Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-04
Wants Etest
 Wy in World
PRE-fDENT WILSON TELLs BIG
 AUDIENCE IN ST. LOUIS
REFRESHED BY THE TRIP
Is On His Way to Washington, confi- dent That His Mission for Prepared ness Has Been SueeessfuI-May Make Other Trips.

On Board President Wilson's Special, Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 3.-President Wilson was speeding back to Wash ington tonight convinced that the peo- pie of the middle west are with him on the issue of national defense and are prepared to insist that congress take speedy action.
 He finished his speaking tour in St. Louis and expressed the conviction that his mission had succeeded beyond his Washington at l p. m. tomorrow.
 When the presidents train reached Indianapolis at 5.46 p. m. for a i've minute stop, large crowd greeted him at the station. When cries were made for speech he appeared on the plat form of his car and said:
 Indiana is all right
 Crowd Shouted for Mrs. Wilson.
 The crowd then shouted for Mrs. she was resting, and she did not ap- pear. Members of the Indiana Demo- cratic club sent Mrs. Wilson a large bunch of American Beauty roses.
 President Wilson's advisors believe he has explained clearly why he con- siders immediate preparedness impera- tive, has won many converts to the movement, and has given new impetus to discussion of the cause. From the sympathetic attitude of most of his au- diences, from the enthusiasm his every appearance in public has evoked, from the huge crowds which have greeted them, they have drawn the conclusion that the people overwhelmingly SUD- port his plans-at least, in the middle west.
 The presidents official family want him to start soon on another tour Some of them liken his swing through the middle west to an operation not yet completed. En route to Washing ton tonight, they looked both south l and west for the setting of his next appearance in the role of champion o1 national preparedness.
 The south beckoned with many hands. Senators and representatives l from most of the southern states al- l ready have asked him to include theil sections on his next tour To this have been added invitations from many pub. lie bodies, with Texas strongly assert. ing her claims There Is a feeling among some of his most intimate ad- visors that in choosing the scene fol his next plea to the people the presi- 1 dent could pay no greater compliment
 to his own political party than by go. ing into it's stronghold.
 l Considering Trip Further West. l The west and northwest. or at leas
 that section of the country that fringe. | the eaAtern slopes of the Rocky noun. 1 tains. are hardly less insistent that tht | presidents next visit shall be to them ! Minneapolis, St. Paul and Denver hay, presented what they consider strong claims, and it is known that trip tC 1 these cities is receiving careful con l sideration. If the president makes an. other preparedness tour it may be {
 combination of the two-a swing to thu l northwest, including Minneapolis or St
 Paul, or both, Denver, and then soutl 1 into Texas, possibly returning by wa1 | of New Orleans, Birmingham or Louis vile.
 Refreshed by the Trip.
 President Wilson goes back tt Washington refreshed by the trip. Tht enthusiasm displayed wherever hi
 itinerary has taken him, the throng, which f1ocked to hear him, have been i tonic to his nerves. His physician
 said today his appetite is good and hi! rest has been unfmpaired. The ad | dresses delivered at the chief stoppinE | dcial as his usual game of golf.
 100000 Heard His Speeches. At least 100000, his advisors esti
 mate, heard the presidents chic
 speeches. At least 50.000 more crowd
 ed about the rear platform of his cal during his fve-minute talks, thougf
 the great majority of these were ou of the range of his voice. Hardly feweI | than half million others have beer
 banked on the sidewalks to watch hin pass through the cities from railwa, 1 sattion to hotel, from auditorium bacl ! to his private car
 Believes Country With Him.
 Reviewing his trip in it's high lights l the president told his audience in St Louis today that he came away iron l Washington thinking that the countr, was with him on the issue of prepar.
 edness and is going back knowing tha | 1t is with him beyond his greates hopes. Apparently the president,
 conviction of this grew with each sue 1 ceeding day; deepened in Kansas Cit1 | last night when he asked: Would yol volunteer?" and receiving a thunderins | ''Yes!" from every section of the grea,
 convention hall, and reached it's eli
 max with the demonstration today a St. Louis when he told an audienc,
 which cheered him tumultuously tha
 the United States ought to have 'in.
 comparably the greatest navy in thu world"