El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
CEN. PERSHING
IS DUE MONDAY
Border Friends of Com
mander Flocking to New
York to Join in Welcome.

New York, Sept s.-A radio mes
sage received here today by the naval
communication service from the
transport Leviathan. which is bring
ing home Gen. Pershing stated that
the ship was due to reach Ambrose
| lightship at a. m. Monday. and would
dock At o'clock.
! Other officers on the Leviathan, the
message said. We're Mai. Gems. A. W.
Brewster, J. L. Hines and C. Z Sum
neral; Brig. Gems. r. E. Davis. Wal
ter Bethel and T. Conpor; Coils. C. c.
Marshall. J. G. Quakemeyer. L. c.
/ Griscomb. R. C. Burnett, z. c. Ne
/ Neil, A. Moreno and c. S Babcock.
! Bcyhood and Mexican border friends
/ Of Gen. Pershing are flocking to this
I city 10 take part in his welcome The
mayor Of FL PasO, Texas. and other
/ business men OF that city are due here,
] together with a party from Cheyenne,
/ Wyo-. the home Of the generals wife
who lost her life in fire at The
Preside.
the pawns Of the strong because on
power interceded in their behalf, Mr..
Wilson applies the epithet, 'contemp-
| tible CUTTERS and IL IS mild language
compared 10 that which ne viii use
those in America who he thinks are
selfishly refusing TO see the job
through.
Slowly Drawing Line.
Slowly, but surely. the president Is
drawing a line between the peace al
a price elements, who wanted 10 warn
Americans Of the danger and wanted
10 amend the cQnscription act so that
our troops might not help the allies
and those who supported the war with
f.lar inv n he - L.
would come some kind OF a concert OF
moral and physical power 10 preserve
peace.
Mr.. Wilson admits flaws in the COW
enant, but says they can be corrected
in time, and that unless the league
is set MP now, the whole interna tional
combination which was set up 10 beat
Germany viii fall apart and will not
easily be brought up together again
Business men who heard the presi-
eschew party politics drew loud sp-
plause from the Republicans present
and that Mr. Wilson made Roadway.
Some said they had not understood
was involved in the controversy Of the
league.
business Men Awakened.
The St. Louis chamber Of commerce
Is hardly Wilsonian- Men sat At the
guest table who had attacked him
bitterly heretofore. but when he said
that he was touring the country. not
as party man. but as an American.
they Jumped tc their feet and Joined
IN the applause and cheers Undues-
tionably, Mr.. Wilson viii make a bet
ter impression as he removes from the
public mind the notion OF party nOli-
tics, which he unfortunately built NJ
when he took only men Of his personal
persuasion 70 Paris with him and iE-
nored the Republican party.
The uraEnnf Rnnmhffrnr TnadH-enf~s
on the treaty is not popular. Leading
Republicans here and there. as we
travel. whisper to US that thew think
the course Of Henry Cabot Lodge and
senator Philander C. Knox Is mis-
taken, but they also say the presi- I
dents tactics hitherto have made
many partisans. President Wilson
might be the last 70 adnrit 10. but his
professions Of political disinteredness
and his clear exposition Of articles In
the treaty on which he has heretofore
been vague and ambiguous have done
him more good In this section OF the
middle west than all the studied state
ments- letters and academic addresses ]
- congress since getting back from |
He Is at last lifting the treaty dis
eussion out Of the mire OF politics
and personal ambition to the broad l
isues OF international cooperation I
which helped civilization triumph over
harharism and must inevitably safe |
guard the victory that was so pain
fully won--Copyright 1919. the El I
Paso Herald