The Washington times., 1920-10-11


stor speneer's statement that Presi-
dent Wilson had promised Ame erioan
military aid 10 Rumania and serois In
the event OF the invasion OF ,hose
Countries. and the Presidents letter
IN regard thereto.
I'm a 81. Louis dispatch. dated Oe'
tober .. Senator spencer 10 quoted ss
''psTi, sTas .,.,smf, Of your. 70
whichI. have Aten referred In
my address was the statement IN
the photographic notes OF the eighth
plenary session OF the peace CONFER
ence. In which you are reported TO
have said 10 Premier Brauanu OF
Rupania as follows;
"'"You must not forget that ~
Is force that is the final guaranty
OF the public peace III the world
lie again troubled the United Ststes
Viii send 10 this side OF the ocean
their army and their fleet" Ni
"'rhe statement was made upon
the floor OF the Senate on February
2. 1920. by senator Reed, and so
far as have learned has never
been denied until now. IL hss been
widely circulated over the United
States. III you did not make 'thst
statement to Premier Brstisnu !
should be much indebted IL you VIII
inform me-
"The eighth plenary session was a
secret session and my Impression is
that ysu were not there. ! may be
wrong about that However. re-
ported the proceedings and wrote
up the statement which President
Wilson made. The report OF the
proceedings was mimeogTaphed, ana
l suppose there are copies in wash
ington.
QUOTES WILSON STATEMENT.
II have just gone over my. notes
tmy shorthand notes), and can
lind no such statement as is alleged
In the st. Louis dispatch which !
quoted, and which Il is therein 'af>
legged "was made upon the floor
of the Senate on February 2. 1920.
I by Senator Reed" Therefore, l
viii quote In full the Presidents
statement in the secret plcpary
session of May u, 1919. VIII you
please call II to the attention OF
some responsible person in Wash
ington. II you find that there Is not
copy Of the transcription OF the
English shorthand notes. II is just
barely possible thaV the quotation
by Senators Reed and Spencer was
from a translation Into English Of
NJ. Mantouxs translation into
French OF the Presidents remarks,
and as you know the translations
sometimes, mixed things up a bit.
"Following is a transcript of my
shorthand notes OF President Will
sons statement at the eighth pIen-
airy session (secret) of the peace
conference, held at the DUAL
dOrsay. Saturday. May 81. 1910:
"'Mr. President, / should be very
sorry to see this meeting adjourn
with permanent Impressions such as
IL is possible have been created by
some OF the remarks that our
friends have made. l should be
very sorry to have the impression
ladged in your minds that the great
powerA desire to assume or play
lodged N your minds that the great
matters or assume, because OF
any pride of authority, to exercise
an undue influence in these matters,
and therefore 1 want to call your
attention to one aspect of these
questions which has not been dwelt
upon.
URGES FAIR ADJUSTMENT.
"'We are trying to make d peace
| full settlement, that is to say. to
eliminate those elements of disturb
ance, SO far as possible. which may
! interfere with the peace of the
world. and we are trying to- max Q
| an equitable dist ribution of terri
tories according to the race. the
ethnographical character of the
people inhabitAg those territories.
land back OF that lies this fun
damentally important fact that
when the decisions are made. the
allied and associated powers guar
antee to maintain them. 1t is per-
fectly evident. upon a moments re-
Election, that the chief burden Of
thoir maintenance will fan upon
the greater powers. The chief bur-
den of the war fell upon the great
powers, and il IL had not been for
their action, their military action,
we would not be here to settle these
questions. And, therefore, we must
not close our eyes to the fact that
in the last analysis the military
and naval strength of the great
powers will be the final guarantee
of the peace of the world.
"Tn those circumstances is 1t un-
| reasonable and unjust that, not as
| dictators, but as friends. the great
powers should say to their asso-