Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-22
COMING SIX DAYS
!. TO BRING WILSON
BACK TO CAPITAL
VIII Visit Home States of
Senators Thomas and
Shields.
SPEECHES MADE AGGREGATE
MORE THAN 10000 WORDS
Political Writer Declares Treaty
Situation Is More Unsettled
Than Ever.
SIX VOTES Is BIG FACTOR
esstern People Appear Unwilling to
Permit Great Britain to Hold
Such Power.
SPEECHES MADE AGGREGATE
MORE THAN 10000 WORDS
* VOTES Is BIG FACTOR
Western People Appear Unwilling to
Permit Great Britain to Hold
Such Power.
Br JAY JEROME WILLIAMS.

Lo3 ANTILLES. CAL. Sept 2l--The
White House. special was northw-ard
bound tonight on the hrat lap o. the
hornewasc voyage President Wilson
Is returning to Washington by easy
stages 20 confront the climax OF the
Senate hsht against the league o. ma
tong eovenan, and the peace treaty.
and perlous Industrial situation
h!s coming week will see him in tho
nome states Of Democratic Senator'S
ana Republican siroHghoids as well.
hut In some Of the Democratic States
the President viii be up against the
proposition OF converting the people
70 his ideas when their representatives.
ho!d That the treaty should be SO
3changcd as 10 fully safeguard the
riEhts OF the United States.
THIS l. tho case o: Colorado and Ten
ress.rvatio mist and senator Shields has
likewise joined the ranxs ot the ma
lortty in the Senate.
The close Of this week Will see The
President in two days distance from
Washington Hc began his nation
"ide tour with the idea that nc could
@pc! RATIFICATION OF the peace treaty
without change. Almost three weeks
nave gone by, yet this purpose cannot
o. be said to be accomplished
Opponents Gnin Necruitx.
In the senate the ranks o. the op-
ponenta OF the treaty have been swelled
b. recruits from the Democratic side
and, While the President with a num-
Der OF exceptions has been warmly re-
cc!red by the people OF the country.
his expressions Of persuasion toward
the public have not changed the situa-
ton in Washington.
The President has made over thirty
speeches 20 date. and these pu, stats
tica!ly. aggregate owe. 10000 words
ton--and that's where the nnal show
down VIII oe--is 3 little worse for
the President than Il was when he
startet ou; on h.a tour.
Those close % the President think
that MS California tour has been
triumph They point 10 the whole
hearted reception given him In San
h!s most responsive audience last
night. 1t . true that Southern Cali
fornia favora 4 league OF nations. bu.
California Is concerned. There is
more than a healthy sentiment against
the league In Its present form IN the
territory from san Francisco north.
and i represents an element possess
ms great strength
Talk. tS Huge Thronr.
But hero IN the South the peopl. are
thinking the way the President does
He talked to more than 1000 persons
In the Shrine Auditorium last night.
and every point he made struck home
There was constant succession OF e1-
pEessions from the audience such as
That's the way!" and some con
demna.ory thoughts voiced when he
4 mentioned the opposition TO the treaty.
The hardest thing 70. the President
TO explain on this trip has been Great
Britain's six votes to Americas one
Somehow Or other the people resent
! these odds.
six to one does not listen 10 them,
and for this reason the country Is
waiting to what the Senate does
% Senator Johnson's amendment,
I strength in the assembly of the league.
Spends a Quiet Sunday.
The President spent a quiet day here
today. He and Mrs Wilson attended
church servlces this morning. and this
! afternoon he saw the local committee
answered some more questions They
| were seven IN number. pertaining TO
! Great Britain's SIX votes-a question
which he answered IN san Francisco
Japanese immigration. Article X. the
Shantung matter and Gcrmany's pros
pective admission into the league of
nations Tho question with respect to
Japanese immigration was as follows:
Article XIV. Paragraph {: If the
DISPUTE between the parties is claimed
by one OF them and is found by the
1 ~ International law. Is solely within
the domestic Jurisdiction OF that party.
the council snail SO report and shall
mako no recomme ndations as to its
. settlement Under this provision is
1 there any possibility of such a ques-
lion as the Immigration OF the Jana
nese being taken out OF our hands?''
Answer There Is no possibility Of
such question the igration OF
the Japanese into the United States
being taken ont OF our hands by any
action OF the league"
Gets View OF Japanese Problem
| Interest was taken In this reply by
the President. for he and all mem bers
OF his party received a comprehensive
view of the Japanese view in Califor-
MIA when his motor was driven for ten
blocks through tho Japanese section
OF the city. The Orientals were out
en- masse and every window was flied
with women who held armsfuu Of
children
The question affecting Gcrmany.s
admission to the league asked under
what terms and conditions would she
he accepted as a fellow member. and
this was the Presidents answer:
1T Unexpected that Germany will be
admitted to the league when ii has
proved that its change OF constitution
is genuine and permanent and that il
has in fact. as wcll as in form, aligned
itself. with the free self governing
peoples"