Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-10-16
WILSON GIVES OUT
TEXT Of SPEECH
President Makes Public Notes to
Prove His Contention.
DID NOT PLEDGE U. S. ARMY
Shorthand Record of Paris Meet, as
Furnished by a Chicago Stenog-
rapher, Is Given Out to
Refute Charges.

Washington oct. Il. The White
house made public what was described
as an Official version" of President
Wilson's address at the eighth plenary
session Of the Paris peace confer
ence.
The exact wording of this address,
directed 10 the representatives Of Rou-
mania, Serbia and Czecho-Slovakia
has been the subject of a controversy
between the president and Senator
Spencer Rep) of Missouri.
Words in Official Version.
The presidents words as given in
the official version follow:
How can a power like the United
States, for example-and l can speak
for no other-after signing this treaty,
If it contains elements which they do
not believe will be permanent 90 1900
miles away across the sea and report
to It's people that it has made a settle
ment Of the peace of the world? 1t
cannot do so.
And yet there underlies all Of these
transactions the expectation on the
part, for example, OF Roumania. and
of Czecho-Sl0yakia. and Of Serbia. that
If any covenants of this settle
ment are not observed the United
States will send her armies and her
navies TO see that they are observed"
The official version Of the fun text
of the Presidents address Ms fur
nshed to the White House last week
by Fred \. Carlson OF Chicago. who
was an official stencgrapher with the
American peace delegation. and who
wrote that he would "be glad 10 swear
to the accuracy" Of the transcript.
Real Text Of Speech.
The text Of President Wilson's adj
dress as ;pphed TO the White House
by Mr. Carlson. ia part follows:
"Mr President, ] should be very sor-
ry 80 see this meeting adjourn with
permanent Impressions. such as it is
possible have been created by some of
the remarks that our friends have
made.
II should he very sorry 10 have the
impression lodged in your minds that
the great powers desire to assume or
play amy arbitrary role in these great
matters. or assume. because Of any
pride of authority, to exercise an UNI
due influence in these matters. and
therefore ! want to call your attention
70 one aspect of these questions which
has not been dWelt upon.
we are trying 10 make a peaceful
settlement; that is to say, to eliminate
those elements of disturbances. 50 far
as possible, which may interfere with
the peace of the world. and we are try
ing TO make an equitable distribution
of territories, according to the races,
the ethnographica character of the
people inhabitin2 those territories.
And back of that lies this funda-
mentally important fact that when the
decisions are made, the allied and as
ISOLATED powers guarantee to main
tain them. 1t is perfectly evident. upon
a moments reflection, that the chef
burden of her maintenance viii fall
upon the greater powers.
burden or Great Powers.
1.-THE chief burden of the war fell
upon the greater powers, and if it Ind
not been for their action. their mill
tary action. We would NOT be here Ia
settle these questions And. therefore
we must not close our eyes to the fact
that in the last analysis the military
and naval strength of the great pow
erS will be the tinat guarantee of the
peace of the world
an those circumstances is IL unreal
eonahle and unjust that not as dicta-
tors, but as friends the great powers
should say To their associates: We
cannot afford To guarantee territorial
settlements which we 90 not believe e.
be right, and We cannot agree ia leave
elements of disturbance unremoved.
which we ',-leve wv disturb the peace
Of 80 world2
Take the rights of minor,.' n~ NN,.,.-
ing, / venture to say. is more likely To
disturb the peace of the Worid than
the treatment which might In certain
circumstances be me1ed our to :a.nori-
ties And therefore if the great pow
crS are 10 guarantee the peace Of the
world u amy sense. is II unjust that
they should be saji fed t1at the prop
or and necessary guarantees have been
given?
y beg our friends from Roumania
and fro.~ Serbia to remember that
while Roumauia and Serbia are an
clen1 sovereienties, the settlements Of
this conference nre greatly adding to
/ their territories"
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