Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-10-02
COAST TO COAST
U. S. FOR LEAGUE
MILLIONS ACCLAIM WILSON 40
HE SPEEDS ACROSS
THE LAND.
FEW ASK FOR CHANGES
Majority Feel That Presidents Guild
ance Should BE HeId-He Regards
Pact AS Sure 70 Come Soon.
Cy Mt. Clemens News Buresu)

Aboard President Wilson's Special
Train-From the Capital at Washing
ton to the far Pacific coast the Presi.
dent Of the United States has jour
ueyed on the most UNUSUAL expedition
ever undertaken by chief executive
Of the nation.
To discuss national questions. many
presidents have toured the land; but
Mr.. Wilson IS laying before America
a question which affects the whole
world-ths question Of whether or not
we are to join in the League OF Ma
lions; whether we are 10 forget oui
former isolation and share with the
other peoples u the earth the respon
sibilities Of maintaining civilization
and preventing. as he says we can do
future warfare.
Between the capital and the coas'
the president made fifteen speeche:
and half z dozen brief talks. All o.
1000 fellow citizens listened to him
Several millions had the chance to SET
him, and apparently everyone wanted
10 see him, from those who throngeC
the streets of the cities and town.
where he stopped, to those who CANE
to the railside or stood at little fat
stations in remote places, knowing
their only reward could be a feetinl
glimpse and a wave Of the hand.
He has met and talked to all type
OF citizens-to men big In the bust
ness, financial and professional worlds
to farmers and mechanical workers
to Indians and cowboys and foreign
born herders and rangers, to soldier
and TO mothers who lost soldier-son
In the late war.
What do they all tell him7 unani
mously they say they want peac'
definitely settled, they want no NOR,
wars, they want the League OF Ns
tions, and most of the American pee
pie, 1t may be fairly said, tell tn
President they want the League jus
as 1t Is, without the reservations o
amendments which certain senator
have insisted upon. The majority o
citizens say to those who interview
them on this tour:
Woodrow Wilson guided US right,
before and during the war with Gel
many. We entered that war, every
one agrees, to end all wars. He say
the league can do that. We want u
do that, so let US keep on trusting hin
and get the league into operation a
soon as possible. Forget politics"
Most Americans encountered on tn
tour have forgotten politics. Repuh
lican Governors and Mayors have In
troduced the President to his audi
ence; the Major part Of the local com
mittees which have met him hav,
been Republicans. They have all said
we are nothing but Americans, Mr.
President"
Mr.. Wilson's arguments for thu
league, briefly summarized, are those
There can be no peace. either nov
or in the future, without 1t. Thert
can only be a regrouping Of nations
and q new Balance Of Power" which
Is certain to lead to war. There cal
be no war In the future, with th'
league In existence, because no single
nation would defy the united rest o.
mankind, and II It did, II could bt
brought to terms by an economic
boycott, and without the use OF arms.
There can be no reduction In ths
cost of living until the league is es
tabllshed, for nations will not 81
ahead with peace time production un
til they know that peace is definitely
assured and thar production OF wal
material Is no longer necessary.
There can be wonderful prosperity
with league In existence, for rel
atoms Of labor and capital all over
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, nave left
his hearers thinking and thinking
deeply. And then Mr.. Wilson has
pointed out, the people themselves. az
differentiated from senators and polit.
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 II Is being carried out and
the completeness OF tho arrange
ments on the nine car train which is
bearing the party.
At the rear is the private car May.
flower, occupied by the President and
Mrs. Wilson. Next Is a compartment
car for the secretary Tumulty, AID.
miral Grayson, Mr.. Wilson's Physi'
clan, four stenographers. the chief
executive clerk and teven secret ser.
vice men. Byond are three compart-
ment cars which house twenty-one
correspondents, five movie men, and
q telegraphic ard railroad expert
Then there is a dinner, club car. and
two baggage cars, enc Of them con
verted into a business ONCE. The
train was exactly on time at every
stop between Washington and the
Coast.
Picking potato bugs with an electric