Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-09
WILSON SILENT ON
THIRD TERM TALK
AMONG DEMOCRATS
Presidents Message to Con-
ference Deals Merely With
Views on Ratification OF
Versailles Treaty.
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Washington, Jan. S.-President
Wilson in his message to the Jackson
day dinner here tonight, said the
clear and single way" to determine
the will of the American people on the
league of nations was to make 1t an
issue at the next election.
The presidents message said moth
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 all of the mes
sage was devoted to an impression 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 considered 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.
The president expressed his attitude
toward reservations much as he did
at his conference with the senate for
eign relations committee in this
language:
"If the senate wishes to say what
the uhdoubted meaning of the treaty
is | shall have no objection. There
can be no reasonable objection to in
terpretations accompanying the act Of
ratification itself. But when the
treaty is acted upon must know
whether Il means that we have rati-
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write this treaty. We must take it
without changes which alter its mean
ing or leave 1t 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 Message.
The text of the presidents message
follows:
at is with keenest regret that
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 now
fulfill the hopes not only of our own
people, but the world.
1.-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 belliger-
ent nations sought to effect the settle-
ment for which they have fought
throughout the war. 1t is inConceiv-
able that at this supreme crisis and
final turning point in the information!
al relations of the whole world when
the results of the great war are by no
means determined and are still ques-
tionable and depend entirely upon
events which no man can foresee or
count upon. the United States should
withdraw from the concert of prog
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which Germany was defeated and all
similar governments (if the world be
so unhappy as to contain any warned
of the certain consequences If any at
tempt of like iniquity, and yet that
is the effect of the course the senate
of the United States has taken with
regard to the treaty of Versailles.
Still AT War. He Says.
Germany Is beaten, but we are still
at war with her, and the old stage is
reset for a repetition of the old plot.
1t is now ready for the resumption of
the old offensive and defensive ali-
ances which made settled peace i'm
possible. 1t is now open again to-
every sort of intrigue, The old spies
are free to resume their former abom-
Unable activities. They are again at
liberty to make it impossible for gov
erhmentS TO be sure what mlSchief is
being worked among their own people
what internal disorders are being TO-
mented. without the covenant of the
league of nations. there may be as
many secret treaties as ever, to de-
stroy the confidence of governments
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 nStion's ratification of
the treaty and its entry into the cove
nant
This nation entered the great war
to vindicate its own rights and to pro-
tect and preserve free government. 1t
went into the war to see it through to
the end. and the end has not yet come.
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