Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-09-25
COAST 70 COAST
U. S. FOR LEAGUE
MILLIONS ACCLAIM WILSON As
hE SPEEDS ACROSS
THE LAND.
few ASK FOR CHANGES
Majority Feel That Presidents Guild
ance Should se HeId-He Regards
Pact AZ Sure to Come Soon.
(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau)


Aboard President Wilson's Special
Train-From the Capital at Washing
ton to the far Pacific coast the Presi-
dent Of the Uniten States has jour
neyod on the most unusual expeditien
ever undertaken by chief executive
Of the nation.
To discuss national questions, many
presidents have toured the land; but
Mr.. Wilson is laying before America
d question which affects the whole
world-the question of whether or not
we are to jcin In the League of Ma.
tons; whether we are to forget our
former isolation and share with the
other peoples of the earth the respon-
sibilities OF maintaining civilization
and preventing as he says we can do,
future warfare.
Between the capital and the coast
the president made fifteen speeches
and half dozen brief talks, vt All Of
100000 fellow citz ns listened to him.
Several millions had Ahe chance to see
him, and apparently everyone wanted
to see him, from those who thronged
tie streets of the cities and towns
where he stopped, to those who came
to the railside or stood at little flag
stations In remote places, knowing
their only reward could be fleeting
glimpse and wave of tha hand.
He has met and talked to all types
of cttizens-to men big In the bust.
ness, financial and professional worlds,
to farmers and mechanical workers,
to Indians and cowboys and foreign.
born herders and rangers. to soldiers
and to mothers who lost soldier-sons
in the late war.
What do they all tell him? unapi-
mously they say they want peace
definitely settled, they want no more
wars. they want the League Of Ma.
tions. and most OF the American peo
pie, it may be fairly said, tell the
President they want the League just
as it Is, without the reservations or
amendments which certain senators
have insisted upon. The majority OF
citizens say to those who interview
them on this tour:
" OOuIO" " ilSou SuluSu Us rightly
before and during the war with Ger
many. We entered that war, every.
me agrees, to end all wars. He says
the league can do that. We want to
do that, so let us keep on trusting him
and get the league into operation as
soon as possible. Forget politics"
n, Americans encountered on the
..uv have forgotten politics RepLb
Ii al Governors and Mayors have in
tt .uced the President to his audi
laa.; the Major part of the local com
mittees which have met him have
been Republicans. They have all said:
I'VE are nothing but Americans, Mr.
President"
Mr.. Wilson's arguments for the
league, briefly summarized, are those:
There can be no peace, either now
or In the future, without It, There
can only be a regrouping of nations
and new balance Of Pow"r," which
is certain to lead to war There can
be no war In tn future, with the
league in existence, because no single
nation would defy the united rest OF
mankind and II 1t did, 1t could be
brought to terms by an economic
boycott, and without the use Of arms.
There can be no reduction in the
cost Of living until the league Is es
tabfshed, for nations will not &C
ahead with peace time production un
til they know that peace Is dein tely
assured and that production OF wal
material Is no lon"er necessary.
There can be wonderful prosperity
with the league in existence. for rel
ations Of labor aud capital all over
the world viii b. made closer and
more friendly, and the worker will re
ceive fairer share of what he pro
duces
These declaration Of the president,
logically and eloqu ntly put, have left
his hearers thinking and thinking
deeply. And then MIR. Wilson has
pointed out, the people them selves, az
differentiated from senators and politi
clans, seem to want just what tic
president wants, which is America for
leadership.
Quite as unusual as the purpose Of
the cross country tour is the manner
in which 1t is being carried out and
The completeness Of the arrange
ments on the nine car train which LIZ
gearing the party.
At the Fear Is the private car May
mower, occupied by the President and
Mrs, Wilson. Next is a compartment
car for the secretary Tumuity, Ad
miral Grayson, Mr.. Wilson's Physi'
clan, four stenographers. the chief
executive clerk and seven secret sef'
vice men. ByoBd are three compart'
ment cars which house twenty-ore
correspondents, five movie men, and
a Geographic and a railroad expert
Then there Is a dinner, club car. and
two baggage cars. one Of them con
verified into a business Office. The
train was exactly on time at every
stop between Washington and the
Coast.