Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-09-08
WILSON HITS At
RESERVATIONS
Is Given Cordial Welcome at
Omaha This Morning

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. S.-Discussing
for the first time during his speaking
tour, proposed reservations to the
League of Nations, President Wilson,
replied in an address here today to
arguments advanced to those who fav-
or resignation reservations.
"A reservation" he said, "is an ad-
,, vance with Dig but We agree
The proposed reservation providing
for unconditional withdrawal from
membership he said, meant that it's
sponsors wanted to "sit near the door
with their hands on the knob" and
If they saw anything they didn't like
to 'scuttle and run
The League proviso that interna-
tional obligations must be fulfilled be-
fore withdrawal never would restrain
the United States, he said, because
this nation always would live up to
Its provisions. Those who wanted
the reservation to Article x, he con-
tinued, simply did not want to come
In now, but wanted to be late ~joiners.
Any reservation regarding the
Monroe Doctrine, he added, was un-
been Swallowed, hook. line and sink
err by the peace conference, and had
been authenticated by the big powers
of the world for the first time. So
far as reservations about domestic
questions were concerned, he declar-
ed. it would be work of superoga-
ton,
I'VE didn't ask Germany's consent
about the names of any one of those
terms. when we were in Paris" he
said.
I'VE told them what they meant
and said, "sign> here" Does any pa
triotic American want that charge ?"
There were crys of mo! Mol" from
the crowd.
IF reservations were put Ain." he
continued, "all that the senate had
written in would have to go back for
the consent of Germany" He added,
that there was indication that those
on the other side of the water are not
In as good humor as had been.
THE only way the Shantung pro-
vision could be bettered," he said,
would be to go to war with Japan,
England and France" He said, the
nation could not 'sign all but part
of the treaty.
1--WE cannot rewrite this treaty" he
said, 1--WE must take it or leave"
He said he believed the treaty
should be accepted soon but added:
But no man can tell how long it
will take the United States senate to
do anything"
He said he had heard some man
wanted the United States to stand
alone for an armed pan-American-
ism,' but he did not believe the peo-
pie would accept.
He urged prompt acceptance of
the peace treaty so that the uncer-
tainty in labor conditions throughout
the world may be cleared up. 1.-THE
International Labor organization" he
said, would give to labor new bill
of right. Those who pick little flaws
in the treaty he declared, have no
conception Of the majesty of the doc
ument."
Declaring the league would include
all the great peoples except Germany,
the President said Germany would be
admitted after "a period of proba-
ton" He referred to charges that
the treaty was too harsh and said it
provided that Germany paid only
what 1t was able. She had committed
criminal act and must suffer and
pay. Confident that the United States
would enter the league expressed by
Wilson who said that the only alter
native would be to stay out and come
in later along with Germany. En-
phasizing the features of the league
that in case those failed the result
would not be war, but an economic
boy colt and isolation under which
the strongest nation in Europe could
not stand for six months After that
he continued they will have no stom-
ach for war.