Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-08-30
WILSON ANSWERS
SENATE QUERIES
Says He Sees No Reasonable OBJ
lection to Reservations Con-
corning League OF Nations.
CoNFEREhCE AT WHITE HOUSE
President Asserts United States
SurrenderS No Powers and
May Withdraw at Will.

Washington. n G.. Aug ~ Prcsl-
drni wilson aud the members Of the
Foreign Relations committee ~ the
Scnatr met at the White House Tues
dtN Ia discuss Tire peace treaty.
To President opri.rd the discussion
by npros>ins on Tie senators The
urgency oi prompt rutincation Of the
trr..,y without amendments aud with.
nii reservations that would require re-.
submission OF the treaty 10 the other
So tor,rS. especially Germany
Il.c President said that Tie inter.
o~ ~ every class ~ people the
,.ai1erS industrial workers aud en-
i.asts~. dniunidcd prompt ratification
"a H. end ihat stable conditio ns OF
i'm srl, agriculture and employment
hr tahii>hrd The Presidents adj
dtes>. '.hich was IN effect an address
To- hc country, follows
Il l,lr that this conference will
.cr,, - expedite your consideration
ct - treaty of ln.acr. | hrg that YOU
VA PA .lou and indulge me II n-Aiu
l'.e t!at practically The whole task
81 brn-l; HE country back To normal
conditions of life and industry waits
upon tie decision Of the Senate with
ro.altls IA the terms "f the peace
II Nen'nr, thus again tn urge my adj
vice that The action of the Senate
viii regard 10 the treaty be- taken
nj H." earliest practicahle mamcnt be-
".,li,, tll, problems with which We are
face 70 face Ia the REIMBURSEMENT Of
odr national life are 4: the most pres,
n2 and critical character, will rcqur"
for lucir proper solution the most in
tiaaf' and DISTINGUISHED cooperation
of all parties and all interests. and
rulloi be- postponed without manifest
prl % our people aud 10 all Tie ma
t"ua nd, aiiIH@cs We hold most dear
So copper mines IL Montana, Ari-
l"i.a and Alaska. for example. are be
H. KEPT open and In operation only
AZ great cost aud loss. In part upon
borrowed money the zinc mines OF
VI ~Souri, Tennessee and Wisconsin
mr., being operated NJ about one half
their capacity the lead of Idaho, ILL
noi~ and Missouri reaches only por-
ton of H. former market. there is an
Immediate need for cotton betting, aud
MS" for luhricaiing oil which cannot
lee Inci. all hrcausr the channels OF
trade are barred by war when there
Is no war The same Is true Of raw
cotton. Of which the central empires
nl"nr formerly purchased nearly four
~ lion bales And these are only ex-
uiapnS There is hardly u single raw
material, II single important foodstuf,
or q single class OF manufactured
goods which Is not in the same case
uds fun, normal profitable production
waits Oh peace
eur military plans, of course wait
up"u H. We cannot intclligcntly or
w.>ely decide how large naval or
military force We shall maintain or
What our policy with regard 10 mill.
tary training is to be- until we have
pcnrc not only. but also until We know
how pcdrc is TO be- sustained, whether
10y ihc arms of single nations or By
the r0nc"r, 0f all the great peoples
And there is more than that difficulty
involved The vast surplus properties
Of lle army include not food aud
clothing merely. whose sale will az.
feet normal production. but great
manufacturing establishments also.
Which should be restored to their for
n'rr uses. great stores OF machine tools
and all sorts OF merchandise. which
] lin nil
puli,y are definitely determined
The nations that rutify the treaty.
such rs Great Britain. Belgium aud
| France will be In position To lay
Heir plans for controlling the markets
of central Europe. without competition
from us, II we do not presently act
We hay" no consular agents. 10 trade
representatives. there 10 look out for
our interests.
"llere are large areas of Europe
whose future will lie uncertain and
questionable until their people know
the final settlements of peace and the
forces which are to administer and
sustain H.
Without determnate markets our
production cannot proceed with intelli.
gcnce or confidence There can be no
easy or normal industrial credits be-
Vaus, there can be no confident or per.
lnnn"nt revival OF business. There
can Ire no sterilization of wages be-
Cuu,e there can be no settled condi.
tons of employment.
Every element OF normal life
anI"ngs Ms depends upon and awaits
the ratification az the treaty of peace
uud We cannot AFFORD to lose a single
summers day by not doing all that
we can TO mitigate the winters suffer.
ing. which. unless we find means 10
prevent II. may prove disastrous to q
Urge portion of the world. and may.
a, Its worst, bring upon Europe con-
dltlonsN even more terrible than those
broughtN by the war itself.
nothing, ! am led TO believe. stands
In fha UNIV 0f the raflfanf finn NJ fha