The Washington herald., 1920-10-29
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cert of nations on basis whereon
a permanent peace could be secured.
When word came. back in 1913,
that a German vessel laden with
munitions was on its way to Mex
leo, President Wilson was in tele-
phone communication with Secre-
taries Bryan and Daniels.
After the situation had been
stated over the telephone the voice
came back clear and firm: order
Admiral Mayo to take Vera Cruz
at once l was on the phone and
heard the conversation ] added
a word to the President about the
tragedy of it all. His voice re-
sponded no longer clear but muf-
fed as when one chokes back a
sob, What do you think Of it. Tum-
ulty? 1t means death. 1t breaks
my heart, but ii must be done.
Burden on His Heart.
You will recall that some of our
MaflDes were hllltu aN ftAa ~ As-'
When the news came the President
was abnormally quiet all day. That
night he sat silent for long time.
At last he said. 1 cannot get 1t
off nv heart. 1t had to be done.
1t was right. Nothing else was
possible. but l cannot forget that
it was 1 who had to order those
young men to their deaths
AF ka q ri N a -
were subsequently brought to New
York for burial, the President sig
nified his intention OF riding in the
funeral procession at New YORK
City.
Some disquieting rumOrs reach
ed the Secret Service OF an attack
that might be made upon his life.
and the President was urged to
cancel his trip. When it was found
that his determination to go was
irrevocable it was suggested that
he review the procession from a
stand and not take part in the
march along the whole dangerous
line of the parade.
His answer was a curt refusal
to comply with the suggestion. One
undertook to argue with him, say
spect by appearing in the review
ing stand. The country cannot at
ford to lose its President His re-
ply was: The country cannot af-
ford to have a coward fog Presi-
dent This was his brief and final
answer He rode in the process
sion.
Wants PubIics Love.
There was something too fine
in his nature for the dramatics and
posturings of the political game as
it is usually played. | recall lit
tie incident at Sea Girt. A journal
ist had written him up and we
wanted him to do one of the little
stunts that the public dearly loves
to read about He said to me: 'Tu-
muIty. you must realize that l am
not built for these things. l do
not want to be displayed before the
public If l tried to do it / would
do it badly. want people TO love
me but they never will
From the point of view of super
fetal politicians Woodrow Wilson
has one dreadful defect no, not what
his enemies say. that he will not
take counsel of others. Study the
record and you will find that no
other President has consulted 50
much with Congress, with Senators
and with Representatives. singly
and in groups in the White House
and in the consultation room at
the Capitol. They know it. They
find II convenient to deny it for
partisan advantage.
Their real quarrel with him is
not that he wouldn't consult with
them, bat that he would not do
what they told him to do. Nor
would he. This is not Woodrow
Wilson's conception of the Presi-
dency He holds that the President
should be leader not a dOcile fol-
lower of other mems decisions. He
holds that the President is the
peoples trustee and cannot delegate
his trust. Now the grave fault to
which | refer is that he does not
know how to play to the gallery