The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-11
BY ]. BART CAMPBELL
LsrAEF coRREspoNprNr |. n. SERVICE

TsTAFF CORRESPONDENT /. N. sERVIcEl
WASHINGTON, Oct 1I-As refuta~
ton of the charge by Senator Spencer.
republican, Missouri, that Presidtnt vii
son promised Roumania and Serbia.
American military aid in men and ships
during his participation in the peace
conference, a transcript of a stenogra-
phic report OF the presidents utterances
al a secret plenary session of the con
ference on May 81, 1919. was made pub
lie today at the White house.
The president was quoted in the stem
ographic report. made public today by
the White House, as having stated a.
this session:
How can a power like the United
States, for example-for I can speak
for no other-after signing this treaty,
if 1t contains elements which they 10
not believe will be permanent. go thve"
thousand miles away across the sea an5
report to its people that it has mai
settlement Of a peace of the worid2
cannot do So And yet there und~
all of these transactions, the eXp=e-
tion on the part. for example. ol IS
mania. and of Czecho- -Slovakia. au,s
Serbia. that If any covenants al
settlement are not observed th- D.
VIII send her armies and her nasies
see that they are observed.
The president was also quoted
having stated
80 We must not close ous
eyes to the fact that IN the last anan
sis the military and naval strength q,
the great powers viii be the final guar
antee of the peace OF the world
Ofhe~ 1auo14aEe a++rihs1415
president was as follows.
we are trying to make a peacc f,st
| settlement, that is to say. to eIiminata
those Clements Of disturbance. So
as possible. which may interfcre va,.
the peace Of the world, and We arc t.5
isg TO make an equitable distribution rr
territories according TO the race, 'h,
| ethnographical character Of the peui4,
inhabiiing those territories.
And back OF that lies this funda-
mentally important fact that whet th
decisions are made. the allied and as
sociated Lowers guarantee to maintain
them. It Is perfectly evident, upon
a moments reflection that the ehioc
burden Of their maintenance VIII fan
upon the greater powers. The chief
burden Of the war fell upon the great
their action. their military action We
would not be here to settle these Gues-
! tions ="
The stenographic report quoted wa
| contained in a letter addressed by it's
author f. A Carlson. 11o1 Ashland blk.
! Chicago, TO Charles NJ. Sven. now sten-
ographer to the president. which was
attached 10 a preliminary statement is
I n
dents secretary.
In his statement Mr.. Tumulty said:
with reference TO the telegram OF
Senator Spencer to the president dated
oct s, 1929 in which it is alleged that
at the eighth plenary session Of the
peace conference. the president said to
| Premier Bratiano Of Roumania, you
must not forget that it IS force which
IS the final guarantee of peace. If the
world is again troubled the L. S. viii
| send to this side of the ocean its army
and its fleet the White House was In
receipt of Carlson's letter and this let
| ter speaks for itself"
Beyond pointing out that Carlson was
the Official short hand reporter who
reported the proceedings of the eighth
| plenary session and wrote up the state
ments President Wilson made" Mr..
! Tumulty offers no further comment. nor
was any statement from the presidtrt
| himself forthcoming.
1t was understood the president road
| the Carlson letter before ii was given
! out at the White House.
supplementary to the Carlson letter.
The White House also gave out for
| comparison" it was stated "a deadl y
parallel" between Carlson's report u
| the presidents utteranccs and the ''vei
sion Of them read into the oongression-
al record Of December 4. 1912 By son
ator Hiram Johnson,->ro publican, of
California
There was wide divergence ba,wcen
the Carlson report and the Johnson yei-
sion, Il was pointed ou. by admiusfr7
| tion officials.