The Washington herald., 1920-10-29
WILSON MADE
FOCHLEADER,
TUMULTY
Defeated Submarines by In
sisting on Mining Of the
North Sea.
INSIDE STORY Barred
President Craved Love of
People But Stunned
'Grandstand'."

Released from secrecy by the fact
that on March 4 President Wilson
will pass out OF public life, Joseph
p. Tumulty, his private secretary.
last night for the first time revealed
many intimate details of the Presi-
dents services in the great war. A
Democratic rally at Bethesda, Nd
was the occasion for the address.
1T was the civilian wilson" Mr..
lTumulty said, who broached the
plan for combining the allied powers
in the West under the supreme
command Of Gen. Foch in order that
all the allied forces could be con-
centrated on the German fo~es TO
I crush them.
Tt was he who Insisted on the
mining Of the North Sea TO cut OF
the German Observation-Disclosures, he
styled them-so that they could not
| escape from their base.
Experts said that il could not be
done. The civilian Wilson said II
could be done, must be done and IL
was. 1t brought the German sub
marine warfare to an end"
Wilson a War Casusity.
! Drawing two pictures. one OF the
vigorous Woodrow Wilson deliver
ing his great war message over
three years ago, and another that OF
the Woodrow Wilson. broken in
health, reviewing the World War
Veterans parade recently in
wheel chair, Mr.. TUmuIty classified
the Presidents illness as one Of the
casualties Of the war
In that procession there appears
an ambulance laden with wounded
soldiers, the MANNED. the halt and
the blind" said Mr.. TumUIty. "As
they pass they salute. slowly, rev
lerently. The Presidents right hand
goes up in answering salute. I
glanced at him. There were tears
in his eyes. The wounded is greet
ing the wounded: those in the am
bulance, he in the chair. are alike
casualties"
In a preface to his address, ex-
planning why he broke the seal OF
secrecy at this time, the Presidents
secretary pictured him a man as
strangely misunderstood BY some
and as violently Hlisrepresented BY
others as any man in the whose
history OF politics Eince Washing
ton"
/ Hard 10 Hold silence.
Il have long wanted 10 tell. but
have refrained because ] knew that
he himself would not approve" said
Mr.. Tumulty. He who shrinks
4 from self-eNploitation would resent
exploitation by his friends. And
so, while he was a candidate for
office or appealing to the country
to elect a Congress that would sup
port his policies. ! have put a seal
, on my lips, hard as il has been So
to do.
Il saw him firmly hold our ma
tion in neutrality in the most try
ing circumstances Of the world war
: know how his heart famed
, against the. outrages which Ger
, many was committing But he
? knew, better than anyone else that
the general mind OF America was
not prepared for war. He hoped
even against hope that the United
? States might be able to serve the
, cause Of justice and democracy as
! a mediator between the contenders.
! At last came the direct challenge
from Germany, the announcement
of unrestricted submarine warfare.
president Wilson rode TO the Cap
stol and amid wild cheers from the
, floor and galleries presented his
, great wCF message. 1t is one OF
the immortal documents Of history
which will be read so long as men
I love liberty. have faith in justice
and respect human rights. On that
5 fateful day.l rode with him back 10
the White House. the echo OF ap-
! plause still ringing in my cars.
1 For a while he sat silent and male
in the Cabinet room. At last he
= said Think what it was they were
! spplauding. It means death for our
e young men. How strange II seems
= to applaud that
Man Who Hates War.
My friends. that simple remark
is one key to an understanding OF
, Woodrow Wilson. All politicians
pretend TO hate and dread war. but
Woodrow Wilson really hates and
breads it in all OF the fiber OF his
n human soul. hates and breads Il
" because he has heart and an i'm
aEination which show his sensi-
tive perception, the anguish and the
dying which war entails. a heart
: which yearns and aches over every
= dying soldier and bleeds afresh with
z each new-made wound.
Woodrow Wilson will have his
: monuments the future generations
! will see him clear-eyed and unpre-
JUDGED as one OF Americas i'm
mortals; but / want him to live 70
= realize that he has a place in the
warm hearts OF his countrymen
while he lives. ] want him to realize
= that wish which he expressed sew
e eral years ago when he said. I
] want people TO love me- want
y him to realize that he was modest
!, ly mistaken when he said: They
n never will"
| Mr.. Tumulty concluded his ad-
/. dress with a plea for Gov. Cox as
: "a standard bearer who is able TO
2 discern and interpret the spirit Of
I the things for which Woodrow
: Wilson fought and suffered. who Is
; strong and determined to continue
the fight"
Halter Of Injustice.
The very sternness Of Woodrow
Wilson is just the reverse side OF
, his humane nature. He hates injus-
ttices with an implacable hatred.
when the die was cast; when the
e challenge game from Germany 20
a America; when the American popu-
: lar mind was ready for war. Wood
L row Wilson. the lover OF peace, be-
came the most uncompromising ad-
e vocate Of the most stringent meas
D lures for conducting the war. there
= by TO bring Germany 10 the swift
: est possible reckoning TO clear the
e way for rearrangement Of aeon