The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-13
WAR PURPOSE
NOT CARRIED
OUT, WILSON
SAYS TODAY
Ratification Must Fulfill Aims
Outlined When Nation Went
Into War, He Tells Tacoma
Audience.
FREEDOM IS GUARDED
(By Associated Press)


Tacoma audience today a part Of his
address to congress asking a declara-
t1on Of war with Germany, President
wilson declared the purpose there
outlined had not yet been fulfilled
and would not be until the treaty was
ratified. Pointing out that he had
asked in that address for a complete
freedom from autocracy and guaran-
tees for liberty everywhere he said
that was the program which had been
ADOPTED without respect to party and
winch II now was proposed in some
quarters to abandon. When he asked
whether the people wanted 1t aban-
doned there were shouts of mo, no.
and cheers from the crowd. 1t was
the first of two addresses To he do
livered by the president In Washing
ton during the day, a night meeting
being scheduled at Seattle,
CROWD SURROUNDS TRAIN.
ON BOARD PRESIDENT VIII
SONS SPECIAL TRAIN, Sept. l3.-
When President Wilson's special train
stopped for a few minutes at Pasco.
Wash, shortly after 9 o'clock last
night, crowd surrounded the private
car 'Mayflower' and the President
came out to shake hands and exchange
greetings with them. After telling
several stories, he wound up by max
ing a short speech, in which he said
the war was unfinished" until the
United States had assumed response
bility for its pledges that future wars
should be made impossible.
When he asked how so large a
| crowd had gathered without having
| the band out, Mr.. Wilson was told by
one of the boys present that 'the
bands wore out
Another boy wearing a faded band
mans uniform was thrust forward
then and presented as "the sole mem
Der of Pasco's brass band' The pres
| ident remarked that he did not look as
though he hao wind enough and then
an old inhabitant confided that he
had given the band SIS not to play
| tonight
The talk then turned to the prevail
Ing dry weather. Mr.. Wilson remark
ing 1t was sandy country.
Jokes Are Exchanged.
| Yes" said a man in the crowd. I'VE
have a lot OF grit TO live here"
| One Of the Presidents stories which
got long laugh was about a man who
played golf and always said "assouan"
when he missed the ball, when asked
why, he replied that "assauan" was
the biggest dam in the world.
They're building a dam for me
down in Georgia" added the President
Thanking the crowd for coming out
to see him, Mr.. Wilson said in a brief
! speech that he regarded 1t as another
evidence that the people wanted the
peace treaty ratified.
AS the train slowly got under way
and Mr.. Wilson was waving goodby
to the cheering crowd, his attention
vas attracted to a man who ran along
the track in an evident endeavor to
overtake the receding rear platform.
When the President turned to him in
quiringIy he puffed:
Don't mind me; I only promised to
get the last look at you from Pasco
and I've done it
CHANGES ARE OFFERED.
SPOKANE, Wash, Sept 13.-Ameri-
cas- acceptance of the peace treaty
must be unqualified, President Will
son declared here Friday, If It Is to
end promptly the spirit of unrest
throughout the world ANY chang
which would make the ratification
! conditional, he said. would reopen the
negotiations and prolong doubt and
uncertainty.
Mr. Wilson said he saw no moral
objections to the interpretations which
would not change the meaning Of the
document, but added that such a step
would be merely to say that theCnit-
ed States understood the treaty TO
mean what II said.
: The president spoke to a crowd
which filled the Spokane armory,
where the 4500 seats had been dis
tributed by lottery, and was repeated
ly cheered
Not one of the qualifications sug-
gested TO the league of nations cove
nant was warranted. declared the pres
: ident. Under the withdrawal clause,
he asserted. the nation itself could
Judge whether it had performed It's
international obligations. That was
matter, he said. which never could
! be left to the judgment of any other
nation.
In effect. Mr.. Wilson declared, the
language of the covenant made the
!. right of withdrawal unconditional.
? He was cheered when he asserted that
: as an American he was sure the Unit
E ed States would never fail TO fulfill
= its obligations.
Taking up the proposed reserva-
l tions 10 Article 10. the president said
+ the vote of the United States would
= be required to insure any decisions OF
e the league covenant.
S Tells of Treaty Fight.
}, DEPRESSING TO say that there was
an element of bitterness in the league
controversy. the president said that
some people seemed to think that
a man named Wilson" had originated
Z the league, Adding that he wished he
had done so, the president asserted
that on the contrary the ideA had
= grown out of years of discussion
= largely on the part OF the Republi
e can statesmen.