Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-11
NO VITAL PRINCIPLE.
. IS SURRENDERED IN
. FORMULATING PACT
Declares League Born of
Need for international
Concert.
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EXECUTIVE GIVEN OVATION
BY NATIONS LAWMAKERS
In Private Conferences He Shows
He Did Not Favor Shantung
Settlement.
EVENTUALLY TO SATISFY CHINA
Senators Are Apparently Deeply Ini-
pressed by Address of Chief
Magistrate.
EXECUTIVE GIVEN OVATION
BY NATIONS LAWMAKERS
TO SATISFY CHINA
Senators Are Apparently Deeply In,-
pressed by Address of Chief
Magistrate.
rBv Associated Press. l


WASHINGTON. July 10-The peace
treaty with it's league of nations
covenant was laid before the Senate
by President Wilson today in an ad-
dress accounting to the country for his
part in the negotiations at Versailles
The league. declared the President,
was born of the conviction of practical
statesmen that an international con.
cert had become a world necessity ttu
end the old order and guarantee civil:
ization.
He asserted that in such a concert
the world looked confidently to America
the treaty might not be exactly as the
American delegation would have writ
ten Il. no vital principle had heeu
The Senate. already divided into q
bitter fight over the league PROPOSAL
received the President with cheers and
Listened to his words In a grave silence
When he had concluded. there was an
other burst Of cheering until he had
passed out of the chamber and had
talked for an hour with Senators Who
wished v, he'd to ask about specific! teatureus
cussed freely such subjects as tho dis
position of Shantung. the German In
IDENTITIES and Irish freedom. sfSs
Docs Not Construc Details. yVrt
no direct reference to many of the
questions around which Senate dsbate
has centered, the President declaring
treaty in short address. He did not
directly mention the Monroe Doctrine.
Shant shan.ung or the Sb,gations Sa assumed
ant. nor did he allude to the proposal
to write reservations into the ratifca-
tion. He asserted hope that he would
tails later. either with the whole Sem
ate or the Foreign Relations Commit
tee In
I possess" said Mr.. wilson. will be ut
your disposal and at the disposalr of
your Committee on Foreign Relations
at any time. either informally or, In
session. as you prefer: and hope that
them"
Isolntion Ended Twenty Yenra Ago.
American isolation, the President as
serted, was ended twenty years ago
when the war with Spain put the ma
ton in partial control of Cuba and tho
but we have not exploited them"
friends and have sought to serve them.
Ing to be world power. The cnly
question Is whether we can refuseAthe
moral leadership that is offered sus;
whether we shall accept or reject the
confidence Of the world"
The stage is set. the destiny dis
c:osed. 1t has come about by no plans
OF our conceiving. but by the. hands
Of God who has led us into this way.
We cannot turn back. We can only
go forward. with lifted eyes and fresh
ened spirit. to follow the vision"
Would Break Worlds Heart.
Abiding to the skeptictsm with
which the plan for league OF ma
tions was received the President said
tn tina, at !. as the peace negotiations pro, pro
delegates that such a concert visa
practical necessity" demanded by "all
the peoples OF the world For the
would break the heart OF the world
pointing out that many minor CONF
promises were necessary to secure the
support. OF all the interested nations.
he continued:
The treaty. as result. is not. ex-
actly what we would have written.
national delegations would have writ
ten. But results were worked out
which. on the whole. bear test. think
that it be found that the compromises
ciple." ~
In disregard Of precedent. the senats
received the address In open session.
ana afterward ordered that the treaty
be published in the Congressional Re
cord and as public document. The
were unable to gain admission waited
IN the rain to cheer the President when
he arrived and departed. Many mem
hers of the House crowded into tbs
lear OF the Senate chamber. and most
G! the members Of the Cabinet were
seated near the Vice-President's desk.
Speaks In Clear Voice.
Speaking from the same platform
where thirty months ago. he astounded
he world with his first declaration
for league OF nations. the Presidsnt
read his address slowly and Ia a clear,
60 ct voice. His manuscript. typewrit.
ten on small pages. he held In his left
hand and with his right no punctutted
his utterances with an occasional ges-
ture. Before him on the Vice-Presl
dent's desk lay the treaty. brought5hy
E:m In person from Versailles. .ss
There was no attempt at oratory and
ro applause interrupted the address.
Nearly every Senator was In his SCAT.
ard all listened attentlvely. After.
ward his supporters were unstinted In
tfeir praise for the Presidents wordA,
while those opposed either declined TO
Comment or declared ne had dealt only
In unsatisfactory generalit.es
In his talks afterward with League
supporters the President was said cto
have discussed at length the ShnntunR
and Irish questions. He was quoted
as saying he was not satished with \
the treaty provisions giving ShantInG
to Japan. but as declaring there Wag
an Informal understanding anonrttho