New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Cabinet Members to Advise
He Forego Speaking
Trip, Arguing Covenant
Has Backing of People
Favor Address Here
Relieve Nation Can BE as
Easily and More Convinc-
ingly Reached by Press
By Carter Field
Ncr York Tribune
-oshir0tOu Bureau

WASHINGTON. July 5.-President
w;,sor will be advised very strongly
-, Members Of his official family, on
=! aryivsl in this country, not TO make
r. stnmping tour of the country IN be-
hsn Of the league OF nations !, was
learned to-day on unquestioned au-
thority. -, .s ~
,oyice. those Of his advisers wno nola
~. view cannot forecast. One OF
them remarked, in discussing the SIT
sa+;cn with a friend, that his advice
I'd not always been accepted by the
p~ss;dent- But the President IS known
- nave 4 high regard for the opinion
- hi. man and one other member OF
Inc Presidents Official family VINO also
believes that the trip would not De
wise. w. =,
though an itinerary for the Tresi-
dents tour has been prepared, has
withheld any announcement, awai'inS
tho Presidents definite decision
Sav League Is Favored
Those who will advise the President
AGAINST making the trip will represent
~ him that they think the country for
- ,e,sons is very generally in favor
Of the league of nations. The hrst
reason Is that the people are eager to
have some solution of the war problem,
ending all war-certainly war on
Isrce scale. The second is that the
rorn.rv. or considerable part Of It,,
took the ground some time ago that
n was behind the President on the war,
and a great many people consider the
LEAGUE of nations, with the peace
treaty. u the last step of the war
Therefore. they are inclined TO be be-
hind the President on this.
On both of these actuating motives,
.hese officials will tell the President
the coantry is absolutely committed.
The very nature of these motives IS
such that no arguments which could
be made would lend any strength 20
them. Either man or woman reels
that yay about il or he does not. and
IN either event no arguments which
the President could possibly make IN
stumping tour would be apt 10 cnange
mans views.
Might Raise Doubt
On the coatrary. the President will
be tod that in a speech h-making tour
on behalf Of the league Of nations ne
would put himself more or less IN
defensive position-a situation tending,
more or less, 20 destroy the potency
Of ore Of the BIG reasons why so many
people are following the President on
the league, because they regard It as
the last cf the war issues and are de-
termined 70 60 through 10 the end
behind the President.
The very fact that the President
considers it necessary TO make a spec
tacular stump-speaking trip, they fear,
will cause many persons now committed
10 the league 10 begin wondering il,
after all, this IS not controversial
question, in which the idea Of follow
ing the President on the war IS not
involved at all, but TO which they
should really give their attention with
view to finding out ii they really ap-
prove II or not.
The course the President will be
urged 10 take is TO make. at the most,
one big speech. perhaps in New York.
in additi'n 10 his address to Con-
gress. In this one speech he could out
line the general benefits of the league
Of nations and point on. the difficult
ties Of solving the problem in any other
way.
Easy TO Reach Country
This. OF course, his advisers say,
would be printed all over the country,
so that it would reach every one who
cared TO read it. SO that, while putting
out the chief arguments in favor of
the league for the benefit Of those
who might be converted 10 il, this plan
would not have the disadvantage Of
placing the President so obviously in
the position Of defending controver-
sail question which was under attack.
Il could not be learned whether these
advisers were a. all Influenced by the
JOY with which the announcement OF
the Presidents tour was greeted by
the radical opponents Of the league
such as Senators BOrah and Hiram
Johnson. Il was pointed out by the
opponents Of the league Immediately
after the announcement of the tour was
made that the President would be com
PEELED. after his first three or -four
speeches. 20 begin 70 20 into details
in defending the league.
The moment he does that ne anC
the league are undOne." one prominent
Senator opposed 20 the league sale
some days ago.
The idea Of the opponents is thai
the moment they can get the public at
ten,ion a little bit OF the main ide'
that the league will stop war-an argu
ment which they think they can nee
logically. bu. not sentimcntaliy the,
think they can obtain popular re
vulsion against the league by exciting
the public over the objections 70 il
such as the possible sending Of Amer
lean Logs % fight over foreign bound
aries or 20 police Europe, the posi-
bic interference Of the league with in
migration iIto America and the aban
donment Of the Monroe Doctrine
Plans OF the league opponents q
send speakers after the President. a..