Evening star., 1924-02-07

That the spirit OF WOODROW W liSon
will have much to do. with the shaping
of the future destinies of the nation he
loved SO well. and to which he sacrihced
himself. is the almost unanimous opin-
ion of the press of America. In death
party lines were obliterated, while
there was an almost unanimous recog-
milton of the mans part he played in
his post as wartime President.
Woodrow Wilson is not dead the
New York World asserted. THE MIND
was the man and it still lives. The
word was the man and it did not
perish with the racked body any more
than the Gettysburg address was
snuffed out by Booths bullet" To his
credit, the New York Herald continues,
'.let it be said that undoubtedly he
honestly believed that his leadership,
his ideals. could give to Europe, to the
whole world, the peace and happiness
which ordinary man had failed 10
the New York American, bitter foe in
life. is convinced therefore upon the
tomb of Wilson may be written the
words the French write upon monu-
Died Died for his country" Yet after all,
as the New York Tribune recalls. this
is not, in truth, the hour for weighing
deeds or motives. The President OF the
United States throughout one OF ITS
most critical periods, the commander
in chief of the Army and Navy in the
greatest of wars, lies dead. The whole
nation, without regard to party or po-
litical prejudices, bows it's head in sor-
row and extends it's sympathy to his
family"
Somewhat Of the same appeal is made
by the Boston Herald which insists mo
real appraisal of his work now is pos
sible although "the figure Of Woodrow
Wilson in death stirs in the nation the
same tense emotions which surrounded
him in life." In the opinion of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, however
"the stark power in the man lifted him
in the MONDAY of his fame to such
heights of world adulation as no man
ever knew before. 1t is by his record
in the tumultuous years between
August, 1914. and September, 1919, that
history will judge him. Into that half
thousand ordinary men. A mighty man
has gone from Israeli "As We bid
him farewell" says the Baltimore Sun,
I'VE could think of him as Bunyan pic
tured Mr.. Valiant -For-Truth. So Wood
/ row Wilson, ant-For-Truth. an
swered 4 am ready when the summons
came at last to him, carrying with him
the wounds in body and soul as wit
nesses to his fidelity" This is also the
view of the San Francisco Chronicle,
which holds President Wilson died a
martyr to as lofty and noble concep-
tion as ever inspired the soul of an in
habitant of the earth. 1t was the con-
of great human brotherhood forever
at peace. Those of us who could not
agree with the practical steps toward
that end, to which he reluctantly con-
sented but Loyalty defended, never de-
MED the grandeur and beauty of his
conception, and gladly pay solemn
tribute to his memory"
His personality was impressed on the
nation and the world, as The Star sees
the record, and it agrees that, while
there will be dissent IN the estimates
from partisan causes. "there will be no
dissent from the verdict that he was
great American, with the highest ideals,
with remarkable equipment for the
tellectual qualification such as few, If
any, other of the American Presidents
ever possessed" In addition, the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer holds, "he tried to
pedestal toppled. If that is failure,
woodrow Wilson failed. But no sane
man will question whether It be failure
or success, or what proportion it be Of
each, for an American, single-handed,
and by the sheer force Of clear think
ing, honesty and idealism, to focus the
attention Of the world, even temporar-
lily, on the fruits of efficient democ-
racy."
In doing this "he gave the world a
unified conception Of the issues of the
war" the Boston Globe points out. al
though the Buffalo Times holds ait is
not in terms of war that he must be
remembered. The peace movement, now
marshaling with ever-growing volume
I and momentum an over this country.