Evening star., 1924-11-10
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
When time shall write it's final es-
innate of Henry Cabot Lodge it must
turn for its most colorful passages
to the story of that strange twist of
circumstances which set his name
over against the name of Woodrow
Wilson in one of the stirring periods
of American history.
Both outstanding men Of letters,
called by some the two greatest
American examples Of the scholar In
politics, the venerable Senate leader
and the wartime President FOUND
themselves in disagreement, deter
mined and irreconcilible, at the very
time Of their most virile public serv-
ice. Each in his proud and resolute
way sought at first to ignore the i'm
passable barrier that was rearing
itself between them: but In the end
each came to acknowledge 1t openly.
though each sought to blame the
other
Difference Over League.
The most fundamental difference
between them developed over the
League of Nations. For his opposi-
ton to unreserved acceptance OF the
Versailles covenant Senator Lodge
was assailed by his enemies with
bitterness equaled only by the fury
attacked Mr. Wilson; while by his
own friends and followers the Mas
sachusetts Senator was eulogized and
reyered as the savior of American
liberties, who had fought courageous
ly against a subtle invasion of the
independence of his country and had
preserved for posterity the cherished
traditions OF the fathers.
1t may be that history will never
f,,11 CT n eDOCh3l
struggle, which lifted both Lodge and
Wilson to new heights of leadership
AS each had been a dominating hgure
in the making of history, so each had
hoped to become at last the historian
of his time: but, worn by the rigor
of battle, both have fallen into their
last sleep without completing the
work that circumstance and natural
inclination seemed to have patterned
for them. When Mr.. Wilson died. he
left only scraps and patches of the
great human chronicle he had hoped
to set down for future generations.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Lodge confided
to his friends that he was gathering
material for story of The league
fight in the Senate and for other
histories of the great days OF his
intimate association with men and
affairs. The task never was finished.
How They First Met.
There was a touch of romance in
the first chance contact of these two
brilliant mental forces that were one
day to meet in such furious combat.
They brushed elbows, in spiritual
sense. nearly half century ago, and
although Mr.. Lodge had forgotten 1T
until years afterward, MIR. wilson al
ways remembered 1t. 1t came to light
,ff
1919 when the new Chief Executive
and Senator from Massachusetts, met
at dedfcatory service in Washing
TON. were formally presented TO one
another, and shook hands.
Won NAV not recall, Mr.. President,
said Senator Lodge, but l met you
for moment some years ago, at
college commencement, when you
were president of Princeton.
Published First Article.
"Oh. remember you long before
that" replied Mr.. Wilson. "A man
never forgets the editor who publlshes
his first article. -, :.
The Senator was puzzled untll IL
was explained that as editor OF the
International Review In the iate
seventies he had accepted Tor pupli-
cation a treatise on government writ
fen by Woodrow Wilson, a student al
Princeton. Mr.. Lodge went home ana
made a search on his correspondence
f1les and found there a letter about
the article written him by the future
president. 1t is characteristic of the
bent of the historian that until his
death that letter remained in the Sen
ator's collection of cherished docu-
ments.
During the earlier years OF the nrst
Wilson administration the relations
between Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Lodge
were without feature. They met on
occasion, but not often, and talked OF
public affairs as any president ana
any Senator of an opposing party
might. They never were friends 1t
was not in the nature of either to
impose cordiality where he thought
1t might not be welcomed or to over
ride by sheer will that indefnable
feeling of restraint which now and
again springs up unbidden between
two strong individualities. But even
as they eyed one another at dis
tance, Lodge cast his lot with Elihu
Root in support Of the Panama Canal
tolls repeal advocated by the Demo-
cratic President, and Wilson thanked
him.
Break Came in 1916.
The actual breach in their relation
ship was reached late in 1916. Many
stories of how it came about have
been whispered about Washington,
but here follows the actual sequence
and final transition.
On the night of October 26, 1916.
ip a campaign speech at Brockten,