The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-04


at this time.
ment by the President that Lanslngs
views on important international
questions were opposed to his own.
Three Interesting Periods
Three interesting periods charac-
tcrizcd Woodrow Wilson's entrance
into public life. Elected president
Of Princeton University in 1902, the
country at that time obtained its
first glimpse of him as pational
figure. This was accentuated by
what has been called his fight for
the characterization" of the Uni
versity in which student cliques
were abolished and the sons, of rich
and poor men were encouraged to
fratcrnzc. Eight years later, in
1910, he was elected Governor of
New Jersey.
Governor Wilson'S administration
of progressive legislation. Political
opponents charged him with radical
ism. "Thc Seven Sisters" laws, Il
series of seven bill drafted at his
recommendation, were passed after
legislative contest. They forbade the
incorporation Of predatory trusts
within the commonwealth, New Jersey
previously having been used as a
rendezvous for monopolists.
The nomination of Governor Will
son TO the Presidency by the Nation
al Democratic Convention in June,
1912 1T Baltimore, after u long dead
lock, was one of the most dramatic
episodes in American political his
tory. Then followed his election
the following November when he re-
ceived 433 votes in the Electoral Col
lcge to SO for Colonel Roosevelt and
s for Mr.. Taft who had been rcnom-
mated by the Republican party to
succeed himself.
World Uphcaval
During President Wilson's two
terms there occurred "a world up
hcaval such as had never before
been witnessed since the dawn of
time. Empires crumblcd and thrones
collapsed. The map Of Europe was
torn to shreds. China, that aeons-
old monarchy, had already become
republic and witE the ending of the
world war Russian autocracy had
been humbled in the dust. German
mltarism was crushed, Austria Hun
gary dismembered and Turkey driven
out of the Holy Land.
Two days after announcing in
Congress his decision to go to Eur
ope to attend the peace conference
on December 4, 1918, he sailed for
France with Mrs. Wilson aboard the
steamship George Washington leav-
ing New York amid one of the great
est demonstrations ever accorded an
Brest on December - and upon
reaching Paris took up his residence
in the mansion Of the Prince Murat
as {: guest of the nation. Following
the big public reception upon his ar
rival in the French capital which
lasted four days, the Pres ident con.
ferrcd with Premier Clemenceau,
Colonel House and Herbert Hoover,
who was later designated as Direc-
wi NShCial VI fAiiicQ NSllel III Eur
ope, and who expended $2,800,OOO 200
in all in his mission Of mercy
abroad. The people Of Paris pre-
scented Mr.. Wilson with the city's
great gold medal" and gave Mrs.
Wilson diamond and enamel brooch
Later the President and his wife
visited the Kings and Queens of
England, Italy and Belgium
Upon his first trip to Paris, Mr..
Wilson was everywhere acclaimed as
1.-The friend of humanity" and the
man who had come to put IAN end
to all wars" No monarch Of ancient
times was ever accorded greater
laudation or listened to with greater
admiration. 1t seemed as if all
Europe hung upon the words that
fell from his lips. He was acclaimed
as a practical idealist, the represen-
tative of a mighty new land, whose
people were altruistic and unselfish
and who desired to see the devas-
tated world restored to amity and
happiness.
Before his departure, in an adj
dress to Congress, he repeated his
famous IA points" which, he said,
constituted Americas interest in the
forthcoming Council at Versailles.
Presentation Of. these .points," one
Of which provided for the League Of
Nations covenant, brecipitated the