The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-11
PRESIDENT FIGHTING HARD FOR
LEAGUE REVEALS NEW
SELF.
PACT OR A WORSE WAR
Thousands Acclaim Mr.. Wilson In
Middle West on Most lmpor-
tant Trip Of His Pub
lie Career


Middle Western country is observing
as he proceeds on what he frank!
calls the greatest journey Of his life
No longer is he simply an eloquen
orator or a profound thinker with higf
ideals. The President has become q
real fighter, and in his crusade for the
adoption of the peace treaty with the
League of Nations included the only
preventive, he asserts, Of an early and
more terrible war than the world has
ever known. He has been delivering
the strongest speeches of his career,
putting into them his most powerful
words and gestures, and, indeed,
throwing into them personality more
vlrile than even his friends believed
he possessed. And this has won more
friends for him and the League, even
among his political opponents.
A Republican crowd of 1900 in st.
Louis Friday rose and cheered for
more than minute when Mr.. Wilson
designated as "quitters" those enc
mics of the League who have been
holding up its adoption. A mixed as
semblage of more than $4,000 in In
danapolis on the preceding night
r0ared approval when the President,
referring to these same obstruction
lists of the League, defied them to put
up or shut up" challenged them 10
produce something as good or better,
if they did not want to accept this
plan of preventing future wars
Before the st. Louis Chamber Of
Commerce the President, explaining
the purposes of the League, described
II as Il chart and constitution for a
new system for the world" system
designed to prevent wars by protect
ing the weak, who have always been |
the cause of wars system entirely |
contradictory to the political system
of the world.
Ii was for the purpose of ending war |
that America entered the world con
1lict, Mr. Wilson reminded his hear |
ers. He demanded to know of his OPP |
ponents how they would keep out of |
war If they failed to take part in the
great pact to protect the weak. He
recalled the pledges that all America
made, that we should have share in
this great pact. Then, referring to
those who now oppose the League he
said "They are absolute, cOntempti-
Bile cutters If they don't see the game
through America will be despised
suspected and distruSted unless she
goes forward with her Bargain, the
President added in the st. Louis
speech
To all of the objections to the
League Mr.. Wilson offered explana-
tons that satisfied his audience. The
much discussed Article Ten did not
mean, he said, that Americans would
ever have to send troops across the
seas to fight other nations battles. In
deed, with League, there would be
no more battles, he explained. At
least the possibility was very remote.
Each nation agrees first, he explain
ed, either to submit differences to ar
bitration and accept the decision of
the arbitrator, or submit the differ
ences TO discussion" by the council
of the League. In this latter case the
nations agree to allow six months for
the discussion. If settlement failed
after that time, they agree to wait
three months longer before going TO
war And no nations, after that Pc
Rod of cooling off" would fight, he
asserted.
In case nation refused to agree
either to arbitration or discussion, it
itself, the President explain
ed. 1t would be economically and So
cially b0ycotted by the rest of the
world. and this punishment, he said,
would be more terrible than war.
As to Japan's holding of the Shan
lung peninsula, the President said he
agreed to that only because England
and France, by secret treaty, had
given the territory to Japan. But he
was sure, he said, that Japan would.
rs she had promised, return it. OF
those League opponents who pose as
Ihina's friends in this matter, he in.
luired: How do they expect to get
Shantung back for China if not
through the League? Would they 90
o war for it?"
Accusing them of fearing the respon-
'ibilities of the League he demanded:
If you are China's friends, should
'ou scuttle and run? That's not the
lind of American | am" Again the
rowd rose and cheered.
The President explained Americas
iced for being part of the League be-
ause of business reasons, but said
hey came last In his mind. He said
n conclusion at St Louis: IF there
; no League there will be, in the
engeful providence of God, another
truggle in which not merely a few
undreds of thousands of Americans
7ill have TO die, but as many millions
S may be necessary to accomplish the
nal freedom of the world"
More than 100000 persons lined the
.reets of the Missouri METROPOLIS as
re President and his party passed
trough and wave of cheers marked
Is progress At the luncheon at which
e spoke he was hailed as the ''Bene-
Ictor Of the world" and again as the
Greatest citizen of the world" In
lie evening he spoke to six thousand
the Coliseum, and on the previous
ght to twice that many In the In
annapolis Coliseum to which he drove
rough FIVE miles Of cheering crowds.
Is tour thus far is a triumph.