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ITO the house of representatives;
Message Summarized.
Il return herewith. without nav
signature. house joint resolution s7z.
intended to repeal the Joint resolution
of April 8, 1917, declaring state af
war to exist between the United States
and Germany, and the ioint resolution
of December Z. 1917, declaring state
of war to exist between the United
States and the Austro- Hungarian gov
ernment, and to declare a state or
peace I have not felt al liberty 10
sign this joint resolution because can
not bring myself to become party to
an action which would place inefface-
able stain upon the gallantry and hon
or OF the United States. The resoIu-
tion seeks to establish peace with tne
German empire without exacting from
the German government any action
by way OF setting right the infinite
wrongs which 1t did to the peoples
whom it attacked and whom we pro-
fess 1t our purpose to assist when we
entered the war.
Would Discount Sacrifice.
Have we sacrificed the lives Of
more than 100000 Americans and ruin
ed the lives Of thousands OF others and
brought upon thousands of American
families an unhappiness that can new
er end for purposes which we do not
now care to state or take further steps
to attain? The attainment Of these
purposes Is provided tor In he treaty
Of Versailles by terms deemed atie-
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experts OF all the great peoples who
were associated IN the war against
Germany. DO we now not care to join
In the effort to secure them?
.We entered the war most reluctant
ly. Our people were profoundly dis
inclined to take part In Europeau
war, and at last dl,i SO, only because
they became convinced that II couff
not in truth be regkfded as only Eur
opean war, but must be regarded asa
war In which civilization itself was In
Iyolyed and human rights OF every kind
as against a bellIgerent government.
Moreover, when we entered the war
we at forth very definitely the pur-
poses for which we entered, partly be-
cause we did not wish to be consider
ed as merely taking part Ia Eurs-
pean contest This Joint resolursusn
which | return does not seek to ae-
complish any of these objects. but III
effect makes a complete surrender Of
the rights OF the United states 10 far
as the German government Is con-
cerned. A treaty OF peace was signed
at Versailles on the 2sth OF June last,
which did seek to accomplish the oh
jeets which we had declared 10 be IN
our minds, because all the great Cow
ernments and people which united
against Germany had adopted our
declarations Of purpose as their own
and had in solemn form embodied
them In communications to the Ger
man government preliminary to the
armistlce OF November IL, 1918. But
the treaty as signed al Versailles has
been rejected by the senate of the Uni
ted States, though IL mas ben ratified
by Germany. BY that rejection and
by it smethods we had In effect de-
clared that we wish to draw apart and
pursue objects and Interests OF our
own. unhampered by any connections
of interest or of purpose with other
governments and peoples.
IdeaIs are Submerged.
Notwithstanding the fact that upon
our entrance into the war we professaa
to be seeking to assist in the main