El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-31

president WILSON, has friends than any other
one man in the world and enough enemies balance
He Is the advertised parsonage since the time OF
Lincoln, not excepting Col Roosevelt and the former
emperor Of Germany His and picture are familiar
in all civilized countries of the globe EEen in remote
corners of the EARTH people who Wilson is and
have made their estimates Of his character and achieve
ments
These estimates subject revision. Only part
of what has happened since 1914 is ndebly historical
The rest still hinges the future
Much depends the stability of the peace treaty. the
success of the League of Nations experiment. the defeat of
bosheyis and facility with which the world adjusts
itself to postwar economic conditions.
President Wilson viii go down IN history either as
brilliant, forceful world statesman;
The champion of Democracy throughout the universe;
The leader with vision enough to make the war con-
flct for mighty principles;
The spiritual cheftan Of the hosts Of liberty, enbatted
against the forces of oppression;
The spokesman for the masses Of humanity in over
turning unjust and yTsnnal political and economic con-
ditions,
Or as
The vacang president who prated first Of peace with
out victory and then about to the finish;
The president who elected for his second term on
slogan Of che kept US Of war; and who avoided war
un Germanys deliberate insults had so outraged the
American people make further evasion impossible;
The commsndernchief who. reluctantly having entered
war had thought of giving the allies any but economic
alq unth marsn1 goIIres appear ioI men, euil1s ~
visit to the United States had brought an Enthusiastically
hearty response from the American people;
The president who, the having been won, butted
insisted that European affairs be settled his way
the heads Of their leaders;
The fatuous ideaist whe made mess of things gen
srally IN the United States, Mexico and Europe;
The political bunderer who brought about Republican
victory by appealing for the election Of Democrats only
and who insisted debating what congress should do
while he himself retained cabinet composed largely Of
incompetents and misfits
IF M Wilson's international scheme works out accord
ing TO program the first estimate viii be the prevailing
one if not the latter He is going down in history
one of the greatest men the world knew,
pricked balloon
Meanwhile # that certain pressure is being
brought to bear Mr. Wilson to be third term cand
date II may be that III advised friends trying
to make out to M Wilson that the United States and
the rest Of the world going to need after next year.
the continued support Of his greatness and that IS essen
m to the welfare of the universe that he keep On guiding
its destnies
However great Mr.. Wilson may be, he viii commit
bIunder much worse than his fated appeal for Demo-
cratic congress If he campaigns for third term Wilson
It was Part of the true greatness Of George Washing
ton that he had sound sense to realize when
quitting time had come. It Washington who created
the precedent Of nc third for American presidents
Mr. Wilson has record breaker Of presidents, but
onv figure greater than Washngtons could break that
third term precedent successfully.
Il Is verv doubtful whether Mr. Wilson could be elected
again. He has many enemies as well friends in his
own party He has many supporters who no more
than lukewa1m He has strong and growing Republican
opposition And then there is the aversion to third