The sun., 1919-09-18
SAN FRANCISCO
CROWD MAKES
WILSON ANGRY
Disorder in Audience of
10000 Keeps Him Wait
ing Is Minutes.
HE SPEAKS AMID ROAR
Secret Service Men Appre-
hensive During Disturb
ance in Auditorium.
LITTLE GROUPS TO BLAME
Meeting Cold to President
Who Criticised Mckinley
and Hay.
LITTLE GROUPS TO BLAME
By q stoS Correspondent o, Tn, Sur

~ q ctoU CoTTcoponooUt oJ Iun bUr.
SAN Francisco. Sept. I7.-For the
first time in recollection an American
audience showed so little respect for
the President Of the United States tnat
It or the dominant part OF II, kept him
waiting by its disorder for twenty
ave minutes before permitting him to
speak. This happened tonight in
the Civic Auditorium here, wnen
Woodrow Wilson essayed to address
10000 persons.
Mr.. Wilson stood. his face white
with anger. his fingers closing and un-
closing, his eyes flashing. while waves
Of turbulence swept the great hall.
When he saw It would be impossible
to secure perfect quiet he began his
speech. but the outcries and the shuf-
fling continued. It is doubtful II half
the people knew what he was talking
about or heard his argument.
The secret service men. whose
nerves have been tense ever since the
President reached the Pacific coast,
were apprehensive all through the
meeting. every man Of them poised
ready to spring.
Came From Little Groups.
So far as one could determine the dis
order was not an organised demonstra-
ton. It seemed to proceed from little
groups here and there that were plainly
hostile to the President. and Joined TO
this was the Erumbied resentment OF
thousands, who found their view Of the
President blocked by standees In front
Of them. This grumbling and protesting
was never altogether stilled. and Il
plainly discouraged Mr. Wilson and
halted his speech.
The speech was largely a repetition OF
the address of the afternoon before the
Federation OF women's Clubs-the
charge that President Mckinley and Sec
retary Hays condoned the partition OF
China; the assertion that Japan will or
must return Shantung; the statement
that no injustices will be tolerated ''in
| the future" and that the council of
the league will hear the demands of all
oppressed nations. including Ireland.
For all of this there was less applause
large size since he left Washington.
There was never more than a patter of
palms. The silence and unresponsive-
ness of this audience were brought out
in greater contrast because of its big
ness in numbers
As to self-determination Of nations
(including Ireland again. II was as
sumed) he said the Peace Conference
had no right to take UP self-determina :
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treaty of the defeated nations. but that
the council of the league would have the
right and would exercise II. This pro-
duced no applause worthy of the name.
Mr.. Wilson speaks here tomorrow
afternoon, In Oakland tomorrow night.
His Address to Women.
President Wilson's first Californian n
address in behalf of the unqualified
League of Nations was delivered at the
ST. Francis Hotel this afternoon in cir
cumstances obviously delightful to him
His tender of the millennium was made
in an audience of women only He
voice. rich with emotion. reached only
the ears Of the gentler sex. The only
Interruptions, the only replies, were
feminine cheers In charming soprano.
Tho minute Mr.. Wilson landed at the
foot OF Market street from Oakland
across the bay the women of San Fran
cisco signalled their alteration from the
housetops. 1t Is true that here and
| there male persons in authority, such as
Gov. William d. Stephens, Mayor
James Rolph. Jr., Gavin McNab, Post
master: Charles Fay, Collector of Gus
toms; J. o. Davis. and even Chester
| Rowell, were permitted to sit in the
I official cars and 60 through the motions
fA ca
Francis. but this was an obvious con-
cession.
When tho time came for the President
to make q speech the women simply
elbowed the men aside. They massed
and went forward and the men scattered
in terror. Whenever groups OF trou-
sered insects sought to get anywhere
near Mr.. Wilson they encountered steely
glances. There was nothing left for
these unfortunates save retreat to the
streets or ignominious peering from win
dows.
II was q spectacle, especially the
luncheon at the st. Francis. which
would have made a forty-niner turn
over In his grave. The luncheon set II
| in high relief. but Mr.. Wilson'S greet
ing in the streets through which he
passed when he arrived this morning
was all soprano. His motor car rolled
toward the civic centre between masses
of school children and women. The
children, generously supplied with nags
agitated them earnestly and raised theiI
young voices in piercing acclaim. Wo-
men cheer leaders OF amazing agility
leaped and pranced In front OF these
groups Of children. exhorting them to
wilder demonstration.
Appeared to IGNORE Men.
II was by far the shrillest success OF
any organised welcome that Mr.. Wilson
has yet received. Ha appeared to be
charmed with It and to ignore the blocks
of silent men. just men. who watched
him pass by without uttering a sound.
For the men OF California, the rank and
hls Of men. are not shouting for any