New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

cal prisoners ribbons seemed to in
Jcnsify the enthusiasm of the loval
Seattleites. big and little Choruses Of
school children singing "America"
We're posted in half . dozen different
places.
Arena Crowded to Doors
The city was beautifully decorated
in honor Of the President and the
presence Of the feet, and the cheering
for the President, VINO stood in his car
nearly the entire route Of the parade,
surpassed anything he has received on
his trip.
The Arena. where he spoke tonight
on the league of nations and the RAFT
fication Of the treaty, was damned to
the doors.
r his Tacoma speech the President
read a part Of his address to CON
lress in which he asked a declaration
of VIZ against Germany, and declared
that the purpose he had outlined at
that time had not been fulfilled and
could not be fulfilled until the treaty
was ratified.
Audience With Him
Pointing out that he had asked in
his war address for a complete freedom
from autocracy and guarantees for
liberty every where. the President said
that was the programme which had
been adopted without respect to party
and which it now was proposed in some
quarters 10 abandon. Y hen he asked
whether the people wanted it aban-
dCNed there We're shouts of mo, no.
and cheers from the crowd.
Giving the cost Of The war on both
SIDES al $lS6 .00o 600 .O00, and the cost
% the United States as $1,000 900 an
hour for two years, he said that was
the cost in money OF saving civilian
ton. In addition, he continued, there
: $50, 600 battle deaths. These were
terrible facts.' he declared, and he
had come out to the people to see
whether they had forgotten them.
"The country has not forgOtten,' he
added. and it Will never permit any
man who stands IN the way of the Jul
illlmont Of our pledges to forget the
sorrowfui day when he made the at
tempe
The remedy for all Of this proposed
as fulfillment Of the nations prom
ises, asserted Mr.. Wilson, was the
nontly could overthrow autocracy and
quiet disorder A new kind of dsor-
derry autocracy was growing up, he
SAID, in such movements as that which
had overturned Russia.
"Patry passion" the President said
had been aroused by the treaty discus
sion, although the fundamental prin-
cples Of the document had come years
ago from Republican states man. He
asked his audience TO forget that he
had anything to do with the consum-
nation Of those principles and to over
look that there would be an election
in 1920
On his return from Paris, Nh Wilson
went on, he had received certain sug-
gestions from the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee. which came for the
most part from the Republican side OF
the committee. Returning to the
peace conference, he said he had j.
curd the acceptance of every on OF
thse suggestions.
Reads the Riot Act to Foes
81 say these things he continued
because | want to read the riot &C,
10 anybody who tries to introduce poll
tics into this thing. There is some
thing SO much greater than being &
Republican or a Democrat that thos,
names ought never to be mentioned il
connection with It, That is being Al
American, and the way to be al
American is to fulfill the pledges VIZ
have made
The crowd chcered this declaration
and there was more applause wher
Mr.. Wilson went OH to tell of the
work OF former President Taft ane
former Attorney General Wickersham
for the league.
Mr.. Wilson said he was deeply
touched by the interest Of mothers an,
Of children in the hope of world peace
Saying many of the children hat
hailed him along the way as "Woody,
the Prcsdent depressed to remark tina
he had no objection to that if it were
applied "as name, and not as a de
scrption."
Every woman with child, declare,
the President, should live in fear i
this plan for world peace failed
and those children who carried flag
on the street to-day-I pray God the.
never will have to carry that flag OIL
the field of battle"
Strong as Gibraltar
Without the league, said Mr.. Wilson
the treaty will be "house of cards,
which any "breath of power" coul
ovcrturn. With the league, he added
it was "as strong as Gibraltar"
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