The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-29

illustrate his subject, Mr.. Tumulty re-
the applause which greeted delivery of
his war message on April g. 1917.
ION that fateful day. Secretary Tu-
multy said, Il rode with him back
from the capital to the White House,
the echo Of the applause still ringing
In my ears. For a while he sat silent
and pale in the cabinet room. At last
he said:
Think what 1t was they were ap-
plaudlng. 1t means death for our
young men. How strange 1t seems to
applaud that
THAT simple remark" Secretary Tu-
multy continued, is one key to an
understanding Of Woodrow Wilson.
who. he said. hated and dreaded war
with "all Of the flbres OF his human
soul" Secretary Tumulty recalled Mr..
Wilson's determination TO ride in the
funeral procession Of the marines and
sailors killed at Vera Cruz when their
bodies were brought to New York. Dis
quieting rumors that an attack was
planned on his life had reached the
secret service men, Mr. Tumulty said
and zone undertook to argue with
him, saying You will show all proper
respect by appearing in the reviewing
stand. The country cannot afford to
lose its president
His reply was The country cannot
afford TO have a coward for PRESIDENT
This was his brief and final answer.
he rode in the procession
The sternness OF Woodrow Wilson,
his secretary declared, was lust the
reverse side of his humane nature and
made nothing more natural than that
he should have become the champion
Of small nations
The presidents inslstence upon Ar |
tlcle x Of the league Of nations cove |
nant, was explained as a wish to fore |
stall the necessity of the United States |
going TO war by making il a particle |
pant lin plan 10 fnrevent the begin |
ming of such q war;
In contrast TO Mr., Wilson's self pro-
claimed passion for peace Secretary
Tumulty declared that when the |
challenge came from Germany to /
America, when the American mind was |
ready for war this same Wood !
row Wilson became the most uneom- |
promising advocate OF the most strin- |
gent measures for conducting the war, |
thereby to hasten the end Of the war" |
1T was hen Secretary Tumulty de-
elared, 'who insisted on mining the |
North Sea to cut off the German hor- |
nets. Experts said 1T could not /
be done The civilian Wilson said it |
could be done, must be done, and it |
was. 1t was the civilian Wilson who |
preached the plan for combining the |
allied powers in the west under The |
supreme command of General Foch in /
order that all the allied forces could |
be concentrated on the German ferces .
TO crush them. In his mind the SUI I
preme object of this war was to end
war"
The grave fault which Secretary
Tumulty said he found with the peesi- !
dent was his ignorance OF "How to pay /
to the gallery.
The secretary told of journalist |
who wished to have the president do |
one Of the stunts that public dearly |
loves TO read about and of the COM |
ment of the president.
Gle said to me: 'Tumulty, you must |
realize that | am not built for these |
things. / do not wnt 10 be displayed |
before the public. II i tried TO do it, |
would do it badly. l Want people 1
to love me but they never WILL +"
Two final pictures, Mr. Tumulty said |
lac desired to draw, the first that Of |
the president in 1917, "a straight, Wig |
Orous, slender man, active and alert"
The other picture is only three and |
half years later. There is a parade |
of veterans OF the great war. They
arc To be reviewed by the president |
on the steps of the White House. In q
chair sits a man. youf president. brck-
en- in health, but s,ill alert in mind |
His hair is white, his shoulders bowed,