The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

under Article / Of the league cove
nant it would be the friendly right of
nation to protest against any such
situation which endangered peace.
/, Fo rtae first time, he said, the United
States could, under the league, be-
come the effective friend" Of China.
! Referring to the proposed reserva-
ttion on Article 10, the president said:
II understand this reservation is
Enow up before the senate and wish
you would lend very earnest ear
The 1snited States assumes no obliga-
i.tions under the provisions Of Article
| To- To enter the policies OF any other
country or controversy between othe,
nations, whether men hers OF the
| league or not, or to est,l.-y =, members
Of the forces of the United States foa
| any purpose ,,rGaIsss in any particula,
faz.sS 81 - y 49,
( "In other words, I feel certain we
would not leave this to guess work
but should consider ourselves bound
to be definite. We should not allow
ourselves to be in for {; time or from
in the council, but we should assume
obligations OF the league to help the
world and humanity along. In other
! words, this is ridiculous and would
change The entire treaty and would
exclude the United States.
-'"It means rejection OF the treaty, i,
means that the United States could
take away its support. know there
! are some men who are in favor OF
this men who are learned; but I do
not think they realize that the United
States would be excluded from the
treaty entirely. ! would ask YOU to
consider this matter Very carefully and
for you to realize what the rejection
of the treaty means to the people Of
Great Britain and TO the people of
the United States.
Germany is not anxious for the
United States to be among the nations
in the league. She is not admitted
TO membership until she changes her
entire government, and at that time
She will be admitted with the rest Of
the representatives of the free peo-
Piles Of the world. am not making
this statement by conjecture, but am
of persons in Germany who are ia
/! 1niljar and know what the rejection
Of the treaty means
1T means separate treaty with
Germany and this would be against
any Of the doctrines Of the league Of
; nations. and the whole world would
be against the United States. X
would simply be a governmenct Of the
United States hand in hand with
Germany. We have come to ask. that
YOU will consider it. There is no 9TH
er way. America must face il now.
The men who fought to Chateau
Thierry, the men who fought in Bell
eau Wood. and in the Argonne never
thought Of turning back. They ne
ver thought of making reservations
on their service. They never thought
Of saying: We are going to do this
much of the job and then leave YOU
to do the rest And | am here on
this journey to do what can to fulfill
and complete the task which the men
who. died upon the batt1efielGs Of
France began. And ! am not going
to turn back any more than they CID.
T am going to keep my face just as
they kept theirs. forward, towards
the enemy.
Fly friends. the only organized
forces opposed to the league Of ma
tions are hyphenated Americans, out
side. mean. Of the conSressiona! cir
Giles. / beg YOU to observe that !
said the only organized forces. he
cause would not include many in
dividualS that ! know in such q
charge as this hut do mean that it
is the pro-Gcrmans that showed that
hyphen during the war that are now
organized against that treaty and we
can please nobody in America any bet
ter than by rejecting this treaty
without qua lifying it in our acceptance
OF it,
Following the address President and
Mrs. Wilson and members OF their
party were taken for an automobile
ride over the city and through Fort
d. AiRussell, three miles out. Upon
their return their SOecia1 train left