The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-30
my President Of
/ Unite d S tates
ould Fave Met
Similar Acclaim,
Though Present
Executor Has Tact
dignity and Tenn
permanent I Possessed
robably> By No
ther Public Man.
his l. the Situation
Summed Up by Sir Hall
aine, the Eminent
cotch Author.
nv Sir Hail (sainc.

English Novelist and Playwright.
xs0ndon. Dec, .ss-The great
noflemn who n now the guest
ut NJ HFittsh nation has had y
nosU rnpld rtsc n world wide In
Smue4scU than any other man In nny
11er country for hundred years
when the Inst edition Of tho
cyc1Upcdia Britannica was
1Nhltnlbcsl alsrut ten pears ago. n
4 ~HsaES<r III q ragc WINS considered
l41Giena 10 record the facts OF
1 N carver. white two pass1 ard
exesa three were devoted to the
o0sngx Of SONIC Of his more re-
CENT predecessors who are now
3 essacsnbcrcd NO more.
The editorial apprnisctncnt WAS
not without Justification. Mr..
WILSON had then latcix retired
s4rOsM a professional position
sseasif-h, hi. fsed xustHinesf with dig
311Gys but without startling dis
1tnCtipn. Nc had written few
ntn6lchlic treatiscs ON politics and
4NrlsrrNdcncc which had inter
Ue1cd wsthont arresting the pub
H. He had published one bio
xi4phy. q life Of Washington,
w1Stch WAS vivid in poFtrai,are
4 And excellent In style. He had
'HEaecgs-d fhe outer courts " pub
ls@ Me with honor and accept
nnce. hut nc had laid no siege tn
regular Imagination even In
America, and outside his own
snunfsy nc was practically UNI
6nOWm.
He could travel In foreign lands
without tho embarrassment that
Nueaa0a 20 modest nacn from too
mach attention. He was now herr
1 the observed OF all observers. He
posae scveral months inN pnr own
L 1SIN country. climbing fells and
1 c1Calng through valleys without
1Ov0ktnx more comment than
10y Other tourist In Norfolk
1ncket with the bottoms of his
monsess tied up by a clasp.
BMS what Is the large space he
\ 1lno nav In the eyes OF the world?
When ct the beginning OF this
la0ath no sailed from American
/ Guees In a ship called the George
I 1nGhAngtnn (sclectet1 surely by
{ - accident Of chotce). n allv0
l q $3.50 and salute OF sirs,ns fol-
0I6 htm out OF New York hAr-
II - - far "a the monster Statue
- I,ahesty which rises from the
4 1In6egW ae the mouth OF II. A. he
u Eunc1hcd the coast Of France
n - IL American warships conn
g - by two rear-adNtvnls,
\ ~ ct 10 meet him and con-
n ~ MIN 70 his mort OF deb0rka-
welcomed by France.
When he set foot on French soil h
l1 welcomed by the President OK IN
n0h republic, the French prenit
H. vAst cOncourse OF F'rence PEE
n m the better part OF week thers
Nc was the idol of Paris and tn
4 " France--lodgcd within sigi
~ tomb Of Napoleon he was a
foa avery day. and all day by Ion
Ie " Partsians who were hapT
- 70 be rewarded for their salt
- by his smile.
"a now his visit to the French M
bolnR over and his visit to tn
nation having begun. he IL bs
BFnoeived In England with tn
riot OF rejoicing. and he
VA under the roof-tree OF III
Z = the causes OF such dramat
Formation scenes II is usual
IIeasy to look beyond the man VIII
Oentral flgure in them. howeve
NY NJ may be. to the forces thu
X orkinE behind him. We are az
ned 70 say that the value OF
ri the value OF the man VIII
~ but II is much more tru
911ae Importance OF public ma
ding TO the Importance OF n
p0oation. and during the pa
TSAru President Wilson has a
.t0 an almost unparalle.e
~ and he has richly deserve
~ II would be folly ard ran
10 Say that his rapturouS n
&ss ia Europe Is due mainly to h
&ay achievements.
6resident Of Princeton Fnivel
might without more than
10 academic interest haS
4 ana said sublime and state
ltietl eshnttnG frqsi, ffar Pres
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