Evening star., 1919-09-21

leave for Washington tomorrow aft
ernoon.
At noon he addressed large gath
ering at the Metropolitan Opera
House in St. Paul, and at pm. he
spoke to the Lincoln Club in odinne-
apolis.,
Tonight the climax of a strenuous
when he addressed a mass meeting
which packed the armory. in Mime
apolis. Many were turned away un-
able to find standing room.
Mayor ]. E. Meyers introduced Sem
ator johnson at the armory meeting,
where the Californian was cheered
for several minutes when he entered
the hall.
Answers President.
Answering President wilson's
statement that Theodore Roosevelt
would favor the league of nations
were he alive today Senator johnson
said:
"Mr. Wilson. hard pressed. quoted
yesterday Theodore Roosevelt oh. if
Roosevelt were only here. The nation
never needed him more. His COM
manding personality, his lofty patri-
otism, his love for and pride in our
nation, his very personality typical
of our republic, his loyalty to the
X
lessness in attacking any divided al
legiance to our country, his red blood
ed AmericaniSm, would have made
short work of the un-American thing
which MIR. Wilson seeks to foist upon
us.
natural it seems for Mr.. Wilson to
quote Col. Roosevelt.
They have ever been the antithesis
of each other. One with clear vision
and unerring wisdom saw the possi-
bilities of the great world war and our
and fabby phrases preached the doc
trine of neutrality in deed and thought
Roosevelt Denounced Wrong.
Roosevelt, when it was unpopular
to do so denounced wrong and aggres-
sion, broken national faith and ruth
less militariSm. Wilson, for three
years before we got into the war, was
unable to tell for what the nations Of
the earth were fighting and told us
each side was battling for the same
hidden causes. For two years and a
half he neither saw nor understood
the underlying forces in civilizations
titanic struggle. Unmoved and un-
touched he witnessed the crime against
Belgium and the assault upon human
ity. He now speaks learnedly of the
Iiietdt Piis1cSS VI Tie COHulCl, Ino dCIuat-
ing reasons. the roots of the cataclysm.'
Until the beginning of 1917 he told
. different tale and spoke another
story. 1t is only now. when the ex-
fgencfes of his league demand another
presentation. with wholly different
background. that he reverses his ut
terances from 1914 to 1917, and as
sumes now to tell us the causes of
the war, the underlying forces of the
ruthless militarism which pounced
upon an unsuspecting world and
paints a picture utterly the reverse of
lean people for nearly three years.
Preparation for Inevitable.
.And during all this time Roosevelt
clearly saw and he sounded his trum-
pet call to the American people of
preparation for the inevitable, while
Mr.. Wilson in utter indifference, or
with unseeing eyes, again and again
publicly stated that both sides were
fighting for the same unknown rea-
sons and that justice substantially
rested with neither
'Of course, Mr.. Roosevelt, like all
the rest OF us, would nave gone far
to have prevented war. But when
any man says that he would for q
single instant have accepted the pro-
British document which would put
the power or direction, command or
recommendation of foreign nations,
that man affronts the revered mem
ory of Theodore Roosevelt.
None who knew Roosevelt, none
who talked to him during his last
soul revolted at Mr.. Wilson's nation
alism and Mr.. wilson's endeavor to
subordinate to foreign. nations the
American republic"
Text Of Speech In Part.
The text Of his speech. in part. at
Minneapolis tonight was as follows:
II feel very keenly that our nation
stands today at the crossroads Of its
destiny.
'The document that has been pre-
scented to us and which we are asked
to make a. part Of our great nation
comes to US at q time most peculiar
IN our history. We have a singular,
psychological reflex from the world
war, working on the lives Of the peo-
pie with distorted intellects. nations
are unable to see with the same clar-
ity of vision as at other periods. I
assume that each of you would go to
almost any extremity IN order to pre-
clude the possibility of another
the past four years.
You recall that before we knew
anything about the covenant of the
league OF nations, gentlemen were go
ing about from city to city. from
state to state. preaching its virtues
and telling Of the marvellous things
that were going to happen as a re-
suit OF the great. unknown document.
And most of us. indeed. welcomed
anything that might render less
likely wars in the future: but we
have watched the proceedings abroad
with a growing disillusionment. We
saw one by one the great principles
to which we had given unqualified in
dcrsement and approval abandoned and
surrendered.
"There are some places that are
is not one of them.
Desired Superhuman Effort.
Il cast my first vote in the United
States Senate for the direct declara-
tion OF war. In the early discussion
of the war, after it's declaration,
imagine every American experienced,
a desire to do something superhuman,
to devote my utmost energies to the
country's problems, that it might per-
form its great part and do its duty in
the vast conflict confronting US. I
remember in those days sitting in my
seat and seeing Balfour Of England
come from the side door, and mount
the rostrum of the Senate. For the
its precedents-for the first time
since Lafayette stood there. Balfour
was the only foreign diplomat to ad-
dress that boby. / remember him tell
ing how he and his people were fight
ing the war for the same things we