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ONA KEPUBLI
AU INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL.
'THIRTIETH YEAR
14 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA.FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1919
14 PAGES
VOL. XXX., NO. 75
TH-K
ARIZ
43 MORE B1SBEE
CITIZENS FACING
II CASES.
Total Arrests to Date in Ac-!
tions Growing Out of 1917 1
Deportations Is 51 Some ;
Taken on Two Counts !
Will Be Used as Test!
Cases i
lUSHEE. July 10. Forty-three- more !
prominent Pisbee mon wtit arrested
late today for- allowed participation in
the famous deportation t'asps of .Inly j
1-, 1017. The total arrests to date in Dl.
All have Riven bail bonds of $2.(100;
each. Several defendants were arrest-
ed on two or more charges, separate!
bond being required for each count. !
The preliminary hearing for the eight
arrested lust evening has been set for
2 o'clock July 31, those arrested today
for July 1-'. to appear before Judge W.
('. Jacks, justice of the peace, precinct
four Douglas. Fifty more arrests are !
expected in the next three dnys accord-
ing to a statement issued by Assistant i
County Attorney P.oork. I
No Further Arrests Now
"It is not unlikely that further nr- i
rests will he delayed until the outcome I
nf,the trials of those arrested, due to'
the expense. It is possible that these!
first cases will be used as test rases.
Another factor entering into it is the
long delay that is due to the fact that
time for each defendant's hearing in !
justice court ( not. counting postpone- !
mentsi will occupy one day each." !
When cases reach the superior court,
it will lie months more, as the July
dorket is already overcrowded and ex
tends into September, said Attorney
Jtoark.
The complete list of men arrested to
day as given to The Associated Press
bv Sheriff McDonald this evening is as
follows :
The New Defendants
Phil Tovrea, Oscar Gillman, L. G.
Jackson, George Medigovitch, John Doe
McAlecr, Dr. X. C. Bledsoe, John
Rainey, John Angius. II- '.. Wonten (2
counts), A. M. Sinclair. Jess Tola ml,
William White. Henry Bohnfalk. Alex.
Nichols, P.assett Watkins, Cass' Denton,
Harry Anderson. Albert Kromer. Ned
White. John. Sutherland, J. C. Ryan, H.
Henton. James Glason, X. D. Xavarette,
James Manson, William Toland (2
counts), H. C. Wheeler (2 counts),
Fred Sandtner. George Scott (2 counts).
Harry Walters. Bert Policy, Wallace
Brewer, John Ilambrick, Joe Hambrick,
James Boyd, Biddy Doyle, Oscar Wag
acr, A. Houle.
Several of the prominent for whom
warrants are being held by the sheriff.
Including J. C. Greenway, general man
ager of Calumet anil Arizona .Mining
?ompany.Gerald Sherman, chief con
lulting engineer. Copper Queen Mining
i-ompany. Dr. Sims, chairman state
dental board, are out of town and will
V arrested upon their return.
IfiS-MH IIP
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON. July 10. Aided by
a westerly wind that sometimes
reached a velocity of nearly forty miles
an hour, the British dirigible 11-34 to
night was well out over the Atlantic
nn the return trip to East Kortune,
Scotland, after a stay of S6 hours in
America. The last message from the
airship, received late today by the navy
Jepartment, gave her position at that
lime as 6Ti0 miles due east of Bar Har
bor, Maine, and more tl.an 1000 miles
from Mineola. Long Island, from which
she started last midnight.
The dirigible, according to wireless
reports, averaged more than 60 miles
an hour the first 15 hours of the flight
and at times the speed reached between
"5 and Sti miles an hour. The dirigible
Ihus was making bett-T time, than at
nny period of the flight to this side
of the Atlantic and if weather condi
lions remain favorable, naval officers
here believe the Jl-34 vvill see British
i-hores early Saturday.
The first word heard from the R-34
ifter the big dirigible left American
jhoreg this morning was a radio rare
lage sent at 4 a. in. givine the ship'
position as 130 miles due east from
Long Island. Direct ommunn-ation
was maintained with the navy depart
ment thereafter. At 10 a. m. a mes
sage said the dirigible wis then making
9 good 5S knots an ho-.ir, equivalent to
about 64 land miles. An hour later
(he R-34 signalled that the wind was
becoming stronger and tint the dirigi
ble' speed had reached SO. miles an
hour at times.
NEWS EPITOME
FOREIGN
Dual Soviets are near break, reports
from Basle indicate.
DOMESTIC
Wilson addresses congress on peace
treaty and league of nations cove
nant.
British Dirigible 4-34 makes good
speed on homeward cruise across
Atlantic.
Thousands attend New York meet
f ing and hear Valera, "president of
the Ir3h Republic," in his first
public address.
Forty-three more prominent Bisbee
citizens are arrested in connection
with deportations in 1917.
LOCAL
Alfonso Rios, found guilty of man
slaughter for killing of Tempo
watchman.
Phoenix dairymen raise price of B
grade milk to 14 cents a quart.
Mining property of state has value
of nearly half billion dollars.
Coroner's jury charges Glendale
murder to Felipe Solice, arrested
suspect, and his companion, yet at
liberty
DIRIGIBLE IKES
HASTE Off REIN
Dual Soviets '
Are Near Break
Dispatch Says
PARIS, July 10. High tension
between the Austrian and the
Hungarian governments is indi
cated in the dispatches received
here today from Vienna and Bu
dapest. The Austrian foreign
mnister, Dr. Otto Bauer, has de
manded the recall from Vienna of
the Hungarian minister.
Bela Kun, head of the Hungarian
soviet government, in return has
demanded the campaign against
the Hungarian legation at Vienna
be stopped. The dispatches report
supporters of Bela Kun are enter
ing Austrian territory.
BASLE, Switzerland, July 10.
Bela Kun, Hungarian soviet head,
according to a Budapest .dispatch,
has protested to the Austrian gov
ernment against what he terms a
press campaign against the Hun
garian legation at Vienna. He
asked satisfaction for the official
encouragement given the cam
paign. Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, July 10. President
Wilson today accepted the resignation
of Edward X. Hurley as chairman of
the shipping board, effective August 1.
It is understood that Mr. Hurley will
be succeeded by John Barton Payne of
Chicago, general counsel of the rail
road administration, whose nomination
as a member of the shipping board
was sent to the senate tcday.
' Both Mr. Hurley's letter of resigna
tion and the president's letter accept
ing it were dated July 10. In his letter,
Chairman Hurley sail:
"I feel that my own work has been
done. In handing you my resignation,
please let me express my heartfelt ap
preciation of your constant aid, counsel
and sympathetic co-operation. Your
leadership has been an inspiration to
all who uave served under you.''
President Wilson's letter said Mr.
Hurley "had served the country with
distinction in these difficult times."
"XTo one ever served his country's in
terests more devotedly than you did,"
the president continued, "and person
ally I am deeply grateful to you."
Mr. Hurley after three month's vaca
tion will become a business adviser to
small manufacturers and industrial op
erators. Mr. Hurley plans to have
headquarters in Chicago.
K. Marvin Underwood of Atlanta,
solicitor for the railroad administra
tion, was looked upon today as the
most probable successor to Mr. Payn"
as general counsel of the railroad ad
ministration. ANOTHER I15III
ESSAY ASSERTS SIVIODT
WASHINGTON', July 10. Senator
Smoot. republican, Utah, characterized
President Wilson's address to the sen
ate today as "another Wilsonian es
say, but not quite up to the stan
dard." Senator Harding, republican. Ohio.
a member of the foreign relations
committee, said the address was "the
appeal of the internationalist and ut
terly lasking in ringing Americanism."
Senator Moses, republican, New
Hampshire, declared the address to bo
"an appropriate description of the !
league of nations as an international i
'come on' game, andMt appears to me j
that any country that wishes to work
the international badger, game will
find in the league of nations the slid
ing panel with which to operate."
"It was a fine, comprehensive pre
sentation of the case," said Senator
Hitchcock, democrat, Nebraska. "It
was a dispassionate and convincing
statement of the reasons that led the
representatives of one billion people to
agree on its reorganization for the
world."
Senator McCumber, republican.
North Dakota, a supporter of the
league of nations, said the address was
"very impressive."
"The address." said Senator Swan
son, democrat, Virginia, "is magnifi
cent, able, eloquent and Inspiring. The
reasons presented for the ratification
of the treaty, including the league of
nations, were strong, cogent and un
answerable." "I think." said Senator Wlliams,
democrat, Mississippi, "that in breadth
bf vision, in height of humanitarian
ism, in fundamental world statesman
ship, and in delicacy of dove-tailel
Knglish, it is the greatest thing he has
ever uttered. His words are a fitting
close to hs magnificent, unselfish, and,
upon the whole, effective work at
Paris."
"I thought," said Senator Chamber
Iain, democrat, Oregon, "it was a
splendid address, covering the subject
concisely and in a way that will make
its way to the hearts of the American
people."
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PREMIUM ON MATRIMONY
CHICAGO, July 10. A premium is
p'aced on matrimony by S. W. Straus
and company, local bankers and brok
ers, who today announced a cash bonus
plan for employes who acquire wives
cr heirs
COMMANDER READ HONORED
NEW YORK. July 10. Lieutenant
Commander A. C. Read, commander of
the NC-4 in the pioneer air passage
cf-'uthe Atlantic, was . presented today
with the gold medal of the Aero Club
cf America, at a luncheon given in
honor of the commanders of the three
planes which took part in the historic
flight. The club's medals of merit
were conferred on' Commander J, H.
Towers, who commanded the flight,
nd Lieutenant Commander P. N. L.
Bellinger,
HURLEY PIS IS
SHIPPING BOARD S
II AUGUST 1ST
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
fj i in" inn s s
PRICKLW
THOUSANDS U
ST
Says Ireland Wants to Be
Free from Iron Rule of
British Justice Cohalan
Sounds Protest Against
League of Nations
Republican-.-, leased V.'ireJ
NEW YORK. July 10. An enormous
crowd attended a meeting tonight in
Madison Square Garden undr tee aus
pices of the Friends of Irish Freeriotn
at which Eamonn de Valera, "presi
dent of the Irish republic" was the
chief speaker. Twelve thousand men,
women and children forced their way
into the garden before the doors were
closed.
When Mr. de Valera was introduced,
wild cheering burst and the ovaiion
lasted fully 15 minutes. The uproar
was heard outside and the cheering
was taken up in the streets.
It was Mr. de Valera s first public
address in this city. Supreme Court
Justice Daniel F. Cohalan presided.
With the Irish president walked for
mer Governor Edward F. Dunne of
Illinois, Frank P. W'alsh, of Kansas
City, and Michael J. Ryan of Philadel
phia, who recently returned from
France after having, on behalf of Irish
ambitions, attempted to obtain a hear
ing at the peace conference for dele
gates representing the "Irish republic."
"League Is Mere Sham"
Justice Cohalan said the purpose of
the meeting was threefold: To pay
honor to the president of the "Irish
republic;" "to welcome home the
"Irish-American commissioners" and
to protest against the proposed league
of nations, "which is only an attempt
to foist on the world what is nothing
more than an Anglo-American al
liance." Bedlam broke loose when Mr. de Va
lera. flanked by standard bearers car
rying the flags of the United States
and "Irish republic." advanced to the
front of the platform to speak. Cries
of "de Valera, de Valera," thundered
across the auditorium.
"That is New York's recognition of
the Irish republic." said Mr. de Valera.
"The fathers of the Irish republic
were Orangemen, or rather were
Protestants," continued the speaker.
"I have not forgotten that the idea of
this republic was founded in the north
and I am certain that if England's
interfering hands were taken away,
the appearance of division would dis
appear.. And when I mention Belfast,
it will be news. I am sure, to New York,
to tell you that in that city there are
more Irish nationalists than in Cork.
Irish Want Their Country
"Irishmen want their country. It is
rightfully and lawfully theirs.
"Irishmen want their freedom: free
dom to live their own lives in their
own way, freedom to develop along
their own lines, freedom to express
their own national individuality in gov
ernment, trade, art and literature,
freedom-to raise their own institutions
in accord with their own genius; free
dom to come out once more into the
big world to share in its activities, to
act and be acted upon and to contrib
ute their quota to human achievement.
"And not least, freedom from the in
famous libel spread by the propaganda
of the English government in order to
hide the true nature of their rule in
Ireland, throw dust in the eyes of the
people and cover up the truth."
Resolutions were adopted denounc
ing the league of nations as "a device
to stifle the conscience of Christendom
by prohibiting any nation from taking
action to end atrocities perpetrated on
peoples held in subjection against
tneir will by an alien government" and
protesting against the league as "a
scheme to fasten upon the United
States the abhorrent task of maintain
ing the integrity of far flung posses
sions of the great empires of the
world," and demanding formal recog
nition of the "Irish republic" by the
United States.
FRENCH DELAY TREATY DEBATE
PARIS, July 10. Debate in the
chamber of deputies on the bill to rati
fy the peace treaty probably will begin
August L
BEU'SFIR
THE GREAT AMERICAN
Air Fleet Will
Patrol Arizona
Boundry Line
SAN DIEGO, Calf., July 10.
The Mexican border from the Pa
cific ocean to the Gulf of Mexico
will be patrolled from dawn to dusk
by military airplanes traveling at
an average height of 4,000 feet, it
was announced tonight by Colonel
Henry Arnold, aeronautical officer
of the western department of the
army. The aerial patrol will begin
as soon as the squadrons can be
organized.
Aviators from Rockwell and
Ream fields, near here, will patrol
the border from Tiajuana to Yuma,
and aviators from Ellington and
Kelly fields, Texas, will watch the
border from Yuma to Brownsville.
ce ens
EN 1 DONER CAR
STRIKE EARLY TODAY
DENVER, Colo., July ID. Denver's
street car strike will end tomorrow
morning. Unofficial reports from a
conference between Mayor Dewey C.
Bailey, his cabinet, and Charles Boett
scher, charman of the board of di
rectors of the Denver Tramway com
pany, said service would be resumed.
It was said the Tramway company
agreed to resume operation for ten
days on a five-cent fare, temporary re
lief to be granted at the end of that
time by the city council. This was
taken to mean that the six-cent fare
would be temporarily restored.
. Permanent settlement will be effect
ed during future conferences between
the tramway company and city offi
cials, it was said.
Tramway employes will be paid 48
cents an hour, the scale in vogue be
fore the reduction that brought the
strike Tuesday morning. Union lead
ers have said they would accept the
old scale pending arbitration. '
ICE PACT IS
TREATY, SAYS PATE
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PA,RIS, Wednesday, July 9 The
peace treaty with Germany, so far as
the military provisions are concerned,
is a "war treaty, not a peace treaty."
Deputy Henry Pate declared today in
a report to the committee of the cham
ber of deputies. The .provisions .re-
garding officers for the German army,
he said, would enable Germany easily
to get on a war footing.
Deputy Pate pointed out that Ger
many will have one officer for every
31'2 men, thus furnishing framework
for an army much superior to the 200.
000 provided in the treaty. In this force
young men trained in athletic assoeia
tions. he said, could easily be incor
porated. "This is not disarmament," the re
port says: "It is Germany on .a war
footing."
. The deputy's report concludes by de
claring that this "so-called disarma
ment will require ' France to remain
armed beyond all anticipation's."'
DUTCH DENY RUMOR
OF EX-PRINCE'S ESCAPE
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PARIS, July 10. The council of five
received today a reply from Holland in
answer to the council's inquiry regard
ing the reported escape from the Island
,of Wieringen of the former German
crown prince. The Dutch note, in what
was said to te rather curt terms,
pointed out that the rumor of the es
cape was unfounded and expresesd
surprise at the warning given by the
council.
The Dutch government, the reply
added, is conscious of its international
obligations and must be left free to
1 ezercise its sovereignty as it sees lit.
WAR
HOME
EDSEL FORD TAKES
BEHALFJF FATHER
Counsel for Tribune in One
Million Dollar Libel C,ase
Says Ford Profit Sharing
Plan is "Mere Humbug"
MT. CLEMENS, Mich.. July 10.
Edsel B. Ford, 25 years old, president
of the largest automobile company in
the world, son of Henry Ford, who,
having been characterized as an an
archist by the Chicago Daily Tribune,
is suing for $1,000,000 damages on a
charge of libel, appeared as a witness
in Judge Tucker's court today.
Other witnesses were Col. R. R. Mc
Cormick, president of the Tribune
company, and Ernest G. Leibold, gen
eral secretary to Henry Ford.
Mr. Ford's testimony dealt largely
with a financial statement of the Ford
Motor company, which was put into
the record over the objections of coun
sel for plaintiff, to show, Attorney El
liot G- Stevensen for the Tribune said,
that the "profit-sharnig" plan inaug
urated by the company in 1914, "was
mere humbug.'" Attorney Stevenson,
in examining the witness, said:
"You have been in Detroit continu
ously since 1915, except as business
called you away, or pleasure?" he
asked.
"Yes."
"You- are not a member of the na
tional guard?" .
"No, sir."
"Nor any military organization?"
"No, sir."
A financial statement of the earn
ings of the company in 1914 was iden
tified by the witness. His testimony
showed that in 1903 the Ford company
started with $50,000 in cash and Mr'.
Ford's model lor a cheap automobile. !
A $15,000 corporation was founded,
Mr. Ford holding 51 per cent of the
stock. In 1914 the financial statement
showed the net profits were $30,338,
454. Attorney Alfred Lucking of counsel
for Ford, objected to discussion of the
financial statement as irrelevant, and
Mr. Stevenson replied:
"They have been making a great deal
of Jheir so-called educational or soci
ological program and the division of
profits. My purpose is to show that
on $50,000. the actual capital invested,
the company earned $30,000,000 in
1914, and that therefore to call what
they give employes profit-sharing is
mere humbug."
Mr. Lucking entered another objec
tion, stating that plaintiff was willing
to admit prosperity.
"Opposing counsel has said that
there were plenty of profits. Well,
what of it?" said Mr. Lucking.
"The profit-sharing plan of' 1914
practically doubled tbe incomes of em
ployes. Mr. Ford gave them more than
rhe 'Tribune' ever 'gave, or other em
ployers, and is now setting an example
to the world."
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LEAGUE IS WITNESS
JACKSON. Minn., July 10. Fred B.
Wood of Minneapolis, former North
Dakota farmer and a member of the
Ndn-Partisan ' league's executive com
mittee of three, was the league's prin
cipal - witness this afternoon at the
conspiracy trial of A. C. Townley and
Joseph Gilbert, league officials.
Mr. Wood was the first man to jon
the organization, he said, and has been
closely connected with it since 1913..
After a. bitter argument, Wood was
allowed to testify regarding the draw
ing of the league's war resolutions at
tbe St. Paul convention in 1917, and
which have been attacked by the state
in this case.
The witness stated that, so far as
he knew, ; President Townley had
nothing to do with the resolutions.
This witness was preceded on the
stand by his son. Lieutenant Governor
Howard Wood of North Dakota. The
latter was not permitted to testifv re
garding a number of Townley speeches
not set lortn. in uie lmiir.tmnnt.
WITNESS
PHUEEB MEMBER 0
WILSON GIVES ACCOUNTING
FOR PART IN VERSAILLES
PEACE COVENANT PARLEY
Treaty and Its League of Nations Pact Laid Before Senate
in Address Describing Work of Delegates Marks
Opening of One of Most Bitter Fights Ever Conduct
ed Over Signing of Treaty Chief Executive With
holds French Treaty for Present
WASHINGTON, July 10. The peace
treaty with its league of nations
covenant was laid before the senate by
President Wilson today in an address
accounting to the country for his part
in the negotiations at Versailles.
The league, said the president was
born of the conviction of practical
statesmen that an international con
cert had become a world necessity to
end the old order and guarantee civili-,
zation.' He asserted that in such a
concert, the world looked confidently
to America for leadership, and added
that while the treaty might not be ex
actly as the American delegation would
have written it, no vital principle had
been sacrificed by the necessary com
promises. Hear Wilson in Grave Silence
The senate, already divided in a
bitter fight over the league proposal
received the president with cheers and
listened to his words in a grave silence.
When he had concluded there was an
other burst of cheering until he had
passed out of the chamber and had
gone to his capitol office, where he
talked for an hour with senators who
wished to ask about specific features
of the treaty or of the negotiations. In
these conferences, the president dis
cussed freely such subjects as the dis
position of Shantung, the indemnities
and Irish freedom. In his address, how
ever, there was no direct reference to
many of the questions around which
senate debate has centered, the presi
dent declaring he could not construe
details of the treaty in a short address.
He did not direct any mention to the
Monroe doctrine. Shantung or the obli
gations assumed under Article ten, of
the league covenant, nor did he allude
to the proposal to write reservations
into the ratification. He asserted a
hope that he would be given opportu
nity to discuss details later either with
the whole senate or the foreign relaions
committee.
Offers Services
"My services and all the information
I posses," said Mr- Wilson, "Will be at
your disposal and at the diposal of your
committee on foreign relations at any
time, either informally or in session, as
you prefer; and I hope that you will
not hesitate to make use of them."
Amerian isolation, the president as
serted, was ended 20 years ago when
the Spanish-Amerian war put the na
tion in partial control of Cuba and the
Philippines.
"But we have not exploited them,"
he continued. "We have been their
friends and have sought to serve them.
There can be no question of our ceas
ing to be a world power. The only
question is whether we can refuse the
moral leadership that is offered us,
whether we shall accept or reject the
confidence of the world.
"The stage is set, the destiny dis
closed. It has come about by no plan
of our conceiving, but by the hand of
God who has led us into this way. We
cannot turn back. We can only go for
ward, with lifted eyes, and freshened
spirit, to follow the vision."
Alluding to the skepticism with
which the plan for a league of nations
was received, the president said that,
as the peace negotiations proceeded, it
became apparent to all the delegates
that such a concert was "a practical
necessity." demanded "by all the peo
ples of the world." For the United
States to reject it. he asserted, "would
break the heart of the world.'" Point
ing out that any minor compromises
were necessary to secure the support
of all the interested nations, he con
tinued: "The treaty, as a result, is not ex
actly what we would have written.
It is probably not what any one of
the national delegates would have
written. But results were worked out
which on the whole bear test. I think
that it will be found that the com
promises which were accepted as in
evitable nowhere cut to the heart of
any principle."
Orders Treaty Published
In disregard of precedent, the senate
received the address in open session,
and afterward ordered that the treaty
be published in. the Congressional
Record and as a public document.
The galleries were overflowing and
crowds unable to obtain admission
waited in the rain to cheer the presi
dent when he arrived and departed.
Many members of the house crowded
into the rear of the senate chamber
and most of the members of the cabi
net were seated near the vice-president's
desk.
Speaking from the platform from
which. 30 months ago. he astounded
the world with his first declaration
for a league of nations, the president
read his address siowly and in a clear
voice. His manuscript, typewritten on
small pages, he held in his left hand,
and with his right he punctuated his
utterances with an occasional gesture.
Before him on the vice-president's
desk lay the treaty, brought by him in
person from Versailles.
No Attempt at Oratory
There was no attempt at oratory and
no applause interrupted the address.
Nearly every senator was in his seat
and all listened attentivey. Afterward
his supporters were unstinted in their
praise for the president's words, while
those opposed either declined to com
ment or declared he had dealt only in
unsatisfactory generalities. In his
talks afterward with league supporters
the president was said to have dis
cussed at length the Shantung and
Irish questions. He was quoted as say
ing he was not satisfied with the treaty
provision giving Shantung to Japan,
but as declaring there was an informal
understanding among the peace dele
gates that eventually Japan must
make an acceptable agreement with
China in the matter. He expressed
confidence that Japan would deal
rightly in the final settlement. '
Discussing the failure of the peace
conference to receive the represen
tives of the Irish -American represen
tatives of Irsh freedom, Mr. Wilson
was said to have told senators that the
representatives had so identified them
selves with the revolutionary element
in Ireland that it became impossible
to receive them. He was quoted as
saying that both he and David Lloyd
George, the British premier, would "be
I anxious to arrange lor a hearimj.
Opposed Indemnity Plan
The decision not to bind Gcrman
to a definite indemnity, the president
was reported to have said, was re.achei;
over his protest. He was quoted 8fc
saying he consented to the indeterm
inate plan to help Premier Lloyd
George over domestic obstacles. It
was said the question of Fiume was
not mentioned.
In talking to the senators the presi
dent was said to have taken a firm
stand against any reservations in tht
senate'.) ratification of the treaty. It
was asserted he would not be disposed
kindly even toward interpretated reser
vations to make the senate's position
clear, pointing out that there always
might be doubt as to whether any par
ticular reservation really were inoccu
ous, or would vitate some league prin
ciple. The president aiso was quoted
as saying he believed a two-thirds ma
jority would be necessary to write any
reservations into the ratification reso
lution, but it was said afterward that
he probably meant that the reserva
tions, once a part of the resolution
would have to have the support of
two-thirds of the senators to secure
action when the ratification vote was
taken.
Among senate leaders, the impres
sion has been that only a simple ma
jority would be required to amend the
ratification resolution and the presi
dent's reported statement met a sharp
denial from opposition senators who
cited a senate rule providing that in
considering treaties two-thirds shall
be required for ratification but only a
majority on aH other "motions and
questions" involved.
War Stipulation Unnecessary
Regarding the proposed reservations
under which the senate would declare
the nation could not enter war under
article 10 without a war declaration
by congress. Mr. Wilson was reported
to have declared such a stipulation
unnecessary. He was quoted as saying
that the constitutional inability of the
United States to make war without a
congressional declaration was one of
the reasons why the league council was
authorized only to "advise" as to the
steps to be taken.
In all, the president's visit to the
capitol occupied less than two hour.-.
Arriving shortly after noon he went
to his office adjoining the senate
chamb?r and at 12:13 was escorted to
the vice president's desk by the five
senior members of the foreign rela
tions committee. The applause fol
lowing his appearance had continued
for two minutes when Vice President
Marshall rapped for order and the
president began speaking.
The address required 39 minutes ami
at its conclusion while the senate and
galleries' stood and applauded, he was
escorted from the chamber by the spe
cially designated foreign relations
members. He left for the White House
at 1:45 p. m.
Mrs. Wilson and the president's
daughter, Miss Margaret Wilson, were
in the gallery during the address. The
French ambassador. Jules J. Jusser
and, dean of the diplomatic corps, had
tbe unusual privilege of a seat in the
president's section, and many other
foreign diplomats were in the diplo
matic gallery.
Senate Adjourns to Monday
After the president finished speak
ing the senate adjourned until Monday,
when the ratification deb-Tee will be
gin. The foreign relations committee
also will meet Monday to begin con
sideration of the treaty.
Text of Address
"The United States entered the war
by a different footing from every other
nation except our associates on this
side of the sea. We entered it, no'
because our material interests were di
rectly threatened or because any spec
ial treaty obligations to which we were
parties had been violated, but only be
cause we saw the supremacy and even
the validity of right everywhere put in
jeopardy, and free government likely to
be everywhere imperiled by the intol
erable aggression of a power which
respected neither right nor obligation,
and whose Very system of government
flouted the rights of the citizens as
against the autocratic authority of his
governors. And in the settlements of
the peace we have sought no special
reparation for ourselves, but only the
restoration of right and the assurances
of liberty everywhere that the effects
of the settlement were to be felt We
entered the war as disinterested champ
ions of right and we interested our
selves in the terms of the peace in no
other capacity. The hopes of the na
tions allied against the central powers
were at a very low ebb when our sol
diers began to pour across the sea.
"There was everywhere amongst
them, except in their stoutest spirits, a
sombre foreboding- of disaster. The
war ended in November, eight months
ago, but you have only to recall whai
was feared in mid-summer last, four
short months before the armistice, to
realize what it was that our timely
aid accomplished alike for their morale
and their physical safety. That first,
never-to-be-forgotten action at Cha
teau Thierry had alrealy taken platv.
Our redoubtable soldiers and marines
had already closed the gap the enemy
had succeeded in opening for their ad
vance upon Paris had clready turned
the tide of battle back towards th.
frontier of France, and begun the rour
that was to save Europe and the world.
Thereafter the Germans were to be
always forced back, were never to
thrust successfully forward again. And
yet there was no confident hope. Anx
ious men and women, leading spirits
of France, attended the celebration of
the Fourth of July last year in Parte
out of generous courtesy with no
heart for festivity, little :test for hope.
But they came away with something
new in their hearts: they have them
selves told us so. The mere sight of
our men of their vigor, of the confi
dence that showed itself in every
movement of their stalwart figures and
every turn of their swinging march, in
their steady comprehending eyes and
easy discipline, in the indominitable
air that added spirit to everything
they did made every one who saw
them that memorable day realize that
.something had happened that wa.
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