The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-09
WATTERSON SEES NO CHANCE OF
PEACE EVERLASTING WOULD BE
WARY OF ENTANGLING ALLIANCES
N. E.A. Special TO The Tribune.

Miami, Fla, April 81 do not pre-
fer to criticize and / do not enjoy
criticislng the president, | should
much prefer to approve and praise
him. says Colonel Henry Watterson,
veteran editor of the Louisville Cour
ier Journal But what else is an old.
fashioned republican sand democratic
press-man, whose duty is to take ac-
count of public affairs and current
events. to do when twice the Chief
| magistrate quits his great office,
| crosses the ocean and sets up
shop, as it were, in London and
| Paris? -..- ..,
There is no word he can say which
! an official communication might not
say as well, or better. There is no
act that he can perform which
competent ambassador might not with
greater dignity perform in his name.
"Banrum was well enough in ais
place. He was great American. But
do not like Barnumism in our poll
tics. Somehow these European tours
de force vividly recall to my mind
the showman's exploitatio1ls>> Of Jenny
Lind and the woolly horse. If the peo-
pie are not shocked, 1t only, shows
their leyity and lack of discrimina-
ton. -. 4. ...ssz.z--z.-.s..a----. ..s.--.- .--.
WILSON FEELS 4s t,us7,
MOVE WITH PRECISION"
Il would not say that Woodrow
Wilson is q conscious or even an In
tentioned deceiversS OF the people"
Colonel Watterson continued. He
is rather victim-though lucky
lvictim-than principal. He is a
child Of circumstances; eager for &C
ton; easily caught by tne show; who
feels that he, will be lost unless he
moves with the procession. But it
must be well toward the top.
In all that he does we can descry
the sch0olmaster who arrived at the
front rather late ip life. One needs
only to go over the record and mark
how often he has reversed himself to
detect a certain and temperamental
insta bility, clearly Indicating q lack
OF fixed or fesolute intellectual pur.
pose. sl,s. 4
'Tnis Is Characteristic OF an ex
cess in education. The over-educated
man Hancies hinlAelfg doctripaire
when he III ii tofnt Of fact only dis
ciple. !. / d6 NOT like his 'consortins
with tho desputs OF Europe o. Simon
suggs observes, ana .shorting and ca
| vortinE' II foreign lan,ls. l challenge
his quitting HIS appointed sphere snd
post Of duty, ITO lobe around In In
dividual crusades' as Sut LoglngwOod
on famous occasion said Of Andrew
johnson.
| "All that Mr.. Wilson and his pro
posed league Of Nations can do will
be tn revamp and maybe for willis
to reimburse few vopy.boOk maxims
on the shallow mind Of the rank and
file until the believing followers o.
Z fcllona are ready to spring.
Eternal peace, universal peace
was not the purpose - the Diety II
the creation OF the universe. Else
why sin. disease and death?
we should steer clear OF European
complications. Never has there beer
time when the 91nofiitlpu of Wash
tngtOn, Jefferson and Monroe carried
lETs1aer weight. Mf..s Wilson's mind
hss slrcady carried MIN far TO sea
not cerry the coi FtnA gnlpwrec1
of tts institutio y 4
paCo)oGNY u sch AZ
~ 1tAoUG oHsMorIot11.
The DrxsideAks 81 0Dsessli with his
Idea II afie league ~ ne46s. II moi
hts own discovery - aSssyet made
himself its leads asf1e talks flip
paaily Abnut An ~ IDEALS tha,
hssyc wOs the wAS ksinst Germany
nv II thcre were no English ideals