New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
WILSON AWARD IS
 GIVEN TO ROOT
He LaudS Work of Former PreSi-
 dent in Accepting

New York, Dec. 29 P-Prom- inent admirers of Woodrow Wilson were newly on record today in praise of the democratic war president, with only one voice raised in dis sent against the award of the sec ond Wilson Peace Prize to former republican secretary of state.
 Elihu Root today was in posses sion of a bronze medal and S25,00O given by the Woodrow Wilson Foun- dation here at dinner commemor- ating Wilson's seventieth birthday, in recognition of Mir. Roots share in the creation of the world court.
 The presentation was made last night In the presence of Mrs. Wilson and in accepting the award, MT. Root praised Mir. Wilson's work 1n founding the league and declared that the United States has allowed prejudice to misrepresent it's true heart through it's attitude toward the league.
 "The repercussions of our domes- tic strife seem to have prevented the effectiveness of our noblest lmpui- ses.r he said. "The league was form- ed, not against the United States, but out of friendship for this na- tion."
 Norman II. Davis, president of .he foundation, presented the lO-1ncn medal for recognition of meritorious services in the cause of world peace through international justlce.'
 "The growing prestige Of the world court and it's success in pre- serving peace through the settle ment of international questions of iusticeable character" said MT. Da- wis, "have demonstrated the import ance of the services MT. Root rem dered in 1920"
 Down in Spartanburg. s. C., the award was criticized by John Gary Evans, former governor and mead of the pro-Wilson South Carolina delegation that helped nominate Wilson in 1912.
 "They gave Root the foundation medal when they knew he had sign ed the paper saying it was Tor the best interests of the league for the voters to support Harding,' Mr. Evans declared at a Wilson birth day dinner.
 In Chicago Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, mace q Wilson dinner the occasion to plead for the country to return 10 the ideals of Wilson.
 when Wilson entered the war, he managed it wisely" said MT. Nor genthau. "Our army did not con- tain one political general. No var in our history was ever pursued with such amazing efficiency ana with so little graft"
 James Hamilton Lewis, dedicating a Wilson mem orial in DanVllle, Ill.,, called the war president the earth s modern crusader for peace" and de- clared that European nations had repudiated the Wilsonian principles for which America made every sac rifice.
 "The cry of Lincoln for humanity and the call of Wilson for peace is today scoffed at" he said, while foreign cannon frowns on every parapet, waiting 10 curse with de- struction the demand for interna tional justice.'
 In Louisville Senator Walsh of Montana declared that the peace loving, war dreary nations of Eu- rope are enamored of the league and that isolation policy of the United States is forcing it into a subordinate role in every movement for world betterment.
 He said that in some league ac- tivities i've have grudgingly partici- pated for very shame at having no hand in world enterprises approved by the common opinion of man. liind'
 William Allen White, Kansas edi-