The Era-leader., 1919-09-25
COAST TO COAST
U. S. FOR LEAGUE
MILLIONS ACCLAIM WILSON As
HE SPEEDS ACROSS
THE LAND.
few ASK FOR CHANGES
Majority Feel That Presidents Gu,d'
ance Should Be HeId-He Regards
Pact As Sure to Come Soon.
(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau)

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
neyed OH 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-the question of whether or not
we are to Join in the Lea que OF Ma
tions; whether we are to forget our
former isolation and share with the
other peoples of the earth the respon-
sibilities Of maintaining civilization
and preventing, as he says we can 40,
future warfare.
Between the capital and the coast
the president made fifteen speeches
and half dozen brief talks. All OF
100000 fellow citizens listened to him.
Several millions had the chance to see
him, and apparently everyone wanted
to see him, from those who thronged
the streets Of the cities and towns
where he stopped, to those who came
to the railside or stood at little flag
stations in remote places, knowing
their only reward could be a fleetlng
glimpse and wave Of the hand.
He has met and talked to all types
,pf citizens-to men big in the busi-
ness, financial and professional worlds,
to farmers and mechanical workers,
to Indians and cowboys and foreign
born herders and rangers, to soldiers
and to mothers who lost soldier-sons
in the late war.
What do they all tell him? unani-
mously they say they want peace
definitely settled, they want no more
wars, they want the League of Ma
.tions, and most of the American peo-
pie, it may be fairly said, tell the
President they want the League just
as it is, without the reservations or
amendments which certain senators
have insisted upon. The majority OF
citizens say to those who interview
them on this tour:
"Woodrow Wilson guided us rightly
before and during the war with Ger
many. We entered that war, every
one agrees, to end all wars. He say'
the league can do that. We want tt
do that so let us keep on trusting hin
and get the league into operation al
soon as possible. Forget politics."
Most Americans encountered on thu
tour have forgotten politics. Repub
;llcan 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
1--WE are nothing but Americans, MI
President"
Mr.. Wilson's arguments for tn
league, briefly summarized, are those
There can be no peace, either nov
or in the future, without it. Their
can only be regrouping of nation
and new Balance Of Power" whic
ia certain to lead to war. There ca
be no war in the future, with tn
league in existence, because no singl
nation would defy the united rest {
mankind, and If it did, it could b
brought to terms by an economi
boycott, and without the use Of arms
There can be no reduction in tn
cost Of living until the league Is 9
tablished, for nations will not G
ahead with peace time production u
til they know that peace Is defnite
assured and that production OF WI
material is no longer necessary.
There can be wonderful prosperlt
with the league in existence, for re
ations Of labor and capital all ov'
the world will be made closer al
more friendly, and the worker will r
ceive a fairer share Of what he pr
duces.
These declaration Of the presider
logically and eloquently put, have lie
his hearers thinking and thinhlr
deeply. And then Mr.: Wilson HI
pointed out, the people themselves,
differentiated from senators and poll
clans, seem to want just what Il
president wants, which is America Il
leadership.
Quite as unusual as the purpose
the cross country tour is the mann
IN which it Is being carried out al
the completeness OF the arrane
ments on the nine car train which
bearing the party.
At the rear Is the private car Ma
flower. occupied by the President al
Mrs Wilson. Next is a compartme
car for the secretary Tumulty, A
miral Grayson, Mr.. Wilson's Phys
clan, four stenographers, the chi
executive clerk and seven secret Sc
vice men. Byond are three compal
nent cars which house twenty-ol
correspondents, FIVE movie men, al
a telegraphic and a railroad expei
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