Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-21
SENATOR JOHNSON
ENDS COAST TOUR
Caustically Scores President for
Referring to Message of
Col. Roosevelt.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO LEADER
Asserts His Red Blood Would
Make Short Work of
Treaty.
fBy Associated Press l

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Sept. 20
With three addresses in the Twin
City today. Senator Hiram w. johnson
concluded his speaking trip through
the Middle West opposing the rati-
fication OF the league OF nations cove
nant in It's present form.
At noon he addressed large gather
Ing at the Metropolitan Opera House
in st. Paul and at o'clock this after
noon he spoke to the Lincoln Club in
s Mtinneanois dav Tongh. the climax Of
reached when he addressed mass
meeting which packed the armory in
mlnhheapolis; Many were turned away
Mayor Meyers introduced Senator
i '6e Sa1,f al the armory meeting. where
efal minutes when he entered the hall.
Answers Presidents Statement.
Answering President wilson's state
mTent that Theodore Roosevelt would
a a1Eor ,a shs : league Of nations were he
yesterday Theodore roosevelt oh. II
n nooseve eso were only here! The nation
handing personality. his lofty patriot
Ism. his love for and pride in our
Of nat ooT re hS very S,s typical
cause OF democracy. his feariessness
In attacking any divided allegiance to
our our country. his red FLOODED American :
the un-American thing which Mr. viii
son seeks to foist upon us. How
s seems for and ID Weird and unnatural it
antithesis of each other eyer o Geen w tfs
the poa sH ana u of .he wisdom saw
with feeble and e fia io me ph Htneg;
was unpopular to do so. denounced
f% aIths and aggression. broken national
for three years before we We got ' into
me war was unable TO tell for What
and toId us OF the the earth were fighting
for the same hidden t causes @as F Sa.ti ing
years and half he neither saw nor
ciwiftzs,,od the underlying forces in
"Unmoved and untouched. he Wit
nesseo the crime against Belgium and
s sne assault upon humanity. He now
OF the conflict. the actuaiing reasons
me roots of the cataciysm. Until the
.oesihnlng or 1917 he told a different
o eaie ana spoke another story. 1t is
league demand another presentation
with wholly different background
nat ne reyerses his utterances from
US the causes of the war. the under
!!ing FORCES or the ruthless militarism
which bounced upon an unsuspectinr
world. and paints picture utterly the
reverse .hs OF that which he painted to
years. All during this time Roosevelt
clearly saw and he sounded his trumpet
call to the American people of prep
aration for the inevitable. while Mr..
wilson in utter indifference, or with
unseeing eyes. again and again pub
iiciy stated that both sides were. fight
ing for the same unknown reasons.
and that justice substantially rested
with neither.
Hoosevelt Opposed Wilson PLAN.
OF course, Mr.. Roosevelt, like all
the rest OF us. would have gone far
10 have prevented war. But when any
man says that he would for a single
instant have accepted the pro- British
document which would put the country
he so dearly loved within the power
or direction. command or recommends
ton of foreign nations, that man af-
fronts the reyered memory of Theo-
Roosevelt none who talked to him
during his last days, but knew his
heart and his soul revolted at Mr. Will
sons internationalism and Mr. Will
sons endearors to subordinate to
foreign nations the American repuh-