The evening world., 1919-08-19

|II"nlao would rest enurely on moth
l| Phusation.
Ths conference was not held In the
Hiue Room. as had been planned. the
President taking his visitors into the
~ f,ast Room. where they were seated
around big table senator Lodge
saa mex. 20 the President
WiLoon WELCOMES CHANCE
ron EEcRANoE or VIEWS.
- President wilson began his con-
-. ference with the following statement
on the Peace Treaty and the League
of Nations:
m -nfr Chairman--T am sincerely
-, eiaA that the committee should have
renponded In this way 70 my intima-
iion that I would like to be Of SER
vioa 70 a. I welcome the opportunity
- Tor q frcak aeS full Interchange Of
viewe
y = n hspotoo that this oonfsesnes
III Win ssrvs 70 expedite your con
- sldsratlon of The Treaty Of Peace.
- BEG that you I'LL pardon and in
.f9ls duIoe me " ! again urge that
practically the whole task Of
ritsi hrinnina the country back 20 nor
s,tse nal oondltions of life and In
=, =, dnstry waits on the decision Of
49,, ths senate with regard 70 the
"a tsrns q the ssaos.
!. ~. Il venture thus again 70 urge my
- advice that the action OF the Senate
win regard 70 the treaty be taken At
lths earliest practicable moment be-
~, cause the problems with which We
are face 70 feSs In the readjustment
OF our national life are OF the most
pressing and critical character. will
require for their proper solution the
most intimate and dlsinterested CO..
operation Of all parties and all inter-
ests and cannot be postponed without
manifest peril 70 our people and 20 all
80 the national advantages we hold most
dear.
THINGS THAT ARE HELD UP ~
DeLAV w RATIFICATION.
May I merton a,few OF the mat
y, tsfl which cannot be handled with
lnfsliigeneo until the country knows
ne oh=tacter sf tho peace II v 10
nns6G DO 20 only 0y a very few
~ samples.
-Ths copper mines Of Montana and
Alaska, for example. are being kept
- open ana in operation ouly At . great
seffcOst and ioss In part upon borrowed
money. The sine mines Of Missouri.
a tTeEnessee ond Wisconsln are being
~ opsrAtsd st abent one-haif their ca
~ bactfy. The lead OF Idaho. Illinois
and Missouri reaches only a portion
OF It's former market There IL an
immedlais need for cotton betting
TIlll ana also for iubricatins oil which
~ cannot be met. all bscause the chan-
nels Of trade are barred by war when
f,,kc 1hsre - no war. The same V true OF
ink cotton. OF which the Central En-
Oirts alone are only examples.
STNsre is hardly q single raw
~, naatsvisl. . single inportant food
q ~ stuff o. single class Of nAnufno-
sreg fursd ooods which is not IN the
. same ease. Our full, normal prof
80 itehls production waits on peace.
sour military piaHs of course
walt upon n We ear net intelll-
oanaly or wisely decide hon large
.-,-, naval o. military force We shall
maintain o. .yhat our polioy with
,-s regard 70 military training is 70
80 bs until We have peace, not only,
,75 but also until We know how peace
80, lS 70 ss sustained, whsthsr BY the
arrne Of single natlons or ~ the
- ~ esaoeS4 81 all the acsat peoples.
~ And there 10 more than that dit
. @ fioulty involved.
THE vast suFPlus properties OF the
* army include food and clothing mere
", whose sale win AFFECT normal
prediction. bui great manufacturing
establishments also which should be
restored 70 their former uses. great
f| ttoros Of machlna tools and all sorts
of merchandlge which must lie idle
until Ts=ce and military policy are
- dehnlteiy detsrmined. BY the same
token thers can be no properly stud