The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-09-25
WILSON ADDRESSES
NEVAOANS At RENO
PRESENTS ARGUMENTS FOR The
ADOPTION OF THE WORLD
COVENANT OF NATIONS.
Declares That at Versailles the Cycle
Of Liberty Had Been Completed
BY Application Of Monroe Doc
trine to the Whole World.

Reno. Nevada. Contrasting the
peace conference at Versailles with the
congress Of Vienna, President Wilson
declared. on September y. that the
Vienna peace effort had failed because
all the governments represented there
were in the hands OF "a small cOterie
Of au,Ocrats"
Al Versailles. said the president, the
league Of nations covenant was drawn
up By great democracies So that au-
tocracles never again could enslaye
the peoples of the world.
one Of the purposes of the Vienna
conference, Mr.. Wilson asserted, was
10 form such a union as would hold in
check the growing tide Of democracy.
The chief concern OF the delegates
whG sat AT Versailles, he added. was
to accomplish exactly the opposite
Speaking in theatre here TO a
crowd Of about 1000. the president
frequently was interrupted by APP
plause. By an electrical device his
words were carried to three other
theatres holding 1000 persons each.
In his reference to the congress Of
Vienna, the PRECEDENT said that the ef-
fort there made 10 stifle revolution
and democracy had been unsuccessful
in every nation but Germany.
IL was the invocation Of the Mon
roe doctrine. he said. that broke the
backbone OF autOcracy's effort to over
whelm South America, and added that
at Versailles the cycle Of liberty had
been completed by application Of the
Monroe doctrine 10 the whole world.
Servants Of the People.
Unlike the Vienna congress, contin-
ued the president. the conference at
Versailles was made up Of men who
knew they were the servants and not
the masters of the people As the peo-
pies servants. he said. they had car
ried out their promise of a permanent
peace
This treaty was not written. essen
tally speaking. in Paris" he said. 1T
was written at Chateau Thierry. in
Belleau Wood and in the Argonne.
"Our men did not fight with the
purpose of coming back and having
The same thing happen again. They
fought with the purpose OF seeing the
hing through and we are going to see
Il through"
Tribute to Frontier Spirit.
Pay ng a tribute to the frontier
spirit of the west. the president said
{ wis at the frontier that was found
he forward-looking people. Too many
who oppose the treaty, he asserted.
we're looking over their shoulders.
Referring to the "insubordlnate rest
essness" prevailing in Europe and
ASIA. Mr.. Wilson asserted that the
world not only desired peace. but must
iave il. America only could guara2
ee such peace. Asking his hearers
whether they had not heard of organ
zations In America "the purpose OF
which is nothing less than to over
brow the government itself" he adj
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Ilso that unrest be quoted.
Repeating his previous declarations
n support of article X and other dis
'uted points of the treaty. the presi- !
lent said the people had been dill I
entity misinformed about the contents
Z the document
He Landed the labor and mandatory |
eatures Of the treaty saying IL con
titutcd "A great guarantee of justice |
nd liberty"
The president also discussed the OBJ |
ection that the British empire would I
ave an unequal representation in the I
,ague assembly. saying that the fear |
on that score was a "huga- |
90" lie also explained the Shan
ing provision of the treaty. and said /
he league furnished China her best /
ope Of regaining control Of the pro
ince.
Discussing the withdrawal feature. /
In Wilson said he didn't want Ca get /
TO the league with fear he might /
u be able 10 get cant. but wanted 10 1
, In with the hope Of staying in and |
alping all he could.