Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-08-23
Says He Sees No Reasonable Objec-
lion to Reservations Concerning
League Of Nations.
CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE
President Asserts That United States
Surrenders No Powers and May
Withdraw at viii.

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White House Tuesday to discuss the
peace treaty
The president opened the discussion
by impressing On the senators the ur-
gency Of prompt ratification of the
treaty without amendments and with
out reservations that would require
resubmisslOn of the treaty 10 the other
signatories, especially Germany.
The president said that the interest
Of every class of people, the farmers,
industrial workers and employers de
manded prompt ratification 10 the end
that stable conditions OF industry ag-
riculture and employment be reesiab
lished. The presidents address which
was in effect an address TO the country
follows:
II hope that this conference Will
serve to expedite your consideIatIGa
OF the treaty Of peace. 1 beg that
you viii pardon aid indulge lie il
again urge that practically lie whole
task CT bringing the Country LACK to
normal conditions 81 life ana industry
waits upon the decision CT tie senate
with regard to the teIlne CT tfe peace.
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/ -, immediate .,,aai fa,. catron bejt;n.y
and also for l,,nr;cafing oil ,xt;tn can
nor no NOR All becanSe rho channels
os tras,e arc barred nv war whom 1be,e
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aotro-, If --,,ion rms oanfrai e,np;res
slcne forr,o,l,z n,,renossd neor,v 4our
million baIes and thase are onlr ex-
s,nnlas There ie hardly a sinole ro,v
material q single imnortant foodstnff
~. sjrcle class of monufactured
4oods which ;s nor in tho same cose
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| zion waits on neoce
| aOur military nlans of conrso vait
| ,nop II va cannot inte,ligantlv n,
+ wisely decida how LARGO MAYA, ar
| military force wa shall maintain or
vbot our no,;cv with reuard to military
,,ainine Is 10 no until NO have naaca
oot only hut also mill we know how
peace is 10 he sustained wbetber nv
he arms Of single nations ar Nv The
.oncort of oil tho oreot neonla and
here Is more Than thai difficu,tv in.
,olved The vast surnlus nronerties of
fhe army include nor food and cloth.
NO merely. whose sale will affect nor.
nal production. but great manufactur.
ing establishments also. which should
ne restored TO their former uses: great
stores of machine TOOLS. and all sorts
of merchandise which must lie idle
until peace and military policy are def
,oitely determined.
the nations that ratify the treoty.
such as Great Britain. Belgium and !
France. will be in a position 10 lay
their plans for controlling the markers
of central Europe. without competl |
lion from us. If we do not presently
act. We have no consular agents. no
trade REPRESENTATIVES there TO look
after our interests.
"rhere are large areas of Europe
whose future will lie uncertain and /
questionable until their people know |
the final settlements Of peace ana the