Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-06

| Il wonder" he continued, 'if
some of the gentlemen who are
commenting on this treaty have
read it. There isn't a phrase of
! doubtful meaning in the whole
document.
| When the President said IL some
body would give him the name of
"one of those gentlemen" he'd send
MIN copy. several people in the
crowd yelled Reed" The Presi-
| dent laughed.
The league opponents, the Presi-
dent said, seemed to be figuring
out how soon we could get out of
it,. Then he added II for one am
not a gutter" and got another
! cheer from the crowd.
All the arguments of the opposi-
| ton, Mr.. Wilson said, were based
on an assumption that every one
was going to break the covenant
and that bad faith was to be the
universal rule.
He described the arbitration and
boycott provisions of the covenant.
| and said if any nation went to war,
after these means had been eX-
hausted, it meant that nation was
determined to run amuck anyway.
No Politics i'm Treaty
The President declared there was
no politics in the treaty, and as
serted that both the Republican and
the Democratic national platforms
| in 1916 advocated such an arrange
ment as the League of Nations. So
| at Paris, he said, he had been obey
| ing both parties. He said he was
| glad to get away from Washington,
where he heard politics until some
times l wish both parties were
smothered in their own gas"
The American people, said MIR.
Wilson, are to see it through to
! the end, and the end has not come
yet" If the United States keeps
out of the league, he declared, an
other war like the last will come
soon," but if 1t went in lit will
never come" 1t was a square-cut
issue, he said, whether the United
States will redeem it's pledge"
For the first time since his speak
ing trip began. President Wilson
referred to notes, having a small
typewriter sheet in his hand.
Describes Nationalist
| Speaking at a Chamber of Com
merce luncheon the President said
that the greatest nationalist is the
man who wants his nation 20 be a
great nation.
And a great nation, he added
"was that which penetrates TO the
heart of its duty among the ma
tions of the world"
To establish and safeguard the
small nations of the world was the
purpose of the treaty. Objection
had been made TO this, he said, On
the plea that IL was none of our
business"
Business to Prevent War
But it is our business" continu-
ed the President, Ito prevent war,
and If we don't take care of the
weak nations of the world. then
we will have war"
Those who objected, Mr.. Wilson
said. should now show how else
peace can be guaranteed. Let
them show" he said, that they are
not absolutely contemplate quit
ters II they don't see this game
through"
The industrial interests of the
United States, said the President,
reached far into European affairs.
II the nation only minded its own
business" he said, "it soon would
have no other business" and would
be isolated politically as we'll as in
dustrially.
Meantime, the President continued
the treaty would go into effect and
great powerful International COM
to his request that the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee give approval to
the appointment Of an American rep
resentative on the reparaticns COM
mission, the President continued: I'm
looking after the industrial relations
Of the United States. l would like to
see the other nen no are
The League of Nations the President
defined as "a combination of the
| world Cor arbitration and discussion -
In almost every other national con-
troversy where there was a thorough
| discussion, he declared, there had
| been no war.
! War is a process Of heat" said the
President. "and what is proposed is
that every hot thought shall be spread
out in the cooling opinion of the
! world"
Emphasizing the Importance of the
economic boycott feature of the
league covenant. the President said
| he didn't think that after their reme-
dy had been applied, war would be
necessary.
That trinss nation to its senses"
| he said, just as suffocation removed
from an individual all inclination to
fight"
Explains Article NJ
Abiding to Article Eleven of the
covenant. in which every matter
| threatening the peace of the world
| league. Mr.. Wilson said that would