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Will SON WANTS LEAGUE
PLANK IN PLATFORM
Democrats Notified of President
Wishes: ADMINISTRATIONS Ac-
ceptable to Him.

Washington, May 20. President Will
son gave formal notice yesterday to his
| party associates that he desired League
| OF Nations plank in the Democratic plat
| form which advocates the prompt ratiti-
| cation o. the treaty without reservations
which would impair its essential in
| tegrity'
| This IL the language used by the
| Democratic State Convention OF Nir-
gina. held in Roanoke more than q
week ago. That language exactly rep
resents the President s. views regarding
| the rejected covenant and il both pointedly
| and significantly admits Of reservations
so long as they do not nullify any vital
conception of the treaty
| The White House made public today
letter written by the President TO
Senator Glass of Virginia, author of
The Roanoke platform. The former,
| whose interest in the Virginia declara-
tions had been aroused by the press
| reports rejecting them had requested
the Virginian to send him an authentic
| copy Of the platform This Mr.. Glass
! did May -, saying that there was not
| q note of dissent from these declarations
| by any one of the nearly 1000 members
of the convention.
In letter sent to Senator Glass today
| and mad. public at the White House the
President said,
Thank YOU for sending me the copy
of the platform recently adopted by the
Democrats Of Virginia Aside from the
purely personal references which. of
course, | deeply appreciate, let me say
TO YOU. nv dear Senator that the senti-
ments expressed in this notable document
are in full accord with my own views
especially the statements which set forth
| the attitude of the party on the League
of Nations and the pressing problems of
peace, finance and reconstruction. These
are the clear-cut uneuuivocal principles
| of patriotic men who know how TO serve
| their country and mankind. Surely, this
| platform recites record of achievements
in which sll Americans have Just cause
| for pride and congratulations.
| Because OF the bearing upon the poll
| tics of the immediate future which the
Virginia declarations may have copy
| of the party platform was given out at
| the White House ut the same time the
| correspondence was made public. Ref
erence TO the language OF this document
shows that an entirely mistaken idea
has gone forth that the President de-
| rhands the ratification Of the Treaty of
Versailles without the dotting of an
| ~ or the crossing OF a u, Ii now
| appears conclusivcly that he asks for
nothing Of the sort
Here is what the Virginia Democrats
say upon that subject.
The Democratic party Of Virginia
favors a league OF nations as the surest.
il not the only practicable means Of main
tanning the permanent peace IT the world
and terminating the lnsufferable burden
OF great military and naval establishment
By every accepted standard
Of international morality the President IS
justified IN asserting that the honor Of the
country IS involved iii this business, and
we point 20 the accusing fact that, before
| antagonisIn rs the Aeaty the new Re-
publican chairman Of the Senate Foreign
| Relations Committee himself publicly
proclaimed that any proposition for y
I separate peace with Germany. such SIS he
and his party associates recently reported
Ia the Senate. would make Us guilty 81 the
blacklist crime
I'VE indorse the aetion Of Virginia :
I Democratic Senators and Representatives.
in sustaining the President view of our
international bigations and for voting
against reservations designed 20 cnt 20
| pieces the vital provisions u the Versailles
treaty and against resolutions for separate
peace which would disgrace the nation
We advocate the prompt ratification OF
the treaty without reservations which
would impair d essential integrity Only
! by doing this NAV we retrieve the repu-
| tatlon Of this nation among
/ the powers OF the earth. and
recover the moral leadership which
Wilson won. and which with amazing
indifference, paltering Republican poll
/ ticisns AZ Washington sacrificed
/ II can be stated authortstvely that
I the Virginia declaration upon the ques-
( tl0n of League Of Nations viii serve as
model for that which the Administrs-
/ ton foroes will seek 70 incorporate in
the san Francisco platform