Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-13

right of withdrawal unconditional. He
was cheered when he asserted that as
an American he was sure the United
States never would fail to fulfill its
obligations.
Taking IN the proposed reserva-
tions to Article y. the president said
the vote of the United States would
be required to insure any decision Of
the league council
yet hear gentlemen say" he con-
tinued, that this IS a violation of our
sovereignty. If it is anything it is an
exaggeration Of our sovereignty. This
extends our sovereignty to saying
whether other nations shall go to war
or not"
The president speaking Of the diff
Guilty of defining the Monroe doctrine,
said "Inasmuch as you cannot or
would not define the Monroe doctrine
at least | would not because dc
not know how som we may wait y
extend it--tnasmuch as we do not
want to define it, what more could
you say than that nothing in that in
strument shall impair the validity OF
the Monroe doctrine?"
Text of Wilson'S Speech.
AT Couer d'Alene the president said;
Washington is a very interesting
place, but it is a very lonely place,
The people of the United States do
not live there, and in order to know
what the people of the United States
are thinking about and talking about
il is necessary to come and find out
for yourself.
II have taken pains since was a
boy so to saturate myself in the ira
ditions of America that / generally
feel a good deal of influence with
the impulse which l find in myself
our American impulses, but no matter
how thoroughly American a man may
be he needs constantly to renew his
touch with all parts of America, and
to be sure that his mind is guided, II
he be in public station, by the
thoughts of his fellow countrymen."
Wouldn't Make Mistake
1--WE are facing a situation now in
which we cannot afford to make a
mistake. We must not let ourselves be
deceived as to the gravity of that de-
cision or as to the implications of that
decision. II will mean great deal
now but it will mean infinitely more
in the future.
II must confess / have been mazed
that there are so many in respon-
sible positions who are opposed to the
ratification of the treaty of peace with
Germany altogether. 1t is natural that
so great document, full OF so many
particular provisions, should draw
criticisms upon itself. 1t is natural
thai world settlement-for it is
nothing less-should give occasion fol-
a great difference of opinion with re-
gard TO the particular features of it.
But / must admit that it annoys me
that there should be any who should
propose that the arrangement should
be rejected altogether.
Must Adopt Treaty.
1--WE went into this great war, from
which we have Just issued, with GER
tain assurances given ourselves and
given to the world, and those assur'
ances cannot be fulfilled unless this
treaty is adopted. We told the world
and we assured ourselves that we went
into this war in order to see to it that
the kind of purpose represented in
this war should never be permitted
to be accomplished by Germany OF
anybody else.
when we went into this war we
said that we sent our soldiers across
the seas, not because we thought this
was an American fight in particular
but because we know that the purpose
of Germany was against liberty ano
that when everybody was seeking lib
erty it was our duty to go into the
contest
America saved World.
1--WE set this nation up with the
profession that we wanted to set al
example of liberty not only. but tC
lead the world in the paths of lib
erty and justice and of right, ant
after trying to persuade ourselves tina
this was a European war and moth
ing more we suddenly looked our owl
consciousness in the face, and sale
This is not merely a European war
this is a war which imperils the yer!
principles for which this government
was set up: and it is our duty to lent
them the forces that we have to thu
resistance of these designs And l
was America-never let anybody for
get tit was America that saved tn
world. If you believe in progress
you profess reform, if you believe il
purifying politics. ana enlarging tn
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