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TO COAST
US. FOR LEAGUE
MILLIONS ACCLAIM WILSON AZ
HE SPEEDS ACROSS
THE LAND.
FEW ASK FOR CHANGES
Majority Feel That Presidents Guild
anee Should Be Held-He Regards
Pact As Sure &c Come Soon.
tBy Mt. Clemens News Bureau)


Aboard President Wilson's Special
TYain-From the Capital at Washing
ton 10 the far Pacific coast the Prest
dent OF the United States has jour
nsyed on the most unusual expedition
ever undertaken by . chief executive
OF the nation.
To DISCUSS national questions, many
presidents have toured the land: bui
Mr. wilson 10 laying bsfors America
= question which affects the whole
world the question Of whether or no,
vs are 10 Join In the League Of Ma
tens; whether Ne are TO forget oui
former isolation and share win ths
ether peoples Of the earn the rsspon
sfeiliuss Of maintaining civiiisatfon
and preventing, - be ssys We ear DO.
future warfare.
Between me capital and the oossi
the president made Aft>sn speeches
and half n dozen brisf talks. All Of
100 900 fellow eitisens listened TO him.
Several millions had the chance 10 see
him. and apparently everyone wanted
to see him, from those who thronged
the streets Of the cities and towns
where he stopped. TO those Who came
10 the railslde or stood at little Dag
stations In remote places, knowing
their only reward could be a feetins
glimpse and a wave Of the hand.
He has met and talked to all types
OF citizens-to men big in the bust.
ness, financial and professional worlds.
20 farmers and mechanical workers
20 Indians and cowboys and foreign
born herders and rangers, to soldiers
and TO mothers who lost soldier-sons
I'm the late war.
What do they all tell him. unani.
mously they say they want peace
definitely settled, they want no more
wars. they want the League OF Ma.
lions, and most Of the American PEG
pie. II may be fairly said. tell the
President they want the League just
as II 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 guided 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 want to
do that, so let US keep on trusting him
a kA int
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
I'VE 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 H. There
can only be a 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 II II did, il 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 I'M
I'll 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
atoms 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 senators and politi-
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 It is being carried out and
the completeness OF the arrange
ments on the nine car train which Is
bearing the party.
At the rear is the private car May
flower. occupied by the President and
Mrs Wilson. Next is a compartment
car for the secretary Tumulty. Ad-
miral Grayson, Mr.. Wilson's Physi-
clan. four stenographers, the CHER
executive clerk and seven secret SER
vice men. Byond are three compart-
ment cars which house twenty-oue
correspondents. Ave movie men, and
a telegraphic and a railroad expert
Than there ia n dinner. n club car and