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{' The True Story of 1 Woodrow Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE. CHAPTER XXIII. Why President Wilson Did Not Rec- ommend War in 1015 1916 How Neutrality Helped the Allies. The general public did not know That Mr. Wilson was so set upon mak- er of 1916 that he actually [ framed was dissuaded rom making a peace offer, however, because of the belief that such a step ce e proposals. might be considered as political—it | Juight be interpreted it seemed as a gesture intended to improve his own chances for re-clection and it might be construed abroad as without seri- ©us purpose because of the criticism cartain to issue from political oppo nents, So Mr. Wilson delayed his peace move until after the campaign and it the note after he had been ed, November, 1916, in the hope that his position would carry even ter weight because of a triumph “0 the polls, But it was peace Mr. Wilson was thinking about in December. 1916, and | Junuary, 1917. When it became evi- dent, however, that the fortunes of War were turning against the al that the Germans were planning a hig drive, that the extregists in Ger- many were gaining the upper hand wnd that submarine warfare with- out restraint was to be sanctioned— then did Mr. Wilson begin to resign himself to the inevitable, Activities of German Env ing a move for peace during the sum- l .. | United States able 50 quickly to proclaim unrestricted warfare for at least two years. And the losses in tonnage which the allies suffered dur- ing the first few years was 8o serious and alarming that it doesn't require much stretch of the imagination to understand how distressing have been the turn of affairs for the allles if the United States had been eliminated from Germany's thoughts o far as submarine operations were concerned, and if the German navy { had been 'turned loose to sink with- ‘olll trace eyerything in sight. : Command of Sea Essential. Could the United States have trans- ported an army of 2,000,000 men to { Burope if the British navy had not isecured command of the seas? And {would the British navy have achieved {such mastery of the submarines If | those two years had not been vouclt isafed them in which to develop means ’ol defense against the submarine? The military tactician and the naval | strategist will have to answer those ;Questions dispassionately, but any one l 5 @ Germans started u ¥ on ricted | warfare the whole course of event: might have been changed, or at leas the war itself prolonzed, because the would not have been ransport its fors Wilson policy did | that {earlier 1o Europe. So the {have the effect of postponing the Ger- | mans’ submarine warfarc campaign until past the time when it could win the war. i Looking back { period the over the neutralit United States into the war, the i tinct epochs i _Iirst, there was the time when Mr. { Wilson'believed the war would comn might | Who knew the truth about submarine | r submarine i which preceded the entry of ; Whole may be divided into three dis- ; . __THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SUBURBAN HEIGHTS—T2E 5atr.Tox Lasts SCRUTINIZES CONTENTS OF BIN AND SIGHS HAPPENS TO WONDER WHETHER HE'S GOING TO GET THROUGH THE WINTER. WITHOUT BUYING ANY MORE COAL i PEERS INTO BIN AGAIN AND REMEMBERS HEARING LOTS OF TELLS HIMSELF THERE'S PRO- PEOPLE PREDKT AN EARLY SPRING- BABLY A GOOD DEAL MORE HE'LL JUST LET THE FIRE GO OUT A COALTTHERE THAN IT LOOKS WEEK., SOONER, THAN USUAL = 3 TAKES LAST LOOK AND TELLS RIMSELF THERE'S A GOOD TON AND A HALF IN THERE © McClure Newspaper Syndicate ! 3 DISCOVERS . TWO LUMPS IN TAR. CORNER.- MUST HAVE GOT THERE THE TIME HE GOT MAD AT THE FURNACE- AND RESTORES THEM TD BIN —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. ' D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1924, at Columbus, Ohio, was money that ielonged to you?’ ! “Orr admitted he had talked with Felder about repayments. “Do you mean to tell me you don't know who the other man with Felder was when the money was demanded?” ““There were representatives of drug companies. Felder, Orr sald, was not his attor- “Were these claims for refunds as to drugs or whisky?” “You know it wasn't drugs, sena- “that's a nasty implication.” don’t know it—anything about it,” Orr protested Memey Im Whisky Deals. “Tell us about any one of these hisky deals,” Senator Jones put in, nd why money had to be paid back.” Orr sald he for tha “I'm here to answer anything about the inquiry—that’s in the resolution,” he said. Now who put that idea into your head?’ “Nobody—T read the resolution.” The examination stuck here, for a lwrangte. - Citing different times he had turn- ed over money to Mannington, Orr said, once it was $2,500 and again $1,800. Sometimes it was a contin- gent fee, the witness explained. Orr insisted he had not gotten a “cent” in these transactions. In the aggregate vyou turned over something like $200,0007" asked Sen- ator Wheeler. That was denied by Orr, who said he could not recall the total Orr protested the commitiee was | probing “a_chapter of my: past that {has been before. the United States i RECKONS UP HOW MANY MORE WEEKS THERE ARE BEFORE HE CASECTIIE RIRE GO(CHN) “wasn't brol;lh! here L DECIDES HE'D BETTER SIPT THE ASHES FROM NOW ON - EVERY LITRE BIT HELPS courts.” i “I submit to the committee that {this man is trying to bulldoze us." Senator Wheeler broke in, jhis job is to answer questions. { “There's only one way you can re- jfuse, und that's on the ground it might incriminate yourseif,” said Sen- ator Ashurst. “Oh, my lawyer told me that Orr offered to give his best recol- lection on the sums of money. “Offhand now I can definitely think of an aggregate of $6,000," said he. DECIDES HE CAN DO IT EASY- REPEATS PERTCIMANCE NIGHT- LY TILL'MARCH 26 AND THEN CALLS UP "COAL-DEALER. jton had not returned over $40,000 to .cllonls, but Orr said: Not to my recollectio: i “Don’t you know that Jess Smith { refused to turn back some of the money nd that | Senator Wheeler asked if Manning- ! given to him?" asked Senator Wheeler. Orr' disclaimed knowledge, Sums of Momey Returmed. 1 Felder told him, Orr said, that Man- | ningion had returned $10,000 or $12 000 to clients, Orr denied asking a man nanfea | Rice how he (Orr) could recover money from Jess Smith's estate that he (Orr) thought due him. Orr sald Rice came to him talked of “such a proposition,” Orr insisted he did not make claim, Senator Jones pressed O about the refunds, “Answer the question and but any he demand- ed. | “IUs a question between people and their lawyer,” Orr said. “They said they'd advance a fee, and hadn't got , and he had to pay it back. was apparently Mannin ton. The “people,” Orr indicated, as he went on, had expected to get per- mits_for exportation of whisky from the United States. ‘What did you get?” asked Senator | “Yet in the ageregate you turned | over $200,000, persisted Senator All I can think of now is| you can't crowd me into any- It's like your estimate of a million dollars on the picture when 1 got $4.500, “Didn’t Mannington $10,0007" ot to my knowledge.” “These people you sent to him, they | turned over $203,0002" “I don’t know & “And don’'t you know it's a fact that Jess Smith refused to turn back his share?" | “I don't know that“Jess Smith got | any money or that he turned any | back.” 1 Orr had been told by said, that, Mannington jaun u K Howard Price here, and (Continued on Fifth Page.) turn over Felder, he “paid back | Sl o— Musicdl Ice verybody knows the musi- cal tinkle of ice in pitcher or glass. But few know that ice pla an important part in the manufacture of phonograph records. 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The second stuge dates from the sinking of the Lusitania and continues { through seyeral months during whic | sharp-toned notes were exchanged with Germany with reference to sub- marine warfare. would be sufficient many that the United States not be offended b tions on the high seas and he called in the author one day to ask him if 1he activitics of the German ambassa- dor as noted by the newspaper had reached the point where the were compromising America’s neu- trali 1t" was true that the Ger- man ambassador conducted a propa- Eanda. did all he could to influence American opinion in favor of Ger many. but the atthor told the Presi- dent that he did not believe the Ger- man ambassador was doing any more than some of the other ambassadors of the allied world in their efforts 10 influence American opinion during the presidential campaign. The German proclamation of unre- stricted submarine warfure gave the United States ample justification not only for the dismissal of Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador. but the forthcoming declaration of war against the imperial German gov- ernment. The tide of battle w going against the allies and again Mr. Wilson hoped that America mig be able by the very fact of her en- tering the war to force peace at an early date. It was for this reason that the Pre ent gave himself over utterly to the persccution of the war, recommending at the very outset un versal conscription and the extension of large loans, materials and supplies to the allies. By this he hoped to Lreak down the German morale. nust Wanted United Public Opinion. Critics have risen to say that the United States should have gone to war when the Lusitania was sunk— all Europe still thinks. no doubt, th: the two vears of neutrality were due to vacillation, indecision even timidity. esitation was due entirely Lelief that the United States must enter the war, if at all, with a united or to warning to Ger- | tarther dépreda- | men | But Mr. Wilson's reason for his | which the United Stat. inst hope that Ameri entry into war would be unnecessary. but | preparations werc made by both the | Army and Navy for the inevitable. i An Inventory for War. Tt was early in 1916 when Mr. Wil- }son realized that it he were to con- tinue to threaten Germany effectively he must make some signs of war { preparation. He called upon the Sec- jretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War to ta hoped and Congrecs passed a law creating a Council of National Defens | Roosevelt's way | enough preparation had been mads {but when war did break it was ap. | parent thai all the suggestions made. including those of Mr. Roosevelt for an Army twice or three times the size of the th i huge forces needed to wage the battle n Europe. Among the opponents of Mr. Wilson who were far-sizhted and | wanted him to prepare for war. not a {single plan sugkested provided for an {Army of even one-twentieth the size |of that which was finally mobilized by the United States. The first epoch in the neutralit endcd with the resignation of Sec retary Bi “p to that time Mr. Wilson had given the impression that { preparations ar on the part of the United would be miscon- { strued abroad as un intention on the | part of the United States to engage in the conflict, whereas the best i surance of continued neutrality was { the introduction of no unusual items i in the military or naval budget. The ! so-called pacifist clement was pleased with Mr. Wilson's statements made in Décember, 1914 The commitment ade by the President In that direc tion kept William Jennings Bryan in {the cabinet as a warm supporter of Mr. Wilson's foreign policy. War Spirit Kindled. The sinking of the Lusitania in May, 1915, began to work a change lin the President’s mind. He knew i might | he third. the last period, was that | inventory of the state | {of the Amerjcan fighting resources | & forces, was only a | |drop in the bucket compared to ihe | ADMITS $6.000 WAS PAID _ IN LIQUOR WITHDRAWALS | TO NUMBER OF FIRMS':E:TDVS..M.X it was Mr. Daugherty, { happened to see at Mr. Daughert: house™ Orr broke out. “There was Will Hays, and Carmi Thompson and Col. Hayward—that's the United States attorncy at New 8 Y 1 recommended him.”™ H President “You went out and got recommen- ) dations from a lot of people and came “1 never did in my lify {down “and saw Attorney General d mect Daugherty and ! Daugherty to get Hayward appoint- | i Mannington there never did meet Daugherty there.” i The discrepancy was seized imme- diately. il | d;‘r‘x‘a’:x‘dldl::;;:’(zdryrsuh:x:“ the truth? | “Daygherty promised you Hay-| Orr, to correct the record, xaid he |Ward would receive the appoint- had never met Daugherty at the K| ment?” strect house. but had seen Daugherty | “Mr. Daugherty said to bring him and Smith together on occasions. jover—that he would see what he Contract With Quimby. tcould do.” | His contract with Quimby, Orr said,| Senator Wheeler led the witness was made after he had arranged with | through accounts of breakfasts at the New York film commission that the {the Daugherty-Smith apartment. | {pictures would not be interfered with Mmmnz]mn as | brought more’! own prior to August 1, 1921, when ; Promincntly into thd picture by Orr. | e S e iwho sald Mannington' was “very close | the censorship law became effectiv: I politically” to Mr. Duugherty, with “You told the commissioners that you |Jess Smith appearing to bLe the At- » you could get the picture across|torney General's closest personal before any real opposition came into the | friend. nator Wheeler asked. With Mannington, Orr said, he had | A Orr objected. “1 told them from | discussed liquor matters, but not per- | my knowledge of the law that the pi mits for withdrawals. ture had been gotten ready before Au annington helped you to ‘line up | {gust 1, 1921, and couldn’t be interfered | Harry’ on the Hayward appuint- { with.” |ment?” Senator Wheeler proceeded. After an interchange of questions, | Orr agreed, in part. — | Senator Wheeler summed up. | _“We'll put vyou in a whispering “You saw no newspapers—sou got out [Ballery to festify mnext time," re- no stories—you placed no newspaper | marked Senator Ashurst. imen—tell us anything you did, outside | “What other appointments did you jof talking to Quimby. this moving pi &et _of help to get.—if you are so ure man who had been in the business { modest?" Senator Wheeler asked. all his life.” \ b “I talked with the Attorney Gen - leral about ‘New York state appotnt- | Talk With Many Men. i i { “I talked with a lot of men—I'm going | 1 | ments generally Orr did admit ito be a little careful here.” | “Oh, you're careful—your | rejoined Senator Wheeler. “You want to go back. to New York |and fix up the story. don't you?" Now, see here, T won't take that from } thot back Orr. h. you won't?" Senator Wheeler re- turned. Just give us the name of one You met Smith before the Demp- sey-Carpentier fight?” can’t be sure.” ! “Who introduced you to Manning- (Continued from First Page.) littie green house on K street res.” you i met Harding | Ald for Hayward. | di regard cautious, i you, act. IRVIN S. COBB 1 ¢ | compani Had Turned Over Money. “I have turned over money on | some occasions (to Mannington) in i connection with liquor affairs,” said Orr, but ne professed inability to re- call detailx. ! of boy Mr. Cobb going into court,” Orr continued, “to | was ‘“mul{' avold litigation. appearing beforc the [ g e el GEORGE ADE Cheering those who are not too Treasury Department. so Orr qual fied that any *“so called influence everlastingly intel- lectual. Mannington might bave with Daugh- ' erty ad no effect. Mannington. however. had a desk ‘th little green house on K WINSTON CHURCHILL----- ! The story of the | Battle of Sidney fully handled.” Orr said. “Didn’t some people make Manning- and appeared 10 be a “pretty | . Street. ton pay back me of the money on , i (Osinopolitan imitled that some persous Orr halted. R story of the kind coming to them” in connection with | whisky deals. Orr said he knew Thomas B. H der. attorney, and co-defendant | ton B. Mcans in indictments now | pending, und had talked with Felder regarding repayment of money by slaimants representing several drug Repayments Demanded, The repayments were demanded be- cause the cases were not ‘‘suce had made “demands” on him for re- | turn of “money they thought was: “Didn’t some people a make you pay i mortgage on youri re were some claims.” Orr objected to testifying regarding | “whisky deals” and any affairs not relating to _investigation of the De-| partment of Justice under the scope | of the Senmate resoldtion. | Senator Wheeler replied by shooting another question at him. Didn't you say that $11.000 waiting Spring Flowers. {man you talked to | "1 don't recall one now. | “Tell us one thing you did. tobacco. | 1319-1321 F Street STORE NEWS smoked Melachrinos can judge the quality of the finest Turkish ORIGINAL MELACHRINO “The One Cigarette Sold the World Over” 8 AM. to 6 P.M. 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