The Washington times., 1925-04-20
VIM. Allen Whites Woodrow Wilson
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! Che Congressional Committee in
the autumn Of 1913, when they
asked for the Letter requesting
Democratic Congress, showed
khat either his physical resistance
br his spiritual sense was weak
Aning.
His failure to surround himself
with men of his own polittcal
size and mental stature when ne
went to Paris indicated again
either q physical shrinking IRON
etrangers or an insensloiilty -
his moral obligations. His return
20 Paris. after he had lived SIX
weeks in the low environment OF
the conference. and knew now
futile were his high weapons OF
reason and altruism against ms
adversaries, denoted a growing
bluntness of his once acute pre-
science. His surrender upon the
ShantunS proposal, though 1t cost
him agony. did not leave him
etrengfh to renounce the whole
miserable business and come
home"
And when he got home, he was
not the man who challenged the
Kaiser in 1915, and routed him
and the devil and all his works in
1918.
The story of Woodrow Wilson's
physical disintegration some day
may be written and understood
In the light of all he aspired:
how in those summer days Of
1919, the Philistines laid hold
upon him, "put out his eyes, and
brought him down to Gaze; and
he did grind there In the prison
house And Samson twist not
that the Lord was departed from
him.
The Swan Song.
He fretted through the summer
Of 1919. losing ground, Senator
after Senator deserted the cove
nant. No gay persiflage, no cheer
full and engaging stories came
from the White House indicating
that the President was willing to
regard the contest as one in
which give-and-take may prevail.
In August, 1913, the President.
discouraged with defections in his
own party in the Senate, and
stung by the gibes Of the Repubh-
cans. decided to go to the Ameri-
can people, making what he
called 'stl1e appeal to Caesar.
Physically he was failing. His
doctors advised against the trip.
He was restless and irritable, but
burning with his passion to con-
vince the people.
He believed that he could do
with the United States in peace
what he had done with the world
In war. But he forgot that the
disiIlusion which was the natural
reaction OF any war had changed
the. attitude OF the people toward
the idealism with which he would
have conjured The liberals Of
America who had been Wilson's
strength saw In the Treaty Of Yer
sailles a reversion to the old type
of European diplomacy. It was
shot through with the rapine IF
defehseless peoples. permeated
with the greed Of victorious IA.
tons for power and spoil OF war.
Green With Jealousies.
IT was green with jealonsies and
purple with revenge, that treaty,
and it stood as a great material
shadow between Wilson and the
idealism which he would have
preached to the people. Under
its shadow they were cynical.
He failed to find the quick and
stimulating response which he
had hoped to encounter when he
went to. the people.
Probably even then they were
not convinced against him.. In
his audiences were thousands of
Democrats who additionally fol
lowed their leader; also thousands
OF Republicans still holding in
their hearts some remnant of the
ideals which urged them into the
crusade which made the war in
America an adventure in ideal
ism: perhaps unreal, perhaps
tawdry, certainly discouraging at
times in its bigotry, but still
WithaI q beautiful adventure.
But as a beautiful adventure 1t
was fading into the past. Wilson
could not make magic with his
words as he made it but year
before. The man. the subject. the
occasion, had shrunken. So after
q few days journey out of Wash
tngton, he became bitter.
Digestion Was Bad.
When he came to Denver. he
was sleeping for only a few
hours, possibly a few minutes,
every night. His digestion was
working badly. Even then his
doctor counseled him to turn
back, or to slow down and rest
q few days. But his will was
stronger than his flesh, and he
went on.
A train hurrying across the
continent pestered by a thousand
Intruders, always fhrusting the
sense Of time and action into
ones consciousness, is no place
for a man with broken nerves to
restore his equilibrium. This train,
which carried tn President
through the country, carried with
him several carloads of reporters
and all sorts Of publicity devices.
He might as well have lived in
q glass cage in the dome Of the
Capitol so far as serenity, Sc
curity, and privacy were con-
cerned. Every hour turned the
screws Of his nerves tighter and
tighter.
Turning eastward, he found him
self one night at Pueblo crying
In his speech. Tumulty had been
advising against the impatient at
titude which had crept into his
speeches; TIE irritation which the
President rad manifested with
the willful ''pygmy men" Of the
Senate, and Tumulty had advised
putting a little emotion into the
speeches. More of the Sob
stuff, Governor" quoth Joe.
Wilson'S tears xvhioh nouaa IN