The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-13
WILSON SAYS LET
PEOPLE SETTLE TREATY FIGHT
Scores United States Senate for Its
Failure to Ratify Peace Pact, and
Declares Public Wants Covenant.

Washington, Jan. S.-Presldent
Wilson in his message to the Jack
son Day diners here tonight said
s'the clear and single" way to deter
mine the will of the American peo-
ple on the league of nations was to
make it an issue at the next election.
The Presidents message said moth
ing whatever about third term for
himself and neither did it say even
by implication or intimation that he
would be candidate, as had beer
widely forecast. Almost all Of the
Presidents message was devoted to
an expression of his argument OF
why he considered it the duty of the
United States to join in the league
of nations covenant and why he con-
sidered the war not really won until
it did. Another attempt to crush the
new nations of Europe would be
made, the President said, If the
United States held aloof.
Talks on Ratification.
The President again expressed his
attitude toward reservations much as
he did at his conference with the Sem
ate foreign relations committee, III
this language:
sIf the Senate wishes to say what
the undoubted meaning of the treaty
is, shall have no objection.
There can be no reasonable objection
to interpretations accompanying the
act of ratification itself. But when
the treaty is acted upon must know
whether it means that we have rat
ified or rejected it. We cannot re-
write this treaty. We must take 1t
without changes which alter its mean
ing 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"
Presidents Message.
The full text of the President S
message follows:
"It is with keenest regret that l
find that am to be deprived OF the
pleasure 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 nov
fulfill the hopes not only of our own
people, but Of the world.
s'The United States enjoyed the
spiritual leadership of the world until
the Senate of the United States failed
to ratify the treaty by which the bel
ligerent nations sought to effect the
settlements for which they had
fought throughout the war. 1t is IN
conceivable that at this supreme crisis
and final turning point in the inter-
national relations of the whole world,
when the results of the great war are
by no means determined and are still
questionable and dependent upon
events which no man can foresee or
count upon, the United States should
withdraw from the concert of pro-
-ressive and enlightened nations by
which Germany was defeated and all
similar governments (if the world be
so unhappy as to to contain any
warned of the certain consequences
of any attempt of like iniquity, and
vet that is the effect of the course the
Senate of the United States has TAX
en- viii regard to the treaty OF
Versailles.
Germany Beaten.
Germany is beaten, but we are
still at war with her, and the ola
1 stage is reset for repetition of the
old plot. 1t is now ready for the re-
sumption of the old offensive and de-
fensive alliances which made settled
peace impossible. 1t is now open
again to every sort of intrigue. The
old spies are free to resume their
former abominable activities. They
are again at liberty to make 1t I'M
possible for governments to be sure
what mischief is being worked among
their own people, what internal dis
orders are being fomented. Without
the covenant of the league of nations
there may be as many secret treaties
as ever to destroy the confidence OF
governmnts in each other and their
validity can not be questioned.
'.None of the objects we professed
to be fighting for has been secured,
or can be made certain of without
this nations ratification of the treaty
and it's entry into the covenant.
"This nation entered the great war
to vindicate it's own rights and to