The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11
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heartily supports Bolshevism and ap-
piauds the names of Lenine and TrotzlSy
at its meetings. The backbone Of It in
! North Dakota are Germans, whose SYM
pethies haven't been materially modi-
ned, and Russian settlers, who accept
the Doctrines preached by more ener-
| getic persons
The only kind of sympathy the Nom
1 Partisan League has for the League of
Nations is based on Its theory that the
league minimizes the power Of govern.
ment, any kind of government, and gets
the ''proletariat' a little further on its
way 20 absolute dictatorship of the Rus
sian variety. For that service the
Non-Partisan League papers are prais-
ing Mr.. Wilson's work in Paris, and
that is all they are praising him for.
| He is just little more representative
of what they want than anybody else
in authority. They say that SO frankly
that there is nj doubling the insolence
and cynicism Of their point of view.
And 1t was the Non-Partisan Leaguers
that gave Inn the bulk of his welcom-
ing crowds in this city and that blew
| the loudest trumpet of applause.
| 1t was not reception or a meeting
which the President of the United States
spite Of the terrorism exerted by the
Non-Partisan League there are plenty
| of decent and unterrified people in North
Dakota, including Democrats as angry
and alarmed over the seizure of the Re-
publican organization by Townley's
| dupes as are the Republican victims
themselves. Their opinion may be worth
| something.
In Dakota Darkness.
The dozen or more that THE SUN
correspondent talked to in this city say
| that as a rule the people don't know
what the treaty and the covenant are
all about. not having read II themselves
and standing confused by SO much con-
fict of opinion. As rule, they want
the whole discussion and alteration
settled quickly. They think the treaty
should be ratified and that the league
experiment should be tried, but they
don't know whether reservations are
necessary or not and are saying that
they elected Senators to do that kind of
thinking for them.
In other words, they are contendedly
following Senators McCumber and
Gronna. Enthusiasm for treaty or league
is absolutely lacking, partly because the
German blood Of the State thinks Ger
ion in which the Russian element joins,
and partly because they all think the
British are getting too much out of the
new world deal. And it Is lacking also
because there is thousand times more
interest in American problems than there
Is in European or world problems.
MIR. Wilson entered the old Sioux
country very early this morning and
observed. IL he had his eyes to the win
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redskins that made a pretty bad failure
Of the INSTRUMENTATION business. Here
and there at various little ranching coun-
try settlements along the Northern Pa
cific Railroad civilized bucks and squaws
lounged or squatted along line fences or
depot platforms, not few OF them wav-
ing greetings.
Later on. from the wind swept eleva-
ton OF the Bismarck Country Club. the
President was to cast his glance across
the Missouri River to the Bluffs, near
Fort Lincoln. to the very spot from which
Custer rode to the massacre of the Little
Big Horn. He was to shake hands and
to respond to the gutter6l How. white
father" of Red Tomahawk, Mandan
headman. and to wave his hand at the
children and grandchildren of the van
ished hostiles as they gathered in the
country roads around the State capital.
Sees Farmers Prosperity,
Mr.. Wilson's train approached Bis
marok over a majestic sweep of rolling
prairie, varied by red clay buttes of
curious formation and by ponds fringed
with soapy foam of alkali; prairies
fenced magnif1cently into enormous fields
of stacked alfalfa and ripening corn
the whole country revealing solid evil
dences of/prosperity. AT IL A NJ. Ire
stepped from the car Mayfiower to shake
hands with the Governor of the State
Lynn Frazier. idol of the Non Parti-
ran Leaguers and their candidate for
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent OF the United States
Mr. Frazier is a large man of care
fu! speech, who somewhat resembles
the Bryan of twenty years ago. His
leaguers are planning to get a block of
delegates for him at the Republican ma
tional convention. They own this State
and they are figuring on delegates from
Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
They plan to make big trouble If the
contest turns out to- be close. This
whole Northwestern district is regarded
as the sore spot of the Republican party.
The capital of 5000 population pre-
scented a crowd Of at least 10000 be-
cause all of the farmers and ranchers
came to town in their Tin Lizzies and
made a holiday of 1t. The President
of the United States doesn't drop into
Bismarck every other Wednesday in
September, and tho show was worth
seeing.
There wasn't a prairie woman for
fifty miles around who, hadn't a vivid
curiosity regarding Mrs. Wilson. to see
what "she was wearing" what she
looked like, anyway; and there wasn't
man lacking in curiosity in the APP
pearance of the President.
A motor car procession curved through
the clean, handsome streets and came to
the neat auditorium, which holds only
800 but into which 1000 were squeezed
to-day. These people received the Presi-
dent most respectfully. but there was no
note Of vibrant enthusiasm in the ap-
plause, nor was there any special EFFORT
on the part or the nonpartisan league
Governor, Frazier. to glorify the visitor
Mr.. Frazier just about said, ladies |
and gentlemen, the President OF the |
United States" and slumped into his |
chair.
Mr.. Wilson said first OF all that il was |
very strange to him that he should be |
going about discussing the question of !
peace. 1t was strange that America !
should still be debating after the great !
minds of the world had reached a con-
olusion. There couldn't be any peace
without America, he insisted, beginning !
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