Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-29

"OoulOW w iiSOn, the man dHo ehe
President his ideals and hopes were
vividly pictured by Joseph P. Tumulty.
the Presidents private secretary. who
spoke last night at democratic mass
meeting at the Imrie garage. Be-
thesda. Md. There, before an en-
Unused crowd of men and women.
Secretary Tumulty gave an intimate
and personal picture Of President Will
son. which mingled with the closing
year of pathos and misunderstand-
ings as expressed by the secretary.
brought tears to the eyes of many
of those present. and deep feeling
of admiration and pity.
| Recalling his ten years in the init
mate relationship of private secre-
tary." the speaker said:
! 1T may be presumed to know at
least as much about him as the gen
J tlemen who discourse volubly Of him
, in Pullman smokers. on the golf links
all they saw is factor they had IT
on the word of friend of friend
who passed through Washington once
and heard a man say that another
man said, etc"
| Among the incidents on which he
drew to illustrate his subject Mr..
Tumulty recalled the reaction of the
| President to the applause which
greeted delivery of his war message
to Congress on April s. 1917.
Tumulty said. Il rode with him back
from the Capitol 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 it was they
our young men. How strange 1t
seems to applaud that"
Key to Understanding.
That simple remark" Secretary
| Tumulty continued, 'is one KEY to an
understanding of Woodrow Wilson"
who. he said, hated and dreaded war
with "all of the fibers of his human
soul"
AS further evidence of the Presi-
| dent's sense of responsibility in the
blood shed by American soldiers Mr..
Tumulty told of the day when news
came of American casualties at Vera
| Cruz in 1914.
when the news came" he said.
; 1.-The President was quiet all day. He
| went about his business methodicaily.
with his usual clear judgment and
prompt decisions, but that night he
said: I cannot get it OFF my heart.
1t had to be done. It was right.
Nothing else was possible. but l can
not forget that it was I who had to
| order those young men to their
/ Earlier that year. when word came
| that German vesse! laden with
munitions was on it's way to Mexico"
President Wilson talked over the tele-
. phone wire with Secretaries Bryan
he also was on the telephone during
| the conversation. When the situation
had been Stated to the President, he
said. "the voice came back. clear and
| firm: Order Admiral Mayo to take
Vera Cruz at once"
Just before l cut of the connec-
tion,' Secretary Tumulty continued,
Il said a word to the President about
the tragedy of it all. His voice re-
sponded, no longer clear. but muff1ed,
do you think Of it. Tumulty? 1t means
death. 1t breaks my heart, but it
must be DONE"
Recalls His Determination.
Secretary Tumulty recalled also Mr..
Wilson's determination to ride in the
funeral procession Of the marines and
sailors killed at Vera Cruz, when the
Disquieting rumors that an attack
was planned on his life had reached
secret service men. Mr.. Tumulty said.
and "one undertook to argue with
him. saying: You will show all proper
respect by appearing in the reviewing
lose its President
His reply was: The country cannot
afford to have a coward for Presi-
dent This was his brief and final
answer. lie rode in the procession"
The sternness of Woodrow Wilson.
his secretary declared, was lust the
reverse side of his human nature"
and made nothing more natural"
than that he should have become the
champion of small nations. The Pres
idents insistence upon article X of
the league covenant was explained
as a wish to forestall the necessity
of the United States going to war
by making it a participant "in a plan
to prevent the beginning of such a
war"
"He wished to stop the next war
before it should begin." Mr.. Tumulty
! said.
Hard Behind the War.
In contrast to Mr.. Wilson's self
proclaimed passion for peace" Sec
| rotary Tumulty declared that when
the challenge came from Germany to
America. when the American mind
was ready for war this same
Woodrow Wilson became the most
uncompromising advocate of the most
stringent measures for conducting the
war. thereby to hasten the end Of the
war" The speaker recalled the Pres