Evening journal., 1919-11-18

We can doubt no longer that the
President Is on The high road to com
plete and fairly quick recovery Of that
remarkable mental and physical yigOr
which has sustained him so notably in
his unprecedenledly arduous endeavOrs
during the past year. ordinarily so se-
we're an attack as he suffered as a con-
sequence of excessive undertaking Is
followed by a period OF grave depres-
sion, but hnppily in this instance
there appears no evidences Of such
happening Not only does the aboll-
tion Of daily bulletins afford cheer
ing sign. but the practical demOnstra-
iiOn Of his ability TO consider and sign
or veto legislative measures and 10 in
dte important official communications
enhances 10 a marked degree the en-
c0uragemcnt which seemed 10 be wan
ing
Yet more significant and gratifying
perhaps Is the authoritative testimony
Of the World respect ng Mr.. Wilson's
full satisfaction with results Of Tues
days voting" This clearly evidences
at the least a renewed buOyancy Of
spirit and possibly, in addition,
change Of hart. That is TO say that
In logic, II not in morals Mr. Wilson
seems to have gone Republican, along
with the cOuntry-an inference plainly
warranted by his handsome congratu-
latOry message 10 Governor Coolidge.
True. the President carefully restrict
ed his fellcit0t Ons 10 the victory for
law and ORDER" but the World has
tened TO demonstrate in It's peculiar
fashion that the League also was In
vOlved In order 10 make q semblance
OF a Cnse, however, Mr. Cobb was
driven to The necessity which must have
been most dstasleful 90 his honorable
spirit Of deliberately receiving his read
ers.
"The Republicans. ne declared auda-
ciously on Thursday, mot only made
The cause OF law and order their own,
but paid their respects TO Senator
Lodge and his bushwhackers by de-
manding the prompt ratification OF
the treaty OF peace without amend
ment.'
Now that was not true. II was not
complete faslehOOd to be sure; IL was
one Of those hulf lies which are uni
versally recognized as being worse be
cause they comprise the more detes-
table elements Of hypocrisy and deceit
This is what the Record platform con-
tanned and what the World knew II
contained
"All are also agreed tfht the sooner
a final disposition OF this problem Is
made the better Il WI be for the peo-
pies OF the world. We therefore favor
prompt ratification of the treaty with
out amendment, but with such un-
cqulvOcal and effective reservations as
will make clear the uncOnd tiOnal
right Of the United States TO Withdraw
from the League upon due notice. as
will provide that the United States
shall assume no oblicntlOn TO employ
American soldiers or sailors unless
Congress shall by act or resolution so
direct. as VIII make 10 clear that no
domestic questions, such as the tariff
and imm grafton, viii be taken from
the control OF the United States, and
that the United States shall be the
sole Judge as to the Interpretation Of
the Monroe Doctrine. There must be
no abridgment OF the sovereignty OF
the nation, Of the control OF its own
domestic affairs, or Of the maintenance
Of It's national policies
NO argument or Interpretation is
needed TO establish the mendacity OF
the World 20 which we have alluded
with natural reluctance. The mere fact
that 1t not only eliminated the main
part Of the declaration but shameless
ly cut a sentence into two parts ought
TO and. we guess dues, suffice What
we do maintain is that the World knew
II was lying. As long ago as October
10 the observant Sun directed its at
tention 10 the fact with all the delicate
but forceful gjncefulness Of the man
who made Charles A. Dana famous;
nevertheless, from lack Of information
we fetch no accusation against Mr.
Cobb; he may have been away; Lieu
tenant Ralph Pulitzer may have been
on deck: we would be the last TO pry
into the affairs Of our neighbOrs.
The main point, so far as the trust
worthy Bay state goes" as Senator
Lodge remarks. or stands" as Sena-
tor Webster used to put lt, is that Mr..
Coolidge thanks largely TO the polti-
cal sagacity of the Hon. Winthrop
Murray Crane. carried Il by i25.00O as
AGAINST 1900 one year ago and that
President Wilson made graceful con-
gratulaLons-after the event An un-
duly meticulous person might wonder
why. II his heart was so deeply im-
bedded 10 the result, he cautiously re-
Trained from speaking when he might