The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-05
WILSON EXPLAINS HIS REASONS FOR
 FRENCH TREATY
His Note Accompanying Treaty to the Senate Given in Full Telling
 Why He Signed
FARE BOUND TO FRANCE"

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Presi- | dent Wilson's message to the Senate accompanying the Franco-Amer1can | treaty follows:
 Gentlemen of the Senate, take pleasure in laying before you a
 treaty with the. Republic of France
 the object of which is to secure that republic of the immediate aid
 of the United States of America
 in case of any unprovoked move
 ment of aggression against her on
 the part of Germany. l earnestly | hope that the treaty will meet with your cordial approval and will re-
 ceive. an early ratification at your | hands, along with the treaty or peace with Germany Now that you have had an opportunity to examine | the great document l presented to you two weeks ago, it seems oppor- tune to lay before you this treaty
 which is meant to be in effect al part of it.
 'It was signed on the same day
 with the treaty of peace and is in | tended as a temporary supplement
 to it. It is believed that the treaty | )f peace with Germany itself pro yides adequate protection to France against aggression from her recent enemy on the East but the years | ahead of us contain many incalcu- | able possibilities The covenant of the League of Nations for mili- tary action for the protection of
 it's members only upon advice of | the council of the League-advice given, it is to be presumed, only | upon deliberation and acted upon | by each of the governments Of the
 member states only if it's own judg- | ment justifies such action. The ob- | feet of the special treaty with | France which I now submit to you lis to provide for immediate military assistance to France by the United States in case of any unprovoked | movement of aggression against her l by Germany without waiting for | the advice of the council of the | League of Nations that such action
 will be taken. It is to be an ar
 rangement, not independent of the
 League of Nations, but under it. "It is therefore expressly provid-
 ed that this treaty shall be made | the subject of consideration at the l same time with the treaty of peace
 with Germany; that this special ar 1 1al tho | al of the Council of the League; md that this special provision for the safety of France shall remain in force only until, upon the appli- | cation of one of the parties to it, | the council of the League, acting, | if necessary, by a majority vote, | shall agree that the provisions Of he covenant of the League afford her sufficient protection.
 | "I was moved to sign this treaty l by considerations which will, l hope,
 eem as persuasive and as irresisti-
 ble to you as they seemed to me. | We are bound to France by ties
 of friendship which we have always
 regarded and shall always regard, | IS peculiarly sacred She assisted
 us to win our freedom as a nation.
 It is seriously to be doubted wheth- CT we could have won it without
 her gallant and timely aid. We
 have recently had the privilege of
 assisting in driving enemies, who were also enemies of the world, from her soil, but that does not
 pay our debt to her. Nothing can
 pay such a debt. She now desires
 that we should promise to lend our 1 great force to keep her same against the power she has had most reason
 to fear. Another great nation vol
 unteers the same promise. It is
 one of the finest reversals of history