The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09
TEXT OF WILSON LETTER
 DIETING TREATY'S FOES

Washington, Jan. s-President Wilson's letter to the chairman of the Jackson Day banquet reads as fol- lows:
 My Dear MT. Chairman:
 sIt is with keenest regret that l find that I am to be deprived of the pleasure and privilege of Joining you and other loyal Democrats who are to assemble tonight to celebrate Jack son Day and renew their vows or fidelity to the great principles Of our party, the principles which must now fulfill the hopes not only of our own people but of the world.
 ''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 bel- ligerent nations sought to effect the settlements for which they had fought throughout the war. It is inconcelV- able that at this supreme crisis ana final turning point in the international relations of the whole world, when the results of the great war are by no means determined and are stlii suestir table and dependent upon events which no man can foresee or count upon, the United States should withdraw from the concert of pro- gressiye and enlightened nations by which Germany was defeated ana all similar governments eff the world be so unhappy as to contain any) warned of the certain consequences Of any attempt of like inequity, and yet that is the effect of the course the Senate of the United States has taken with regard to the Treaty of Yer sailles-
 Germany is beaten, but we are still at war with her and the old stage Is reset for a repetition of the old plot It is now ready for the re- sumption of the old offensive and de- fensive alliances which made settled peace impossible. It is now open again to every sort of intrigue. The old spies are free to resume their former abominable activities. They are again at liberty to make it i'm possible for governments to be sure what mischief Is being worked amont their own people, what internal das orders are being fomentad. Withou- the covenant of the League of Ma tions there may be as many secre treaties as ever, to destroy the conf dence of governments In each othe and their validity cannot be question ed.
 None of the objects we professet to be fighting for has been secured O. can be made certain of without thu nations ratification of the treaty ana Its entry into the covenant This na tion entered the great war to vdndi cate Its own rights and to protec and preserve free government I went into the war to see 1t throuS1 to the end, and the end has not ye come. It went into the war to mak an end of militarisn, to furnish guar antics to weak nations and to make just and lasting peace.
 'It entered it with noble enthu siasm Five of the leading bellis erents have accepted the treaty an formal notifications soon will be CT changed. The question is whethe this country will enter, and ente whole-heartedly. If 1t does not q so. the United States and German will play lone hand in the world The maintenance of the peace of tn world and the effective execution c the treaty depend upon the whole hearted participation of the Unite States.
 "'I am not stating it as 8 matter C power The point is that the Unit ed States Is the only nation whic has sufficient moral force with th rest of the world to guarantee th substitution of discussion for war. we keep out of this agreement, if W 60 not give our guarantees, them aI other attempt will be made to crus the new nations of Europe.
 q do not believe that this is whs the people of this country wish ( will be satisfied with. Personally, do not accept the action of the Ser ate of the United States as the d ciSion of the nation. I have a serted from the first that the owe whe1ming majority of the people this country desire the ratification the treaty, and my impression to tn effect has recently been confirmed l the unmistakable evidences of publ opinion given during my visit to SC enteen of the states.
 T have endeavored to make it pla that if the Senate wishes to say wh the undoubted meaning of the 1eagl is. I shall have no objection. The terpretations accompanying the act ratification itself. But when u treaty is acted upon, must kno whether 1t means that we have rat fled or rejected it. We cannot rewri this treaty. We must take it with o changes which alter it's meaning, leave it and then, after the rest the world has signed it, we must ia the unthinkajble task of making a. ether and separate kind of treaty wi Germany. But no mere assertio