The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29
WILSON ANSWERS
SENATE QUERIES
Says He Sees No Reasonable )biec-
lion to Reservations Concerning
League Of Nations,
CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE
President Asserts That United states
surrsnders No Powers and May
Withdraw at VIII.

Washington President Wilson and |
the members OF the foreign relations
committee VI the senate, met ut the |
White House Tuesday 10 discuss the
peace treaty
fhe president opened tile discussion
by impressing on the senators the ur-
gency VI prompt ratification Of the
treaty without amendments and With.
resubmisslon or the treaty 10 the other
signatories, especially Germany
The president said that the interest
of every class Of people, the farmers.
industrial workers and employers de-
Inanded prompt ratification TO the end
that stable conditions Of industry, ag-
rlculture and employment be reestab
Iished The presidents address which
Was In effect Nh address 10 the country
| follows:
II hope thar this conference will
serve 10 expedite your consideration
Of the treaty OF peace. | beg that
| YOU Will pardon and indulge me II
again urge that practically the whole
task Of bringing the country back 70
normal conditions Of life and Industry
| waits upon tile decision OF the senate.
4 with regard 10 the terms of the peace.
| venture thus again 10 urge my advice
! that the action OF the senate with RE-
gard 70 the treaty be taken at the
earliest practicable moment because
the problems with which We are face
10 face la the REIMBURSEMENT Of our ma
/ tionnl life are of the most pressing
i ana critical character VIII require
for their proper solution the NEST In
innate and dlsinterested cooperation
OF all parties and all interests, and
cannot be postponed without manifest
peril 10 our people and to all the ma
tional advantages we hold most dear.
"The copper mines Of Montana, Ari-
zona, and Alaska, for example, are be-
lug kept open and la operation only
|, III d great cost and loss, IN part upon
borrowed money, the zinc mines Of Mis-
souri,, Tennessee and Wisconsin are
/ being operated ut about one-half OF
) their capacity, the lead OF Idaho, Ill
lnois and Missouri reaches only a por.
tion Of It's former market, There Is
an immediate need for cotton betting
and also for lubrlcating oil which can
. not be met All because the channels
4 OF trade are barred by war when there
is no war. The saIne IL true of raw
II cotton. OF which the central empires
{ alone formerly purchased nearly foul
s million bales, and these are only ex
] amples. There is hardly single raw
: material, single important foodstuff
or single class OF manufactured
! ! goods which is not In the same case
our full, normal, profitable produc
! ton waits ON peace.
e "Our military plans OF course wal
L upon It. We cannot lnteiligently 9
wisely decide how large Il naval .
d military force we shall maintain 0
Z what our policy with regard TO milltar
Y training Is TO be until we have peae
: not only, but also until we know hoy
I peace Is 70 be sustained whether b
} the arms Of single nations or by IN
concert OF all the great people, an
4 there Is more than that difficulty II
II volyed. The vast surplus properties Z
y, the army include, not food and eloti
N ing merely, whose sale win affect no
y mai production but great manufactu
y Ing establishments also, which shout
be restored to their former uses; gret
"a stores OF machine tools, and all sort
az OF merchandise which must lie Id
al until peace aud military policy are de
d. lnItely determined.
- ."rhe nations that ratify the treat
~ such as Great Britain, Belgium al
France, will be In position GO II
their plans for controlling the marke
~ OF central Europe, without compel
~ ton from us, II We do not present
ia act. We have no consular agents,
10, trade representatives there 10 los
W. after our interests.
y There are large areas OF Euro
y, whose future will lie uncertain al
questionable until their people knc
the final settlements OF peace and Z
~ forces which are 10 administer al
ar sustain II. Without determinate ma
en- ksts our production cannot proee
rs with Intelligence or confluence, Inc
~ can be no easy or normal ndustr
~ credits because there can be no con
dent or permanent revival Of busine
ny There can be no sterilization of wal
ms because there can be no settled g
OF dillon OF employment.
ND Every element OF normal
oa- amongst US depends upon and ava
ne the ratification OF the treaty OF pea
ear and we cannot afford TO lose slh
- summers day by not doing all q
RE We can 10 mitigate the winters snff
so ing. which. unless we find means
Mr. prevent II may prove disastrous e
the large portion Of the world, and u
nj lis worst bring upon Europe cor
- lions even more terrible than tn
brought by the war itself,