AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, 3 December 1918, Page 5

AMERICA.

| . I WILSON'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS ! APPEALS FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE. \ Receive d 10.35 a.m. j WASHINGTON, Dec 2. | President Wilson, addressing ConI gress, appealed again for the endorsc- ! ment' of woman suffrage because of splendid work women had done during the war. After asserting he had no private object in going to Franqe, Mr. Wilson added: "It is now my duty to play a full part in making j good what American soldiers offered their life blood to obtain. It is pos- ! sible now to outline a reconstruction j programme, but it will be necessary Ito levy six thousand million dollars | in 1919. The President said: We seek a peace based on international justice rather than on domestic safety. We expect a treaty of peace by the spring. The nations having accepted my principles, it is my duty to see there is no false or misleading interpretation placed on # them. : Representative William Rodenberg introduced in thq House a resolution declaring President Wilson's trip fo Europe disqualifies him from actlrTg in his Presidential capacity during his absence.--