El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-11

The presidents words as given in
the official version follow:
eHoT can a power Ike the
United States, for eInmple, and
car speak for no other, after
signing this treaty, n Il contains
elements which the. do not be
lieTe viii be permanent, go 5000
miles away across the sea and
report to its peou1e that fl has
made q settlement Of the peace Of
the FOrldf They cannot do 90.
And yet there umderIies ali Of
these transactions the expectn-
tons on the part for example, Of
Rumauia and OF Czecho- SI0Tazfa
and Of Serbia, that n any cove
nauts OF this sediment are not
observed, the United States VIII
send her armies and her navies
TO see that they are Observed
The official version OF the full text
OF the presidents address was fur
nished 70 the White House last week
by Fred A. Carlson, Of Chicago, who
was an official steuographer with the
American peace delegation ana who
wrote that he would "be glad TO
swear 10 the accuracy" OF the trans
cript- Mr.. Carlson's letter was dated
October 6, and was addressed &c
Charles L Sven, Etenographer TO the
president
Aspeak1 for ITSELF
he explained that he had read sen
ator Spencer's reply 70 the president
in the Chicago newspapers. that he
had just gone over his notes and that
he could find no such statement" as
that attributed to Mr.. Wilson by the
senator. He added that Il was bare
" possible that the quptation was
f-mrr- annnm#H~rr H-Hn U1~n-nfnn mH NJ
Mantoux's translation into French Of
the presidents remarks and as you
know the TRANSACTIONS sometimes
mixed things Up a bit"
Mr.. Carlson's letter was made pub
lie by secretary Tumulty with this
comment:
This letter speaks for itself"
Senator Spencer in his reply 20
president Wilson's telegram OF Octo-
Der 3. said the statement which he
had attributed 70 the president, was
made on the floor OF the senate Feb
-uary 2. 1920. by senator Reed and as
FAR as I have learned has never been
denied untu now"
Text Of address.
The text Of president Wilson's ad-
lress as supplied to the White House
BY Mr. Carlson in part. follows:
I've are trying TO make q peaceful
settlement that is to say TO eliminate
.hese elements OF disturbance as far
IS possible, which may interfere with
he peace OF the world. and We are
.ryinE to make an equitable distribu-
ion OF territories, according 10 the
aces. the Biographical character
# the people inhabiting those terri
aAnd hack Of that lies this funda-
mentally important fact that when
he decisions are made. the allied and
associated powers guarantee to main
ain them
s'And therefore we must not close
lur eyes 70 the fact that in the last
analysis the military and naval
.trength OF the great powers viii be
he final guarantee OF the peace Of
he world
'sThs Impressions with which we
hould disperss ought TO be these I
hat We are all friends-of course I
hat goes without saying-but that I
re must all be associated IN q com I
non effort
Nov IL the agreement Is q sepa- I
ate agreement among groups OF ne ]
hat does not meet the object II you 7
hould adopt the language suggested I
y the Czecho-SloVakian delegates I
nd the Serbian delegation, the Jugo-
lovak delegation. that II should be I
1T to negotiation between the prin-
pal allied and associated powers and
aeir several delegates. that would
lean that after this whole conference
adjourned. groups OF them would
etermlne what Is to be the basis Of
be peace Of the world
e. s. Attitude.
1T seems to me that that would be
most dangerous idea TO entertain
nd therefore. beg that we may