The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-27
WILSON RETURNS PEACE
RESOLUTION To SENATE
WITHOUT HIS APPROVAL

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can peace resolution was vetoed today
by President Wilson.
Such a method of making peace
with Germany, the president said,
would place an ineffaceable stain up.
on the gallantry and honor of the
United States.
Without announcing his intention re-
garding the treaty Of Versailles, the
president declared that the treaty
embodied the important things omitted
by 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
and interests of our own"
The president added that the peace
resolution omitted mention Of many
important objects for the vindication
of which the United States ended the
war
| such a peace with Germany" the
message continued, "a peace which
none of the essential interests which
we had at heart when we entered the
war, Is safeguarded-is, or ought to
be, conceivable, is inconsistent with
the dignity of the United States, with
the rights and liberties of her citizens
and with the very fundamental con
ditions of civilization"
The presidents message follows:
ITO the house of representatives:
I return herewith, without my sigma
ture, House Joint Resolution 327 in
tended to repeal the joint resolution
of April sixth, 1917, declaring a state
of war to exist between the United
States and the Austro- Hungarian gov
ernment, and to declare state of
peace. l have not felt at liberty to
sign this joint resolution, because
cannot bring myself to become party
to an action which would place an
effaceable stain upon gallantry and
honor Of the United States.
"The resolution seeks to establish
peace with the German empire with
out exacting from the German gov
ernment any action by way of set.
ting right the infinite wrongs which
it did TO the peoples whom 1t attack
ed and whom we profess it our pur-
pose to assist when we entered the
war. Have we sacrificed the lives
of more than 100000 Americans and
ruined the lives Of thousands Of 9TH
ers and brought upon tens of thous-
ands of American families an unhap-
piness which can never end for pur-
poses which we do not now care to
| tot ta1y kn, ,,,,D
THE attainment of these purposes
is provided for in the treaty Of Ver-
sailles by terms deemed adequate
by the leading statesmen and experts
Of all the great peoples who were as.
sociated in the war against Ger
many, Do we now not care 70 join in
, the efforts to secure them?
we entered the war most reluct.
antly. Our people We're profoundly
disincined to take part in q Euro
pean war and at last did so, only be-
cause they became convinced that it
could not in truth be regarded as
. only an European war but must be
regarded as a war in which civiliza.
ton itself was involved and human
rights Of every kind as against a
belligerent government. Whether we
entered the war we set forth very
definitely the purpose for which we
entered, partly because we did not
wish to be considered as merely tax.
ing part in a European contest. This
Joint resolution which l return does
not seek to accomplish any Of these
objects, but in effect makes q com.
| plete surrender Of the rights of the
: United States so far as the German
. government is concerned. A treaty
Of peace was signed at Versailles on
the twenty-eichth of June which did
seek to accomplish the objects which
were sought for, all the great govern.
ments and peoples which united
against Germany had adopted our
declarations Of purpose as their own
| and had in solemn form embodied
, them in communications to the Ger.
/ man government preliminary to the
, armstice of Nov. IL, 1918. But the
treaty assigned at Versailles has been
rejected by the senate of the United
States, thought it has been ratified
by Germany. BY that rejection and
, by its methods we had in effect de
clared that we wish to draw apart
| and pursue objects and interests Of
our own unhampered by any connec
ton Of interest or purpose with other
, governments and peoples.
, Notwithstanding the fact that upon
cur entrance into the war. we pro
fcssed TO be seeking to assist in tho
. maintenence Of common interests moth
, ing is said in this resolution, about
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