Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-12

own rights and contracting our future
relationships.
The wiser course would seem to be
the acceptance of the confirmation of
our rights and interests as already pro
vided and to engage under the existing
treaty, assuming of course, that this can
be satisfactorily accomplished by such
explicit reservations aud notifications
as will secure our absolute freedom from
( inadvtsable commitments and safeguard
all our essential interests.
Neither Congress nor the people needs
my assurance that request to negotiate
superhuous and unnecessary as 1t Is tech
nically Ineffective and l know in my
own heart that there is none who would
wish to embarrass the chief executive. in
the performance Of his duty when VT
are all so geare to turn disappointment
and delay into gratifying accomplish
ment.
problems relating to our foreign re
lations bear upon the present and the
future. and are of such a nature that
the all important future must be de-
libeTately considered. with greater con
Germ than mere Immediate relief from
unhappy conditions. We have witnessed,
yea. we have participated in the supreme
" tragic episode Of war, but our deeper
concern is the cOntlnuing1ife OF nations
and tho development Of civilization.
I'VE must not allow our vision TO be
impaired by the conflict among ourselves.
The WEAKNESS at home and the disap-
DOiutment to the world have been com
pensated In the proof that this Repub-
lie will surrender none Of the heritage or
nationality, but our rights in interna-
tional relationship have to be asserted
they require establishment in cOmpacts
of amity; our part in readjustment and
restoration cannot be ignored and must
be defined.
NECESSARY BEFORE
WORLD CAN PROCEED.
with the super governing league def
nftely relacted and with the world SO
informed and with the status of peace
proclaimed at home, We may proceed to
negotiate the covenduted relationships so
essential to the recognition OF all the
rights everywhere of our Nation ana
play our full part I'm joining the peo-
pies Of the world In the pursuits Of peace
once more. Our obligations in effectlng
European tranquility, because or war
inducements, are not less impelling than
our part in the war itself. This restora-
ton must be wrought before the human
procession can 20 onward again We
can be helpful because we are moved by
no hatreds and harbor no fears. Help
fulness does not mean infringement and
participation in economic adjustments
does not mean sponsorship for treaty
commitments which do not concern us,
and Ia which we will have no part.
In an ail-impelling wish to do ilr
most and best for our own republic GHL
and at the same time make the fullest
Offering Of Justice 10 them | shall invite
in the most practical way the advice
Of the Senate. after acquainting It with
all the conditions TO be met and oblISa-
lions to be discharged along with our
own rights 10 be safeguarded. Prudence
in making the program and confident CO
operation In making It effective, can not
lead us far astray. We can render no
effective service to humanity until we
prove anew our own capacity for coopera-
ton In the coordination Of powers con
templated in the constitution, and no
covenants which ignore our associations
IN the war can be made for the future.
More, no helpful society Of nations can
be founded on Justice and committed to
peace until the covenants re-esta blishing
peace are sealed by the nations which
we're at war To such accom- plishment-
to the complete re~establishment Of peace
and its contracted relationships, to the
realization Of our aspirations for nations
associated for world hepfulness without
world government, for world stability on
which humanity's hopes are founded, we
shall address ourselves, fully mindful of
the high privilege and the paramount
duty of the United States in this critical
period of the world"