The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-10-14
PROMISED
MILITARY AID
TO EUROPEANS
New York Paper Has French Copy
OF Peace Conference FRO.
ceedings

New York, Oct. S.-The New York
Tribune today says: A copy in French
of the official records of the secret
session OF the peace conference on
May 81, 1919, which gives the text OF
a statement by President Wilson.
which has been called into c%ontrover-
sy by Senator Seldom F. Spencer's as
%sertion that the president had prom
ised aid to Rumania and Serbia. has
come into the possession OF The Tri-
bune Joseph p. Tumulty, secretary
to the president, said that Mr.. Wilson
had no st~enographic record OF the
session, and as far as the president
knows, none was in this country.
The presidents statement, which
was interpreted by Senator Spencer
as promising aid to the Europeans
whom the president was addressing.
Is printed on page 20, of the (isoial
abstract of the official French minutes.
Wilson'S Promise on Page 23
The presidents words were brought
out by Bratiano, who, after complain
ing that the Rumanian delegation had
not mad even "a hours to examine the
text of the treaty, handed to them the
previous evening, submitted a series
of documents marked Annexes A, b, G
and ID, explaining Itumania's attitude
toward the stipulated guarantees OF
minor rights and the proposed treaty
in general. Annex y summarized Ru-
mania's objections to the clauses con
corning the treatment of national
minorities. The presidents reply, re-
translated from the official French
text into English. reads in part:
THE Allied and Associated Powers
will guarantee the maintenance of o
dItions upon which we shall agree,
conditions as just as possible. II will
be they who will have to assume the
obligation and the burden. II Is upon
them that the responsibility will pri-
marily rest, just as by force Of circum-
stances. they have made the greatest
effort during the war. and 1t must not
be forgotten that ii is force which is
the ultimate guaranty OF public peace.
"If you want that the principal Al
led and Associated Powers should
guarantee the very existence OF your
states, is It unreasonable that they
should be satisfied as to the conditions
which they adjudge az indispensable
for eliminating future causes of war?
How could the government OF the
United States face congress and the
American people and pretend that II
had assisted in assuring the peace of
the world II II believed that the settle
ment arrived at contains unstable and
dangerous elements?
Wilson Promised u. s. Forces
IF the world finds itself troubled
anew, II the conditions which we all
regard as fundamental, are again
drawn into question, the guaranty
which is given to you will mean that
the United States viii send to this side
of the ocean their army and their navy
Is IL surprising In these conditions
that they should want to repel any
settlement Of the diverse problem that
will not seem to them entirely salts
factory?
II hope that we shall reach-that Is
our goal-a cordial and voluntary CO.
operation on the only possible basis.
What this basis is one must express
In this fashion: II is by the sid
which has the power that the main
tenance OF world peace will be insur-
ed. II is on the side which has the
power that the supreme guaranty OF
this peace will dwell"
The above record is published be-
cause of President Wilson's recent
statement that Article X Of his coven-
ant did not obligate the United States
to protect European members of the
League of Nations by the use of u
army and navy. unless Congress SO
ordered His two statements do n
. egree. II Is growing more certain
every day that the American people
will not be satisfied to obligate them
selpes to send our men and money
over to Europe every time any OF
those European nations get into a
quarrel with each other. President
|. Wilson promised too much