Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-18
PRESIDENT R ( SID SAYS
/. CITIZENS WILL
RIGHTLY DECIDE
Declares Nations League is
Not Work Of Peace
Conference.

San Francisco, Sept. ITO an
%uproariods. crowd in tina Civic Audi
torium here tonight President wilson
declared that in his trip across the
continent tonight he had become. con-
! vinced mat he treaty issue would
] re decided rightly by the people and
/ own" aI d
/ He repeated his declaration that the
s League of Nations was not the work
] OF the Versailles conference, but grew
out OF years of thought by men who
Z old no devote any portion Of their
tine most constructive minds of both
+ parties, he asserted, had been devoted
3 TO the project for a generation.
\ Much Disorder,
K There was.nuch disorder, in the hall
y during the address and the president
+ spoke with apparent difficulty against
Y 2 hum Of talk in the distant galleries.
Once he stopped to ask for closer at
tention, but the. crowd did not quiet
e down. ~,
Earlier in the day, the president had
been welcomed by crowded streets,
s$Sand when he left the hotel for the
auditorium he was cheered by a
n crowd which ha6 blocked the street
d for more than an hour. On the way
&Ehe passed a continuous roar OF APP
III plause and when he and Mrs. Wilson
Is entered the auditorium the crowd
3 stood up and shouted itself hoarse.
Il Cheering Lasted.
When the cheering had been.in pro-
SSTg4ess for more than 13sminutes, THE
ysStar"Spangled Banner was played on
VA 4 pipe organ, but failed to quiet the
ss@&crowd. q
Sa Mayor Rolph at last. introduced
"A Ghester. Rowell, editor Of. the Fresno
ssasRepublican and Republican national
Soon rnitteeman in 1916. who presented
1.-THE president while the crowd kept
mp its shouting. 3.. II s#
51S When President Wilson took the
platform and held up. his hand for
silence yells continued for more than
tt,sfive. minutes in the galleries. while
GONE in the audience shouted, put
them out" and others Missed. There
Was still much noise when he began
speaking and 1t continued while the
Address proceeded.
I'M 1t was one of the largest halls in
(which the president has spoken, seat
sing 1900. It was packed, many
standing. The address was the second
M~Aelivered here by the president dur
Ing the day. 1000 women having lis
asksned to "a luncheon speech at a San
francisco hotel.
y Opponents Have No Substitute.
#l Declaring the league opponents had
Suffered no substitute, Mr.. Wilson dis
scussed the objections made. repeating
many of his previous arguments
SAsainst changes. Virtually all Of the
Features under debate now. he declar.
4 had been changed once along
she line of suggestions by the senate
9ore:gn relations committee.
4 It Fight OF Withdrawal, Mr.. viii:
IN very. absolutespndes
Ahe coyeenaft in Its present form.
~ Monroe Doctrine safcguarded.
ES& He declared also that the Monroe
Doctrine is also adequately safeguard.
"a and that such questions as immi.
Grafton and the tariff are reserved
90. national determination.
esgss While Great Britain has six votes
IA the. league assembly, MI. Wilson
mid. it had been carefully arrang.
sd" so that the one vote Of the Unit.
ID States would balance all Of the six