Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-25
CONVENTIONS WILL
Be SIGNED BY u. S.
To Concur in Treaties With Bull
garia and Turkey.
INTEREST SHOWN BY GREECE
Action by America With Nations It
Has Not Been at War With Is
Concurrence in Terms I'M
posed On Them.

Concurrence IN Terms I'M
posed On Them.
Washington, Ihy 24.-The United
States win sig. the peace treaties with
Bulgaria and Turkey, 1t was announced
at the state department.
Although the United States never
has been actually at war with Bull
garia and Turkey, it will sign the
terms imposed upon those allies of
Germany and Austria.
Like those with the Teutonic pow
ers, the treaties change boundary lines
and create new nations, some of which,
particularly Armenia, probably will
ask that the United States act as
mandatory for them under the League
of Nations covenant.
The announcement was the first
that the United States would be a
party to the treaties. A dispatch
from Paris said Premier Venizelos of
Greece had cabled President Wilson,
asking whether or not the United
States would sign.
Greece Is particularly interested in
the disposition of western Thrace,
which it desires to take away from
Bulgaria The American delegates at
Paris were said to be unwilling to de-
prive Bulgaria of access to the Aegean
sea.
More Senators Meet Wilson.
Conferences with Republican sena-
tors on the peace treaty and the
League Of Nations covenant were con-
tinued by President Wilson, Senators
on the visiting list were Page of Yer
mont, Sterling of South Dakota, Nc
Lean Of Connecticut and Newberry Of
Michigan.
Mr. wi sons condition continued to
improve, and it was expected that
within few days he would have en-
tirely recovered from the effects of an
attack of intestinal trouble The pres
ident, however, still is weak and for
that reason held conferences in his
study in the White House instead of in
the executive offices.
senator Page Rep9 of Vermont
frankly outlined his objections to the
peace treaty to President Wilson at
the Whife House and told the presi-
dent Ire would not approve it.
Senator Sterling (Rep.j of South Da-
kota, another White House caller, said
neither he nor the president mentioned
The Shantung settlement. They dis
cussed article 10 Of the League Of Ma
tons covenant, referring to protection
OF nations against external aggres-
sion.' and the clause relating 10 the
Withdrawal of nations from the league
Senator Sterling told the president
he could not accept article 10 except
with reservation, leaving to congress
the decision as TO what part the Unit
ed States would play In any specific
European conflict The South Dakota
senator assured the president of his
friendliness to the idea of a league and
expressed conviction that such
reservation as he outlined would be
accepted readily by the other powers.
He mentioned dissatisfaction with the
withdrawal provision, hut the presi-
dent is understood to have declared
the language Of the provision would
permit easy withdrawal on two years
notice.
Mcclellan Endorses League.
The League of Nations was support
&c In the senate by Senator Mcclellan
Dem) of Tennessee as one of the
greatest forward steps in the nations
history. Most of the opposition. he
asserted, came from "reactionaries" of
the same school as those who opposed
the federal Constitution and those
who later handicapped the growth and
development of the country.
There have always been reaction
aries in our country" said the Ten
nesSee senator, land there have al
ways been progressives. If the reac-
tionaries had had their way In the he
ginning Of our government, we prob
ably would not have had republic.
If they had had their way, the repub-
lie would never have been enlarged.
I'VE ought to improve upon those
who have gone before us. We have
had better advantages than they had.
They blazed the path. Every dictate
of conscience, every dictate of human
ity, every dictate of an enlightened
self-interest, every dictate of CONNER
cial aud industrial advantage, every
dictate of desire for peace. requires
the establishment of this great world
pact"