CONGRESSIONAL ADDRESS.
REASONS FOR ATTENDING PEACE CONFERENCE. (By Tel. — United Press Association.}. Received. December 4 at 7 p.m. WASHINGTON. December 4. President Wilson, in his address to Congress, concluded : — My reasons for attending the Peace Conference are that the- Allied Governments accepted as the basis of peace the points outlined on January Bth last i' '*»r note to the Central Empires. T"uey also have a very reasonable des re for my personal counsel in the interpretation and. applicat on of those points. It is hijrh-y desirable that I should give it, in order that -the sincere desire of our Government to contribute its aid Avithout selfish purpose, and to lead. to settlements that will be of common benefit to all nat ons concerned, may be made fully manifest, I shall make my absence as brief as possible, and hope to return with the happy assi. nee that it has been poss bib » t.-tfis ate into action the great ideals for Avhich Amer ca has striven.' '
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Grey River Argus, 5 December 1918, Page 3
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