The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-07
President Strikes at
Lenine and Trotsky
In Afternoon Speech

In Afternoon Speech
Kansas CITY. No. SEPT t.--op-
poeition is the speciality ~ those
who are BalshevicaUy inclined
President Wilson said today in his
address here before 5000 persons
in convention hall
Coming bu' dsv after his de-
nurcfation If foes q the treaty
as absolute oonte7rtfble cutters
his assertion. wae sensational bat
an instant later he discounted II 10
certain extent nv declaring that
he was not camraring any Of his
respected colleagues to Bolshe-
visits. hut am merely pointing out
that the Rolshevist snirit lacks
every element Of constructive
ness" -.-.--
Will DRAW FIRE.
Today's speech was the sixth that
the president has made thus far, and
IL is one which VIII undoubtedly draw
the most pronounced fire from the
United states senate The president
saiA,he had come out To fieht cause.
at cause" ne said. "}s greater
ft,,r,-t4,e- aef.s4e II IS greater than
the government, II Ia as great as the
cause of mankind and ! intend. in Of
Zee or out. 20 Gght that battle as
long as ] live"
There were many who thought this
statement emacked Of internationallsm,
bat thts impression was carefully dis
PEELED earlier in the address by the
president when he practically served
notice on Leuire and Trotsky that they
and their associates constitute minor
itv In Russia which is intoierable and
whose rule IS worse than that OF the
ezar
From . o'clock this morning until
noon Kansas City gave the president
three hearty and continual cheers, The
rowds which turned out exceeded those
NJ st. Louis but the welcome they gave
hirn was not as enthusiastic as that he
received yeate rdAv. He was applauded,
hut apulaaded politely and his appear
ance a. convention hall was the signal
for an ovation ri two minutes AS com
pared with the five-minute reception he
received at the coliseum in ST Louis
last night.
REEDS HOME TOWN.
Kansas city is Senator Reeds home
town and the people think well OF him
out there He is the most outspoken
Democratic opponent Of the treaty In
the senate, but an attempt to start
demonstration against him in the con-
yention hall this morning was failure
"fIurrah far Wilson, Down with
ssn Reed a hoisterous Individual
of approval An instant later. how
ever, some person cried out, "Hurrah
for Jim Reed And again there was
yellow cf approval SO IL was a
atty ATTY" sort Of affair,
The episode IT made was the only in
eident of note that occurred in the
tremendous audience. The latter lis
tened intenily to the president. cheered
BIN at times and fled quietly out Of
the hall when he had finished
The presidents speech IN comparable
10 his previous ones to the extent that
he tempted 10 s$ve THE f}@onie- a"f5eft
s spective Of the treaty and league COW
enant as "A whole. bat he was not as
detailed In his explanations NJ the vari-
Gus points At issue az he was yester-
day N hts speech before the St Louis
chamber 81 commerce. The big point
he Brought cut was that the senate
in ratifyir1 the thirty Bryan treaties
in which time is provided for the dis
cussien ~ disputes before war may
be DECLARED, has approved The same
thing for which the league Of nations
stands.
AN AMERICAN DOCUMENT.
'T have no hesitation" he asserted in
referring to the treaty that In spirit
and essence Il is an American docu-
ment"
Then the president renewed his ex-
EIanatlou of TIE tw0rkabIittyt' Of the
league. ara how il would prevent war,
He dweit for long time on the
economic boycott aud he assured his
audience that IT would bring about
disarmament 1t would be brought
about. he promised, by common agree
ment.
Another hing the league would eua-
bic the United States to DO the presi-
dent said would he "a make possible
granti7g irdependcnce 70 the Philip
pines f0r & ould be fer all time the
proterring hVlwark Of their indie
pendenGe. . s--
Bitter words were used by the presi-
dent when ne approached his discus
sion ~ Prussia His entire argument
against rhe Bolshevlk regime was that
II was a minority and his purpose was
TO show the evils Of minority in this
country
1.-THE thing we must see To 10 tina,
nc minority anywhere masters the ma
iority," he declared. There is a
closer monopoly Of power in Petrograd
and Moscow than there ever was in
Berlin"
And little later nc said
You do not want little groups OF
selfish men to plot the future Of Amer
tea
DEPLoREs DELAY.
new oratoricai effect and a new
Z note of scorn for opponents Of the
treaty was sounded by The president
when for the first time he took up the
case Of Armenia. He portrayed a help
less people. murdered and enslaved and
he said IL was a question while we
Sit here and debate" whether the Arrne.
\ nian people will not be absolutely de
Gtroyed.
Then think" he went on, 'ot
words piled on words, Of debate fol.
lowing debate. when those unspeakabls
things that cannot be handled until IN.
n debate ts over are happening in thi.
] pH3faI part OF the world. / wonder
that men 10 not wake up to the mora
respo2s ibility OF what they are doing
The president paid passing attention
~ srticle II then sa ung 70 more Wig
u crcus CRITICISM Of the opponents Of
tlae treaty.
''To reject that treaty. to alter tina,
treaty is to impair one OF the frs
sssssfssrters of mankind and yet there are
Il nAxr wao approach the question witt
sa.stNn. %ftA private passion. with