Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-01-14
SATURDAY. JANUARY IA. 1922.
THE WOODROW WILSON
FOUNDATION


ON Monday next the active
campaign throughout the country
in behalf OF the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation will begin The Com
mittce announces that the method
of raising the money. will not be
the familiar drive" Of war time.
but will be rather in the nature OF
free will offering from those
who wish TO honor this great
American and To pcrpetuate his
ideals of democracy and human
freedom. In this spirit it is aimed
10 raise one million dollars or
more through popular subscrip-
ton. in which every section of the
country will be given definite
opportunity to join With the
funds thus raised 4 Foundation
will be established, from the in
come OF which the Woodrow Viii
son Award or Awards will be
granted in recognition of disting-
uished public service In this way
the endowment will have as its
objective not only personal trib-
ute from Americans to their great
war leader but n monument to the
ideals for which the sacrifices OF
the war were made.
1t is most fitting that his fell
low-countrymcn should seize this
opportunity, during his life time,
OF making some amends for the
inhuman treatment which made
Woodrow Wilson's exit from the
political stage one of the most
tragic incidents in the worlds
history At tho. time Of the signing
of the ArmiSticc. he was the
champion and superman who had
led the forces OF Democracy
through the dark night of war to
the dawn of a new freedom.
Round him conferred the hopes.
the prayers, the aspirations of
men in the ranks who had felt
that they were fighting and dying
TO establish some principle of
human freedom which would, in
effect. constitute 4 re-birth OF
civilization. 1t was in this atmoS-3
phere that he arrived at the Paris
Peace Conference.
Consecrating himself to the
task of bringing about a peacel
that would complete the victory
for the ideals for which the war
was fought, he gave all that he
had.-heart and soul. mind and
bodv.-to the cause. He strove
TO redeem the word that America
had given to the world. He
sought TO save future genera
ton from the agony through
which this generation had passed.
He took seriously the promises
that all nations had made that
they would unite at the end of the
war in a compact to preserve the
peace of the world. and he relied
upon the good faith OF his own
people. Whatever else may be
said of the Paris Peace Confer
ence, out OF it came the covenant
of the League OF Nations. which
has been justly described as ''onc
of the great creative documents
OF human history. The peace
treaty will fade into merciful OBJ
livion and its provisions will be
gradually obliterated by the great
human tide sweeping over the
land, but the Covenant will stand
as sure as fate"
Following this unparalleled
achievement. came Woodrow
Wilson'S return in triumph. only
10 find among his countrymen 4
widespread propaganda of OPP
position, making it necessary for
him TO add to his superhuman la
bors OF seven years OF unexampledl
service another and more exacting
struggle for the preservation of
the ideals OF the war. This meant
the wreck of his health, sickness
for months upon a bed OF pain.
and. worse than the PHYSICAL
sickness. the sickness of heart