The sun., 1919-09-16
President Wilson's Welcome by the
Pacific Coast RevOlutiOnaries.

President Wilson's Welcome by the
!, Pacific Coast RevOlutiOnaries.
President WILSON'S reception ir
u Seattle has amazed and alarmed the
sober business men and thoughtful
I. liberals of the Pacific coast States
$ because of the enthusiasm with
which he was acclaimed by the ex
I IRENE and revolutionist elements iI
the city. These elements of the pop
ulation are responsible for the at.
tempted general strike Of February
!, which Mayor OLE HANSON suppressed
They comprise the men and women
! who have labored for years and labor
Z now for the overthrow of society and
the suppression of our form of gov
eminent. They are anarchists, In
Z dustrial Workers of the World, Boil
shevists in the popular acceptance OF
that word. and those who sympathize
with such. Among them are all those
who do not love work. They have
Z preached revolution and attempted to
2 put revolution into effect. and they
gave to President WILSON a reception
3 so cordial II shocked the men and
: women of the West-liberal men,
liberal women-who have been fight
ing their propaganda of revolt.
The immediate object Of all these
disciples of disorder is the overthrow
: Of the present social system. Their
ultimate designs vary widely. Some
of them are for soviet form of gov
, eminent. Some are opposed to all
government. Some of them seek only
opportunity for unrestricted looting.
{ Many Of them talk about the destruc-
ton of nationality and the setting up
of internationalism, and 1t Is in this
theory Of internationalism that they
think they discern sympathetic atti-
tude toward them on the part of Pres
eident WILSON. They believe that,
whatever his motive may be, he is
+, actually working toward the first end
they want to see attained: the sup
preston of nationallsm, the elimina-
ton of national boundary lines, and
the Reputation of political divisions.
D Their opinion OF President WILSON'S
policy is based on his own utterances.
His citations Of his assumption of an
obligation to humanity higher and
more binding than any obligation to
his fellow countrymen have been nu-
merous and specific. Such phrases as
breaking the heart of the world" and
insistence on Americas supposed duty
superior to its self-preservation have
been conspicuous in his addresses. He
put the thing clearly and explicitly in
his Kansas City speech on September
o when he said:
II have come out to fight for a
cause.
THAT cause II greater than the
Senate OF the United States; it is
greater than the Government
\ 1T IL as great as the cause of hu-
manity, and I intend. in office and
( out to fight that battle as long as
live"
The agitators who greeted him so
boisterously in Seattle do not care a
snap Of their fingers about the "cause"
"a supersovereignty absorbing some
Of the powers and much of the author
ity Of the present governments of the
world-but they do care a great deal
about the weakening Of government in
general. They feel clearly that In
working for the ideal he processes
President WILSON Is contributing to
their propaganda. They accept his
agitation as contribution to their
agitation. They hope to turn his ac-
tivities to the benefit of their pro-
gramme Consequently they hail
him as leader, convinced that
when they have got out of him all
they think is worth while they can
drop him and so ahead without him
IL he finally should turn on them.
Their present purpose is to knock
down a stable government and blast II
to bits, and they unanimously feel
that President WILSON is helping them
to achieve that end.
This explains the demonstration In
President WILSON'S behalf, which has
astounded and frightened the loyal
and serious citizens of Seattle and the
neighboring communities. They see
the President received as a sympa-
thetic friend by those who only re-
Gently. with bombs in hand, threatened
to blow up Industrial plants, CONNER
ciai houses, court houses. They see
him deliriously applauded by those
members of the population whose pro-
claimed purpose is revolution, and the