Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
STATEMENT ISSUED
FROM WHITE HOUSE
IN SPENCER AFFAIR
Stenographic Record of
Presidents Remarks Con-
corning Rumania at Peace
Farley Is Published

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-(By the
Associated Press.)-The White House
made public today what was describ-
ed as an official version" of Presl-
dent Wilson's address at the eighth
plenary session Of the Paris peace
conference. The exact wording OF
this address, directed 70 the repre-
sentatives of Rumania. Serbia and
Czecho-Slovakia, has been the sub
1ect of a controversy between the
president and Senator Spencer, Re-
publican, of Missouri.
The senator has declared in a po-
Ntical sueech that the pre- sident had
promised Rumania and Serbia t1at
eff any nation ever invaded their ter
ritory he would send the American
army across the seas TO defend their
boundary lines"
Mr. Wilson, in a telegram to the
senator en- October 8. said that this
statement was false" In reply
Senator Spencer called for the otti-
cial record, saying that the state
ment to which he had referred was
In the "stenographic notes" OF the
eighth plenary session. in which the
president "was reported to have
said"
You must not forget that it is
force that is the final guaranty OF
the peace of the world. If the world
In again troubled. the United States
will send to this side of the ocean
their army and their fleet"
The presidents words as given ID
tho official version follow:
ofacia1 Version
How can a power like the United
States, for eXample-and can
sreak for no other-after signing
this treaty, if it contains elements
which they do not believe will be
nnrmanent, go three thousand miles
away across the sea and report 10
Us people that it has made settle
nent of the peace of the world! II
cannot do so. And yet there unoer-
lie: all of these transactions the eX-
Lee tation on the part, for example.
of Rumania, and of CZecho-SloVakla'
and of Serbia. that if law covenants
ef this settlement are not observed
the United States will send her
armies ard her navies t. see that
they arc observed.
The official version of the full
text of the presidents address was
week By Fred A Carlson. of Chlca-
go who was an official straographer
with the American peace delegation.
and who wrote that he would be
glad 10 swear to the accuracy of
the transcript.
Mr.. Carlson's letter was dated Oc-
tober 6 and was addressed TO
Charles L. Sven, stenographeU to
the president He eXp!a nn1 that he
had read Senator Spenrar's reply TO
the president in the Chicago news
papers. that he hal Jusc gone over
his notes and that he could find no
such statement as that attributed to
Mr.. Wilson by the senaor. He add
ed that it was barely possible that
the quotation was from transla-
ton into English of NJ. Mantox's
translation into French of the pres
dents remarks, and. as you know.
the TRANSACTIONS sometimes mixed
things up a bit
81 wish l were in position to
make public what the president
said" wrote Mr.. Carlson. for L feel
that the president is sadly misquot-
ed, but, of course, as the meeting
was a secret one, 1 can say moth
ing"
Mr.. Carlson's letter was made pub
lie by Secretary Tumulty with this
comment:
This letter speaks for itself"