The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-05
WILSON Will
STAY ABROAD
UNTIL PEACE
meet CLOSES
Little Demonstration at Pier
When President and Party
Leave on Second Voyage to
France.
HARB0R IS DESERTED
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, March 5.-President
Wilson sailed on his second voyage
to France determined, as he said in
his Metropolitan opera house speech
here last night. not to come back
til 1t is over, over there" The trans.
port George Washington. bearing the
presidential party, left Hoboken N. j..
pier at 8:15 a. m.
The George Washington passed
quarantine at $40 a. m, and was
saluted by 21 guns by the U. 8. s.
Amphitrite and by whistles blown by
all the steam craft in the lower bay.
The executives departure was
marked by a simplicity which con-
trasted with the noisy demonstration
given him when the George Washing
ton carried Mr.. Wilson from the Am
erican waters on his first journey to
Paris last December.
Small Crowd at Pier.
Today there was only a small
crowd of persons assembled at the
army transport pier. To these, the
president, hat in hand, and Mrs. Will
son waved farewell greetings as the
George Washington swung out into
the lower Hudson river while the band
on the transport Great Northern,
berthed nearby, played the Star Span
gled Banner. Standing on the bridge,
the president and his wife saw the
American flag raised on the staff at
the stern and heard the booming Of
the presidential salute Of 21 guns. As
the transport turned her nose toward
the, Statue of Liberty, an escort Of
destroyers got under way ahead. The
harbor was nearly deserted because Of
the strike of marine workers.
The president and Mrs. Wilson had
ascended to the bridge soon after 8
o'clock. Mr.. Wilson had been up and
about the decks for nearly two hours,
having been the first Of the presi-
Dental party to appear. Most Of the
others were asleep when the trans
port sailed.
Stop Ship for Papers.
Just as the George Washington was
about to sail 1t was discovered that
some one had neglected to bring
aboard the morning newspapers. The
lines had been made fast to the gang.
plank which was about to be drawn
in when the presidents orderly,
clutching dollar bill in his hand,
rushed across the plank on to the pier
and hurried through the flag decorat.
ed archway to news stand where he
purchased the papers and came run
ming back to the ship. This incident
delayed for few minutes the vessels
departure.
These newspapers brought on board
at the last moment contained the text
OF the speeches Of the president and
William Howard Taft, in support of
the league Of nations at the Metropoli-
ton opera house last night. They also
told Of the activities of the president
on the eve of his departure
1t was a few minutes before mid
night when Mr.. Wilson arrived in Ho-
boken and 1t was early morning be-
fore he reached his stateroom so that
his sleep was only brief.
The president arrived at the Met
ropolitan Opera house about S:15
o'clock last night. After Mr.. Taft and
he had spoken, the president assert
ing that IAN overwhelming majority of
the American people is in favor Of the
league Of nations" Mr. Wilson receiv-
ed delegation of Irish-Americans
with whom he discussed the aspira-
tions OF Ireland at the peace confer
ence. Militant suffragettes had tried
unsuccessfully to force their way into
the opera house earlier in the evening
and few of them were arrested.