Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-09

Omaha, Neb., Sept. S.-The text of President Wilson's address here today was as follows:
 'I didn't come here this morning so much to eXpound upon the treaty, as to talk about these things we call reservations. A reservation is an assent with but to it. We argee, but now, l want to call your att tention to some of these buts. I will take them as far as 1 can, in the order in which they deal with the clauses of the League itself.
 'In the first article of the coven- ant, it is provided that nation can withdraw from the League on two years notice,-provided that, at the time of this wlthdrawal-that is to say, at the expiration of the two years, it has fulfilled all it's inter national obligations, and all its ob- legations under the covenant.
 But some of our friends are very uneasy about that. They want to sit close to the door and with their hand on the knob, they want to say, we are in this thing but we are in it with infinite tinllaity and we are
  ed us, and wanted us to come in, but we are going to sit here and try this door every once in a while and see it isn't locked and just as soon as we see anything we don't like we are going to scuttle.'
 "Now, what is the trouble? l want you to put this to every man you know, who makes this objection. What Is he afraid of Is he afraid that when the United States wishes to withdraw, it will not have full filled it's international obligations. Is he willing to bring that indictment against this beloved country?
 My fellow ecitizens, we never did fail to fulfill any obligations we have made (applause) and it is God to guide and help us, we never will. And l, for one, am not going to ad- init in any connection the slightest doubt that if we ever choose to withdraw, we will then have fulfilled our obligations. Because if we make reservations, as they are call ed, about this, what do we do? This covenant does not set up any tri- bunal to judge whether we have full filled our obligations at that time or not.
 Fulfilling Duties.
 "There is only one thing to retain us and that is the opinion of man. kind. Are these gentlemen such poor patriots that they are afraid the United States will cut poor figure in the opinion of mankind ana do they think that they can bring this great people to withdraw from that league, if, at that time, their withdrawal would be condemned by the opinion of mankind?
 We always have been at pains to earn the respect of mankind and we shall always be at pains to re- tain 1t. l, for one, am too proud as an American, to say that no doubt will ever hang upon our right tt withdraw upon the conditions of the fulfillment of our international ob ; legations. (Applause.)
 have already adverted to theil difficulties under Article 10 and vii not return to those. That diff culty is merely as l represented il just now; they don't want to go ir as partners; they want to go in as late joiners, because they all admit that in a war which imperils tho just arrangement of mankind, Anne rica, the greatest, richest, frees people of the world, must take sides with the cause.
 "We cannot live without taking sides. We devoted ourselves t( justice and liberty when we were born, and we are not going to ge senile and forget it. (Applause.)
 Are there any patriotic Amer icans that desire the method chang ed? (Cries of NoD Do they wan me to ask the Germans if I ma, read the treaty to them expressed in the words the United States sen ate thinks it ought to have beer written in? So you see, the reser vations come down to this, that the! want to change the language of tn, treaty without changing it's mean ing, and let me say, there are indi cations-I am not judging from of ficial dispatches but from the news papers people are not in a good humor over in France now as they were when 1 was there, ant it is going to be more difficult t, get a new agreement from now ol than it was difficult, after dealins with some of those gentlemen, found that they were as ingenious as any American in attaching un expected meaning to plain words l don't want, therefore, having gone through the mill on the exist ing language, to go through i again on changed language.
 Shantung Case.
 But l must not turn away iron this great subject without attention to the Shantung clause, the provi sion with regard to the transfer O. certain German rights in the pro