Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-25
TAFT and HIS
PARTY HERE FOR
NATIONS LEAGUE
CONTINUED from Page One.)

AEAA"NN &+NAAA NhN WANsN
the league of nations from England
to the United States, and here is a
history of that trip, if you wish it.
The distinguished man of letters
handed out a typewriter copy
which he had dictated himself and
which is printed elsewhere in this
paper.
Line Up for Photos.
/ Dr. Van Dyke, Mr.. Morgenthau,
/ President Lowell of Harvard and
Mr.. Rosewater visited in one COM
partment of the car while Mr.. Taft
talked TO the reporters in another.
Then Mr. TAFT put on his long, fur
collared overcoat and high silk hat
and the rest of the party arrayed
themselves for the cold wind and
went forth to face the photograph
ers. Soon everybody was lined up
but Mr.. Taft, who had taken Mr..
Rosewater one side for a confer
ence. ~.
Hurry up, Mr.. Taft; it's cold"
called DIR. Van Dyke. r.. r.
The ex-president quickly got in
line.
Then Mrs. Luther Kountze ap-
peared and begged the distinguished
party to come in to the clnteen in
the station. And thither they went.
Mrs. Kountze and a corps e other
"canteeners" and a number of sol
diers were there.
Can't ! serve you with a cup of
cohee?" Mrs. Kountze asked Mr..
Morgenthau.
yes, indeed, you can" said the
famous ambassador. And he sat
down to the counter and drank it.
Another Photo and-Gone.
The newspaper photographers
were still ION the job" and now
they commanded Mr.. Taft to sit at
the counter also Mr.. Taft, pre-
tending to be very "grouchy," sat
down on one of the stools.
Take cup of coffee in your
hand" one of the photographers
called.
Now you just 60 ahead and snap
me,Y ordered Bill" "You fellows
are always too-histrionic." The
Taftonian laugh hurst out. The
haslrlight flashed and then Mr.. Taft
ambled off with Mr.. Rosewater back
to where the two special cars had
been attached to the Wabash St.
Louis train. And scarcely were all
the famed men back on board when
the bell rang, the whistle footed and
they were gone.
Talks in Nebraska.
The party scattered the seed of
league of nations along the way yes
terday through Nebraska. The
train stopped few minutes at Kear-
ney, Grand Island, Central City, CO.
lumbus and Fremont and speeches
were made at each place from the |
rear platform. .
Altogether on this tour we have |
talked to about 10000 people," DR.. |
Van Dyke said.
What about Senator Sherman's
statement that the tour is being |
financed by Andrew Carnegief" DR.. |
Van Dyke was asked.
Absolutely falsew he exclaimed. |
1T is being financed by the League
to Enforce Peace itself. None Of us
gets any pay whatever, excepting,
Of course, the secretaries and stem
ographers."
"You don't get much time to do
any literary work now, do you, DR..
Van Dyke?"
"Not much" he said. "Still. II
have a book coming out next month,
The Valley of Vision Ii is not
war stories though some of them
nave a war background"
Morgenthau on Turkey.
Henry Morgenthau, who made
such a splendid record as ambas-
'ador~to Turkey, declared his belief
hat it is Turkeys fate to be dis
rendered. ut will be cut up and
here v Il be no more Turkey in Eu-
'ope, in my opinion" he said.
"You were always the good
riend OF the Turks, were you not!"
Il was" said Mr.. Morgenthau,
until they murdered 100000 Ar
nenians. | do not want to be the
riend of murderers."
Besides the members already
mentioned these were in the party:
Prof. George Grafton Wilson, Ed
ward A. Filene, DR.. Charles R.
Brown, dean of the School Of Re-
igion at Yale university; Mrs.
Philip North Moore, Capt. Thomas
Chamberlain. Also number of Of
icials Of the League to Enforce
Peace.
The St. Louis congress for a
eague of nations, to which the
,arty is en- route, will be held today
nd tomorrow. Then the final con-
yress at Atlanta will be held Feb