The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-28
Such Method Would Place
Ineffaceable Stain on y. S.
Honor, Says President
DOES NOT RIGHT
I ANY WRONGS
Surrender of Rights of,.the
u. S. So Far as Ger
many Is Concerned

Republican peace resolution was We
toed yesterday by President Wilson.
Such method of making peace
with Germany, the president said,
would place an Noticeable stain upon
the gallantry and honor Of the United
States
/ The president added the peace res
iollltien omitted mention OF many I'M
portant objects for the vindieatlon OF
what the United States entered the
war
without announcing his intention
regarding the treaty of Versailles, the
president declared that the treaty en-
bodied the important things omitted
bv 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 ana
interests of our own"
Such a peace with Germany" the
message continued. "a peace in which
none OF the essential interests which
we had at heart when we entered the
war is safeguarded- or ought to be
uncomfortable, is inconsistent with the
dignity of the United States with the
rights and liberties of her citizens and
with the very fundamental conditions
of civilization
The presidents message follows:
"To the House of Representatives.:
Il return herewith without my sig
nature, House Joint resolution 327, in
tended to repeal the joint resolution
of April 6, 1917. declaring a state OF
war to exist between the United States
and Germany and the joint resolution
of May Z, 1917, declaring state OF
war to exist between the United
States and the Austro- Hungarian gov
eminent, and to declare a state OF
peace: I have not felt at liberty to
sign this Joint resolution because |
cannot bring myself to become party
to a situation which would place an in
effaceable stain upon the gallantry and
honor Of the United States. The res
ol,ftion seeks to establish, peace with
the German empire without exactlng
from the German government any ac-
tion by way of setting right the in
finite wrongs which it did to the peo-
pies whom it attacked and whom We
professed it our purpose to assist
when we entered the war. Have we
900 Americans and ruined the lives of
thousands of others and brought upon
thousands of American families an I'M
happiness that can never end for pur-
noses which we do not now care to
state or take further steps to attain.
The attainment of these purposes is
provided for in the treaty of Yer
saillies by terms deemed adequate by
the leading statesmen and experts OF
all the great peoples who were asso-
ciated in the war against Germany.
Do we now not care TO join in the Ell
fort to secure themy
s'We entered the war reluctantly.
Our people Were profoundly disinclined
to take part in a European war and
at last did so only because they be
came convinced that it could not an
truth be regarded as only a European
war, but must be regarded as a war III
which civilization itself was involved
and human rights Of every kind as
against beligerent government.
Moreover, when we entered the war
we set forth very definitely the pur-
nose for which we entered, partly be-
cause we did not wish to be considered
as merely taking part in a European
contest.
"This joint resolution which | re-
turn does not seek TO accomplish any
of these objects, but in effect makes a
complete surrender of the rights of
the United States so far as the Ger
man government is concerned. A
treaty of peace was signed at Yer
saiIles 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 great govern.
ments and peoples which united
against Germany had adopted our dee.
laration of purpose as their own and
had in solemn form embodied them in
ronmunicat lions to the German gov
eminent preliminary to the armistice
Of Nov. II. 1915. But the treaty as
signed at Versailles has beer rejected
bv the Senate " the United States,
though Il hss been ratified by Ger
MANY. BY that rejection and by lis
methods we had in effect declared that
we wish 20 draw apart auj pursue oh.
iects and interests Of orr own unham-
pered by any connections ~ interest
or OF purpose with other governments
and peoples.
Notwithstanding the fact thar upon
our entrance into the war we professed
20 be seeking 10 assist u the main
tenanoe Of common interest nothing is
said In this resolution about the free
dom OF navigation upon the seas or
the reduction 81 arnaments or the vim
dieation ~ the rights 81 Belgium o.
the rec hcsi ION 81 wrongs done "a
France. or the release n The Christian
populations Of thc Ottoman empire
from the iniolcfahle subiugation which
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