Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-09

Wilson in his message to the Jackson Day diners here tonight said the clear and single way to determine the will of the American people on the eLague of Nations was to make it an issue at the next election.
 The presidents message said noth ing whatever about a third term for himself and neither did it say even by implication or intimation that he would not be a candidate, as had been widely forecast. Most of the presidents messa ge was devoted to an expression of his argument of why he considered it the duty of the United States to join the League of Nations covenant and why he considered the war not really won until it did. An other attempt to crush the new na- tions of Europe would be made, the president said. if the United States held aloof.
 The president again expressed his attitude toward reservations, much as he did at his conference with the sem ate foreign relations committee, in this language:
 'If the senate wishes to say what the undoubted meaning of the treaty is I shall have no objection. There can be no reasonable objection to in depreciation accompanying the act of ratification itself But when the treaty is acted upon 1 must know whether it means that we have rati- fled or rejected it. We cannot re- write this treaty. We must take it without changes which alter its meaning or leave it and then, after the rest of the world has signed it, we must face the unthinkable task of making another and separate kind of treaty with Germany"
 Text of Presidents Message.
 The full text of the presidents S message follows:
 Tt is with keenest regret that I find that I am to be deprived of the pleas ure and privilege of joining you and the other loyal democrats who are to assemble tonight to celebrate Jackson | Day and renew their vows of fidelity | to the great principles of our party, the principles which must now fulfill the hopes not only of our own people | but of the world.
 Turning Point of the Whole World.
 -.,Tlle United States enjoyed the l spiritual leadership of the world until the senate of the United States failed l to ratify. the treaty by which the bel | lIigerent na tions sought to effect the settlements for which; they had fought | throughout the war. It is inconceiv- able that at this supreme crisis and final turning point in the internation- al relations of the whole world. when | the results of the great war are by no means determined and are still questionable and dependent upon leyents which no man can foresee or count upon, the United States should i withdraw from the concert of pro- gressive and enlightened nations by which Germany was defeated and all similar governments eff the world be i so unhappy as to contain any) warned ! of the certain consequences of any at tempt of a like iniquity, and yet that 1 is the effect of the course the senate of the United States has taken with regard to the treaty of Versailles.
 Open Path For Germany. Germany is beaten but we are still at war with her, and the old stage is reset for a repetition of the old plot It is now ready for the resumption oi the old offensive and defensive al- 1 dances which made settled peace i'm possible. It is now open again to eV- i cry sort of intrigue. The old spies are free to resume their former abomina- ble activities. They are again at lib erty to make it impossible for govern ments to be sure what mischief is be- | what internal disorders are being fo- mented.
 L, of N. to Safeguard Treaties.
 "Without the covenant of the League of Nations, there may be as many se-
 cret treaties as ever, to destroy the confidence of governments in eacH
 other, and their validity cannot be questioned.
 None of Our Objects Obtained.
 None of the objects we professed to be fighting for has been secured ol can be made certain of without this nations ratification of the treaty an( it's entry into the covenant. This ma tion entered the great war to vindi- cate it's own rights and to protect anG
 preserve free government It went in l to the war to see it through to the
 end, and the end has not yet come. I
 went into the war to make an end O.
 militarisn, to furnish guarantees tC
 weak nations, and to make just anC lasting peace. It entered it with nobl, enthusiasms. Five of the leading bel ligerents have accepted the treaty ant
 formal notifications will soon be ex-
 changed.
 Question For This Country. "The question is whether this coun. try will enter and enter whole heart edly. If it does not do so the United States and Germany will play a lone
 hand in the world. The maintenance of the peace of the world and the ef- fective execution of the treaty depend upon the wholehearted participation
 of the United States. I am not stat ing it as a matter of power. The point is that the United States is the only nation which has sufficient mora force with the rest of the world tc guarantee the substitution of discus. sion for war. If we keep out of this agreement, if we do not give oul guarantees, then another attempt vii be made to crush the new nations oi l Europe.
 Does Not Accept Action of Senate. 1 q do not believe that this is what the people of this country wish or will be satisfied with. Personally, do not accept the action of the senate of the United States as the decision of the nation. I have asserted from the frs
 that the overwhelming majority of fetht people of this country desire the rat.
 iflcation of the treaty, and my i'm 1 pression to that effect has recently ] been confirmed by the unmistakablt | evidences of public opinion given dur Il ing my visit to seventeen of the states, have endeavored to make il plain that if the senate wishes to say what the undoubted meaning of tho 1 T =,