The sun., 1919-09-16

at other times translated as more
autocrataic form of GOV ernment," he en-
pioyed with much emphasis In his adj
dresses In this city.
Most of his addresses have come to
this, in short:
II offer you peace. The Senate Of
fers you war. Which do you desire?'
He urged American leadership in
world affairs under the League of Ma
lions as the only possible way to check
the disorder which is turbulent the world
over. He asked II the people would per-
NIT the nations now so hopeful to be
thrown back into cynicism and hopeless
ness into a state of mind in which any
kind OF outbreak would be likely. And
he said that this countr, could not es-
cape world disorder II such a road was
followed. with obvious distaste for such
line Of argument. he descended to the
material point OF view OF trade oppor-
tunitles, holding that the United States
could not hope to trade with a world 1t
had betrayed-with world driven into
cynicism.
Eject on World shown.
1.-THE world win be turned back into
cynicisfn IL America goes back on it."
said Mr.. Wilson, "and 1 ask you. even
as business proposition, whether It is
most useful to trade with a cynic or an
optimist. I do not like to trade with
man with a Crouch. do not like to
trade with a man who begins by not
believing anything 1 am telling him.
like to trade with o man who Is more
or less susceptible to the eloquence I
address to him. And a salesman has a
much longer Job when he approaches
Crouch than II he approaches a friend
If we do not do what the rest of the
world expects of us all the rest of the
world will have a Crouch toward Amer
lea and you will find II hard job to re-
establish your credit in the world. Back
of financial credit lies mental credit"
He asserted that under the provi-
dence of God" America had now a chance
to prove to the rest Of the world that
she was what she claimed to be-a land
of ideals and of visions. He said that
every drop of blood In him got up and
shouted" when he thought OF that op-
portunity. He was In the League OF
Nations fight with the spirit Of one of
his old Covenanter ancestors, he told
the Portland business men. II come Of
a certain stock that raised Cain In the
northern part of the larger of the Britt
ish Isles" he said. and would stay q
Covenanter land see this Job through,
no matter what influences of evil in
tervene."
And he ended his address with the
vision of America 'as the field of the
spirit" the field OF the single uncon'
querable force that there is in the
world; with the glowing prophecy that
once the world sees America putting
her whole force into tho common har-
ness of civilization" all spirits will re-
vive. happiness will descend upon the
planet, the wheels OF industry will be-
gin to turn and the world will be right
once more. This is what he offers as the
reward for the League Of Nations. his
league unqualified and unaltered.
The President left Portland at II p.
NJ on the first stage of an uninterrupted
thirty-four hour journey over the South
ern Pacific railroad to San Francisco.
He will arrive at San Francisco at
A. NJ. on Wednesday and will speak
there on Wednesday night. The fol-
lowing night he will make an address
across the bay. in Oakland. spending
two days at the Golden Gate