PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY
WILSON ADDRESS DISCUSSED BY SENATE
THE DANGER TO THE UNITED
STATES.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTIUMAN-NKW ZEALAND CABLB ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 31, 1.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, 30th January. Mr. Lewis, the Democratic whip, has introduced a resolution in the Senate declaring that nothing in President Wilson's address implies the abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine or the intention of sending American forces to foreign soil except in the defence of American interests. Mr. M'Cumber (Republican) introduced a resolution which stated that while the Senate does not favour crushing any belligerent it also does not favour peace without victory. Mr. Cummins (Progressive Republican), in a speech in the Senate, said that if President Wilson's plan was adopted the United States would be constantly engaged in wars in which she was not interested or in rebellion against alien authority, which the President sought as tbo world's overlord. (Received January 31, 1.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, 30th January: • The Senate luis tabled.Mr. Cummins's resolution demanding a debate on the President's address.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 27, 31 January 1917, Page 8
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168PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 27, 31 January 1917, Page 8
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