The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-06
Mainly About People
Weekly News Letter
BY T. P. O'C0NNOE
Masses in Britain See
Chief Hope in President
Great Reception in London Says T. P 0Conner, Due to
Belief Of People That His Influence Will
Make Future Secure
By T. P. O'CONNOE

sober gray. IN snort il "as tho king
and queen that looked Xix" strangers
and IN" President and his wif" ike
homHf"lEs 30 This great and typical
rncknry crowd
English Taken by Storm.
The kim and Queen lent themselves
Ia 4 dominating hold on the crowd,
which the president ami his wife obtain
ed. III" ilnmrnSiiy uf that impression
cannot be exaggerated. Never did any
man reach more easily the royal avenue
10 Ger? bndy's heart His expression
was moro genial and ampl" than the
uust"rc rhotnG rnirhs portray him and his
sm:l" which has passed into history
both here and in Franco. has taken the
English public by storm. ono. paper
,.vrn remarked with glowing enthusiasm
on She manner in which h.. waved his
hni which il was remar k"d by other ro-
rurd"r#. We srotlcssly nov and shiny.
ono must ask what other things lie
behind this cHtraord'nar: outhursi or
genuine ~ huSiasm and here on" ont"rs
those curious cross currents which flow
through tho GiFf"rrut sections OF Eng
I'sh political thought.
For 4 man who has mad" such nm-
yIai.r ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rs In his nur-
poses in this war. TIC terms on which
alone satisfactory r"ar" can be made.
who has called for iii" freedom OF thn
seas and tn" League of Nniions-in
short fer 4 brand new world on III"
ruins ~; the old world Of crushed Mill
'nr,-m and cvrrthrown thrones. cannot
r>rr., ~ fimI absolute unity CT opinion
here an, rnr~ than in his own country.
whrr.> foe criticism % his policy il re-
f.,it t,1l 80 from
America.
Political Opinion IN Suspense.
For tn" moment opinion in political
circles seems To 10 sin in suspense on
those Things Differences cannot be
frankly expressed in tn" fnr" IT this tu-
mul,unus outhursi OF welcome. MI that
;hc most " the iinEn Journals venture
tn say is th?t Mr.. Wilson is not the
i,l~al:st tho ioctrinairr. h" is repre-
srntrd % he.
It ia recorded that in private intnr-
virws with such strong spirits aG Fro
micr Clrm"nC"au ard Lloyd GonrE" the
president Is rra sonnhlr. c0;cilIatory and
willing To li"t"n. Thns" very doubts
and llrsitaticrn in such circles about
Mt Wilson add !" Tho desire Of all tn"
liberal and radical clements IN give him
= welcome in which political hopes and
purposes arr int"rmnEl"d with personal
and Instructive affection for n man who
is regarded a$ friend of tho masses.
have no! put il too strongly when I
say these elements look to Mr.. Wilson
as their chief hope in "X'ortinE from all
III. e"lfishn"sS of d-wnrld ideas and
European Craftsmanship tho n"w-world
idcnls % peace with disarmament terms
to all the cnmhatDnts. including even
Germany that will rnakr for reconcilin-
ton md for guarantees against future
wars
These hnp"s which arc founded on Mr..
Wilson'S Influence. were augmented mt
ur.,!ly by Il relapse into all the old war
cries and war passions that hecamr in
rvt,ahln in such conflict. while the
'r~~nr. moro hopeful and more remote
ideals Of restored peace and now rela-
tons necessarily went far away into the