Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-10
$1,000 Persons Hear Wilson
ReCapituIate His Defense Of
Peace Treaty and League
of Nations at St. Paul.
LAYS LIVING COST TO
NOT RATIFYING PACT
World Looking to America to
Take Lead in Restoring All
Nations to a Sound Eco
nomic Basis, He Declares.

St. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 9.-(By the
Associated Press.)-President Will
son arrived at the St. Paul audi
torium at 1888 o'clock tonight and
received tremendous reception.
Nearly $4,000 persons arose after
, the president stepped on the plat
form and sang The Star-Spangled
Banner"
Readjustment OF the high cost of
living, President Wilson declared
here today, must await the re-estab-
lishment of a complete peace basis
which will put labor and capital on
their feet.
In two addresses the president as
serted that the connection between
acceptance of the peace treaty and
amelioration of living conditions
was a direct one and that the world
was looking to America to take the
lead in restoring the world to a
sound economic basis.
Mr.. Wilson spoke in the morning
at special session of the Minnesota
legislature and in the evening at a
public meeting at the St. Paul audi
torium. During the afternoon he
also addressed a meeting in Mime
apolis.
Tomorrow he is to speak in Bis
marck, N. D.
Auditorium Packed.
For his night meeting here the
president found the auditorium
packed, city authorities estimating
the crowd at more than $4,000.
Mayor L. c. Hodgson, republi-
can, introduced Mr.. Wilson as "a
great spiritual leader Of American
democracy" whose power was writ
ten 'in the hearts of his people"
Opening his speech Mr.. Wilson
said there were no political consid-
erations in his speechmaking trip
for the treaty. 1t was an American
issue, he declared, and he had come
out to the people rather to hold
counsel" than to make fight
against anybody.
Despite the varied national origin
of the people of America, said the
president, distinctly American
type had been developed and one of
the distinctions of that type was
the belief in equality as contrasted
with the class distinctions OF the
other countries.
Many Hyphens Left.
Adding that there were "a great
many hyphens' left in America, the
president declared a "hyphen" the
most un-American" trait to be
found in the country.
Because of its mixed derivations,
the president asserted, America was
destined to be the mediator of the
world. 1t was the only nation, he
continued, that can sympathetically
| organize the world for peace" OF
the many delegations from foreign
! lands who appealed to him for a
hearing in Paris, he said, all were
able to point out that they had
relatives in America.
The league of nations, the presi-
dent declared, had been misrepre-
sented as trap set to draw the
| United States into war.
I'VE shall not be drawn into
| wars" he said. "We shall be drawn
into consultations. And we shall
be the most trusted adviser. We
are the pre-destined mediators OF
mankind"
Emphasizing the arbitration feat
ures of the league covenant, Mr..
| Wilson repeated many of the argu-
ments he had used in previous ad-
dresses.
Since it had seemed to become
possible that the league would fall
said the president, the old intrigues
have started off again" and "that
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