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. .ftt'M'My dear Senator Hitchcock I un-
.rajpirsUnd that one or two of your col-
' wpJNiucs do me tho Iionor of desiring to
Mow what my yIows are with reference
t' Article X of tho League of Nations
' ad the effect upon the league of the
adoption of certain proposed reservn-
tlourf to that article. I welcome the
epportunity. to throw any light I can
'upon a subject which has becotuo ho
singularly beclouded by misapprcheu
Ions nnd misinterpretations of every
kind.
J
., "Thero la no escaping tho moral ob
Iffatlons which aro expressed in posl
Ito terms in this article of the cove
Twnt. We won a moral victory over
Germany far greater even than tho
military victory won on the field of
battle, because the opinion of the whole
World swung to our support and the
Support of the nations associated with
us in the great struggle. It did so
because of our common profession nnd
promise that we mennt to establish 'an
organization of peace which should
make It certain thnt the combined power
of free nations would check every in
vasion of right and scivo to make
peace nnd justice tho more secure by
affording a definite tribunal of opinion
to which all must submit and by which
every international readjustment thai
cannot be amicably agreed upon bv the
peoples directly concerned shall be
sanctioned.'
"This promise nnd nssuranee were
Written into the preliminaries of the
rmistice and Into the preliminaries of
the peace itself, and constitute one of
the mot sacred obligations ever as
sumed by nny nation or body of no
tions. It is unthinkable that Amerisa
nhould set the example of ignoring such
a, solemn moral engagement.
"Pledges to Soldiers"
"For raj-sclf I feel I could not look
the soldiers of our gallant armies In
'tie face again if I did not do cvery
tuing In my power to remove every
obstacle that lies in the way of the
adoption of this particular article of
the covenant, because we made theso
pledges to them as well as to the rest;
or tne worm, ami n wns to uus cause
effect by the representatives of indi
vidual powers, and thoso 'reservations'
were invariably received in the way in
which men who have met for business
and not for talk always receive acts
of sompu'ous supererogation, listened
to with indifferent silence, as such men
listen to what is u matter of course
and was not necessary to say.
"There can be no objection to ex
plaining again whnt our constitutional
method is and, that our Congress alone
can declare war or determine the" causes
or occasions for war. nnd that it
alone enn authorize the use of the
armed forces of the United States on
laud or on sea. But to make such n
declaration would certainly be a work
of supererogation.
Called Virtual Nullification
"I nm sorry to say that the reserva
tions that have come under my notice
aro almost without exception not In
terpretations of tho articles to which
It Is proposed to attnch them, but in
effect lrtual imlllllcations of thoso
articles.
"Any reservation which tccks to de
prive the League of Nations of tho
force of Article X cuts at tho very heart
nnd life of tho covenant itself. Any
League of Nations which does not guar
antee ns a matter of incontestable right
the political independence and integrity
of each of its members might be hardly
more than a futile scrap of paper, us
ineffecthe in operation as the agree
ment between Belgium and Gcrranny
which the Germans violated In 1014.
Article X as written into the treaty of
Versailles represents the renunciation
by Great Britain nnd Japan, which
before the war had begun to find so
many interests in common in tho
Pucilic ; by France, by Italy, by all the
great fighting powers of the world of
the old pretensions of political con
quest and territorial nggrnndlzemcnt.
It is n new doctrine In the world's af
fairs, nnd must be recognized or thero
is no secure basis for the peace which
the whole world so longingjy desires
nnd so desperately needs.
"If Article X Is not ndoptcd and
acted upon the governments which re
ject it will, I think, be guilty of bad
iaun 10 weir peopio wnom they in-
old order of force and aggression. They nations, but If in response to tho unl
wlll bo acting also in bad faith to the vcrsal cry of the masses everywhero
opinion of tho world at largo, to which thero is to bo one, he Is interested to
they appealed for support in a con- secure one suited to his own purposes,
ccrtcd stand against the aggressions ono that will permit him to continue
and pretensions of Germany. I the historic game of pawns and
"If we were to reject Article X ori peoples the juggling of provinces, tho
so to weaken It ns to tako its full force old balances of power and the inevlt-
out of it, it would mark us as desiring noio wars aucnuant upon incse tmngs.
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liv iWtnril tlipmselves ilevoted in a uuceu to make the indefinite sacrifices
spirit of crusaders. I should be for-' pf the war by' the pledge that they would
ever unfnlthful to them if I did not do
ray utmost to muni tne nigu purpose .
for which they fought. '
"I think, my dear senator, we can
dismiss from our minds the idea that ,
It Is necessary to stipulate, in connec
tion with Article X the constitutional
methods we should use in fulfilling our
obligations under it. Wo gain nothing
by such stipulations and sectiro nothing
which is not already bceurcd. It was
understood, as a matter of course, at !
the conference in Paris, that whatever
obligations any government assumed,
or whatever duties it undertook undr
the treaty would, of course, have to
be fulfilled by its usual and established
' constitutional methods of action. Onec
or twice in meetings of the conference,
"when the treaty was under considera
tion, 'reservations" were mude to that
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Turkish Baths
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e'n cot a completely cqtilppril de
partment for Turkluli Ilntlm, Klvrtrle
Satin, Shower Baths ami Masna? I
Juit the place tor ;ou to boll out the
carts of a busy day.
Graduate attendants In charge, 1'rlTute
locker and lounging room. j
Open for Inspection at any time. j
be fighting to redeem the world from the
to return to the old world of Jealous
rivalry nnd misunderstandings from
which our gallaut soldiers have rescued
us, nnd would leave us without any
vision or new conception of Justice and
peace. We will have learned no lesson
from tho war, but gained only tne re-
n-ror thnt It lin.l Invnlvnil lis 111 Its tnaCl
strom of suffering. If America has
awakened as the rest of the world has
to the vision of a new day in which tho
mistakes of the pnst are to uu cor
rected, It will welcome the opportunity
to share tho responsibilities of Ar
ticle X.
"Wrong Ambitions Renounced"
"It must not bo forgotten, Senator,
that this article constitutes n renun
ciation of wrong ambition on the part
of powerful nations with whom we wcro
associated In the war. It Is by no means
certain that without this article any
such renunciation will take place. Mil
itaristic ambitions nnd Imperialistic
policies aro by no means dead even In
the councils of the nations whom we
most trust and with whom we moat
desire to be nssocinted in the taks of
peace. Throughout the sessions of the
conference in Paris it was 'ident thnt
a militaristic party under tho most In
fluential leadership was seeking to gain
ascendancy in the counsels of Trance.
They were defeated then, but arc In
control now. The chief arguments ad
aneed In Paris In support of tho Ital
ian claims on the Adriatic were stra
tegic arguments, thnt is to say, mili
tary arguments, which had nt their
back the thought of naval supremacy
in that sea. For my own part I nm as
intolerant of imperialistic designs on
the pnrt of other nntions a3 I was of
such designs on the part of Germany.
"Tho choice. is between two ideals!
On the one hnnd, the ideal of democ
racy, which represent the rights of
free peoples everywhero to govern
themselves; and on the other hand
the Ideals of imperialism which seels to
dominate by force and unjust power;
nu ideal whicli Is by no means (lend
and which is earnestly held in many
quarters still. Every Imperialistic In
fluence in Europe was hostile to the
embodiment of Article X in the coven
ant of tho Leugue of Nations, and its
defeat now would mark the complete
consummation of their efforts to nulli
fy tho treaty. I hold the doctrine of
Article X to be the essence of Ameri
canism. We cannot repudiate it or
weaken it without at the same time re
pudiating our own nrinciples.
"The imperialist wants no league of
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The reservation proposed would
perpetuate the old order. Docs any
one really want to see the old game
played again? Can any one really ven
ture to take part in reviving tho old
order? The enemies of a league of
nations have by very truo instinct cen
tered their efforts against Article X,
for it is undoubtedly tho foundation of
the whole structure. It is the bulwark,
and the only bulwark, of the rising
democracy of tho world against the
forces of imperialism and renctiou.
"Either we should enter tho league
fearlessly, accepting the responsibility
and not fearing the rold of leadership
which wo now enjoy, contributing our
efforts toward establishing a just and
permanent peace, or wo should retire as
gracefully as posslblo from the gtcat
concert of powers by which the world
was saved. For my own part, I am
not willing to trust to the counsel of
diplomats the working out of nny salva
tion of the world from tho things which
it has suffered.
"I believe thnt when the full signifi
cance of this great question has been
generally apprehended, obstacles will
seem Insignificant before opportunity, a
great nnd glorious opportunity, to con
tribute our overwhelming moral and
material forco to tho establishment of
on international regime in which our
own ideals of justice nnd right may be
made to prevail and the nations of tho
word would be allowed n peaceful de
velopment undcrconditions of order and
Bafety hitherto Impossible.
"I need not say, senator, thatl havo
given a great Ideal of thought' to the
whole matter of reservations proposed In
connection with the ratification of the
treaty, and particularly that portion of.
tho treaty which contains tho covenant
of the Lcaguo of Nntions, und I have
been struck by tbo fact that practically
every so-called reservation was In effect
a rather sweeping 'nullification of the
terms of the treaty itself. I hear of
rcservatlonlsts and mild rcscrvatlonists,
but I cannot understand tho difference
between n nulllfler and a mild milliner.
Our responsibility as a nation In this
turning point of history is an over
whelming ono, nnd If I had tho oppor
tunity I would beg every ono concerned
to consider tho matter in tho light of
what It is possible to accomplish for
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"If I have been truly Informed con
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leagues to know my views In this mat
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"Cordially and sincerely jojfts,
"WOODItOW WILSON."
"Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
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United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
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Equipped for Building Concrete Ships at
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Sealed bids will bo received until 11 o'clock A. M., April 7th,
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