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The President Gives an Accom Crowded Senate; Received \ ! And Heard Wtih GREATER PART OF A0DRE5S DE Succinctness Rather Than Verb of the Address Which Will G of the Most Remarkable , I I, Washington.-President Wilson laid (the peacotreaty with Germany before . ] "the senate without attempt to explain 1 j fits specific terms. His address, which 11 ?required 40 minutes for delivery, was I ' ?devoted almost wholly to the league, j of nations. - American isolation, the president j < Isaid, ended 20 years ago at the close i 'of the war with Spain. Fear of Amer- j ncan motives now also had ended, he 1 ideclared. : "There can be no question of our 'ceasing to be a world power," said , [Mr. Wilson. "The only question ls j j ?whether we can refuse the moral lead- ' I .. .ership that is offered us, whether we ? * ?shall accept or reject the confidence ?o fthe world." . , The war and the peace conference i In Ijis opinion, the president said, ha? ] 'already answered that question, "and j [nothing but our mistaken action cac , Alter it." i ' After the end of the great war. I the president said, "every enlightened ? * judgment demanded that, at whatevei ! j cost of independent action, every gov j 'ernment that took thought for. its i rpeople, or for justice or for ordered * tfreedom, should lend itself to a new j purpose and utterly destroy the old i y [Order of international politics." ' Text of Address. < ; President Wilson, in presenting the 1 3>eac6 tre?ty and the league of na 1 ?t?ons to the senate, spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Senate: * " The treaty of peace with German? ; * "was signed at Versailles on. the 28th ' of June. I avail myself of the earlies! 1 opportunity to lay the treaty before ? % you for ratification and to inform yoi: < with regard to the work of the confer . ..eace 'by which that treaty was forn.u- < ?latid. ? The treaty constitutes nothing less 1 ?than a world. settlement. It would ! not be possible for me either to sun; mirize or to construe its manifold 1 provisions in an address which mus? ! ut necessity be something less thar ' a treatise. My services and all the ' ?information I possess will be at your ! disposal and at the disposal of your 1 committee on foreign relations at anj 1 time, either informally or in session, . as you may prefer; and I hope that 1 you will not hesitate to make use o' them. I shall at this time, prior tc your own study of the document at 1 .tempt only a general characterization of its scope and purpos?. 5 In one sense, r*o doubt, there is nc 1 need that I should report to you what 1 .was attempted and done at Pam. 1 You have been daily cognizant ol 1 whfft v. :is goin? on there-ot the prob lems with Which the peace conference ? .had to deal and of the difficulty o? 1 laying down straight lines of settle 1 anent anywhere on a field on which - The old lines of international relation * shir, and the new alike followed sc 1 dr.tricate a pattern and were, for the } tmost part, cut so deep by historical < circumstances which dominated ac < lion where it would have been best 1 to ignore or reverse them. The cross i currents of politics and of interest 1 must have been evident to you. It 1 would be presuming in me to attempt i to explain the questions which arose 1 'or the many diverse elements that en- i tered into them. I shall attempt i something less ambitious than that < (and more clearly suggested by my < -duty to report to the Cor gres? the i ?part it seemed necessary for my col- 1 leagues and me to play as the repre sentatives of the government of the I United States. ' -, That part was dictated by the role j America had played in the war ai?d ' |by the expectations that has been ' created in the minds of the peoples 1 ?with whom we had associated our- ' pelves in that great struggle. The United States entered the war ' ?pon a different footing from every ' (Other nation except our associates on ' this side of the sea. We entered it, 1 not because our material interests ' -were directly threatened or because 1 any special treaty obligations to which we were parties had been violated. 1 (but only because we saw the suprem- 1 ficy, and even the validity ,of right leverywhere put in jeopardy and free : government likely to be everywhere imperilled by the intolerable r0'gres fiion ot a power which respected ' perthcr right nor obligation and whose prery system of government flouted the Rights of t2ie citizens as against the TN LEAGUE BEFORE THE SENATE at of His Stewardship Before Vitt Tumultuous Applause, Rapt Attention. VOTED TO LEAGUE OF NAT?GNS osity Marked the Composition o Down Into History as One Documents of Any Age. autocratic authority of its governors. And in the settlement of the peace we- have sought no specia^ reparation Tor ourselves, but only the restoration !>f right and the assurance of liberty everywhere that the effects of the settlement were to be felt. We en tered the war as disinterested cham pions of right and we interested our selves in the terms of the peace in r-o other capacity. The hopes of the nations allied, ipsinst the central powers were at a very low ebb when our soldiers began :o pour across the sea. There was everywhere amongst them, except in their stoutest spirits. * sombre foreboding of disaster. The ?.ar ended In November, eight months igo. but you have only to recall what was feared in midsummer 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. The first, never-to-be-forgotten action at Chateau Thierry, had already taken place. Our redoubtable soldiers and marines had already closed the gap the enemy had succeeded in opening 'or their advance upon Paris-had al ready turned the tide of battle back towards the frontiers of France and segun the rout that was to save Eu rope and the world. Thereafter the 3-eymans were to be always forced back, were never to thrust success tally forward again. And yet, there ?ras no confident hope. Anxious men md women, leading spirits of France, itt.ended the celebration of the Fourth of July last year in Paris out of gen erous courtesy-with no heart for festivity, little zest for hope. But they came away/ with something new at their hearts; they have themselves told us so. The mere sight of uor men-of their vigor, of the confidence that showed itself in every movement sf their stalwart figures and every turn ?Sf their swinging march, in their steady comprehending eyes and easy ?iscipline. in the indomitable air that added spirit to everything they did made every one who saw them that remarkable day realize that something dad happened that was much more than a mere incident In the fighting, something very different from the mere arrival of fresh troops. A great moral force had flung itself into the struggle. The fine physical force of these spirited men spoke of some thing more than bodily vigor. They carried the great ideals of a free peo ple at their, hearts and with that vision were unconquerable. Their very presence brought reassurance; their fighting made victory certain. They were recognized as crusaders and as their thousands swelled tc millions their strength was seen tc mean salvation. And they were fit men ;o carry such a hope and make good the assurance it forecast. Finer men never went into battle: ind their' officers were worthy of mern. This is not the occasion upon which to utter an eulogy of the armies \meriea sent to France, but perhaps, rfnce I am speaking of their mission : may speak also of the pride I shared with every American who saw or lealt with them there. They were the >ort of men America would wish t~ slain as fellow countrymen and com rades in a great cause. They were ;errible In battle, and gentle and help .'ul out of it. remembering the mothers md the sisters, the wives and the lit ?le children at home. They were free nen under arms, not forgetting their deals of duty in the midst of tasks yt violence. I am proud to have had he privilege of being associated with nen and of calling myself their eader. ( But I speak now of what they meant to the men by -whose sides they !ought and to the people with wborr hey mingled with such utter simplie ty, as friends who asked only to be )t service. They were for all tho risible embodiment of America. Wha* .hey did made America and all that ;he stood for a living reality in tho houghts t not only of the people of Prance, but also of tens of millions ;f Bien and women throughout all thc Lollir.g nations _of a world stand Inp ?^erywhere in peril of its freedom ard sf the loss of everything it held dear, n deadly fear that its "bonds were never to he loosed, its hopes forever to be mocked and disappointed. And the compulsion of what they stood for was upon us who represent cd America at the peace table. I", was our duty to see to it that every decision we took part in contributed so far ea we were able to influence lt, to quiet the fears and realize thc !iopes of the peoples who had been wtih the principies agreed upon the basis of the peace, as well as * the practical possibilities of the int national situations which had to faced and dealt with as facts. I shall presently have occasion lay before you a special treaty w France, whose object is the tem rary protection of France from i provoked aggression by the pov with whom this treaty of peace ] been negotiated. Its terms link with the treaty. I take the liber however, of reserving it for spec explication on another occasion. The role which America was play in the conference seemed det mined, as I have said, before my c leagues and I got to Paris-det mined by the universal cxpectatic of the nations whose repr?sent?tT drawn from all quarters of the jlo we were to deal with. It was univ sally recognized that America had < tered the war to promote no privj or peculiar interest of her own \ only as the champion of rights wh: she was glad to share with free m and lovers of justice everywhere. 1 had formulated the principles up which the settlement was to be ma -the principles upon which thc i mistice had been agreed to and t parleys of peace undertaken-and . one doubted that our desire was see the treaty of peace formul?t along the actual lines of those pri ciples-and desired nothing else. "V were welcomed as disinterest friends. We were resorted to as arl ters in many a difficult matter, was recognized that our aid would indispensable in the days to come. We were generously accepted the unaffected champions of wh was right! It was a very r?sponsic role to play; but I am happy to r port that the fine group of Amei cans who helped with their expe advice sought in every transacts to justify the high confidence ii posed in them. And that confidence, it seems me, is the measure of our opportun! and of our duty in the days to com in which the new hope of the peopL of the world is to be fulfilled or di appointed. The fact that America the friend of the nations, whethi they be rivals or associates, is no ne fact; it is only the discovery of by the rest of the world that is nei America may be said to have jil reached her majority as a world pov er. It was almost exactly 21 yea] ago that the results of the war wit Spain put us unexpectedly in posse sion of rich islands on the other sic of the world and brought us into a: sociation with other governments i the control of the West Indies, j was regarded as a sinister and om nous thing by the statesmen of moi than one European chancellory thf we should have extended our powei beyond the confines of our continents dominions. They were accustomed to think c new neighbors as a new menace, c rivals as watchful enemies. Ther were persons amongst us at hom who looked with deep disapprovt and avowed anxiety on ?uch exter sions of our national authority ove distant islands and over people whom they feared we might exploi not serve and assist. But we hrvy been their friends and have sought t serve them. And our dominion' ha been a menace to no ethe:- nation.;\. redeemed our honor to the ui...._ in our dealings with Cuba.. S':c : weak, but absolutely free; and it i her trust in us that makes her free Weak peoples everywhere stand read; to give us any authority amonj them that will assure, thejii a jik friendly oversight ?md direction. The; know that there is no ground fo: fear in receiving us as their mentor and guides. Our isolation was ende< 20 years ago; and now fear of us ii ended also, our counsel and associa tion sought after and desired. Then can be no question of our ceasing t( be a world power. The only questior is whether we can refuse the mora leadership that is offered us, whethei we shall accept or reject the confi "dence of the world. The war and the conference oi peace now sitting in Paris seem tc me to have answered that question, Our participation in the war estab lished our position among the na tions and vot'ung but our own mis taken actio:, can alter it. It was not an accident or a matter of sudden choice that we are no longer isolated and devoted to a policy which has only our own interest and advantage for its object. It was our duty to go in, if wo were indeed the champions of liberty and of right. We answered to the call of duty in a way so spirited, so utterly without thought of what we spent of blood or treas ure, so effective, so worthy of the admiration of true men everywhere, so wrought: out of the stuff of all that was heroic, that the whole world saw at last, in the flesh, in noble action, a great ideal asserted and vindicated by a nation they had deemed material and now found to be compact of the spiritual forces that must free men of every nation from every unworthy bondage. It is thus that a new role and a new responsi bility have come to this great nation that we honor and which we would all wish to lift to yet higher levels of service and achievement. 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 led us into this war. We cannot turn back. We can only go forward, with lifted eyes and freshened spirit, to follow the vision. It was of this that we dreamed at our birth. 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