Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1921, Page 3

* WILSON AS DANIELS SAW HIM " “WITH CABINET IN WAR CRISIS “] Want to Do Right,” President Said.| ‘Opening Tense Sessions That Led to Break With Germany. BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Former Secretary of the Navy. ARTICLE 2. B *I want to do right, whether it Is popular or not.” The words fell solemnly and delib- erately from the lips of President ‘Wilson as his eyes searched the souls of ‘the grave-faced men gatheréd about the eabinet table. Already the clamor and counter- clamor was rising from the country. The sympathies and prejudices of men were finding voice; passions were ‘Deing stirred to utterance. The echo of the tumult could not be excluded | mind. wholly from the cabinet room. Each * of us felt the vibration of popular sentiment and demand; each of (us needed the steadying words of our great leader. I give them the place of promi- nence in this article, which is to tell the story of two momentous pre-war cabinet ‘meetings, because I believe they express, better than anything I could say, the spirit and attitude of ‘Woodrow Wilson fram the first days of America’s crisis to the hour when he resigned the cares of office. It is my conviction, as a result of close association with him in times of | supreme stress, that in every great question the principle embodied in his simple but profound utterance con- trolled the course he ultimately de- cided to take. When he made up his mind that a thing was right, that it be done, he did it, regardless of its effect on his party or his per- *somal fortunes. “Man for the Job.” His critics say that he made mis- ‘He may have made some; yet 1 doubt if any other -man of our gen- eration in his_position would have made as few. When he stepped from the White House a few weeks ago ome of his bitterest newspaper critics, referring to his leadership duting the ‘war years, said of him, “He was the man for the war.” Even his bitterest enemies cannot question his motives of his purity of purpose. I can say without reserva- tion that during the entire eight ; years of his administration. I have never known of a singfe instance in ? which he did net act in’ accordance with his convictions. It has always been his custom not to ask, “Is this , popular?” but “Is it right?" As I intimated in my first article, the Navy was ready for mobilization ‘within twenty-four hours after Bern- storff had delivered his U-boat ulti- matum—in effect it was that—to the State Department. The word had gone to eyery ship and station Thursday, February 1. A cabinet meeting was called for the afternoon of Friday, February 2. As we assembled not one of us failed to realize the significance of the occasion. The hour had come for a tremendous decision. The time for negotiation and parley was at an end. This conviction, I be¥ieve, was in the soul of every man who rose to greet the President when he entered the room. The solemnity of the moment had intensified the austerity which those who do not know him mistakenly suppose to be his prevailing humor. As 1 shall show later, Woodrow Wil- son is a man of genialty and humor. But this was a day when only seri- ous thought could hold place in any The destiny of 100,000,000 peo- ple lay in the hands of the President of the United States—perhaps the destiny of the world. No inan there had failed to read the text of the German note which was the occasion of our meeting, but the President, in measured tones, giving weight to every significant syllable, read it to us again. ‘' Cabimet Is Unanimous. I have no doubt his mind was al- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Abe Martin Says: President went to the Capitol ~and discussed the situation with pem- bers of the Senate committee on. for- eign relations and other senators. He was assured of thelr support in any steps he considered necessary. I returned to the Navy Depart- ment 8o thoroughly convinced hostili- ties were imminent that I semt out the following telegram: “Six Alnav. In view of present international sit- uation take every precaution to pro-|- tect sels.’ “Alnav” was the code word for “All the Navy.” 3 1 pass now to the second of the two pre-war cabinet meetings which had to do with big decisions. Much happened between February 2 and March 20 of absorbing interest and importance, but 1 will reserve the telling of it for a subsequent article. March 20 Fateful Date. Tuesday, March 20, has been over- looked in the war chronologies so far as 1 have observed. But the day should be there and underscored as a day fateful for America and ma kind. Eleven days earlier the President had called Congress to meet in spe- cial session April 16 “to recelve such communication as may be made by the executive.” But events were moving rapidly. Four American vessels had been sunk without _warning — the Algonquin, City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigi- lancla—with the loss of American lives. German U-boats were destroy- ing shipping, neutral as well as bel- ligerent, by the hundred thousand tons. March 12 we had begun arm- ing merchantmen, but it was already evident this defense was insufficient. Should Congress be called in ses- sion at an earlier date? If so, what message should the FPresident send in view of the situa- tion? These were the two vitally inport- the government plants and ves- ready made up as to the right course, .. gyuestions the meeting of March to take, but, before expressing an opinion, he called upon his colleagues to declare their views. Each man spoke freely and frankly what he thought. Expressions varied in tone and in approach to the main problem. but all egreed upon one thing—the |the President set forth the time had come when diplomatic rela- [character of the situation. tions with Germany must be severed. | What had This Nor | ican lives; do I think it was any surprise to him | these measures to that lleagues were imous | security; Ly it. no‘elb‘:::tn stood | take the step which would allow no ‘was the President's belief. in support of 2s a unit for the dismissal of Ambas- |Tecall, but, with a sort sador Bernstorff and the ending of all | from the emotional further trafic with the empire of the Hollenzollerna. : ‘Although the session lasted for sev- eral hours, this decision was reached comparatively early. n0.debate: The unanswerable argu- ment was before us in the German note—defiant, perfidious, barbaric. The remaining time was devot: discussing what should be the next|come reluctantly step in the various departments of the government, more particularly those of State, War and Navy. The severance of relations, it was real- ized, would create an exceedingly critical situation, and no.one tried to deceive himself with the supposition that it was not likely to lead in a few weeks at most to open war. Henoe the importance of mapping a pro- gram for immediate action. Assured of Congress’ Support. From the cabinet meeting 20 was called to answer. ‘Wilson Explains Situation. With an even greater solemnmity than had marked his utterance fol- lowing the receipt of the U-boat note, serious He told been done to protect Amer- he reviewed the failure of insure absolute he seemed disinclined to of detachment phases of the problem, he submitted it to the cabi- net and invited an individual ex- pression of opinion. There were those present who had Tt had required | been ready for some months to enter the struggle; there were others who, sharing the eagerness of the Presi- dent " to protect American rights, if %d to | possible without recourse to war, had to the decision that there was now nothing left to do but fo|to defend those rights with the full power of the nation whatever cost it might involve. It was curious to listen to man after man present his views.y Every man of the ten was making for the same goal, the same terrible but in- escapable objective, and every man approached it by a different path. Only Ome Course Open. The arguments varied; the measure of emotion varied; but in the end ten the lmen looking into tne eyes of the President of the United States said to SPECIAL NOTICES: 1 SPECIAL NOTICES. him there was only one course open i WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts other than my own. THOMAS H. BIRCH, 1338 4% st. s.w. = “The greatest compliment ever given to Jesus.” Pastor E. 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In the end it broke his health, but it JHT AND GRAND ! never broke his spirit. Decision to call Congress in session w. DECLAR State and Commerce Secretaries, With Presidential Appointees, ‘Would Comprise Membership. Creation of a foreign service board. composed of the secretaries of State and Commerace, presidential terms of office, was suggested by W. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in an address the National Civil Service Reform League in Baltimore last night. Mr. Nichols, who is chairman of the joint committee on foreign service. ! composed of representatives American Manufacturers’ Export As- soctation, the National Foreign Trade Natlonal Civil Serv- ice Reform League, points out that the prificipal object of the plan of re- organization of the foreign service is at a meeting of Council and the D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921. FOREIGN SERVICE BOARD ED URGENT NEED ex officio, appointees with Nichols of the with five long of the! “establishment under governmental ! auspices of a forelgn service acad- | emy as well qualified to educate for| The Department of Commerce will Peace promotion as are Annapolis and | undertake surveys of conditions in | | | ZINC SURVEY ORDERED. West Point for war." the zinc markets of the world, Sec- Mr. Nichols emphasized three points | retary Hoover announced yesterday. in his address which he declared to| The situation in the zinc industry be fundamental to the reorganization | in this country, where there is at adequate to the immediate need. 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Copyright National Newspaper Servicer o ORDERED TO WALTER REED. Col. Henry Page, Medical Corps, at Port Crook, Neb., has been ordered to Walter Reed General Hospital, this city, for observation and treatment. steadily. 3 April 2, instead of April 16, was quick- ' ly reached in the light of bigger de- cisfon. It was when these matters had been settled that a member of the clblnat’ read aloud a sheaf of telegrams con- veying the impression that the people$s of America were clamoring for| war. and it was in response to this display of feeling that the President spoke'{ the words with which I began my narrative. ! “I Want to Do Right.” | “We are not governed by opinion in do right, whether it is popular or not.” The next morning the President is- sued his proclamation _ summoning. Congress, April 2, “to receive a com- hardest, | munication by the executive on grave questions of national policy, which " {should be taken immediately under consideratio: e In the meantime, returning from the cabinet meeting to the Navy De- partment, I had ordered the fleet to proceed at once from its maneuvering ground in Cuban waters to Hampton roads. If war was coming we wanted our ships nearer home. But the de- ich have to do with the Navy 'program in these immediate pre-war days belongs to another story. : t, 1921, by John F. Dille. Copyright by National Newspaper Service. Copyright in Grest Biitain, Ounada and throughout Furope. All rights reserved, including translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. Tnaut! reprinting for’ any purpose for- (The third article by former Secre- tary Daniels, telling of the mobiliza- tion of the Navy, will be printed in moncy. Property here rep- . resents the most at- tractive investment right now. 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