Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
PRESIDENTS AIMS DUE
5s TO- ANCIENT THINKING
Wilson, Calmly Urging League as People Fight H
C.. of L.. Loath to Admit Public Mind
Is Altered
BY CLINTON w. GILBERT
star Correspondent Of the Evening Public Iedser
Copyright, 1919, bv Public Ledger Co.

III -
faris is repeauhg 'se'i a' ~ '"'"'ns''
4 The blindness of Paris is. the blindness
III OF Washington. The lack Of leadership
81 ~ Paris Is tho lack of leadership of
N washington. Same man. same essen
n t;al nrobIeu, somo resuIf
The war has changed the world in
ways that no one vet fully understands
President Wilson not only does not
f,lIv understand the changed world. but
a seems that he can only he brought
N Will d;ficultv to SEQ that II has been
char.ed and be stands before the new
ding resentful and inrredulous, all
M. stocl ~ old formulae rendered use
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,.u., : r h.o.,so bo want
eu ls ~ 49,. .t,o ,o,, r,orId
c,sl 'neie w .nais I ..s t.,,nd
Inicn .he war hnu ..u ..a r, I'D
mat ne old not hno" '"e ne" "'i"
when ne met IT, ,
Ia Inc people Oh europe "an.eu
steader. Ihey haiied MN as Moses,
They examined the contents Oh ms inihu
and rcgretfully turned their packs upon
Il Rim.
i Glad to Get Home Again
K After the hurried compromises of the
fast days were enec'eg WIN ln;.n
Snnn Ws,,or onarot;ons~tbe
he ~ % hon, u;th a SIGH ~ re
~ t nannia ha thnuoht he under.
~ ba. s,,nno.od hed oot bsck
~ ,., hsh;t. 10 Tfo and tbou obt
-. ,h., a.,
wa a, ~ tha nemocrstic marty
$3.50. Cnun,;nas Senator Hitcbcock
s-sI SororoI other. felt n their dis
.h,e d,,tv 20 coll unon him and
Es,i h;,, how ,;tt,e he understood the
.in +. Ia onn,n hock IN To inter
p.ot - b;n, IN short tbe "state of the
,II;o r,;nd ),
NJ, tho "s,ote ~ 4ho nrblic ,nind''
A. tSs washington equivalent of the
phandwriting on the wall. And the pro-
Vfessiop of Daniel is one of the most
Numerous professions in the world.
For many months the Estate of the
public mind' has received unusual at
tention. Senators and representatives
have read their mornings mail and tele
grams with exceptional care. Agents
looking for the public mind on cracker
barrels, in smoking cars, at crossroads
and in the cornfields, have reported
volumes.
p,,.,,. MIA r. n,u.,,;,
uo '"u ~
The public MIND mas been Volupie
It has been volcanic; 1t mas been men
acing; IL mas peen energete' II mas
Jons Men have trembled before IL o,
reioiced.
Alone of all men in Washington tb,
president has been compatible. mo-
trow;np that the state of the nublic
mind existed. or believing that It wa,
the old pre war state of public mind
witch listened to his words and wa,
anproyed. He had come from Europ,
thinking that here at least he coult
Tount upon the state of public mind al
Ee had counted upon it.
Grayeiys the seven Danielses. heade,
by Homer Cummings, told the Presiden
bf the state of the public mind tina
hoded no good to him personally nor +,
khe Democratic party.
The public mind was restless and ir
ritabfe The people were saying tha
the. President was too much of czar
that he had his head in the clouds or-il
Europe and did not know their need
a. home; that the president had pee pee
ssr.d Iong and TOO m,,rh from Rurie
..a ,hat tho b;ob- costNnf living ;nter
ssted them much more than the leaeu
~ nat;ons and 40 far as thcy could Sc
snterested I'm President NOT at all.
ss, H.. Y,...,u
oupo'hoa, ""' .p'' "" :.
Clearly sketchy ana superncial PIC
tufe OF the state OF the pubiic mino
drawn by men who did not understan
ft fully themselves, but, could read II
dangerous portents, Tor man WI
ftopped seeing anything when he sa'
pis fourteen points and who had
be told what his own people wer
blinking.
One cannot lead people unless
nows them and Wilson had ceased |
,aow mis- own people before last election
N he had known them he would M
ave committed the blunders that /
en- did-his failure to put his own cal