Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Since the treaty and the Covenant for the League of Nations has been repudiated by the Senate, it is returned to President Wilson, and, as he is chief mover of the document, it is inconceivable that he will not resubmit it to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in whose hands the fate of the treaty really lies in the course of the next few months. However, before Wilson resubmits the pact, it is only logical that he announce a policy of compromise liberal enough to assure the measure some chance of success. But once in the hands of the committee...
...heart of the treaty,' says President Wilson, 'is the agreement of all the countries to stand together in upholding the territorial integrity of the fellow-members of the League.' Now, if the United States, one of the members, perhaps the greatest, decides to remain out of the compact, one of the principal features of the League, that of unified and overwhelming power, is shattered...
...However, they proceeded further and further until steps toward compromise were impossible in the tangle in which they had enmeshed themselves. The close of the session was upon them. When Senator Hitchcock had plunged his side into such difficulty that he wished the aid of the President, he found Wilson sick. Thus the vote was taken after action had gone so far that compromise was impracticable, and defeat naturally resulted...
...University Team--C. J. Young '21, C. L. Wilson '20, S. K. Bolton '21, A. Rotch '21, R. Currier '22, A. L. Jacobs '22, S. Wheatland '21, W. B. Darling '22, W. H. Kenyon '21, W. G. Cutter '22; substitute, D. P. Wheatland...
Sane, constructive and without political bias is the President's message to Congress. Its clear, common-sense views on the conditions of the country should convince the gossip-mongers that Woodrow Wilson is far from being a back number...