The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-20
DIR. Gibbons Gets the Record of
French Version and Issues
English Translation.
PASSED BY PRESIDENT
Means u. s. Will Send Army
and Navy Across Ocean,
Stated Most Plainly.

confederation of the claims OF Senator
Johnson (Cal) and Senator Spencer
| (Mo.) and refutation Of President Will
sons position in the peace confer nee
controversy is found In the official
French text of the eighth plenary ses-
sion, for the first tiino available here.
A copy of the official record in French
! to-day and is now published In English.
This document. originally translated into
French from President Wilson's words
by Prof Mantoux. was passed by the
President as satisfactor-' and now stands
as the officially approved text of the
speech in question. The translation was
! made public to-day.
Text Translated From French.
The translation of the record follows:
THE CHAIRMAN: President Wilson has
the floor.
PRESIDENT WILSON: I would very
much regret that this meeting should
break up leaving in any ones mind the
permanent impression that we have here
heard expressed the idea that the great
Powers desire to impose their rule
(regne) upon smaller Powers through
feeling OF authority or pride / de-
sire to call attention to an aspect OF
the settlement toward which we are all
working together. We wish to assure
the peace of the world, and to eliminate
all elements of trouble and danger for
the future.
+t1I fnr-
this is an equitable distribution Of ter
ritory according to the affinities and
wishes of the population. This having
been accomplished. the Allied and Asso-
ciated Powers will guarantee the
maintenance OF the equitable conditions
at which we shall have arrived. 1t Is
they who will take upon themselves the
responsibility and the burden. 1t is
upon them necessarily that will finally
be placed the responsibility, as it is they
who have made through the force of
circumstances the most considerable
effort during the war And we must
not forget that 1t Is force which Is the
final guarantee Of the public peace.
Under these conditions ia it unjust that,
using the language not of dictators but
Of councillors and friends, they should
say to you, 1--WE cannot guarantee your
satisfy certain principles of right (and
leave olements) of danger?'
The same reasoning applies to
minorities IT is with the same desire
that the legislation on minorities has
been mentioned IL you wish that the
principal Allied and Associated Powers
should guarantee tho very existence of
States, is It unjust that they should be
satisfied about the conditions which
they Judge indispensable to avoid future
causes of war? We ask our friends Of
Serbia and Rumania to believe that we
do not this evening wish to infringe upon
ancient and recognized sovereignties.
but the present treaty of peace will add
largely to the territories which these
ancient sovereignties cover II is i'm
possible. for example. TO treat on the
one hand the kingdom of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes as a unity IN con-
sequence of tho events we have wit
messed. and on the other hand to pre-
serve the Serbian kingdom as an in
dividual State In certain respects.
II these States are firmly established.
thanks to the treaty which we are maxi
ing together, those who in the last
analysis will guarantee the execution of
It, save the right to see to It that the
cond ftions under which these States shall
nature to assure the public peace. Our
desire I'm this is not to Intervene In
matter which shall disturb these States
IN any way. but to aid them and to aid
the common cause. We hope that you
will not hesitate to accept our point OF
view, since we do not see any other
manner of ssttling this question.
How could the Government of the
United States appear before Congress-.
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pretend that Il has aided in assuring
the peace of the world z 1t believed that
the settlement arrived at contained UNI
stable and dangerous clements?
would Send Army and Navy.
If the world should again find itself
troubled. II the conditions which we all
regard as fundamental are again ca led
into question. the guarantee which il
given you means that the United States
will send to this side of the ocean their
army and their navy Is II surprising
that In these conditions they (the Urned
States) desire to act so that the settle
ment Of the different problems should
seem to them entirely satisfactory? I
will say. particularly to VI. Bratiano.
that we have not the slightest desire to
infringe upon the sovereignty OF his
country that we DO not wish to do any
thing which may displease him
Runania will come forth from this
war great. powerful, with accesslons OF
territory due TO the common effort and
TO the strength Of our armies. We then
have the right TO insist upon certain con-
ditions which In our opinion will render
this success definite. / would ask my
friend NJ Bratlano. my friend VI. Kra-
mar. my friend M. Trumbitch. If we
have mentioned only the great Powers
IN the article under discussion n moment
ago. IS Il not because they wish TO be
assured that they can guarantee with
all force at their disposal the sum OF the
advantages which this treaty gives to
you as we'll a to us?
II is necessary to work in common.
and this collaboration can only he
founded upon agreement. To leave the
solution OF these questions to Interior
negotiation. as has been suggested. would
mean that after this conference has An
ished lts work isolated groups would de-
eide between them what ousht in reality
20 be n part OF tho general basis OF the
world's peace. This seems impossible
hope that we shall reach--that is our
aim--cordial and voluntary cooperation
upon the only basis possible. This basis
must be stated NJ follows Where force
lies there will be found the assurance OF
the maintenance OF peace, and In force
will be found to reside the supreme
guarantee OF this peace.
we must not mistake the sense which
we attribute TO the word force. The