Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-01

begin to figure distance to the Sufayol
or iocegia bars. when sping. his lord
shin is saving: II feel quite certain.
and in saving so l am certainly vojc~
ING the opinion OF the British delesf.-
ton. that there will be but one treaty
10 sign, that of the League of Nations
and the peace With Germany, Big
Bertha directed from G.. II. q. has made
a nit. Nj. Pinchon follows the way of
ltuerta and Wilhelm III and all others
who get in the way of Woodrow Will
son! Britain and America united have
their Way. 1t doubtless took some
horse trading to get the British to an
nounce their public stand with Presi-
dent Wilson, n against the French,
nut doubtless also, whatever was nee
ment WIS made.
And of course the French do NOT
like IL. They have quite d ~pardonable
desire to get the war over: they want
to know just where they stand flnan-
cially, who is going to lend them
money: what debt they will have to
assume. and how much. if anything
Germany will pay. They don't want TO
hang UP in the air while the president
goes home n adds Senator Lodge to
fiuerta and Wilhelm III and Pinchon. 1t
VIII make 4 beautiful spectacle-this
saVottlnS of l-odge-but the French
don't care for pageants. So their pa
pers are tremendously polite to the
president which is adangerous attitude.
IL Is deadly. An apocryphal story is
circulating in Paris. with French sane
tlon. to the effect that the polite at
tltude of he French press-a distinct
and quick change from their attitude Of
open guying of the president in Janu-
AIRY and February-comes because OF q
remark made by President Wilson to
the effect that if the French press did
not quit hammering him he would pack
up the conference in his old tobacco
box and take 1t to London. Hence AL
fonse and Castor began editing the
Wilson columns of the French admin
lstration papers. The story is prob
ably untrue; but at least it illustrates
the French contemporaneous opinion Of
the president. But true or false, there
is no way of verifying it. The reporter
who would ask The president about it.
would be stricken dead by the Internal
explosion of his w gall.
Avoids the spot Light"
For no American president in a gem
GRAFTON has hidden his own personality
behind the screen of his office as has
President Wilson. He loves the white
light OF pitiless publicity for the other
fellow. But no one has summed it so
much for himself as President Will
son. Taft didn't mind it: ask him If it
was true that he poke up his wife's
dress, and he'd laugh and chuclile and
return the soft answer Roosevelt was
always making public demonstration of
his human qualities. If he strafed an
enemy he did it on the steps of the
| White House when the marine band
was playing in the garden and he
talked to beat the band, SO that the
whole world might know it. Grover
Cleveland was perfectly willing to talk
abou the number OF drinks they had
aboard the Mayiower down the bay.
But after Il conflict. grimy n sliys,ery
with the blood of his foe. President
! Wilson loves to discourse about the
sweet accord n the fraternal ufani-
nifty OF the session. Always the cur-
tain folding slowly back from an off
stage murder discloseS the white hands
of President Wilson claspei In al: at
titude OF prayer!
Vet his assauita always are right
eous; and are as the lawyers say "af-
fected by their public use" He hoes
not use his great power for personal
ends. Huerta and Wilhelm and Pin
chon had earned the ~dispieasure of the
high gods; they had il coming! Why
the president should be ashamed of his
skill is inoxpiieabie. save by his inner.
ent desire to avoid the spotlight.
Here is "A case in point: Suppose the
president should desire to
into the league Of nations Il clause
which would guarantee to the jew
religious liberty all over the world.
Then suppose thai he heard the Japs
would Insist if that clause were pre-
scented. III adding to it a phrase which
would t.uaraEtee TO all races equality
OF opportunity in all Misunderstanding
Immigration to America; then suppos
ing that it were wise to shelve both
propositions and present the league
covenant without either. Would the
president explain why he had SHE'D?
Not for a minute. He would regard
such an explanation as the height of
improperly: the fact that it might help
him politically would not occur to him.
The improperly of disclosing II secret
would appal him. Now in this purely
sUppositious case we have a key to the
reason why the president abandoned
he first of his II points; open cove.
lants oi,eal.: arrived nj. The publicity
would affect him.
He loves the children Of the light.
but he doesn't play with th.mi II n
reporter would dare to tell the story .
III one could imagine so improbable u
story) of o Premier Hughes reacted
10 President Wilson's demand that the