The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-06-24
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE "a, 1921
wilson As WAR PREsIDRNT.

One of the most persistent critics of
Woodrow Wilson as President has
been The Chicago Tribune, which
Yields great influence throughout
the Middle West, and which for many
years was a devoted follower OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt and his policies. In its
nagging and hostile attitude toward
Mr.. Wilson, The Tribune was always
singularly unfair, but when he was
about to quit office and could no long
er he held responsible for eyeFy thing
that happened this influential Repub-
licsn organ seemed 20 come to the
conclusion that Il might AFFORD to tell
the truth. and II does so in way
that may be commended to other hidC-
bound partisans, While opposed to
what II calls Mr.. Wilson's internR-
tionalism, The Tribune gives him
high praise as war President As
this is the role by which posterity
will largely Judge him, just as 1t has
Judged Lincoln, il may be worth whi.e
10 put on record this Republican esti-
mate, II " but a partial statement I
the untold value Of the services which
Mr., Wilson rendered to mankind and
civilization in one OF the supreme
crises OF history The article says;
Our chief admiration for Mr. VII
SON is Tor the manner in which he
drove the war activities once we were
committed. That determination was
evolved from his character He used
CONSUMPTION lie furnished the Allies
with what they needed men, money
and materials In the amounts needed
Weakness at this time might have
ruined us. A man less determined 70
have his own way, less imperyious to
what was said Of him. might have
iiinched at conscripting soldiers, Ne
might have tried 10 fight the war with
volunteers He might even have tried
to dght II with money and materials.
He might have tried To spare The ma
tion human sacrifices or to limit the
expenditure OF human life
Then we should have entered o
losing war aud have been among the
losers. just in time 70 be in the wreck
age. Conscription was his hig decis-
ion, and. whether he realized Il ~
not, was his most dangerous one.
Hughes might have had serious draft
riots. From Wilson the people took
the draft with hardly a murmur, and
the war was won right then
The President did not allow the
people to draw back from a drop nv
the cup. He took their money. He
spent II without a thought for the
waste Of II, There had TO be waste. lie
put the United States behind the Al
lies with a promise OF the last man
and the last dollar, It required cour-
age, intelligence and character and
all the ruggedness and wnlrulness Of
Mr.. Wilson's temperament served the
country as il needed to be served.
These were the high moments OF
his career, He sent 100000 men To
France before the astonlshed Ger
mans thought that II was possible to
do so. tie had V 900 900 in American
training camps, and more were heing
drafted. Then, also, from the White
House came the thunders of rhetoric
which stupeiied the German people
behind their armies and disintegrated
them in the rear OF their lighting
forces AS American divisions put the
pressure on German divisions M. Wi
sons words destroyed the morale Of
the German people who had been
steadfast, and the war was won
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