Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-09-17
vOAST TO COAST
U. S. FOR League LEI
MILLIONS ACCLAIM WILSON AS
He SPEEDS ACROSS
THE LAND.
FEW ASK FOR CHANGES
Majority Feel That Presidents Guid.
ance Should Be Held--tie Regards
Pact AS Sure to Come Soon.
(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau

(By Mt. Clemens News BUreau)
Aboard President Wilson's Special
Train-From the Capital at Washing
ton to the far Pacifc coast the Preci-
dent of the United States has jour
neyed on the most unusual expedition
ever undertaken by chief executive
of the nation
To discuss ns ttona1 questions, many
presidents have toared the land bat
Mr.. Wilson Is laying before America
a question which affects the Whale
world-the question of whether or not
we are to join in the League Of Ma
tions; whethar We are to forget our
former isolation &pd share with the
sibilities Of maintaining civilization
and preventing, aE he says we can do.
future warfare.
Between the capital and the coast
the president laa2e fifteen speeches
and half a dozen brief talks. All Of
100000 fellow cttiZsns listened to hin.
Several millions had the chance to sea
him, end apparently everyone wantsd
to see him, from those who thronged
the streets of tbs cities and towns
where he stopped. to those who came
to the railside or stood at little f&S
stations tn remote places, knowing
their only reward could be heetins
glimpse and wave Of the hand.
He has met and talked to all types
Of citi2ens-to mnn big in the bu&i-
ness, financial and professional worid!3,
to farmers and mechanical workers.,
to Indians and cowboys and foreign
born herders and rangers, to soldiers
| and to mothers who lost soldier-sons
in the late war.
What do they ali tell him? unant-
mously they say they want peace
definitely settled, they want no more
wars, they want the League Of Ma
tions, and most OF the American peo-
! pie, it may be fairly said, tell the
! President they want the League just
as it Is, without the reservations or
amendments which certain senators
! have insisted upon. The majority OF
citizens say to those who interview
them on this tour:
Woodrow Wilson gnided US rightly
before and during the war with Ger
! many. We entered that war, every
one agrees, TO end all wars. He says
the league can do that We wert to
do that, SO let us keep ON trusting him
and get the league into operation as
soon as possible. Forget politics"
! Most Americans encountered on the
tour have forgotten politics. Repub.
lican Governors and Mayors have in.
troduced the President to his audi
ence; the Major part OF the local com
mittees which have met him have
been Republicans. They have all said ::
1--WE are nothing but Americans, Mr..
President"
Mr.. Wilson's arguments for the
league, briefly summarized, are those:
There can be no peace. either now
or in the future, without 1t. There
can only be regrouping of nations
and new Balance of Power" which
is certain to lead to war There can
be no war in the future, with the
league in existence, because no single
nation would defy the united rest OF
mankind, and If It did, It could be
brought to terms by an economic
boycott, and without the use Of arms.
There can be no reduction in the
cost of living until the league Is es.
tablished, for nations will not go
ahead with peace time production un.
til they know that peace is definitely
assured and that production Of war
material is no longer necessary.
There can be wonderful prosperity
with the league in existence, for rel.
ations of labor and capital all over
the world will be made closer and
more friendly, and the worker will re-
ceive fairer share of what he pro-
duces.
These declaration Of the president,
logically and eloquently put, have left
his hearers thinking and thinking
deeply. And then Mr.. Wilson has
pointed out, the people themselves, as
differentiated from senator's and poliu-
clans, seem to want just what the
president wants, which is America for
leadership.
Quite as unusual as the purpose of
the cross country tour is the manner
in which # is being carried out and
the completeness OF the arrange
nents on the nine car train which is