Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28
WILSON CONDEMNS
PEACE RESOLUTION
IN VETO MESSAGE
Declares Document Is Blot
on Honor of United
States.
SAYS MEASURE WOULD
MAKE VICTORY EMPTY
Believes Such Procedure Would
Mean Separation of America
From World.
Is HOrELESS
House and Senate Leaders See No
Prospect Of Overriding
Executive Veto.
lBy Associated pres..l

iBy Associated Prcs..I
WASiiINGTON. May 27.--prcsidcnt
Wilson vetoed the peace resolution
koday and informed Congress he
.ouid not become party to the peace
program framed by Republican lead
.rs OF the Senate and House because
ic considered IL would put IAN In
fIaceable stain on the nations hon
pr.
! To establish technical peace by
such method. the President said
n his veto message. would be 10 ef-
Get "a complete surrender of tho
Fights OF the United states so far as
Germany is concerned" and to re-
inquish all the high purposes which
cd the nation into war, and which
were embodied in the rejected treaty
bf Vcrsaillcs"
Act DrinEs Another Deadlock
The Presidents act apparently
brought 10 another and final deadlock
:norts OF the present administration
aud Congress to agree on "a peace set
Element. Republican leaders con-
:edcd they had no chance 10 pass tho
resolution over the executives veto,
hough an attempt Will be made In
he House tomorrow. and on both
sides 1t was predicted that the issues
II the treaty controversy would have
o be fought out in the political CAM
oaisn, with Democrats and Rcpubli-
ans blaming each other for the fall
lrc 10 consuminatc state OF peace.
In his message the President did
lot indicate whether he might again
submit the treaty to tho Senate for
ratification, but he said the resolu-
ion raised again the question Of
whether the United States cared to
iraw apart from tho rest OF the world
Or to Join with other nations. in at
.aining the ends TO which the treaty
was framed.
The veto had been expected by the
Republican leaders and they made
blans TO close the incident promptly
~ record vote on repassagc OF tho
resolution. The message went first
% the House. where its reading was
erected with cheers by Democrats
and dcrision by Republicans. With
out discussion 1t was agreed 10 take
vote at noon tomorrow
Say MessaEe In Hopeicsx
The general prediction on the Re-
publican side was that the resolution
would fall short by only a few votes
of the two-thirds necessary TO re-
pass 1t. In the Senate, however, II
was conceded that the prospect was
iltoScther hopeless, the Democrats
standing almost solidIy with the
President.
For the most part. Senate and
House leaders refraincd from com
nent on the Presidents action. The
general tenor OF the talk on the Re-
publican side. however. was that the
executive and not Congress now must
bear the responsibility il the nation
continued technically at war. while
among the Democrats it was reit-
3aratcd that the nation still would
aold the Republican Senate to account
Tor It's failure to ratify the treaty
Representative Fess. OF Ohio. chair.
man of the Republican Congrcssion-
II Committee. declared in formal
statement that the President alone
was to blame and that the people
were with the Republican leaders IN
their attempt to end through the res
button an "intolcrable situation"
Text of Message.
The Presidents message follows:
ITO the House OF Representatives:
II return herewith, without my
signature. House joint resolution 327.
intended to repeal the joint resolu-
ton Of April 6. 1917. declaring a
state of war to exist between the
United States and Germany. and the
joint resolution Of December Z, 1917,
declaring a state of war to exist be-
tween the United States and the
Austro- Hungarian government, and to
declare a state of peace.
i nave not felt at liberty to sign
this joint resolution because I can
not bring myself to become party to
an action which would place inef-
fable stain upon the gailantry and
honor OF the United States. The
resolution seeks to establish peace
with the German empire, without ex-
acting from the German government
any action by way of setting right
the infinite wrongs which IT did to
the peoples whom 1t attacked, and
whom We professed it our purpose
10 ASSIST when we entered the war.
have we sacrificed the lives of
more than 100000 Americans and
ruined the lives OF thousands of
others and brought upon thousands
OF American families an unhappiness
that can never end, for purposes
which we do not now care TO state
or take further steps to attain? Tho
attainment OF those purposes Is nro.
vidcd for In the treaty of Versailles
by terms deemed adequate by the
leading statesmen and experts OF all
the great peoples who were associ.
ated In the war against Germany.
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