The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-24
OPPOSITION IS
FROM PRO-GERMAN
PROPAGANO|STS
Objections, One by One,
Have Melted Away In
Minds of Patriots.
FORCES CENTER ON
HEART OF TREATY
Judgment of People Is
That Neither Treaty
Nor Covenant Shall Be
Amended.
(By JAY JEROME w1Ex4rAMs-,

NY IA sIEhoME ~ lAxkAhlAu1csp 5s
Salt Lake CITY, Utah, Sept H.
President Wilson made lighting
speech tonight His subject was
Reservations" The president ycAM
the reservation which would b
applied to Article X whereby his
nation would be under no obIiEa-
ton to preserve the territorial in
teErity of any other country.
When the president completed
his reading Of the taxi OF the pro-
posed reservation. the great
audience-14,ooo persons In the
Mormon acknowledgements
wait a minute he cried IF
you have a Knife and want TO cut
the heart of the covenant, ap~
piand."
Silence followed this remark.
This is a rejection OF the COW
enant." he continued
More applause came from the
crowd.
at is an absolute refusal" hs
went on in the face Of diminished
handclapping.
Does the United states want IN
that position ~ he asked and this
time the audience gave forth = re-
sounding NO"
After he added. I'VE have seAn
the thing through on the battle
fields
Another chorus of noes" came
from the vast audience.
The president was plainly nettled
by the applause Of the crowd at the
outset of his remarks
IF you want to applaud" he de-
clared. and his Jaw clicked forward
then wait untf1 you SEE
the meaning
Some of the reservationists In the
senate were termed patriotic and
high minded Americans" but the pres
ident talked of them as men who have
not looked into the matter"
~, a. ,a-,s fSSss~s ETvABLEss 'ss<s'4ses.'e'
LIT IS inconeeivab Die that We rs3ect
this" he said. lit is in conceivable
that we put conditions on our accept
ance particularly when it is so safe
guarded that the world can do moth
ing without cur consent.
The only popular sources OF sup
mort back of the opposition to th~
treaty proceeds from the same sources
as the pro-German propaganda pro-
ceeded from.
II ask the honest and enlightened
men. who thoughtlessly favor reserva-
tions, to reflect what I've said.
shall we, by the vote OF the United
States senate, do for Germany today
what we prevented her from do.n1
with the force OF our arms
.tOne by one the objections to tbs
treaty have melted away: one by one
they have found without foundation;
one by one men have found 1t impos-
sib1e to support them
In this manner the president ampii-
fed his remarks.
The question is he said, shall
we see it through or shall we turr
away.
The forces of objection, being
driven out of one position or another
are now centering on the heart Of the
treaty itself.
Herbert j. Grant. president OF the
Mormon church. pronounced the In
vocation, and Governor Bamberger
introduced the president. Neither he
nor Mr.. Grant made any references
to the league
The time is approaching Ia the
senate when action will be taken on
the treaty. thu president declared, and
he warned the gentlemen who Will
vote on the matter to take second
thought. for what they're after bad
already been accomplished"
NO AMENDMENT.
The Judgment OF the people Of thu
United States, according to the pres
ident. is that neither the treaty mol
the covenant shall be amended.
The overwhelming majority Of oui
fellow countrymen purpose that thiI
shall be adopted"
What can be done for China unde,
the league was described as the 4acid
test of our pudpose by the president
who asked his audience whether 4
would go into this great enterprise d
hundreds of millions OF hu.
man beings from the threat Of for
eign powers
II ask your assistance to redeem
the reputation of the United States.'
was one Of the presidents concluding
remarks
The president spent nearly all day
in Utah He crossed the state line THU
forenoon and was given good recep-
lions in both ogden and Salt Lake
City.
A pathetic incident. took place b
Ogden today when the presidential
procession passed the deaf and blind
school, state institution. While hun
dreds OF the little tots were unahla n
Last G. n o. SandaU Oat1nG.
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