The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-29
THE COVENANT THE PRESI-
DENT BROUGHT OVER.
Was Its Finality Misrepresented to
the American People?

article in the April number of the North
,,r,o,. p.,t.,, an 9Th. oh.,r,,ot,on
mark'
Il has become increasingly diniouit
TO comment freely upon the conduct
Of the President Of the Unlted States
without exceeding the limits Of express
sion which a patriotic citizen desires
to observe whom speaking Of the Chief
Magistrate Of the nation.
THO a,o,,I,v o, u,h,c, Dr t,vu ,hu.
d. !" ~ 'e"s' sAu W ~ sN'e"'
'touceo ny INC recen' o'seiosures TO
speeding the censorship exercised over
tro news supposed to be passing between
Paris and Washington.
Certain II Ia that the President. while
IT THIS country IN the interim ootweeh
MS Paris Visits, gave II PLAINLY 70 DO
that the document which he
brought with him as the constitution Of
the proposed League of Nations was In
the nnai form In which It was to b
or rejected by the United
and such being the case no one
could have read without surprise. not
to say amaxement, the recent statements
Of Mr.. David Lawrence appearing on
March a.:
Those who 70, the impression vh,n
the President was here that the COW
snant was not subject to amendment
are wondering whether Mr.. Wilson was
misunder"ood In MS tax with sena-
.o's INV Ssp''' "h'" ne - suppos.e
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A. for other countrie. thew have in
tended from the very nrst to offer
Amendments, and President Wilson can
not have been speaking for them but
for the American delegation alone II he
did give the impression .nst no amend
meh.' "'u'" " oA ~
MT Aa"re"00 euu''
It Is unfortunate that the texts OF the
different speeches whero~ith the COW
ShHht was suU '.' 49, :.
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uohSi outy requires ehe'F Ao''Ss ~n'
consent IN tho matter, were either Wholly
suppressed or 30 mercilessly mutilatec
In their publication In Paris as In ef'
fect to be practically withheld from the
knoxledae Of the oeopl. Of France and
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attitude Oh uiis COUNT. "e no' 'ns.s',
thoiscioseo ou' ALSO lnisrep'oseh'eu e"e
perverts
And to mako the matter still worse
since in order to get the real state o,
tho case before the people on the othe'
side resort was had to despatchins tht
requisite information by courier.
b;untly stated that even II the mattel
brought by the courier can ind publica
tioL NO otherwise than in the form o.
advertisement. the censorship. which
controls advertisements equally with
news" will determine how much OF TIT
matter shall find publicity. and Mr., Wal
ter Duranty says Of the censorship au
thorities and the definite Instruction.
under which they will probably act:
what Il Gomez to 10 that they will
oct IN accordance with the Presidents
wishes, with general bias native to
all well developed censorship In favor
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h,,,,,.. 4, n,uIx supnr....d. ana this II