Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-09

Washington. March 8. - President Wilson re-stated for democratic sen ntors today his opposition 70 dlig weaken the fuli force of Article Ich pi .-herwisc materially impair the pro- yisfnns Of the league covenant. Without saving specifically what modification he would or would not accent he wrote in a la. or 10 Sena- for Hitchcock. the adm'hlstr AtiCn leader that almost dll ot tee 'sse.V va tons be had heard suEges'ec were -r r effect virtual nullnCaupns ol lhs ..r,+v a~-f-les to wnich they appiie-.. n hear of reservations and mia -re.r-attuns.~ the letter added, put cannot understand the difference he tween a nlilifier and mild nu'ilher' usS-lsS.nr Article Ten particular i'd. .ne n~rsidcnt wrote that there was -ro re-aninr thc moral obligations u-,,f-h s-r expressed in positive terms t~ -hls article" though there could ne rr ahiectlou 70 explaining in an lnter r-r.af.nu the constitutional me'hols t. which such an obligation would have fo h- fulfilled. The very heart -f -.. covenant. he reiterated. would f- .-,1o-illcd by weaking Article Ten Tho presidents letter. written m -rena~sn Co a request that ne cohler ---fh Senator Simmons of North Car ofi-a. in charge for the democratic sid. or the senate In current negotla tio-s. for a compromise, follows m -rr.
 Presidents Letter.
 My Dear Mr. Hitchcock: ] under sfs7f that one or two of your col sarucs do me the honor ot desiring . Fro,g what my views are with ref .-,nce la Artirl x of Inc League Of Nations and the effect rpnn the league 1T tho adoption of certain proposed -rrervations Co that article- welcome he oprorerrity Go throw any light -an upon a subject which has be- come SO sireluarly beclOuded by mis- nnrehcnsiuns ana misinterpretations ,f every kind.
 There is no escaping the moral oo- Neatlons which are expressed in pos r.v- terms iu this article of the GOV ...rf Vrc won Dc ral vic uY over -armf1y far areattr even thdl tn military victory won ou the field oi hstife. hccause the opinion of the whole world swung to our support and fhe supnort of tho nations associated rifh ns in the great struggle IL did ro because nf our common profession and promise that we meant to estab- fish -nn organization or peace whicf shou.d make t certain that the com hf-ed mower of free nations woulC cheek every invasion ot right and serve tu make peace and justice in more secure hy affordiuE deiinit tribunal Of opinion tc which all mus suhrnit and by which every interna tional readjustment that cannot b amicably agreed upon by the people directly concerned shah he sanction ad This promise and assurance were written Into the preliminaries c tho arnistice and into the prelimin aries nf the peace itself and consttut one of the most sacred obligations ever assumed by any nation or bod af nations. It is unthinkable tha America should set the example of ig norinE such a solemn moral engage nent.
 Fcr myself. I feel that I could n' look inc soldiers of our gallant armit in tho face again if l did not d everything in my power to remoI every obstacle that lies in the wa af the adoption of this particular al ticle or the covenant; because W made these pledges 10 them as WIG as to tho rest of the world and 1t v; .o this cause they deemed themselv' ievoted in a spirit of crusaders. sfnil ild be forever urf1itl.ul to the e Cid not do my utmost 'J fulfill q Ugh purpose for which ih"v tUugf ihink. ny dear seratnr. We C. dismiss from our minds the idea tn if fsnecessary 10 stipulate in come tion with Article x the constitution methods we should use in fulfilling O obligations under it. We gan not Ing but such stipulations and secu nothing which Is not already secure tt was understood as a matter
 course at the conference in Paris tn whatever obligations any governme assumed or whatever duties 1t unde took under the treaty would of cour have Co ha fulfilled by it's usual al established constitutional methods action. once or twice in meetings the conference, when the treaty W rnfer consideration. reservation were made to that effect by the re -cseutafives of individual powers. a those -reservations were invariab received in the way in which m who have met Tor business and not talk always receive acts of scrlip ous regotation-listcned to wi indifferent silence. as such men lil sn to what is a matter of couse a was not neoessary to say.
 No Objection to Explanatory Not,
 There can be no objection to piaininr again what our constitutio al method is and that oufi nDngr, nione can declare war off I1ferm Inc causes or occasions fot 4tf a that it alone can authorizs use Inc armed forces of the u Sta 1n land or on the sea. ma such a declaration would inly york Of supereroEation-
 [ am sorry Co say that the feserv lions that have come under my tlce are almost without exception interpretations Of the articles 10 wh ft is proposed 10 attach them but sTect virtual publications of the articles.
 Any reservation which seeks to
 nrive the League of Nations of
 force of Article \ cuts at the V aeart and life of the covenant it's Any league of nations which does
 rilarantse as a matter of inconstes 3ir right the political independe and integrity of each of Its memb night be hardly more than a flu srrap Of paper. as ineffective in Op ttion .as the agreement between F rium land Germany which the c mans violated in 1914. Artivle x
 srfffrn into the treaty of Versai represents the renunciation by Or aritain and Japan which before
 var had begin to find SO many erasfr in common in the Pacific:
 france: by Ttaly-by an the gr azhting powers Sf the world. Qf