Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-10-03
v>;AST To COAST
i. 5. FOR LEAGUE
BILLIONS ACCLAIM WILSON "A
HE SPEEDS ACROSS
THE LAND.
FEW ASK FOR CHANGES
Majority Feel That Presidents Guild.
ance Should Sc Held-He Regards
Pact As Sure to Come Soon.
(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau,

Aboard President Wilson's Special
Iraln-Ffom the Capital at Washing.
Ton to the far Pacific coast fEe Pras,.
oent Of the United States has jour.
HeEed on the most unusual expedition
ever undertaken by a chief executive
Of the nation.
10 discuss national questions, many
presidents have toured the land. but
MT, Wilson is laying before America
question which affects the whole
"ofid-the question Of whether or not
we are to join in the League of Ma.
/ tions' whether we are to forget our
! former isolation and share with the
! cther peoples Of the earth the resnon.
sI0llltles of maintaining civilization
fnd preventing. as he says we can do
future warfare.
Between the capital and the coast
the president made fifteen speeches
and half dozen brief talks. All Of
100000 fellow citizens listened to him.
Several millions had the chance to see
him. and apparently everyone wanted
TO see him, from those who thronged
the streets of the cities and towns
Where he stopped, to those who came
- the railside or stood at little flag
,taIons IN remote places, knowing
their only reward could be a feetfng
glimpse and a wave of the hand.
He has met and talked to all types
q citizens-to men big In the bust
ness. financial and professional worlds
to farmers and mechanical workers
t. Indians and cowboys and foreign
born herdeTs and rangers, to soldiers
and to mothers who lost soldier,sons
In the late war.
What do they ~. tell him? unani
mously they say they want peace
definitely settled, hey want no more
T,Hs, they want the League of Ma
,i5ns, and most OF the American PEG
pc, it may be fairly said tell the
PEST 3ont they want the League tcst
it is. without the reservations OF
amendments which certain senators
hive insisted upon. The majority o.
citizens say to those who interview
them On this tour
'Wooi,Ow Wilson guided us rightly
before and during the val with Ger
many. Va entered that war. every
ora agrees t. End all wars. He says
the league Cal DO that. We want tt
do that, so let US keep on trusting hin
and get the league into operation as
soon as possible Forget politics."
Most Americans encountered on the
tc,IT. b3ra fo,.Uattop pofitioc paDub
lican Governors and Mayors have in
troJuced the President to his audi
ence; tho Major part Of the local com
mittees which have met him have
been Republicans. They have all said:
I'VE are nothing but Americans, Mr.
President"
Mr. Wilson's arguments for the
league, briefly summarized are those:
There can BE- no peace, either now
or in the future, without Il. There
can only be a regrouping OF nations
nna q new balance If Power" which
is certain to lead 20 war. There car
be no war in the future. with the
league in existence, because no single
nation would defy the united rest OF
mankind, and If 1t did, it could be
brought to terms by an economic
boycott. and without the use Of arms
There cal be no reduction in the
cost Of living until the league Is es
tablished, for nations will not sc
ahead with peace time production IN
til they know that peace is definitely
assured and that production of val
material is. no longer necessary.
There can be wonderful prosperity
with the league In existence, Tor rel
atoms of labor and capital all ovel
the world will be made closer and
more friendly, and the worker will re
ceive a fairer share of what he pro
| duces.
These declaration of the president
| logically and eloquently put, have left
| his hearers thinking and thinking
| deeply. And then Mr.. Wilson has
| pointed out, the people themselves, as
| differentiated from senators and poi1u
clans. seem to want just what the
president wants, which Is America for
| leadership.
Quite as unusual as the purpose OF
the cross country tour Is the manner
! in which it is being carried out ano
the completeness Of the arrange
ments on the nine car train whlcn Is
bearing the party.
At the rear is the private car May
flower. occupied by the President ana
Mrs. Wilson Next Is a compartment
car for the secretary Tumulty, 40
miral Grayson, Mr.. Wilson's Physi'
clan. four stenographers. the CHIEF
executive clerk and seven secret ser
vice men, Byond are three compart
ment cars which house twenty one
correspondents, Ave movie men, and
a telegraphic and railroad expert
Then there is a dinner. club car, and
two baggage cars. one Of them con
verified into a business Office. the
train was exactly on time at every
stop between Washington and tia
Coast
. vnree Kinds Of etoneA
This happened near Bedford an9 =
the county which sends away sDe1
beautiful limestone. The teacher ~
; giving Z geography lesson. She began
with shale. told Of the way In which =
. was obtained, Of its uses and sAows1 .
} piece 10 the children. Shame several
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