peace Pact

BY United Press:
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s.-The
text Of the presidents address be-
fore the senate foreign relations
committee follows:
I am sincerely glad that the COM
mittee should have responded in
this way TO my intimation that 1
would like to be OF service 10 H. I
welcome the opportunity for frank
and full interchange Of views.
l hope. too, that this conference
viii serve 10 expedite your consid-
Grafton Of the treaty Of peace. I beg
that YOU Will pardon and indulge
me 4 I again urge that practically
the whole task of bringing the coun-
try back TO normal conditions OF life
and industry waits upon the deci-
sion Of the senate with regards 10
the terms Of the peace.
I venture thus again to urge my
advice that the action of the senate
with regard TO the treaty be taken
at the earliest practicable moment
because the problems with which we
are face 10 face In the readtust
ment of our national life are Of the
most pressing and critical character,
will require for their proper solution
the most intimate and disinterested
cooperation Of all parties and all in
terests and cannot be postponed
without manifest peril 10 our peo-
pie and 10 all the national advan-
tages we hold most dear. May
mention a few OF the matters which
cannot be handled with intelligence
until the country knows the char
acter Of the peace it is 10 have? I
do so only by a very few examples.
SAYS MINES ARE
NOT AT FULL SPEED.
The copper mines Of Arizona,
Montana and Alaska, for example.
are being kept open and in opera
tion at a great cost and loss. in
part upon borrowed money; the zinc
mines Of Missouri. Tennessee and
Wisconsin are being operated at
about one-half their capacity. the
lead Cf Idaho. Illinois and Missouri
reaches only a portion OF its former
market: there is an immediate need
for cotton betting and also for lub-
ricatiny oil which cannot be met
all because the channels OF trade
are barred by war, when there is no
war The same is true of raw cotton
Of which the central empires alone
I formerly purchased nearly 1000, 600
/ bales. And these are only examples.
4 There is hardly "A single raw mater
/ ial. a single important foodstuff or
single class of manufactured goods
which is not in the Same case. Our
/ full. normal, profitable production
waits on peace.
/ Our military plans. OF course. wait
upon It. We cannot intelligently OF
wisely decide how large a naval OF
military force we shall maintain OI
what our policy with regard 10 mill
/ tary training is 10 be until We have
peace. not only, but also until we
know now peace Is to be sustained
! whether by the arms Of single ma
tions. ,r by the concert OF all the
great peoples And there Is more
than that Of difficulty involved. The
vast surplus properties Of the arm
les include. not food and clothine
merely. whose sale will affect nor
nal production. but great manufac
turing establishments also. which
should be restored to their fornei
uses. great stores Of machine tool
and all sorts Of merchandise which
must ny idle. until peace and mill
taty policy are definitely deter
mined BY the same token there
can he no properly studied nationa
budget until then.
The nations that ratify the treaty
such as Great Britain. Belgium anC
France. will be in position 10 La
their p,Gns for controlling the mar
kets If central Europe without com
petition from us. if We do not pres
emily act We have no consula
agents. no trade representative
there 10 look after our interests
PRODUCTION AWAITS
COMING OF PEACE
There are large areas OF Europ'
whose future will lie uncertain an'
questionable until their people know
the final settlements Of peace an'
the forces which are 20 admlniste
and sustain IT. " llHoAl AtNtA A4iAiioN y
markets our production cannot pro
ceed with intelligence or confidence
There can he no stabilization o
wages because there can be no set
tied conditions OF employment
There can be no easy or normal in
/. dustrial credits because there can b
no confident or permanent reviva
OF business.
But I will not weary YOU wit
. obvious examples. I only Will ven
. ture 10 repeat that every element q
B. normal life amongst US depends up
. on and awaits the ratification q
the treaty OF peace: and also tha
- we cannot afford 70 lose singl
{ summers day by not doing all tha
2 we can 20 mitigate the winters SUI
S fering. which, unless we ind mean
5 10 prevent it. may prove disastrou
TO a large portion OF the world an
2 may al lis worst. bring upon Eu
. rope conditions even more terribl
S than those wrought by the war Il
- self
{ Nothing. am led 10 believD
5 stands in the way OF the ratifics
e ton OF the treaty except certai
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