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The True Story of Woodrow Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE. CHAPTER XXVIL Why President Wilson asked Amer- fea to enter the war nnd his early moves for peace. | No one thing led the United States into war with (fermany. The sinking of American ships by submarines, the of American lives on the high % the plotting of the German for- offi of al between Mexico and Japan against the United States, the proclamation of ricted su arine warfare Germans in de war and the of these p but when Woodrow message to Congress he idealized the war—he sald it was to make the world safe for democracy through the defeat of militar and autoeracy. Those who watched at clese range the events in Washington which led to the great climax will differ in th Judgmen of what turned the scales to war, but it is the author's convic- tion that President Wilson, conscious of a united public opinion and re- sentful of tbe violation of American rights, entered the contest because he believed, first, that States must aid the allies to win, and, second, that the ntry of the United States was the surest means of fore- ing peace. The effect of the Russian revolu- tion, which at first inspired every one with enthusiasm because of the re- birth of Russia itself, soon came to be understood as a German victory, for it released the kaiser's troops from the eastern front and enabled the German high command to con- centrate on the western front, where the forces of the allies were proving themselves unable to withstand the drives of the German army. Feared For Allied Cause. The Russian revolution impressed Mr. Wilson as a bad omen for the 2llied cause—for he never believed that a German victory would mean peace in Furope. He thought it would only be a truce until another war could be fought, for he knew the spirit of France and England. In the United States preceding the declaration of war, which came on April 1917, there was no doubt about the determination of President The severance of diplomatic ¢ on February for the inevi- nce by the hts of neutrals, all ed their influential part, Wilson read his m Wilson relations with German ;, paved the way able 3 he Tresident was simply shaping his course to write 1 War message that would assure him of a thetic opinion and an enthusiast tion. Even in those days there aistinet objective in Washington ful- lled twenty months later when the | an people overthrew the impe- overnment and sought Mr. Wilson recognized that hi: age would be looked upon by future generations as the ex- position of a new foreign policy. The h-American war changed our in the sense that it gave us possessions and interests. lling_then what the of the bigger ven- result might be ture . By making war.on the imperial (ierman government instead of the German people Mr. Wilson left the door open to resume relations at afy time with the German people, of whom =0 many had come to Ameri- can shores and had become useful and loyal citizens. He hoped the German people_some day would -demonstrate by théir choice of leaders that they were ready and willing to return to those Wi of honorable dealing and humane action which German gov- ern nts had so often in the past manifested in their intercourse with the United States. Confusion as to Best Ald. Hardly had President Wilson begun 1o organize America’s forces when the series of missions from France and Great Britain started an era of confusion as to the best method of .pplying America’s help to the strug- gle abroad. The British wanted food and ships, the French wanted troops. 'he story of America’s mobilization is too recent and too vivid in recol- Jection to be portrayed here. President’s burdens were stag- cori, yet he moved into the fray with precision. kept head and never lost sight of his main ob- ive—peace. Even as v t e imn of 1917 Mr. Wilson sent Col House abroad to bring about, if pos- sible, an understanding among the allies on a declaration of war s which would be instrumental in lay- ing the foundation for ultimate peace. The author had occasion to present to the President in that month an inguiry propounded by a Tewspaper editor with reference to e P tRecastion, Mr. Wilson aid in Botober, 1917, that he thought the newspapers could have no concep- fion of what fire they would be playing with in discussing peace then at all, in any phase or connection. said: Hhe Germans having In effect realized their program of ‘Hamburg ‘o Bagdad,’ could afford to nego- tiate as to all the territorial fringes, and, if they could bring about a dis- cussion of peace mow. would ms'lst \pon discussing ¥t upon terms which Would leave them in possession of X1 they ever expect to get. It is. Therefore, very ' indisireet, in my judgment, and altogether against the national ginterest to discuss peace from any point of view if the admin- \stration is brought in in any way. anre-| dance of the laws of | the United | It is perfectly evident to every one that what Col. House is attempting to do neither brings peace nearer nor sets it further off, and it is my stern and serious judgment that the whole matter ought to be let alone.” Conduct of War Criticised. In that same Autumn there began an undercurrent of criticism about the conduct of the war. Farly in January, 1918, the author brought to Mr. Wilson's attention the necessity of explaining to’the public in a gen- oral way just what had been done 5o that the morale of the country would be improved and the impre sion of chaos erased. Mr. Wilson said: “We are working under the stern- est conditions that men ever worked under since civilization began. The duty of every man in the United States just now is to look at the facts and not at the color which any- body puts upoen them, and look at the facts with a view not to critiel but to ca-operation, to.putting o thing before the publio in jwhick will help the pubtic to help ‘lhc administration by straight. think- ing oun the actual facts. “The plan you have in view seems to me an excellent ome of settings forth just how European conditions, Which have again and ags e gain under- gone kaleidoscopic change, nec a way dition it on every side. “Since our enirance into the wa | we have had to change our plans half « dozen times upon carnest represen- tation upon the other side as to radi- al altered conditions. Unfortu- aately, not all of this can be put into the public prints, because to do so would reveal many difficulties and disappointments on the part of the allies which it is not necessary or de- sirable that our enemies should know, but the work of interpretation should rest, it seems to me, upon such state- ments as the Secretary of War made, As a matter of fact, all the data given in that report was carefully gone over by the House committee on military affairs when considering the Army appropriation, but the whole ene needed to be described in a single statement, and the Secretary of War showed his admirable insight. ability and candor, in the way in which he did it. Progress of Mobilization. The statement to which Mr. Wilson refers was made by Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, and revealed the fact that the United States had pro- ceeded farther along with its war mobilization than the public had been led to believe by the attacks of the crities. The discussion of a war cabi- net, indeed, the efforts of certain sen- ators to choose a cabinet for Mr. Wilson, seemed thereafter to lose momentum, and the administration went forwafd without embarrassment in those early months of 1918. The attacks from the outside, how- ever, did not cease. The author was preparing at the time an article for the Saturday Evening Post showing how Woodrow Wilson was managing his job, but it is an interesting fact Mr. Wilson was of little use—all the information ‘about his activities had to be obtained from members of the cabinet and others who conferred with him. -~ In this connection Mr. Wilson said, early in 191 “I have been thinking a great deal about your proposal of an article about my executive work, and I find that I can't, for the life of me, think it out in any way that would be striking and effective. That is my trouble. The day seldom seems im- pressive when summed up because most of the questions which 1 have decided come to me in the form of memoranda to which I reply in writ- ing. Interviews and consultations are chiefly with people who need not have taken my time, and lead to nothing except the gratification on the part of those who see me that they have had their say.” “Useless” for Publicity Purposes. “I am hopelessly useless for pub- licity purposes. I have long been convinced of that. It is true that I am constantly playing a part in the formation of all important decisions which are formed in every branch of the government's war activities, and its peace activities, too, for that matter, but after the work is done 1 necessarily forget its details. If you were to sit down with me and pump me 1 could not recall the par- ticulars or the conferences, or the methods. “I do not think that the articles of attack to which you refer do any pariicular harm. I 'think the people of The couptry are satisfied that I am keeping hold of as much of the job as is humanly possible.” The foregoing quotations are typi- cal of many others. Mr. Wilson was not capable of self-advertisement or self-expression though he was a mas- ter of impersonal advocacy of broad policies. He was no publicity ex- pert like Col. Roosevelt, Woodrgw Wilson never failed to hold natiodal attention on major questions, but in the technique of iteration he was a victim qof self-consciousness and modesty. (Copyright. 1924, by the George H. Doran Company in_the United States, Canada, South America. World publication rights reserved by Current News Features, Inc.) 4 (Tomorrow's chapter tells what in- fluenced Mr. Wilson to issue his appeal in 1918 for a democratic Congress.) [ SPECIAL NOTICES. S, ALL KINDS OF ergreen, furnished in first-class order ¢ ¥ AT HERRELL ers. 726 10th ‘st. n.e. 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The tour progressed from Seattle, Wash., by way of the inside passage to Sew- ard, and continued nearly 500 miles north to the Fairbanks over the gov- sroment railroad, returning to the tes over the Richardson highway. | The U. . Henderson, on which the trip was made. was able to art close enough to some of the many gluciers so that the photographers rould get pictures of some of them they broke apart and fell into ti sea. Some of these ice mountains are twige the size of a frozen Nia ra, and a magnificent spectacl: was presented when the break came. Scenes were shown of the Harding | entrance to Resurrection bay, which embraces forty square miles of pro- tected waters, Turnigain Arms was also shown where the tide measgures forty feet, the second highest tide in the world. President Harding was shown driving the gold spike designating the completion of the Alaskan railroad extending from Seward to Fairbanks. S It was said that superhuman effort and spectacular engineering feats | were necessary for the building of this railway, one scene showing a perfect figure 9 in the valley below, over which the trains pass. The popular method of transporta- tion in winter are the dog teams and they were shown in action. A herg of reindeer was also shown. Mr. Gill- man said that an original herd, num- | bering about 300 head, has grown to | several hundred thousand, and the Value of this herd is now greater fhan the original price paid for Alaska. 'A program directed by Miss Eta L. | Taggart was presented as follows: Solo, Mrs. B. S. Gantz, assisted at the | piano by Mrs. David H. Kincheloe: recitation by Marx Kahn, James Whit- comb Riley's “That Old Sweetheart of Mine,” illustrated by living pictures; solo, Mrs, Raymond Hardy; recitation, solo and whistling selection, Mrs. Kincheloe; dance, Miss Bertha Let- vin and a song and dance, Miss Let- Vin and Mr. Murray. 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In one case a flat sentence of thirty days, without by Judge Gus A. Schuidt. Th fendants were: ~ James A. Ropert iliam _Brennan, John T. Harrigan, *7); b Collins, $100; BErnest Otts. $100, or many days in jail as the dellars n the fines. Al of these Mmoot wars paid and defendants released. John Philmox drew the sentence of thirty days. Bernard E. fined $50 or thirty days. He failed to pay the fine and was committed. Her- NOTICES ANOTHER 20 Charles A | Johnson was | TELLS HIMSELP THERE'S WHILE IT CHEERFULLY AS IT PASSES THE DOLLAR) MARK, TELLS HIMSELF HE SIMPLY WILL NOT LOOK. AT ITAGAIN AND GLARES OUT OF WINDOW . (£ METER REGISTERS $2.00. - METERS WONDERS WHETHER TO PR TEST THE PARE, AND AFTER. SCRUTINIZING DRIVER'S BULX DECIDES P TP HIM INSTEAD - PARENTS T0O LATE TO PREVENT WEDDING Youthful Alexandria Couple, 19 and 15, Taken by Police Here, But After Ceremony. Two hours after Dorothy Raff, fif- teen, Rosemont, & suburb of Alex- |andria, Va., and Joshua S. Harrington, |fireman on the Southern railway, re- siding in Alexandria, had been mar- ried in that city last night by Rev. E. M. Delaney they were arrested as they alighted from an electric train h and D streets northwest. The nts of the bride asked for her ar- |rest in an effort to prevent her mar- riage “Ivs all ¢ when told by Detéet bave to g0 with him to police head- quarters. “We're already married.” Harrington and wife had come here with the intention of boarding a train id Harrington |honeymoon. It developed, according to the police, that Harrington, nine- |teen, bad given his age as twenty-one |and "that of Miss Raff as nineteen when he obtained the marriage license. The bride’s father reached police |headquarters shortly after his daugh- er bad been taken there and took the founs couple back to Alexandria with im. t | STRENGTHENS RUM WAR. | Senate Committee Approves Bill Increasing Coast Guard. Increased personnel and 2quipment Keck he would | § |and going to Charlotte, N. C., on their || —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS. |PICKS POSTMASTERS FOR MANY STATES President Names Two in West Vir- ginia, Five in Towa and Three in New York. President Coolidge sent to the Sen- ate yesterday afternoon the following nomination: Arkansas — Hatfleld, D California-—Durham, Lula F. Thorn- ton; Napa, James Gillies. Hawall—Puuene, Joseph F. Xavier. #owa—Blairstown, George W. Gos: Kenwood Park, Orlo L. Creswel Shellrock, George R. Hughes; State Center, Wynema Bower: Tipton, Thompson C. Moffit. Kentucky—Dawsonsprings, Charles A. Niles. Missouri—Festus, Henry F. Kratzer. New Hampshire—Ashland, Lauris- ton M. Goddard. New York—Cold Brook, Vida O. Heinold; Lawrence, John Jack; Phoenix, Charles K. Williams. h()mo—Waduwarlh, Harry L. Lieb- art. Pepnsylvania—Elizabethtown, brose S. Plummer. South Carolina—Mayesville, T, Cooper. Texas—Caddo Mills, Annie S. Mor- gan; White Deer, Harry Wheeler. West Virginia — Eckman, Bessie Worley; Ravenswood, James H, atham. Withdrawal: Maine—Biddeford Pool, ~rlos A. Goldthwait. Eus‘ace A. Am- Bessie FIRST DEFICIENCY BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE Carries $156,871,000, Including $105,000,000 for Tax Refunds. The first deficiency bill of the ses- sion, carrying $156,871,000, passed the Senate yesterday. Among the items included was $105,000,000 for refund of taxes fllegally collected. The bill as passed carries a Senate amendment providing $200000 to be used in acquisition of land to safe- guard the Klingle valley. road, high- ‘ways and boulevard. D The measure now goes to confer- ence with the House. PROTESTS BONUS RUSH. Disabled Veteran Leader Says Oth- er Bills More Vital. A protest against consideration by the Senate of legislation for adjusted compensation ahead of consideration of laws for disabled veterans was filed today with the Senate finance commit- tee by James A. McFarland of Dalton, Ga., national commander of the Dis- abled American Veterans. Commander McFartand wired the committee that “if right of way is given to adjusted compensation at this time, both adjusted compensation and | be adversely | disabled legislation will affected, and in the meantime our legis- lation will have to wait until crowded calendar toward end of session will seriously jeopardize our program and disabled will continue to suffer from admittedly inequitable laws, such as resulted when the Sweet bill was hur- riedly passed in the closing hours of last mession.” 3 RECOUNTS CUSTOMS - PECULIAR IN SPAIN! Geographic Society Speaker Ex- plains Remoteness of Towns and Cities. 3 Spain is a land of cities and v lages, and a land of “compartments,” each with its peculiar dialect, cus- toms, foods and costumes, according to Dr. J. Howard Gore, who spoke last night at the Masonic Temple before members of the National Geographid Society. There are more than 4,000 villages in the country that can be reached only by bridle paths, the speaker declared. The railways seem to have avoided even the cities, he £aid, and in many cases the railway stations are a mile or more outside the towns. An explanation of this situation, he - pointed out, is found in the fact that Spanish control was pushed slowly south against the Moors and that it was necessary to build the com- munities on crags and hills in order that they might be protected. Dr. Gore described his journey through interesting and _charming cities_of the peninsula—Vigo, San Sebastian, Burgas, Leon, Sevills, To- ledo, Cordova and Grenada. Though Toledo is on a bleak hill and prac- tically in the edge of a desert, it is the beauty spot among Spanish cities; he assorted. He spoke highly of the courtesy and consideration of Span- jards of all walks of lifa _Though Spain is a land of contras Dr, Gore said, it is made homegenious by its religion. b UR 36th and R Streets N.W. What Does This Mean to You? If you have seen the homes we are building, then you know. 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