The sun., 1919-09-12
TELLS
OF LENINE MENACE



doesn't do what he demands and that
the world now belongs to peoples IN a
mood to wreck governments. That last
suggestion is one that Mr. Wilson has
constantly emphasized. thought he has
put into many minds since he returned
from Europe the first time. that gov
ernments will be torn down IL the League
of Nations doesn't go through exactly
as II was drawn up at Versailles.
Everything Except Facts.
The people in Montana did not get
the information, the plain facts they
came to hear. There wasn't a word at
Billings about the Monroe Doctrine or
domestic questions or the probability
that American young men might be or
dered by a world council to fight upon
the battlefields of Europe or why Japan
got Shantung and Italy didn't get what
she was promised BY another secret
treaty. Thes1 matters were unimpor-
tant details he has been stating all
along. II the women OF Montana wept
over the memories of sons and brothers
in the military graveyards Of France II
went away from the meetings wonder
ing II the sacrifice was so altogether
for the salvation OF mankind"
The Presidential special arrived at
Billings early this morning after a lsis-
urely progress through the valley Of the
Yellowstone River. Before night fell on
Wednesday the President. sitting upon
the observation platform Of the private
car Mayfower, surveyed country
which compels admiration for the cour-
age of men. Rolling westward from
Bismarck his train passed presently
into that extraordinary surge of land
scape were buttes Of sand and sandstone
shoulder each other back to a mysterious
horizon, where lonely ranch houses still
remain outposts OF civilization. where
the divver, alas, has supplanted the
bronco, and where the moon. leaping
suddenly from the other side OF the
earth, shows herself In amazing circum-
ference. He saw a sunset over the curv-
ing Yellowstone such as few artists save
Frederick Remington have known how
to paint, a picture of dull blue sky
line shot through with tongues of flame,
the dark river In the foreground reflect
ing the miracle. Only the sentinel moose
eilhouetted upon the river bar was lack
ing in this picture fit for Presidents.
At Roosevelt's Ola Home.
He came with what thoughts one may
not speculate upon to the ranch town Of
Medora, Theodore Roosevelts old home.
little changed, no doubt. for the single
street, the square, stiff shacks, the butts
and the dust were all there. But yes.
there has been a change. Where once
stood the Red Trail saloon, stands now
the Red Trail garage, and cowmen wrestle
with fiivver starters now instead of with
bucking broncks. AS the train left Me-
dora behind. the air bore to II, a high,
clear ''yeep-yip-yow" and two girls of
the Golden West quirted ponies down
a dusty road, brought them up stiff
legged. whirled quirts in salutation and
flung back in their baked and dusty
paradise.
Through twilight and night the long,
heavy train. preceded as always by a
pilot train, plodded through bad lands
of dried up streamlets and hooking
mesas. and the sun came up over the
Yellowstone to greet the President as he
approached a kindlier country. Billings
had sent a delegation of big broad
shouldered. sun burned citizens to guide
the President to their ambitious town
and the reception they had prepared
matched their pride in Billings.
The whole country was in for the
day, and here again one observed mourn
fully enough that the horses day is
done even in the horses own country.
When cowboys drive Fords when the
public square of Western towns is moth
ing but a park for Fords, when tue
sight of cayuse backed by a Mcclellan
or a Whitman saddle is as rare as the
sight of six-inch gun, then one suspects
that the West is changed indeed. And
when John Thundermaker drives into
town with Mrs. John. three grown sons
and four or five papooses. all tucked
into Johns rusty flivver and herds the
whole tribe into Mr.. Kanapoulopoulous'
ice cream sodary. then one knows that
the old West is merely a memory.
Billings delivered its guest into its
auditorium along streets well filled with
people from a hundred miles about
Many of these were reading the chal-
fenge printed this morning by the lead
ing newspaper of this part Of the coun-
try. a challenge put in seven questions
to Mr.. Wilson. 1t is rather an interest
ing document IL 1t reflects materially
the feeling Of this part of Montana
Pertinent Questions for Wilson.
The catechism was printed upon the
first page in three column display
and the editor ventured to state that
these are the questions that Montana
and the West are very much interested
in getting answers to:
First-Do you, Mr.. Wilson, intend
to become a candidate for a third
term as President OF the United
States2
Second-What objections do YOU
raise against the reservations to the
League of Nations covenant recon-
mended in the report of the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Senate?
Third-Why. in view OF the fact
that after the peace treaty and the
covenant of the League OF Nations
were practically completed in YER
sailles several changes in the treaty
were made at the instigation of the
German Government. should the
United States be denied the same
privilege?
Fourth-Just what did you mean
by open covenants openly arrived at
and do you guarantee that there are
in existence no secret treaties or
agreements. other than those already
disclosed, that may come before the
proposed League Of Nations for en-
forcement?
Fifth-Does not your admittedly
vast knowledge of history tell you
that every republic in the history OF
the world, excepting the few existing
to-day, met destruction because of in
reference in the affairs of other ma
tons, which resulted ultimately in
foreign influences becoming the DOM
mating and dsintegrating factor In
the government Of the republics
themselves
Sixth-What Is your objection to
the proposed amendment under which
the V0fa nj tha TTnIfad IN tha