The sun., 1919-09-21

welt would be standing with him rather
than with the Senate were Col. Roose-
welt alive to-day. The memory OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt Is very dear to persons
In this section of the country, and the
artihce employed by Mr.. Wilson has dis
gusted and angered great many VINO
are certain they know about what Col.
Roosevelt's stand would have been could
he have lived to influence mis- country.
Touching on this matter, an interest
ing story is floating about this evening
to the effect that Mr.. Wilson has been
advised by Senator Hitchcock (Neb) j.
leader of the Wilson fight in the Senate,
that 1t Is hopeless to try to force through
an unqualified covenant; and that the
receipt OF this news from Washington
induced Mr. Wilson to drag In the name
of Col Roosevelt. This story may be
true or not, but II Is as certain as day
light that Mr.. Wilson has changed his
tactics. He has become more personal
in his eplthetical illusions; his bitter
ress has grown his speeches have taken
on a sour and acrid quality.
Talks Like beaten Man.
There are times when he Is speaking
that his face is not pleasant to regard,
for his cold eyes are glinting with rage
menacing line. Words utterly fall to
convey the scorn and contempt he man
ages to inject into his speechmaking
when he alludes in any sort of way to
the Senate of the United States; fail to
convey the disdainfulness of his manner
when he speaks of certain gentlemen"
who had better not have the audacity'
to dare this or that.
He is not the same Mr.. Wilson that
left Washington on the Sd of Septem-
her. A great deal of his easy affability
has fallen away from him. He talks
more and more like a man who knows
he is beaten and who is beside himself
with anger and chagrln. This change
undoubtedly is due to the fact that he
has appraised accurately the sentiment
Of the country and knows after two
weeks Of travelling that the country is
not following him in his extreme de-
Eiands.
Mr.. Wilson rested all day in the Alex
andria Hotel and was the principal fig
ure at banquet in that hotel tonight.
This function. which was in honor Of his
Official position, was attended by rep
resentative citizens of southern Call
tornia. The dining room was trans
formed into a replica of the Interior OF
the arbor of the famous old mission OF
San Luis Rey, near Oceanside. Grapes
and oranges were used profdsely In the
decorative scheme, and the white walls
were concealed by masses of yellow
chrysanthemums After brief talk at
the dinner, in which he outlined MS
position. defending Article x. and re-
asserting his belief that civilization will
| break down unless America goes into
the League of Nations, Mr. Wilson went
| to the Shrine Auditorium, where he
spoke before 10000 persons.
Again Makes Complaints.
The President was introduced to this
meeting by Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles,
president of the American Federation OF
| Women's Clubs. He complained once
more that his attitude has been mis-
| represented by little Americans-hy GER
tain gentlemen" He complained that
the people had been deceived. made to
think that the treaty contained only
three or four articles He charged that
persons with private purposes had with
held the truth, which was that the treaty
was a great charter Of humanity, an
international agreement against war
| rather than mere treaty Of peace with
| Germany
Point by point he defended his posi-
| tion in the controversial matters, insist
ing that Article X. the heart of the
covenant" would not lead the United
| States into war, and that the constitu-
tional authority of Congress absolutely
would be unimpaired under the opera
| lions of that article. He maintained
| that the Monroe Doctrine (of which he
| speaks always with a curious sort of
| impatience) was Strengthened and i'm
proved by the treaty. He asserted that
the council of the League of Nations
never would intrude or interfere in or
with American domestic questions such
as immigration.
He uttered his familiar prediction OF
an era OF chaos and OF blood unless the
league goes through as he demands II
shall go through. He waved before busi-
ness men a picture of a country dis