Evening star., 1919-09-05
PRESIDENT RESTS
AFTERSTRENUOUS
PLEASFOR TREATY
Sleeps Late on Special
Train at St. Louis, Keep
ing Day Free.
WILL SPEAK TONIGHT
WHERE RENOMINATED
Mrs. Wilson Called to Car Platform
on Brief Stops En-
Route.

81. LOUIS, SeplemD Der 5.-PreSldent
Wilson arrived in ST. Louis at 4:20
o'clock this morning on the third lap
Of his Swing around the circle" in
defense of the league Of nations and
the entire peace treaty.
President Wilson reached today the
real beginning Of his long trip around
the states west of the Mississippi.
Having sounded the keynote of his
lumbus and Indianapolis. Mr.. Wilson
planned to take brief respite from
speech making today before plunging
into the arauous program. Arriving in
st. Louis he arranged to sleep late on
his special train and then to keep
most of the day free.
Early in the afternoon. however. he
was to attend a luncheon at down
town hotel. where it was expected he
would make brief talk on the
speak at the Coliseum. where in 1916
he was renominated for the presi
dency.
Heads Parade in Autos.
The President headed a parade
through the central thoroughfares of
the city at $3.50 o'clock this morning
and was given an ovation. When he
appeared on the rear platform of the
train at s:25 O'Clock thousands of
persons broke through the military
Gordon and surrounded the Presiden-
tial train.
After the column of automobiles
circled the business section the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson repaired to
hotel. A committee of women enter
tanned Mrs. Wilson.
At 1O:45 o'clock tonight the party
will depart for Kansas City.
Situation in Missouri.
In Missouri the President found
situation as regards ratification of the
peace treaty without an exact parallel
in any other state. In the treaty
ratifying body at Washington the
state is represented by Senator Reed,
the only democratic senator who has
taken definite stand for the treaty's
Of the republican senators who have
declared tn emselyes generally friend
iy to It, and shaye aEfeed ON q set of
reservations as q basis for its ac-
In ST, Louis Senator Reed recently
made an address bitterly assaHing the
treaty, and within the next few weeks
Senator Johnson Of California, q re-
publican member of the foreign rela-
tions committee. and others. are ex-
ings here. The President is to make
one address in Kansas City tomorrow.
Shows Fighting Temper.
The fighting temper of the Presi-
dents appeal to the country was ap-
parent in both hfs addresses yester-
day., Within three minutes after he
began the first of them at Columbus
he had warmed up to his task and
was putting his ideas into blunt
sentences, punctuated by vigorous
gestures. He was interrupted re-
peatedly by applause and several
times by cheers. At Indianapolis the
President called on the opponents of
the covenant to produce a. plan to Sc
cure the peace of the world, If not
willing to accept the league of ma
tions.
Besides his two principal addresses,
Mr.. Wilson talked briefly to crowds
that gathered around his car during
short stops at several small cities in
Ohio and Indiana.
Mrs. Wilson, who sat on the plat
form at the two scheduled meetings
also stood beside the President when
he appeared at the shorter stops. In
three places the crowds asked for her,
and, the President smiling, presented
her, with the remark that she was
better to look at than himself.
1.-THE text of the President's speeches
at Columbus. Ohio, and Indiana DO lis,
Ind, yesterday will be found ON
page 70.