Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-27
President Does ? pected
Thing by r$f prov
ing Res : Ion.
SAYS ACT : ,ULD BE
STAT = N THE U. S.
Argues That Resolution as Adopted
Would Be Declaration of Wish to
Withdraw From World Affairs and
Pursue Our Own Course-Pres.
ident Holds Expressed Attitude Is
lneonceivable.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, May 27.-The repub-
lican peace resolution was vetoed to-
day by president Wilson.
Such n method OF making peace
with Germany the president saio'
would place an inefaceable strain
upon the yallantry and honor of the
United States"
Without announcing his intention
regarding the treaty of Versailles,
the president declared that the
treaty embodied the important things
omitted by the resolution. and said
that by rejecting the treaty. the
United States had declared in effect
that it wished ito draw apart and
pursue objects and interests Of our
own."
The president added that the peace
resolution omitted mention of many
important objects for the vindication
of which the United States entered
the war.
Such peace with Germany" the
president continued. "a peace In
which none of the essential interests
which We had at heart when we en-
tered the war is safeguarded-is or
ought to be inconceivable. Is incon-
sistent with the dignity of the United
States with the rights and liberties
of her citizens and with the very
fundamental condition OF civiliza-
tion."
Text Of Veto Message.
Tho presidents message follows:
ITO the House Of Representatives:
return, herewith. without my sig
nature, house joint resolution 321,
intended to. repeal the joint resolu-
tion OF April s, 1917. declaring a
state Of war to exist between the
United States and Germany. and the
joint resolution of Dec. Z, 1917. de-
claring a state of war to exist be-
tween the United States and the
Austro- Hungarian government, and
to declare a state of peace. / have
not felt at liberty to sign this joint
resolution, because I can not bring
myself to become party to an action
which would place ineffacable stain
upon the gallantry and honor OF the
United States. The resolution seeks
to establish peace with the German
empire without exacting from the
German government any action by
way of setting right the infinite
wrongs which 1t did to the peoples
whom it attacked and whom we pro-
fessed II our purpose to assist wher
we entered the war. Have we sac
rificed the lives of more than 100, ,00o
americans and ruined the lives OF
thousands Of others and brought up
on thousands of American families
unhappiness that can not end for
purposes which we do not now care
20 state. or take further steps TO at
tain? The attainment of these pur-
poses Is provided for In the treaty
OF Versailles by terms deemed ade-
quate by the leading statesmen and
experts OF all the great peoples who
were associated in the war against
Germany. Do we now not care to
join in the effort to secure them?
Says II 10 Complete Surrender.
I'VE entered the war most reluc-
family. Our people were profoundl,
disinclined to take part In Euro
pean war. and at last did so only be-
cause they became convinced that 4,
could not In truth be regarded as
only q European war, but must be-
regarded. as a war in which civiliza.
tion itself was involved and human
rights Of every kind as against a
belllgerent government. Moreover
when we entered the war we Sc,
forth very definitely the purposes for
which we entered, partly because we
did not wish to be considered as
merely taking part In a European
contest. This joint resolution, which
return, does not seek to accomplish
any Of these objects, but In effect
makes complete surrender of the
rights Of the United States so far as
the German government is concerned
A treaty OF peace was signed at Yer
sailles on the 2Sth OF June last
which did seek to accomplish the
objects which we had declared to be
in our minds. because all the grea,
governments and peoples which
united against Germany had adopted
our declarations Of purpose as thei,
own. and had In solemn form EN-.
bodied them in communications tt
the German government preliminar,
to the armistice Of Nov. l., 1918. But
the treaty, as signed at Versailles
has been rejected by the senate o,
the United States. tho 1t has beer
ratified by Germany. BY that re.
lection and, by it's methods, we had
In effect, declared that we wished te
draw apart and pursue objects and
interests Of our own. unhampered b,
any connection Of interest or of pur.
pose with other governments anc
people.
Questions Left Unsettled.
Notwithstanding the fact that,
upon our entrance into the war. we
professed to be seeking to assist in
the maintenance OF common inter-
ests;, nothing is said in this resolu-
ton about the freedom of navigation
upon the seas. or the reduction OF
armaments or the vindication OF the
rights of Belgium. or the rectidca