Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-01-15
Wilson Urges Jackson Day Diners
to Stand for League With
out Reservations.
WANTS POPULAR VOTE
No Objection To interpretations Ac-
companyinn Act of Ratification
Sryan Upheld Senate Majority's
View for Reservations.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson in
his message read to the jackson Day
diners, assembled in two separate
halls, declared that the clear and
| single way cut" was to submit the
treaty question to the voters as a
great and solemn referendum"
William Jennings Bryan declared
that the Democratic party could not
go before the country on TIE issue
because it involved a delay Of IA
months and meant success only if the
ity of the Senate. The party, MI. Bry-
an declared, must secure such COM
promises as may be possible"
Presidents Message.
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 q candidate, as had been
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 Uni
ted States to join in the league Of ma
tions covenant and why he considered
the war not really won until it did.
Another attempt to crush the new ma
lions of Europe would be made, the
President said, if the United States
held aloof.
President Wilson, in his message,
said, "the clear and single way to
determine the will of the American
people on the league of nations vas to
make it an issue at the next election.
Against Reservations.
The President again expressed his
attitude toward reservations, much as
he did at his conference with the Sen
ate Foreign Relations committee, in
this languages:
"If the Senate wishes to say what
the %undoubted meaning of the treaty
is, l shall have no objection. There can
be no reasonable objection to interpre-
tations accompanying the act of ratii-
cation itself. But when the treaty is
acted upon, I must know whether it
means that we have ratified or rejec.
ted it. We cannot reWrite this treaty.
We must take it without changes
which alter it's meaning or leave it
and then, after the rest Of the world
has signed it, we must face the un,
thinkable task of making another and
separate kind of treaty with Germany
"OId Stage Is Best"
Germany is beaten, but we are
still at wal 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 ALLAN,
ces which made settled peace impos-
sible. 1t is now open again to every
sort of intrigue. The old spies are
free to resume their former abomin.
able activities. They are again at
liberty to make it impossible for gov
ernments to be sure what mischief 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 cannot
be questioned. None of the objects
we professed to be fighting for have
been secured or can be made certain
without this nations ratification of tee
treaty and it's entry into the coven
ant"