El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-21
WILSON CANNOT.
DECLARE PEACE
Questions Whether League
Can Be Created by Only
Three Allied Powers.
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allied or associated powers. but mere
" "entrust disposition of the territory
in question to their decision"
Germany's remuneration in favor of
the principal allied and associated
powers Of her rights and titles to her
overseas possessions is meant sim
ilarly to operate as Vesting in those
powers a trusteeship with respect OF
their final disposition and govern
ment." the president continued.
Text Of Wilson's Letter.
The presidents letter follows.
MY Dear Senator Fail: You left
yesterday in my hands certain written
questions which I promised you /
would answer. am Fastening to full
iii that promise
Il feel constrained to say. in reply
to your first question, not only that
in my judgment I have not the power
by proclamation TO declare that peace
exists. but that / could in no circum-
stances consent TO take such a course
prior to HE ratification Of a formal
treaty Of peace I feel IL due to per-
feet frankness to say IL would in my
opinion put a stain upon our national
IT, after sending our men to the bat
tie field 10 fight the common cause,
we should abandon our associates IN
the war IN the settlement of the terms
@ peace and dissociate ourselves from
all responsibility with regard to those
terms
One Reply For Four Queries.
7 respectfully suggest that. having
said this I have in effect answered
also your second. third and fourth
questions as far as I myself an con-
cerned-
Permit ne to answer your fifth
question by saying that the provisions
OF the treaty to which you refer oper-
ate merely to establish peace between
the powers ratifying, and that it is
questionable whether II can be said
that the league Of nations is in any
true sense created by the association
Of only three Of the allied and associ-
ated governments
IN reply TO your sixth question.
can only express the confident opin-
the treaty, along with the articles Of
the covenant of the league as writ
ten. would certainly within the near
future reduce the cost OF living in this
country as elsewhere, by restoring
production and commerce to their
normal strength and freedom.
For your convenience. I VIII num-
Der the remaining paragraphs OF this
letter as the questions TO which they
are intended to reply are numbered
Other Questions Answered.
Seven: I have had no official In
formation as TO whether Norway
Sweden, Denmark, Holland or Swift
erland win join the league
Eight; I answered your eighth
question in reply to a question asked
me at our conference the other day
CThis question referred to licensing OF
exports to Germany
Nine: In February. 1917. Spain WAY
TO take charge OF American
interests in Germany through her
and consular representa-
tives and 10 other arrangement has
since been made
Ten The committee to prepare
plans for the organization OF the
league, for the establishment Of the
seat OF the league and for the pro-
,eedinEs Of the first meeting OF the
assembly has been appointed, but has
not reported
Eleven: Article lis OF the peace Z
treaty. part four. under which Ger /
many renounces all her rights to ter