Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-25
TREATY LINES
DRAWN WILSON
TELLS DENVER
Question Is Will u. S.
Keep Its Pledge
Assails ''Hyphens."

Denver. Colo, Sept. 25.-Declar-
ing that the issue in the peace
treaty discussion at last had been
clearly drawn" President Wilson
said in an address here today that
the question squarely facing the
nation was whether the United
States would keep its pledges to
help guarantee the peace of the
world"
All of the minor objections to
the treaty had been disposed of, he
asserted and the whole discussion
now had settled down upon the
heart of the League of Nations
coVenant-the guarantees of arti-
Gle TO-
Adoption of a reservation like
that proposed in the senate, he de-
clared, would be equivalent to re-
lection of the treaty.
Objections Cleared Away.
Of all the subject matter in the
treaty aside from the league cove
nant, Mr.. Wilson said, the Shan
tung provision was the only one
criticised. That objection had now
cleared away, he continued, as had
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the covenant itself.
The president touched briefly
upon the voting power of the Brit
ish empire in the league assembly,
saying that objections on that score
had been exploded when it became
known that the British dominions
have six votes in the assembly
but the assembly don't vote"
Crowd Cheers Hyphen Attack.
On the final issue, as it had set
tied down about the question Of
reservations, said the president,
there was no organized opposition
to the treaty except among the
people who tried to defeat the pur-
pose of the government in the
war"
"Hyphens." added he. while the
crowd cheered. "are the knives be-
ing stuck into this document"
To Qualify Means Rejection.
treaty, Mr.. Wilson said, was not
adoption but rejection" He de-
clared that to qualify the ratifica-
privileges for the United States,
the nation. So the line had been
definitely drawn, he added, and the
only question to be decided was
whether the United States would
go into the league or stay out
1t had been one of the purposes
of the war. Mr. Wilson said, to set
up a permanent peace guarantee.
He declared he was under bond
especially to the children of the
country, to make good the promise
of such a guarantee. He added that
the next world war would be much
more terrible than the last.
Penalty Of Not Being In.
Should the United States stay out
of the league. continued the pres
ident, it would have to have the
biggest army in the world, and
there would have to be cOnscrip-
tion and heavy taxation.
Eulogizing the labor section of
the treaty, Mr.. Wilson said it
would give America an opportunity
to raise labor standards all over
the world. Until that was done, he
asserted, the full energies of the
world could not be released.
In his reference to reservations, ]
the president declared the people
at last were awake and no longer /
could be misled about what was in {
the treaty. He said he had no |
doubt what the result would be.
He viii Determine Result.
Pointing out that the power Of !
treaties vested with the /
executive branch of the govern
ment, Mr.. Wilson continued:
When the senate has acted. it !
will be for me to determine /
whether its action constitutes an
adoption or a rejection"
He added that he hoped that the |
senate would not leave the matter |
in doubt, but would make it's posi- /
ton unmistakeable, and would put /
it's action into such form that il
would clearly constitute rejection :
OF an acceptance.
Politics, said the president.
should have nothing with the
treaty discussion.
President Wilson left at IL
o'clock this morning for Pueblo,
Colo, where he is to deliver his
next address.