Arizona republican., 1919-09-24
STRIKERS GAIN GROUND IN WEST
RESERVATIONS WILL
 CUT HEART OUT OF LEAGUE SAYS WILSON

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 23-Reply- ing directly to senate proposals to write reservations into ratification of the peace treaty President Wilson de- clared in an address in the Mormon tabernacle here tonight that the pro- posals would "cut the heart" out of the league of nations.
 Before a great crowd which re- peatedly cheered his utterances, Mir. Wilson read a proposed reservation under which the United States would assume no responsibility" to protect the integrity of foreign governments under article ten. Such a reservation he asserted, would relieve the United States of a part of it's just responsl- hility.
 Does the United States want to be in on that special footing?" asked the president and there was a great shout of mo" from the crowd.
 Answering objections that under ar ticle ten the United States might be called on to settle Balkan controver- sies. the president said:
 If you want to put out a fire in Utah, you don't go to Oklahoma for the fire engine, and if you want to put out fire in the Balkans, you don't send to the United States for troops.
 The choice would be made, he said from "the most suitable and most available forces. and the decision would be made with the consent of all the nations concerned. Should the controversy spread so that the aid of the United States would be neces- sary, then it would be so serious a situation that this nation would get in any way, league or no league.
 Absolute Withdrawal
 To adopt such a reservation. con tinued MT. Wilson, was not to inter- pret the covenant, but would consti- ute an absolute withdrawal from tho responsibilities of article ten and con sequently a rejection of the treaty.
 Instead of wanting to get what il could without assuming any respon. sibility, it was the nations duty, h' said. to accept the leadership whicf the world now offered. That could b' done. be continued. without in any way impairing national sovereignty, be cause no great decision could be takeI without the vote of the United States
 The president was cheered agaiI when he said that the "only serious lOTGeS DdCk OI llt IuONtllltllN lO lp' ject or change the treaty proceed iron exactly the same sources as the pro German pr>~aganda proceeded from. He added that he had no notion of re flecting upon the public men who wer' aiding the opposition, but he declared that they were pleasing Germany b. their attitude. Through certain chan nels open to the government, he said he knew Germany was praying tha the United States would stay out O the league.
 A Renuncia ation of Spells
 Every previous treaty, said the presi dent, had been division of spells whil the present document was an "absolut renunciation of spells" Everywher throughout the world, he asserted. set dement's had been made on the theor that the people themselves should de termine what form of government the should have.
 Through the people, the presiden said. he was appealing to senators t take a second thougth if they intende 10 write into the treaty any such reser vations as that he had quoted.
 The president also discussed tn Shantung provision, repeating his pre- vious statements that the league coven ant offered the best hope for China interests. He asked his hearers make felt their moral judgment tha the thing for America to do was to re
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