Evening star., 1939-03-31
Says Woodrow Wilson
Merits Immortality
Results Of Rejecting His
League Plan Seen
Rampant Today
To the Editor of The Star:

ond most tragic figure In all history
passed away. The death of Woodrow
Wilson stunned the American people
and played upon their heartstrings more
than that of any other American since
stinctively knew that truly great man
had passed into the Great Beyond. They
realized that the greatest, the noblest
and the most constructive statesman of
his time had gone from their midst.
The Nation, if not the world, had lost
its greatest citizen.
He died of "broken heart" He gave
his life for a cause which must be sue
cessful, If humanity is to be spared an
other catastrophe many times worse
than the last World War. This cause
has in great measure failed because his
own people, by following leaders Of
mediocre calber, rejected the only really
constructive accomplishment of the Ver-
sailles peace conference. This achieve"
ment-the creation of the League of Ma
tions-was due principally to the tre-
mendous influence and moral power Of
Woodrow Wilson. He, of course, had
the help and assistance Of many other
powerful and influential statesmen from
other countries, but at no other interna-
tional conference in world history has
there appeared such dominant per-
sonality with the exalted purpose and
nobility of character that persuaded so
many nations of the world to create in
ternational machinery, which II used
wisely and justly, would protect the legit-
innate interests of the great powers as
well as to provide justice and security
to the small nations of the world. The
purpose of the League of Nations, as
envisioned by Woodrow Wilson, is to
promote peace and justice among the ma
tions and it provides mankind the ma
chinery for international cooperation
and adjustment in attaining this noble
ideal and purpose.
His country, however, made the great
refusal. Like the man of Galilee nearly
1000 years before, who offered his own
people a plan Of life leading to spiritual,
moral and social redemption and presag-
ing the universal fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man, but refused to
accept His message of salvation and had
Him crucified, so we rejected the cove
nant of the League of Nations and re-
fused membership in worldwide Or
ganization. In the creation Of which,
we, as Nation had more to do than
any other country in the world
What were some of the consequences
to the Jewish people? Within a few
years after their great refusal the Jewish
nation ceased to exist and the Jewish
people were scattered among the differ
ent nations of Europe and Asia. Down
through the centuries they have had no
country of their own, and they have
been hated and prosecuted people ever
since in many of the other countries Of
the world.
We rejected the plan Of Woodrow Will
son. and the world is now reaping some
of the consequences. The League OF
Nations is temporarily ineffective in pre-
serving the peace of the world. and in
Justice toward weak peoples and nations
is rampant in the world today. The
pledged word Of certain powerful ma
ClOIlS dIllUuIltS w pldSIASoAy AAoeAAA1Ao,
the rights of minorities and small coun-
tries under international law are OF
little or no value when they are IN the
way of some of the great powers, and
instead of using the processes OF reason
and intelligence as provided by the
League of Nations, nations are more
and more resorting to military force to
accomplish their unjust purposes. The
powerful nations are increasing their
ornaments on an unprecedented scale;
the toling masses are being forced to
pay more and more taxes in order 10
build immense military machines for the
purpose Of killing each other by the
million, and reduce so-called Christian
civilization to a mockery and sham IN
the minds of decent minded and peace
loving people. Billions spent for the
purpose of preparing for untold human
slaughter and misery, and not the price
of one battleship to maintain an eftec-
tive worldwide peace organization
the League of Nations and the World
Court! Instead Of gathering round the
conference table first and settling some
of the vital and controversial problems
facing mankind, it is better to kill mil
lions of people. cripple and starve mil
lions more, destroy billions Of dollars
worth of property, and saddle future
generations with untold billions of debt.
Then when civilization is lying at his feet
in wreck and ruin, Homo sapiens can
gather round the peace table and behold
the grandeur of his intelligence! Ye
gods, what fools we mortals be''
Woodrow Wilson, the greatest inter-
national statesman this country has pro-
duced and the noblest figure of the
World War period, gave his life in an
effort to prevent humanity from facing
such scourge. He gave his life for the
cause of international cooperation and
good will which would bring about peace
and justice among the nations of the
world. He was described by some people
as visionary dreamer, an impractical
idealist, but his conception and creation
of more reasonable and more intelli-
gent way of settling the difficulties of
mankind than the arbitrament of war
will place him among the immortals!
Arlington, Va. PAUL A. HILL.
March 20.