The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-10-15
WHITE HOUSE GIVES
OFFICIAL VERSION
PRESIDENTS REMARKS AT
PEACE CONFERENCE GIVEN.
Spencer Continues to Insist That VIII
SON Promised Aid to Rumania
and Serbia.

Washington, Oct. IL (By the AS
sociated Press. 1.-Two additional
contributions were made today to the
controversy between President Will
son and Senator Spencer, Repubi!-
can, Missouri.
To support the presidents declara-
ton that Senator Spencer state.
ment that Mr.. Wilson had promised
American military aid to Rur1ania
and Servia in the event of an inva-
sion. of those countries was 'false"
the White House made public an. of
fetal version" of the presidents re-
marks to the 2Servian and Rumanian
representatives at the Paris. peace
conference.
Senator Spencer, after reading
this transcript, said in statement
that there was not substantial diff
ference between it and the official
stenographic reports from which ne
had quoted. He reiterated that the
president had promised military aid
to Rumania and Servia and declared
he would continue to make this as
sertion in his campaign for reeiec-
ton.
The senator again called upon the
White House to produce the official
record of the presidents address,
which was delivered at the eighth
.plenary session Of the peace confer
ence on May 81, 1919.
Secretary Tumplty refused to
answer or comment upon the sena-
tors statement.
Meantime It was announced at the
state department that a cablegram
had been sent to Paris requesting
that the official peace conference rec
ord of the presidents address be sent
to Washington. Officers of the de-
partment would not say what use
was to be made of this record and
there was no comment from the
White House.
Volunteered by Steaographer.
It is understood that the presl-
dents direction to the department to
cable to Paris was given before the
ssoficial version" as made public to-
day was received at the White
House. This version was volunteer
ed by Fred A. Carlson, of Chicago,
who was an official stenographer for
the American peace delegation. Mr.
Carlson wrote that he had prepared
the transcript from his original notes
taken at Paris after he had read
Senator Spencer's statement as
printed in the Chicago newspaper or
October 5 and that he would be
glad'' to make oath to its accuracy. .
The ext of President Wilson's ad-
dress, as supplied to the White
House by Mr.. Carlson follows:
MIR. President, I Should be very
sorry to see this meeting adjourn
without permanent impressions such
as is possible have been created by
some Of the remarks that our friends
have made. I should be very sorry
to have the impression lodge in your
minds that the great powers desire TO
assume or play any arbitrary role IN
these great matters, or assume, be-
cause of any pride of authority to
exercise an undue influence IN these
matters, and therefore / want to call
YOUR attention to one aspect of these
questions which has not been dWelt
upon.
We are trying to make peaceful
settlement, that is to say, to ellml-
nate those elements Of disturbance,
so far as possible, which may inter-
fere with the peace Of the world: and
we are trying to make an equitable
distribution of territories according
to the race and the ethnographlcal
character of the people inhabiting
these territories.
And back of that lies the fund&-
mentally important fact that when
the decisions are made, the allied
and associated powers guarantee to
maintain them. 1t is perfectly evil
dent, upon a moments reflection
that the chief burden Of their MAIN
tenance will fall upon the greater
powers. The chief burden OF the
war fell upon the greater, and, II 1t
had not been for their action. their
military action, we would not be
here to settle these questions. And,
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