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- RIVAL "LEGATEES" TO
..-.ROOSEVELT PRESTIGE
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uaiiTomia senator Contests General's ijlaim to
Residuary Political Estate With His Own
Peculiar Brand of Noise
'jMTRED CALLED GREAT ASSET
FRANK HITCHCOCK
1 H.V CLINTON
Staff Cnrrfponilcnl nf the
Washlngtnn, Oct. 4. Who l the
residuary legatee, polltlciillj. of Theo-
dore Roocvelt?
There nre two claimants Scnntor
Hiram ,Tohnnn. nf California, nnd Oen-
eral Leonard Wood.
At the right moment. It is reported,
General Wood will make public a letter
written by Colonel Rimewlt a f-'
hour, before his death urging tnc iimn-
Inatiori by the Republicans of f.eneral
Wood., This would be a -nrt of last will
pntf jestninont.
General Wood would have documen
.tary, tltjc to at least a linn of the es
tate, as much of the political following
of the colouel as can be devised In thnt
winner,
Johnson Not In "Will"
And Hiram Johnson would become a i
claimant of another sort, not mentioned " '"' ""ncr owner ami
In tlte" will, but hnviiiR lertaln rights stronR fnmilj ncmblnni-p. in the opin
by btood to n part, if not to all, of the ion of some, to him, and upon dislike
property I of Wilson, noqulrcd, In the opinion of
Until the letter is published the Inst many, simp MM. but nceithelcss a
Will and testament tiled eneh is in pos-1 perfectlj Rood man-sized dislike; upon,
session of a share of the propert.. and noise and loud treading j upon the pos
intends to hold onto it, endeavoring session of a big stickwhether It is
meanwhile to oust the other, from his the ItiR tftiek is for the court to decide
part.
An nmusinR meeting of the two resid
uary legatees opcurrcd the other day,
according to the Kansas C'itj -Star. Kan
sas City and the surrounding country,
Kansas, Uklnliomn and .Missouri, are,
part of thp Iloosevclt estate. ('"n 'rn,,l, "' No'M' '
It is old Hull Moose territory. Hut ' noise I do not mean, the vulgar
It is especially (lenerni Wood territory. I 'mission of mere sound, but wcll-enl-He
trained the sons of all this region ctilnted vocalisation , well-timed vocali
for service in France and, incidentally, izntinn. some think also, expressing the
made one of the finest divisions out of! emotions of the maii, hut dangerous
i th'cm thnt ever crossed the seas. I vocalization, If jnu believe those like
Hiram Dislikes Woodrow lMr- Hitchcock, whose motto is "silence
Hiram Johnson was speaking at Kan- j" r,VR,h'" .""'' l'n,.J1"""' '" '"'
nag City for the detent of the Crrinnn is ""'T '" stm,fth- .... , ,. . ,
treaty, for amendments to the treaty, L , V'.,!?,r,'',t ,n'it,rnI Mu-ies of
' for reservations to thp treatv. for any Nnl',,, nml sllt,"(',' prnmlse to be thor
Old damaRe to the trpaty that could be' m"rl,,-v trp'1 t,lis J far unless every
done and for all injury to Woodrow ' ono bwo'i's impatient of Imposed re
Wilson thnt could be accomplished. The, straints and raises his voice in compe
erowd in thnt region dislikes Wilson, ' titlnn with Mr. Johnson's, in which
and Johnson wus having the time of his ensp they won't.
life. I I hnve said that each of these rival
But .Tohnon has no more exclusive c'n,mnnts wn8 R,rpa(,.v 1 possession of
title to dislike of Wilson than he hiis!n (','r,ni" Portion of (he .residuary es
to the residuary estate of Tliivulnr. tnt, that the other Is seeking.
Roosevelt. ,
"Otflahomn and MUsnri i., i, i...I . '
j well, trained. In fact, if priority of
right counts in such matters, he has a1
hi.ttr n,i tn i, ,.i!,i..i .'. ', ai
' Hkin, Wnodrnw Will "V ' rr:.,,'"3-
Johnson. " "" ",r
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However, in Kansas City Johnson had
his audience warmed m,. Tlol,.
ilff??- T I '' "f "Vb0U- I": was
entitled to a reception. He had one.
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Steals -Senator's Thunder
Then the unprecedented happened
for right down the middle aislp of th
Jonnson meeting inarched fienrrnl
' General Wood dislikes Wilson along V, , 'egniilmg which Colonel
. with the best of them, in spitP of th- 1,,,?R,PV,'lt "ns n,,vr ostentatious, but
taffy the President gave him on thc' wmeii was nevertheless. exrejilinRly l
(occasion of the refusing to, send him to! ynluable. hatcver the courts decide,
France in command of the Kansas ' lk ls "1llkf',.v '"nt this part will ever i
.Wood, interrupting the proceeding, t0 " T. "''' lu,r ' th" "T'"
take a little ovation of his own. Tliv" St"t' T, , hlMf 'ry;
,Btory is that he bad come for that' ,""? " res"P,'t"b,P I'"5"1" ,w '0R(' I'"'"' !
purpose- i
Ti, ..!., ,,., ., . I
twi !? J-' , m"" ,
"LthiS T?tatfCaL8e " R0'"S int0 ""-'!
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"' - "in ue luugni: riglit up
i tD'" the -iniprrme court. It will he-
' como as famous a case of a fight over
n estate as, let us say, the Aiineke
1 Jans case in New York, in which
millions arc spent every few jears to
f prove title to a large part of New Vork
. city.
i Chief httornc.v for t'Senernl Wnn.i u
IYank II. Hitchcock. Mr. Hitchcock
specialties in establishing claims in the
South. I"our years nun he ums chief
attorney in the same section for'
i Charles E. Hughes. Men nv tlmt i.
J Hitchcock never waits to be engaged
-J as attorney but picks his claimnnt him
J self. -He picked Mr. Hughes in 1010.
ua- nas picKeu, so tney say, (Jeucral
Wood this time.
Hitchcock Rooms General
At" any rate, there he is in the South,
setting up the Wood claim, to n part
ofynthe.,. estate, dublou. ly Rooseveltlan,
'but one that p.-omlses, in course of
time, to become thoroughly Hitchcock-,
Ian. One advantage to on attorney In
picking his own client Is the freedom
that It leaves him at the last mo
ment, ' Should the last will nnd testament
tirove illusory, or should the court throw
It out, Mr, Hitchcock's section might
b found going with the rest of the
.Roosevelt estate. Hut Mr. Hitchcock
picks his clients with unusual skill
' and success. He weigs the consider
ations deeply and wisely.
Three years ago Mr. Hitchcock es
chewed hatred and all Its works. He
choose a man whom none could dislike
and who hated none. He chose well
looking not beyond the Chicago conven
tion. Piclis Out "Hater"
This time Mr. Hitchcock looks the
flrjd over. He. decides thnt hatred is
"ine greatest asset a man can have.. He
goes to France, casts an eje upon
""General I'ershing casually notinc the
'S. ".'Aliear -presence of Martin Kgan "No
.Y punier ln fAtinii, nu'i rem. mug
rn ' to these shores, picks out one of the
$ ' bfst haters of them all as his clleut
ana gees noum in urn imrrrai.
Jf i- i.,Mr, Hitchcock loves silence and dark
i t plac?s Hi motto is; "A few south
! r - ern delegates are worth-more than all
-tjae noise In the world," His choice of
V" ' client Imposes a certain silence. It
d ' 4t ,,,8J' ke difficult to be strenuous and
( silent at the same time, but all tho
' vrf&t thlnirs of life reoulre sacrifices.
'Ahd so General Wood Is silent, bor-
S towine a leaf from the book of a famous
t . I. . . A... ,, i,
it tactician, ana practicing w-aicniui
t waiting," while the other claimant
thunders across the continent and back,
. receiving telegrams from the faithful
3 Borah hinting at dark conspiracies, title
f to which political property h' (teerna
t m ibare Wiired without waiting for
IN CAMPAIGN:
PICKS ARMY MAN AS CLIENT
W. OILWCRT
Dwnlnii Pulillr f.rdcrr
due process of i in the ett1eiiieiit
nf the great estate non in dispute.
"Will" Mii.v rro.e Mjthlral
i So Rpneral Wood's claims seem (o
re-it upon tlic Inst will and tptninpnt.
I which mny prove to he mythlcnl; upon
j ,, j,mvn Pns asocial Ion with the
i formfr ,ln,(Kr (lf ,(, wtat(l. l)mn hjs
.HMIIcp of Mr WINon and Mr. Wll-
. dwlu1 of ,,,,. ., ,
. ... . ... .. ,
tnlilish a strong family resemblance to
'tin late owner: upon silence and soft
trending, which. though dillicult. is'
I often wise, .in.! pipon Crack Hitchcock
1 nml his movenn'tits in the dark.
I The claims of Senator Johnson, the
I rival, rest first upon Johnson he wants
tlipi-s.tatp, which is a Rood reason why
he should hae it , second, upon close
tind finnlly no resume would be com
plete which did not end as it began
and mij that- finallj. the clnlms rest
upon Hiram Johnson. n highly efficient
i ciahiinnt
(irneinl Wood is in possession of a
I pass into the bands of Mr. Johnson.
Has Hold on Wall Street
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T rrtn to that part which is known
Willi street. Colonel Itoosevelt never I
possessed all of Wall street, lie had
only part of it, the (Ipnrgi W, Per-
kins part of it, which km considerable.
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u . wiouiiuic iiuiL ..eiieriii i oou nos- t
sesses rather more of it than his old I
friend nml ssrlnh. ..Ver .11,1 I
And witli the Wall street part of the j
estate there goes generally the con- I
servative part of it, also In a lnrge
. i
I measure, to the general. As one looks
I
; .. :,:.. :; ,,: :..:: : '?rs: :" i
from that of Senator Penrose or Se
tor Smoot recalls with certain m
of scandal that indiscretion of his yo,
.1U1I1 UIUI ,1, kl'.J(l.,J, . Vll.ll'-I .11 kll'Uil '
sense
in nilUUI.1 Hill. lUUIWII'llUU ,11 1111 jiilllU
-...., i.
11)12, when be shouted for the recnll
nf judges or of their decisions along
with the best of them.
Iiut probably the tiuest conservative
of all is n reformed radical. There are
many such. They do not belong to the
part of the residuary estate which is
now or is ever likely to pass into the
hands of Johnson.
Radicals for California!!
Tint 1012 was peculiar. It was not
nil conservative. There was something
in appearances and there was real rail!
calism at the bottom of it. Mr, John
son Is the possessor of the radical part i
of the estate. Nineteen hundred and i
twelve was made up of Republicans who
were willing to be Progressives for once, i
just by way of a political debauch, and
of Progressives who never wanted to be
Republicans again.
It was made up of Republicans who
preferred Roosevelt to their party and
of Progressives who prefer! ed a third
party even to Roosevelt. Tills last
section of the estnte belongs to Ilirnin
Johnson. The ticket in 1012 was Roose
velt nnd Johnson. To Hiram now be
longs the "And Johnsou" end of it.
And the "And Johnon" part of it
is far from inconsiderable. Johnson is
the best politician in the Republican
party today nnd the best political
fighter. He has a talent for making
himself conspicuous
All that the Republican party has
done in the Senate since Mr. Wilson's
return Johnson has continued to make
revolve about himself.
He has succeeded in appropriating
the party's best issue, the anti-Wilson
issue. The Roosevelt residuary estate
may not be big enough to keep one can
didate, much less two, but there re
malus "And Johnson,"
RAIN? EARLY NEXT WEEK
Fair Thereafter and Normal Tem
perature, Is Forecast
Washington. Oct. 4. (Hy A. P.l
Weather predictions .for the week be
cinning Mondoy:
North and middle Atlantic states
Occasional rains first part; generally
fair thereafter; normal temperature.
South Atlantic and east gulf states
I'nsettled, with occasional rains ; nor
mal temperature.
West gulf states Kxcept for rains at
begiunlng of the week, generally fair ;
considerably cooler first part; normal
temperature thereafter.
Ohio valley and Tennessee Local
rains Monday, followed by generally
fair weather; much cooler first part of
the week ; normal temperature there
after. Region of Great Lake Generally
fair; low temperature and probably
frosts first part ; normal temperature
thereafter.
EVENING PUBLIC
BETHLEHEM
IN
ASK
ARBITRATION
Appeal to Daniels, Baker and
Untormoyer to Use Their
Influence
WILL STICK, SAY STRIKERS
.'pfrlal nitrnlrh to Kvntva Public t.rilsrr
Itelhlflteni, Pa., Oct, !. Pti Iking
emplojes nf, the Itethlehein, Steel Cnin-
panv plant here packed T.vrlc Hall at
Allentown. am. wildly cheered the nil
inerous speakers who addressed the
meeting When one speaker nked how
manv were going to stay out "until the
light Is won," a field of hands answered
him.
The meeting went on record as willing
to aibltrate their grievances The strlk
ers passed resolutions to Secretins of
tin Navy Daniels. Seerrtnr., of War
linker and Attorney Samuel I'ntcr
mejer, thp largest Individual steel com
puny stockholder, protesting against
working condltlonns. and the use of the
I'nited Slates uniform by recruited
members of the police force, am! ap
pealing to them to use their good of
fices to bring about tin arbitration of
their grievances.
The speakers at the meeting weie
C, W. Drown, a member of the na
tional committee; C. C. Tinner, of the
t'nlted Mine Workers; C. W. Iolc. of
the natiniinl electricians' union; Umid
Williams, who is directing the, local
strike, and I). J. Dnvis, assistant to the
general president of the Amalgamated
Association.
It was reported at the meeting Hint
nil the members of Bethlehem Local
Ilrotherhood of Carmen arc out. P. H.
J. Pngerer. of the Hrlckln ers nnd
Plasterers' I'nlon. declined that es
terday 101 of the 127 bricklajcrs wen
out, nnd said be expected that all but
five would be out today. "We are go
ing to tight this to n finish," be said.
The c hail man read figures furnished
him by a member of the Hrotherhood
of Kailrnad Trainmen, showing the
number of cars that dnily entered the
plant for shipment of products, as fol
lows: Monday, ninety-five cars; Tues
day, sceiity-si ors; Wednesday,
sixty cars; Thursday fort j -five cars;
Friday, thirty-two cars.
The situation, in this city tnda is
quiet. Mnnj" workers hap returned to
their tasks,, according to the admission
nf David Williams, thp strike leader.
Corporation officials still usseit that thp
strike is virtuully over.
RAILMEN ASK SPROUL
TO END "ATROCITIES"
Pittsburgh. Oct. -I. (Hy A P. i
Warning (tovernpr Sproul that there is
n possibility of other labor organiza
tions becoming inwdved in the steel
strike because of alleged "unwarranted
nets" of state jiolice. county nnd local
authorities, lodges of the Hrotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen in the Pittsburgh
district hnve forwarded to the (?ov
rruor n resolution asking him to exer
cise the powers of his office "to bring
about cessation of these atrocities."
The resolution chnrges the state police
with having ."acted in a manner entire
ly unbecoming to their cnlling," and
with "beating and trampling defense
less men nnd women, invading homes
without reason, destroying personal
property, arresting persons without
cause, breaking up peaceable gather
ings nnd in a certnin Instance tore
down and trampled the American ling."
The trainmen asked the (iovernor-to
exercise his authority to compel the
sheriff of Allegheny county to protect
citizens in peaceable meetings, and that
he also take steps to have the major
of McKeesport and the burgesses of the
different boroughs "discontinue pre
enting the steel workers from hold
ing peaceable meetings, nnd thnt the,
rights of free speech may prevail."
VOTE ON SHANTUNG
IN SENATE MONDAY
Republican Leaders Urge John
son to Hurry Back to
Washington
Washington, Oct. 4 (Hy A. P.)
With the Senate in recess today, Re
publican leaders in formal conference
nrranged to press action next week on
amendments to the peace treaty.
The six amendments to the Shantung
provision are to he taken up Mon
day, with Republican leaders confident
of their disposition during the week.
This will leave three amendments to lie
disposed of before the reser.atinns are
considered.
In expectation that the amendments
proposing to equalize voting power of
the United States and the Hritlsh em
pire in the league of nations will be
reached late next week, leaders today
telegraphed Senator Johnson in Cali
fornia that he should curtail his speech
making nnd arrange to be here within a
week'.
Senator Johnson was advised to speak
only at Salt Lake on his return trip.
Conceding privately that the remain
ing amendments will be defeated, the
leaders said today reservations to cover
all questions involved were being
drafted,
JERSEY'S OFFICIAL FIGURES
Bugbee's Plurality 6369 Edwards
Had 12,649 Over Nugent
Trenton, Oct. 4. The official guber
natorial primary vote as complied In
the office of the secretary of state from
the returns of the Republican and Dem
ocratic primaries lust week shows the
Republican vote to be as follows: Hug
bee, (14.24,ri; Runyon, .17,87(1; Ray
niond. 311,373, and King. 7270. Hug-
hee'd plurality over Runynn Was (1.100.
The Democratic figures are as fol
lows; Kcvirds, 00,2(11; Nugent, 43,
(!12; Mel ermit, fiOn.'i, showing Kd
wards's vote over Nugent to be 12,040,
Takes Poison After Testifying
Harrlsburg, Oct. 4 Harry Keller,
of Herslipy, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to poison himself In his room
at a local hotel early today. Ho had
been accused of giving conflicting tes
timony in the theft of an automobile
and was despondent. .
LEDGER PHILADELPHIA', SATURDAY,
FIUME TO GET FOOD
i
Italy Lifts Blockade on Shipments to
Dalmatian Port
Home. Oct t -llh A. I 1 Orders
that the blockade of I'luiur- be lifted have
been Issued In tin government, and
Italian nullmtltiPM in the vMiiltj ol
Plump haie lerelved an order to allow
mail ami foodstuffs to pais Into Hip
lly. according to flip I'pocn.
The in ill tin y blockade agaltif the mil
dleiN and civilians entering tlie olt In
nil that i now being enfnrced, accordiiiK
to the newspaper, which mi the de
cision wni taken after the rii eminent
hail examined nml discussed a protest
from the I'liniip National Council
Urges Assemblage in Washing
ton in November Under Chair
manship of Wilson
WRITES TO COLONEL HOUSE
lly the Associated Press
Paris. Oct. 4. Premier Clemeiicenii
has written Colonel K. M House, n
member of the American peace delegn
tlnn. urging thnt n meeting of the leagill
nf nations be held in Washington under
the chairmanship of President Wilson
inrlj in No ember. The pi culler's let
Ipc, which outlines his reasons for the
calling of such a meetint, wns official
ly published today. It was written
September 4, 1010, and follows:
"My dear friend I hope soon lo
have the plensuie of vcine ou in 1'r.rls
before jour return to Aineiicn, but out
friend, Captain Andre 'lardieii, says
that this is not certain mid therefore
it seems well (o communicate to jou
rellei tions suggested by decisions to be
taken concerning the society of na
tions "In the first place it seems to me
that the first meeting of the society iu
Washington under the presidency of
Mr Wilson should be urgentl) culled
at I hi earliest possible moment Owing
to the hopes this societj has caused
to be born nnd to facilitate the solu
tion of international problems facing all
nations, I would suggest the meeting
be held the first week of the coming
No ember nnd would pinpose the in
itation of the greatest possible num
ber of statesmen whose names were
associated with the creation of the so
ciety of nations.
"rndoubtcdlj there would be only a
small amount of current business to
transact, hut the piogrnm would have
this capital iiilVantage : It would put
in action the society which still exists
only on paper.
"Pinnllj, don't you think it would
be a great advantuage for the ex-ofii-cio
members of the. society of nations to
be enabled to exchange views on the
general direction of the line to be pur
sued? No mnn is better qualified than
President Wilson to remind the peo
ples at the ripening of the first nssem
blj that the soclfty of nations will hne
prestige and influence in times of pence
only if it siicccrds iu maintaining nnd
developing the feeling of international
solidarity from which it wns born
during the war at the call of Mr. Wil
son. I m.self shall be happy to sec
ond him iu this task.
"P. S. I have written a similar
letter to Picmicr Lloyd George."
Want Germany Disarmed
In the Chamber or Deputies yester
daj Deputy Andre Lefevre's motion
usking the government to open negotia
tions to have a rider added to the Ver
sailles treat which would render the
disarmament of Germany effective wus
discussed. M. Lefcvrc expressed regret
that Germany was not disarmed at the
moment of the nrniistice,
M. rrankllu-Uoulllon interrupted,
sujlng:
"I hae not heard it from General
Hliss himself, but I have certain infor
mation thai this general, who repre
sented America at Versailles, proposed
on October 2S, 1018, that the German
army should be disarmed befoie it eu
tcied Germany."
M. Lefevrc finnlly withdrew bis mo
tion m favor of one inviting the gov
ei mill nt to reach nn underbtanding
with the allied nnd associated powers
with u view to the execution of meas
ures rendering the disarmament of Ger
many and her allies effective by the
interdiction of certain manufactures of
war and other necessary measures. This
was adopted unanimously.
"In Agreement With Wilson"
M Renaudel and Albert Thomas
moved an amendment which would in
sert ufter the word "powers" iu the
foregoing lesolution the words, "in
agieenieut with President Wilson, who
should convoke n conference under the
provisions of the covenant of the leugue
of nations." Premier Clemenceau re
marked that this was merely u modifi
cation in form, as President Wilson
could convoko u meeting of the lcaguo
of nations even it the United States
did not ratify the treaty.
"We wish to show our American
friends," said M. nenuudel, "what
price we attuch to their ratification."
'T.xuetly so," tho premier replied.
The amendment was accepted.
Discussion of the treaty of peace
with Germany will begin in the Senate
next Thursday' and probably will last
two or three days. The belief is ex
pressed that the pact will be ratified
late in the week.
Washington, Oct. 4. (Hy A. V.)
Administration officials said today there
wai no probability of a meeting of the
league of nations in Washington until
after the peace treaty had been ratified
by the Senate. None would hazard a
guess as to when UiIh might be, but Re
publican Senate leaders said they ex
pected a final vote by November 1.
Even if ratification of the treaty were
completed during November, It is not
expected that tho league would be called
to meet here until early next year.
To Raze Old Camden Library
Tim old Cooper Hranch Library, the
first Institution of its kind in Camden,
aud for years n landmark of the city,
will t razed next week. The old build
ing, located at Ilroadway and Line
street, is overshadowed by the new
library donated to the city by Eldredge
Johnson, who requested that only his
building adorn tbc square.
GLEMENCEAU ASKS
LEAGUE
IEI
mm GRIEVED
BY DISILLUSION
Descont From Exaltation to De
pression Reacts Un
favorably HURT BY SENSELESS HATE
Uy CLINTON W.
niMIRRT
stun C orresponilent cf ihti
l.r.lsrT
ICenlnn Public
Washington, Oct President Wll.
son is described us slightly better to
day There will be a further consulta
tion of physicians during the duj , prob
tib'v asset forth In this correspondent",
with lcferenee to his organic soundness.
.Slight changes in his, health from day
to day, whether for better or worse,
oio not nf especial significance. The
most hopeful sign will be the resump
tion of exercise by the patient. It will
iudicnte confidence in the fundamental
soundness of Wilson's organs.
The difficulty with Mr. Wilson is
prohahl that he has suffered n pro
found disappointment. He has said
nothing about his disillusionment unless
the extreme speeches he made upon his
recent western trip Indicated nn effort
to derive suppoit from the crowds thnt
welcomed him and bolster up his conti
dence by o.crstntrnicnt
Only once the world caught n glimpse
of Mr. Wilson's suffering when his
plans went wrong, and that was during
the war, when Autiia's sudden reve
lation thnt she was entirely under the
lontrol of Rcrlin and that his attempt
to drive a wedge between the Hapsburgs
and Holienzollcrns.wns so much wnstcd
breath, wrung from him a cry that he
was "utterly disillusioned."
From Exultation to Depression
Those who are m contact with him
now sny that his present disappoint
ment Is profound, and that 'he has
come to feel that the whole world Is
against him. This is not nny imagina
tion of conspirarics, but the depression
of n man who is worn out by n long
strain nnd heartsick over the results.
Nervous exhaustion following tremen
dous efforts that have been triumphant
Is easily cured. Hut nervous exhaust
ion following similar efforts that have
ended in disappointment is harder to
treat. The discouragement makes re
building slow
President Wilson has gone in the
course of a few months from a state
of grcnt exaltation to n stntq of de
pression. William Allen White, in the
Saturday 1! cuing Post, describes the
mental altitude of the Americans who
went to Paris ns that of men, who had
set out "on the high emprise of a
short hike to the millennium."
No one realized It was that, stated
In those words. For every American
took seriously the great change in the
hearts of men thnt would ensue from
the purification of the war nnd from
the inauguration of the league of na
tions. There is little doubt that the
President wns filled with this great
hope, thnt he was carried nway by the
excitement of his own great crusade.
While he wns fighting for his league,
Mr. Wilson wns sustained nt Paris.
His great reception by the people and
his own fuith in his league kept up his
courage and confidence until his return
to Paris after bis visit to this country
iu February.
Disillusionment Comes
From that time on what happened nt
Paris was a steady disillusionment. The
Trench nnd Hritlsh played old-fashioned
balance-of-powcr polities nnd
wrung finm him concession after con
cession which was dubiously consistent
with a better world.
The secret treaties backed him at every
turn. And the .small powers set up in
eastern Kurope began playing the old
soit of Hnlkan politics, encouraged by
France's efforts to knit them into nn
aiiti-Germnn and fln anti-Russian com
bination, and then to a general antl
Ocrmnn, anti-Russian combination, of
which she nnd England were' the active
and we were a silent acquiescent
portion.
The millennium had not come nnn
when Mr. Wthon returned to this
country hi was a changed nuin. His
old confidence was gone. This was ap
parent in his rrlntions to individual
senators more than in his relation to
the Senate as a whole. After his return
n sensitive nature like his could not
fall to perceive the great drop in tho
mental temperniiiip of the people. When
he went awaj men were bent upon the
"high emprise" of. which Mr. White
talks. When the,, came back they were
cold, appraising in sharp Yankee fash
ion, the value of what the emprise had
brought them. Not the slightest illu
sion remained in the body politic. And
a temperament like Mr. Wilson's takes
fire from the minds of the. masses nnd Is
chilled by their coldness.
Sensed Personal Hatred
Then came the struggle with the Sen-
ato which he had formerly dominated,
a liar1!! thing for a proud mail; And
in thnt struggle he encountered some
thiug more than coldness, an actual
personal hatred, not confined to the pol
iticians, but more or less diffused among
the people, a minority of the people but
fctill n very active minority.
This hatred wus not a new thing, but
it came to have an importance In the
life of a man overstrained and suffer
ing from a considerable disillusionment
It probably contributed to the feeling
that the whole world was against him.
It wns perhaps only n straw, but it was
nn added ono in the burden' the Presi
dent was supporting, the grent strain
of reaction from a long period of mental
exaltation. '9
This hatred of Mr. Wilson is plainly
in evideuco at the Cupitol. You can
not talk to a senntor without discover-
" tn1p nnt--n complex, it I
"hsur.I it nrps the minds of
is so.
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dayH of Mr. Wilson's distress they tell
.jou privately, and they believe what
they t-ay, that the President N only
shamming Illness for political effect
They are so carried nway by (heir
nersonal animosity Hint they rannot
think straight In n simple mntter like
this, any morp tlinn they can on the !
league of untlons. where every opponent
after giving you nrlnus reasons for
his opposition ends hy hissing "Plunk
blank that man Wllnn."
Pettiness Run .Mad
The pettiness of this hatred wus indi
cated In the" charge that Mr. Wilson had
reielved Immensely vnlunblp gifts from
Kuropean sovereigns An inventory of
all gifts will soon be made public. It
will show n few old guns nnd some
'looks, n few personal souvenirs, nnd
the only thing nf considerable value, a
gold box In which the city of London
presented him with the freedom of the
city.
In n few months the President has
fallen from the heights of being the
'eader of the greatest world .crusade
In history since those directed toward
taking from the Infidel the sacred city of
lerusalem to being disingenuously
charged with being n mere vulgar grab
ber of valuable presents.
And In this period of reaction Mr.
Wilson has been a lonely man. He hns
been unfortunately Isolated from the
stronger loyal natures who formerly
surrounded him. Mr. White under
stood one nf the deep needs of Mr. Wil
son's heart when he snld he demanded
chiefly lojalty from bis associates. He
probnblv leaned to an extent or relied
upon me moral support of men iiko
.. .. . ,...
Mr. McAdoo, who retired from tho
cabinet several months ngo nnd hns been
out of contact with the President until
very receniiy. . oionei Mouse, u matitjnion conference has been called,
with nn extraordinary capacity for loy- A deputation of trade unionists con
alty, whose irresistible optimism must, frrP(1 ,, Mr IjloV(I iorg(. ata this
have been u tremendous nid to the Pres-I nftcrnoon. The deputation hnd previous
Ident in his darker hours, has gonp too,ilv n(,1(1 lonK discussion wt, rnlway
discredited by the results of the Peace men wIl0 ,.,. t 0COmpnny them to
Mr. Ilariich and Judge Hrnudeis have
been away fioni Washington. Mr.
Hurleson is discredited. Mr. Lansing,
so far as In 'was a factor, separated
himself definitely from the President in
Paris.
Mr. Wilson hns entered into the
depths of reaction almost alone. Ho is
In the position in which Presidents
usually find themselves, toward the end
of their terms, especially their second
terms, when men's eyes nrc turned to
the future, nnd nway from them. It
has been a trying time. The difference
between this year and last year is too
vost not to have affected profoundly
the strongest man in Mr. Wilson's
position. The reaction was almost in
evitable. Hut it is probably at its worst now."
Upon this and the fact that people
usually recover from nervous exhaustion
is built the confident belief that Mr.
Wilson will once more he well.
L'lTALIA TOGLIE IL
BLOCCO A FIUME
II Govemo ha Ordinato che Vi-
veri e Posta Raggiungano
la Citta'
Published nnd rjlutrlbuted Undor
PERMIT NO. 841.
Authorll tiy tho ict of Octoli-r ,
i0.17... onflls at th Postoftlce ot Phila
delphia, Pa.
By order of .the President.
A F. ntmLRSON.
PoMmaMer Gttneral,
Roma, 4 ottobre. II Governo ha
emesso ordini perchc' sla nbbandonnto il
blocco di Flume c le nutorlta' itnlianc
nclle vicinanzc ill quella cltta' hnnno
riccvito struzloni percho' la posta
ed i vjveri possano raggiungere Fiume.
Cio' secondo quanto annunzia it gior
nale "I.'Ppoca." II giorunlc nggiunge
che II blocco mllitare contro i soldati
ed i borghesi che erano dlrctti a Fiume
c quanto nltro era stato ordinato in
consequenza ilfcsso, c' stato tolto dopo
che II Governo ha csaminnto e dlscusso
una protcsta ricevuta dal Conslglio
Nozionale di Fiume.
Parlgi, 3 ottobre. Da infirmazion
attendtblli gluntc da Roma si apprende
che e' stato formalmente declso cho
PEsercito Itnllano, nel euso eh" D'An-
nuuzio ed i suoi volontan venisscro nt
tnecatl dagll Jugoslav! a Fiume. inter
verra' immediatamento per dlfendere
D'Annunzio o lc sue truppe.
II Governo Itnllano sebbene non np-
rovi ufficialmentc la spedizionc di
I'Annunzio pure ha declso che non
permettera' che egll ed I suoi seguaci
siano lasciati alia merce' degli Jugo
slav! in enso di attacco da parte di
quest'ultlmi.
Si aggtungc che a tRle rigunrdo si
c' avuto un colloqulo speciale fra il
Generalo Gandolfi, comandante 11 lOmo.
Corpo D'Armntn. ed 11 magglore Reina
dello Stato Maggiore di D'Annunzio.
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FORMEDIN BRITAIN
Town Officials Heed Premiers'
Ploa to Aid Police During
Rail Strike
MEDIATION FAILS UTTERLY'
Ry the Associated Press
London, Oct. 4. Premier Lloyd
George's appenf for the formation- of
"citizen guardsVvJhroughout the coun
try in the cmcrgenoys-imuBciiUvJ4ii
railroad strike, met wltl. n prompt re
sponse on nil sides today. City aud
town officials nnd others throughout the
country arc recruiting volunteers to as
sist the police.
Never iu the history of the Hritlsh
empire have the people faced a graver
labor crisis. Latest developments in
dicate the government nnd the national
union hnve settled dowu to a protracted
struggle. I'nlon leaders who have been
in conference here have started for big
lnbor centera throughout the Hritlsh
Isles to engage in a vigorous cam
paign. The nreniier todnv teleirrnnhed to the
lienda of the nr nc nal c vie bodies of the
.". -. .. . w
country, asking them to confer with him
, ,, u101. -hI,.,' ministers Tues-
',,. oxl tnP tIn. for wi,tL,, ,,c Trades
the premier's residence,
Two of the principal financial week
lies, the Stutlst and the Economist,
both wielding great Influence, make
nntnblc pleas for a balanced view of
the strike, advocating justice to the
strikers and a cessation of the bitter
language indulged iu by soroo news
papers. "It Is clear the strike ought never
to have happened," Bays thp Economist,
"but it is by no means clear, as is too
generally assumed by the well-to-dos,
that the responsibility lies with the
wage-earners and their leaders. The
whole position is marked by an extra
ordinary lack of clearness, for which
the government is" to a great extent re
sponsible, ,
"Lnbor is determined not to return
to its pro-war position, and it is per
fectly right. We cannot afford to pros
per at the expense of the health nnd
welfare of u largo part of the com
munity." All efforts to bridge the chasm be
tween the government and the national
union of railway men so far have broken
down. The union has refused to con
sider a proposition of Premier Lloyd
George for u seven days' truco for the
adjustment of matters. A congress of
all the trades unions in Great Britain
will convene hero Tuesday. The pro
posed btrlke of bus men will be post
poned at least until nftcr this meeting.
The cabinet met early this forenoon
at the premier's residence to discuss
the bituntion. here were many con
jectures among the people whether King
George, who will arrive in London this
evening, will invoke his authority and
reassemble Parliament, in view of the
national crisis.
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condition in a hospital here as a result
of being caught underneath on auto
mobile ditched on the Huckhorn road
last night when n tire burst.
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in this city. They had been chestnut
hunting nnd were coming home when
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