Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-19
PEOPLE M|SLED,
DECLARES WILSON
President Tells Large oaklanc
Audience Peace Treaty Is
for Their Benefit
INTERRUPTED BY CHEERS

Oakland, Calf, Sept. 19.-President
Wilson told an audience here last night
that the people had been 'singularly
and, ] sometimes fear, greatly misled
as to the contents or the peace treaty.
In an address interrupted many times
by cheers, he said that any man who
discussed the treaty on the basis OF
small and technical objections would
in the end be overwhelmed" by public
opinion.
Mr.. Wilson spoke before crowd
which jammed the auditorium here with
its seating capacity of $4,000: Many
others stood in the aislcs and in the
renr of the galleries.
For the second time during his trip
the President was introduced by wom-
an, DIR. Aurelia II. Reinhardt, president
of Mills College, of Oakland, presenting,
him US one to whom the international
affairs of the country might be safely
intrusted.
When he rose to speak some one
shouted ''are we with him?' and many
shouted in chorus. yes.
Treaty to Serve People
This was the first treaty said Mr..
Wilson, whose purpose was not to
serve governments but ito serve pco-
declared, at last had seen q vision of
liberty and had drawn up treaty for
the peoples land the fortunes of chill
dren everywhere 1t was for the bene-
fit of those of future generations. he
said, that the document had been for
mulated
The characteristic of the treaty,
asserted Mr.. Wilson, was that 'it
gives liberty to peoples who never
hnx bap n Had
the world not already been rent by the
great war, he said, the world would
have been amazed that such thing was
possible. He declared it meant the end
of the dreams Of every imperialistiC
government in the world.
For one thing, continued the Presi
dent, the treaty attempted to interna
Of Europe. He said that in effect il
proposes to ''cut OUT every influence
of national privilege.
Discussing the labor section of the
treaty, he declared there would be set
up a new standard of labor for the
whole world, under which laborers
would be regarded as human.
The international labor conference ia
be held in Washington next month was
cheered when he added:
eve are waiting to learn from the
Senate Of the United States whether
we can attend it or not
In short, said the President, the
treaty provided an Organization OF
liberty and mercy" for the world.
Referring to Germanys temporary
exclusion from the league of nations.
the President said if the autocratic
German government were revived with
Hozenzollern on the throne Germany
forever would be excluded from the
league and from respectable society.
Ban on Hohenzollerns
"The Hapsburgs and the Hohenzol.
lerns are permanently out of business.
added Mr.. Wilson, while the crowt
cheered again.
There were more cheers when he re
ferred to the withdrawal feature of tn,
league covenant and said that sboult
with a seat near the door, it wOulC
be invited to take a front seat imme
diately.
Turning to the arbitration and dis
cussion features of the covenant, tn,
President said it invited all the nation,
to lay any grievances before the jur,
Of humanity before going to war.
"If you think you have friend whC
is a fool" he added, encourage hin
TO Dlre nail
Some one in the gallery shouted, "Oh
YOU Hiram Johnson and the Grove
cheered. .f
San Diego, Calf, Sept. 19.-(By y
. .)-Arrangements whereby it wa
hoped the sound of President Wilson
voice would reach u crowd far large
than any that has heard him speak OF
his present trip were in effect here to
day. Electrical apparatus for trans
mitting the Presidents words to 81
parts of the stadium here, which ha
space for 80, 600 persons, was installed
several days ago, and after a final tes
today was pronounced in perfect work
ing order.
The Presidents train was scheduled
to arrive at 1 80 p. m, having startc'
south from Oakland soon after he fin
ished speaking there last night. Th
address at the stadium here was tn
only one on his program for today
but it was expected at Santa Barbar
that he would make a brief stop there
inspecting a ranch property he owns il
that neighborhood and making a brie
talk from the platform of his car.
Late today the President is to re
turn to Los Angeles through whic
city he passed this morning on his wa
here. Tomorrow and the following da
will be spent there. o.