The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-14
wilson's own Idea


..rhs League Of Nations Is President;
Wilson'S own idea. 1t Is the result VI
his own determined efforts. potn ~
home and abroad: II Is ms t tbat he he
believes will be good for the world. a he
even n II is not entirely good tor tne
United States, he believes we oSo !! 80 ~
the world to take part IN IL. ne say
that America belongs to the world anu
~ tba last speech he made at Kansas
CITY he said The League OF Nations Is
greater than the Senate. II Is srea.e.
than the Government These are ne,y
startling words TO come from INC FFes''
president Wilson does believe tna'
we should no longer be sovereign III,
dependent nation with our nag anu Uu
constitution supreme In our near - 90 :"
that we should be fractional paEe ~ .
world government. with a wOr1u 1'G IN
and a world constitution sup'e'he 80
0u Because he believes that way, with
the nower Of his office back OF him. q
world constitution. the league o.
nations, was drawn and Ssneu;, ID
a seat OF world government was select
ed and buildings secured AT GeneSS,
Switzerland, and all OF this without me
advice and consent Of our Senate: wRlCn
by our constitution Is part oi e'e'
treaty-making program.
When: the peace conieren . prssI-
sembled in Paris, no one except tresiS
dent Wilson had any serious thousnt OF
drafting a league OF nations al Gl1S
particular time. They hoped, ana pc
lieved, that they could have a trea 10y ~
of peace completed ana s,sn an.ious
In do that But President Wilson had a
league OF nations in his mind. II was
the one big idea and he insisted that II
be made the first work or the peace con,
ference. Those people appreciate VIVA.
hm.rica had done In the war, and az
that time the conference had q greal
deal of respect and edmiration Tor
president Wilson. OF course America
sanction Of the peace treaty was very
necessary and 50 they nnaiIy s ssi'T made
the league Of nations the first Work OF
the conference. I shall never rorSet tne
gloom that settled over the entire PeaGe
conference and the whole city OF faTts
when they reached the decision 70 I',ant
long months of delay before they coulo
even begin 10 draft the treaty OF peace
In February, you remember;
dent Wilson came home ana orousnS
with him the first tentative draIt o. EI Ie
league as they had agreed upon 1t. re
admitted that 1t was the Versian suo'
mitted by the representatives or ENG
land. Our Senate gave 1t careful con,
sideration pointed out It's dangers diIu
said, even by majority vote, that un,
less II could be 50 amended as 70 max.
II safe to the United States that
would not be accepted by the Senate;
This angered President Wilson ana ~
sharp retort he said In public sPeecI
that he not only would bring IT PACK
from Paris unchanged, but he would sc
weave 1t into the treaty or peace ina
they would be compelled to sign II on
reject the treaty. and 40 he did Wher
he got back TO Paris he found that the
conference had made considerable pro-
rrcss in drafting the treray of neace
and among other things they had de-
cided that the league should be mace q
part Of the peace treaty but should De
a separate and distinct document by
itself. -
President Wilson during which he told
them that the American people demand
ed II as part Of the treaty OF peace
anud would not accept the treaty under
any other conditions whatsoever. Dur
ing ali the conference President Wilson
maintained very rigid censorship
through which there was absolutely no
interchange Of information between
ENrope and America. sou did not get
any information as to what was s0inE
on in the peace conference: we did not
get any information in Europe us tc
how you felt In America about the
league OF nations, nor the Scnatc's de
cision in regard To It.. Nothing ever
passed that censorship except their own
propa Uganda which was favorable e
President Wilson and the league OF
nations.