The Nevada County picayune., 1919-09-25
COAST ID COAST
 U. 5. FOR LEAGUE
MILLIONS ACCLAIM WILSON AS HE SPEEDS ACROSS
 THE LAND.
FEW ASK FOR CHANGES
Majority Feel That Presidents Guid. ance Should Be Held-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 on the most unusual expedition ever undertaken by chief executive of the nation.
 To discuss national questions, many presidents have toured the land; but MT. Wilson is laying before America a question which affects the whole world-the question of whether or not we are to join in the League of Ma tions; whether we are to forget our former isolation and share with the other peoples of the earth the respon- abilities of maintaining civilization and preventing, as he says we can do, future warfare.
 Between the capital and the coast the president made fifteen speeches and half a 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 fleeting glimpse and a wave of the hand.
 He has met and talked to all types of 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 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, 1t 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 says the league can do that. We want to do that, so let us keep on trusting him and get the league into operation as soon as possible. Forget politics"
 Most Americans encountered on the 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 have been Republicans. They have all said: I've are nothing but Americans, Mir. President"
 MT. Wilson's arguments for the league, briefly summarized, are those:
 There can be no peace either now or in the future, without 1t. There can only be regrouping of nations and a new Balance of Power" which is certain to lead to war. There can be no war in the future, with the league in existence, because no single nation would defy the united rest of mankind, and if 1t did. 1t could be brought to terms by an economic boycott, and without the use of arms.
 There can be no reduction in the cost of living until the league is es- tablished, for nations will not go ahead with peace time production un- til they know that peace is definitely assured and that production of war material is no longer necessary.
 There can be wonderful prosperity, with the league in existence for rel ations 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, have left his hearers thinking and thinking deeply. And then Mr. Wilson has pointed out, the people themselves. as differentiated from senators and politi- 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 it is being carried out and the completeness of the arrange ments on the nine car train which i. bearing the party.
 At the rear is the private car May flower, occupied by the President an6