The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
CHICAGO CHEERS SENATE RADICALS
 WHO RIP TREATY
Great Crowds Gather To Hear Johnson and Borah
 Attack Pact.
CALIFORNIAN IN
 SARCASTIC MOOD
Personally Attacks Wilson Fo. Statements Made in
 Western Tour.

Chicago. Sept. 11-Crowds last nisht in vain besieccd the Auditorium, where radical Senate opponents of the Peace Treaty anu League of Na- tions began their campgign tour in opposition to President Wilson Be fore o'clock, the hour for opeu-nE the speaking, tho theatre was filled, and thousands of persons were walk ing in the streets,
 Tho block along one side of the theatre bundsu- had been roped oIL' hut the thrcuSs broke down the nar- Tier and ovrrIowod in AlcnlEaA Boulevard and Wabash avenue on either side of the block. closed to trat- fic,
 Tn, thousands within and without bod come -o heart Senators Borah oi Tasbo Iobuson of California, and -r,t~or,,,icl, of Illinois, the latter pre- silsrx a- tbc meeting. reply 10 Pres idlnt Wilson's uttcrances on his swing around the country.
 While the thruuss stormed about ,bc entrances a parade was led by .o1dier ln uniform blowing a buEle along Michigan Boulevard several buDdred persons were in line with banners bearing such lnScripuoha ,s ..yYe1Co1ns to the men who are bringing OUT boys back from Siberia and eve want our boys back rom siberia"
 Tn the course of his speech Seha- tor Johnson said;
 The opening sentence Of the President at Columbus in his mem orabl. swing around the circle struck with vou as with me responsive and s,.,,nathctic cord. T hnve for a long lime chafcd a- the confinement or Washington he said-
 ,sYou have read. doubtless. as have. what he terms his report to ITS f,rIow-couutryn nen,' and you may l,q,-e discovered that his report ap- .,,rantiv has degene~atcd into rather inten1ueraJe and harsh criticisms
 ..v,e may charitabIy ascribe the Presidents condition to his long con finemeut' of month ot Washing ion. of which hc complains, ana 10 tbe absence of that ready and sub gervient agreement which he de- n,Dds for his most cryptic express siccs and his most mysterious acts.
 ..-vbo crisis i0 the affairs of the re- pul1Ic. bosvrvrr. is SO grave that while we would not yield expression 70 thc hot indignation VIC feel, ana --ri1o vr0 would accord to all our Op- moments the full measure Of good Hsith which they deny us, yet never +beless we would speak plainly and without ambiguous phrases of mystl- cal or yelled allusions, point the na- tion's peril.
 '.--re President. in violation Of his word and of the will of the American -.copIe. is seeking to impose his arbi- t~srv win on the nation. He Is asking ms 10 hand American destiny over to 4hc secret councils of Europe It Is inc duty of the Senators of this na- tioo to uphold tho Constitution, to keen America American"
 Al the Hamilton Club at noon Sen ator Johnson addressed 1,5oO Republi- cans who chcered his personal attack on thc President.
 .rThe incxorablc facts make the is sue with MT. Wilson," Senator John |. sor declared. when he says that the League of Nations is the only con cc.va blc arrangement which will pre- won't our sending our men abroad very coon again. and that because of it -rc bows in khaki will not foe ordered into foreign lands, the days events, Inc present conditions, answer and eonfouud hin.
 'ts tho Tresident made bis boast Of no BLhakf-clad boys across the sea, American youths were being slain in Asia. at Vladivostok and in Siberia in u war not declared by American PcO- pie or the American Congress, but di- reCted in secrecy at Paris.
 The facts make the issue with MT. Wilson. and the issue is, shall Amer ican boys be brought home. shall America be America agaiH; or shall American boys at the behcst of Mir. Wilson and his Colleag gues, acting in secrecy. be sent to their death in Eu- rope and in Asia?
 Tn an angry frenzy at St. Louis A1r. Wilson exclaimed, Let them show me how they will prove that, having gone into an enterprise. they are not absolutely contem7tible Quitters ii they do not see the game through. To what game does MT. Wilson re- fer? Is it tch game he started to play in Europe and did not finish, or is i, the game that was played for him and in which he supinely acquiesced? ?''