New-York tribune., 1920-02-26
Mr.. Wilson'S s Failure
An Estimate of His Chordcfs,
and His Service

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Had Woodrow Wilson retained
hold upon his passion for talk and been
man filled by desire for duty, he he'd
been a wiser man. A wish for fame, On
obstinate determination to be q ruler
rather than a servant Of the people
grows daily, fatally destroying his in
fluence. In his desire to rule, Mr.
Wilson has lost q sense of values.
without which no work is possible for
the good of the world. He has been
drag in Paris, but he has there dis
illusionized the peoples of Europe With
their wild enthusiasm for him. d,
attained a height as leader unto
great ideal, of fair world Of liberty
and righteousness. He lost this fame
in the conference by rage for power
He lost the devotion Of the common
people by arrogance. He has been .
bad President because he has nsvs,
consulted the people and has nefsr
been ready to accept any suggestion.
To a world of thoughtful men It
seemed for time that this man would
be tower of strength. He Is not. His
motives are wrong, and his resulting
means Of making those motives q part
OF the governing force Of tho peace
conference made for evil It brought
upon many nations, beginning with hs
own, a state of unrest difficult to cope
with and greatly to be dreaded. Hii
actions were despotic and never finely
determined by justice to other "a.
tions. France has much to forgive
ere she can again care for tho Amer.
cans, as government or . people, IN
tho worlds policies. England, tos, has
many carking cares due to the Inter
vention Of the American government b
her own policies, and the little nstisnl
have aches and brsAsN Of feslinss
made by the perfectly unwsrrantsd
manner, that Mr.. Wilson took into tho
conference as dictator Of unresssn-
able demands for concessions OF rights
won in war
His making Of a policy was nssdful
perhaps as tentative statement OF
ms position, but the man who had not
cared for the dark days OF France suf-
nclently. to make for peace, BY
greater force against a wicked foe; the
man who denied that the Belgium
CRIME warranted an interference, even
by word of rebuke; who was willing
to cohdone the sinking of ships and the
loss OF life; not concerned in the zones
OF battle; who knew nothing nor cared
anything concerning the deportation o.
innocent young women and old men;
the man who could say of Germany
that to be q German was not necss-
sarily to be in cause of the war par
tisan, is such a character as had no
right to speak with authority concern
ing the peace of the war he WAS nos
in accord with waging.
MIR. Wilson's conduct Of affairs u
nearest failure a President has ever
come. The people who believe in n'n
are not highly intelligent if they 90
not recognize his failures and no'
highly moral if they do not recogn''e
the wrong and injustice such failures
have brought upon other lands. Ao'
miration that has no critical judgmens
is that which people not burdened WIZ
brains give to the man who can i0o'
them. Admiration of this order !.
neither wholesome nor to be des'tsa'
Poor Mr.. Wilson has fed on flatts"
until his craving for the drug IS -
great as the craving for morphine ~
the user of the hypoderric hee''''
No man can be fiattered to his saVsn'
tage. He must grow by opposition ~
respects; he must strengthen beeau'.
he wishes to combat and down none''
opposition. Sycophancy weakens; WV
soever let's himself be SURROUNDED ~
lesser men who fatter is the man WV
dare not be surrounded by his peers
New York, Feb. %, 1920. A. -