The Washington times., 1920-06-14

many amusing signs. oue sroNS
carried . oo0in with the inserip.
tion. The Kaissr's Gone 10 HE'LL
Another group had . stuned agurs
Of his imperial majesty. which wss
psltel with stones. and hnaliy
strung up 20 . ismppest to the de-
light Of the cheering people. Great
bonarss were started. Aad, hash
lights piaysA on dying machinss.
and everybody was happy beyond
words that. peace had come.
a.. CMArrER xIL
RSynasSss Arrive.
with the signing Of the armistiee
We hoped that some. at least. of our
troubles were over. bot II was not
long before we began to realize
that many difficsltiss. both at hone
and abroad. remained to be met and
settled. Bssidss the gigantic prob
lens OF the peace table, the great
social unrest that had AeSn kept
under some sort Of control while
We were at war broke out every
where In the form Of violence. agi-
tation. and secret propaganda Bos-
ton alone suffered from four public
service stYik ss-W7thin few mooths
---telsphope. street car railrosd ana
police. Prices scared instSad Of fall
Ing. and matters grew worse rather
some people felt that the Presi-
dent should have stayed at home
and tried to straighten things out
instead of going OF to France. eut
others agreed with him that his
higher duty lay there rather than
here. At any rate. ~ . numerous
versiner put It,
To % d, In IN soss.sv. - st vsrssiiies-
AID stick nis nnssr % In The p'''
when Wilson hrst reached France
he was welcomed royalty. but as
time went on his popularity seem-
ed to wane. People here At homo
did not understand exactly what
the league of nations was ell about.
end Ssnatoyso especially Questtoned
some of the fourteen poihtS and re-
fused to give him tho backing. he
wanted. 80 he returned fot otAherica
for q short stay In ordsr'to explain
his views. -' &"
The day the President landed In e
Boston. Il happened to BE working
In the Army and Navy Canteen on
the Common, where crown wero
gathering to SEQ him drive pas:
and perhaps to get q glimpse of
the much-talk ked-of-deerskin coat,
made for him by admiring Vir-
gipians,' or Of Mrs. Wilson'S new rcd
Paris hat. The soldiersr Who were
eating in the canteen, less howeve.,
showed no interest Ia the procession
that was to pass 80 near them, and
I inquired, out of curiosity. II they
were going to vote for Wilson next
mo. I want . Republican" When
I asked whom they would prefer.
they didn't soon to know, but
publican. -.
As there was little doing in the
caatosn. the hostess. allowed me to
20 out and SEQ what vas happen
ing. SquirSntng into the thick OF
the crowd, managed to get with
in two or three rows Of the curb.
. position from which I could at
least see the shArpshooterS on the
roofs opposite hiding heAind the
chimneys, evidently put there to
protect the President In case of
rfotinG. Some tough boys standing
near me In the crowd were very en-
testaininE with their sIanSy speech,
and amused myself comparing the
language Of AIDES fables Of twenty
years ago with that OF today. "Oh.
boy!" How'd you get that wayf"
you've. said "A. trunkful--expTess
yourSe1f!" were Z few Of their re-
marks. i was just concluding that
Mr.. Ado had a~lot to learn when
there vas . shove Aae Q rush and .
galiop Of horses, and hats came off.
and people stood on their toes and
cheered. But only saw the top
Of the President's gray head. ~ the
motor passed.
Boston 10 rather q ok ksptical city,
and Mr.. Wilson was welcomed with
moro enthusiasm than I had antici-
pated. found that people who
hadn't cared much for him before
were rather pleased with him after
this visit especially theyN bad
hard his speech. On the whole.
he left = very good impression.
Accounts received later from
Washington indicated that he met
with less success there than in
Botton. His explanation Of tho
league Of nations did not fully ex-
plain. and some OF the Sensfors. es-
pecially Lodge. were still| dissa4is-
fed. After = short stay ne returned
to France.
The following summer. in the
midst Of = tranquil cruise along
the Maine coast. = cableGram ar
rived which caused us much dis
cussion. 1t was from the Belgian
ambsssador. who was abroad At tho
time, asking IL cur house In wash
ington could .be. made .reedy< At once
and servants left there 10 that II
might be used, during the whit. Of
the King and Queen to tkis<osuntry.
~ the Belgian embasty. ! The am
bassador had pnly Just been pro-
NOTED from minSGAer ana his np~