Show WESTERN UNIVERSITIES Poultney Bigelow Declares They Are NotYet Appreciated London Feb 15 Poultney Blgclow when questioned regarding his reported report-ed references when In America ton war between the United States and Germany said I predicted such thing What I did say In Chicago was that commercial commer-cial rivalry combined with unfriendly unfriend-ly legislation tended to embitter public pub-lic opinion on both sides and that Princes Henrys visit can have no Influence l In-fluence beyond the small circle which meets him personally and likes him for his Individual qualities iQIhls struck me most forcibly during dur-ing my visit to the middle West universities uni-versities wns the superlorlly of such universities as Cornell Wisconsin Minnesota etc over the many famous Eastern colleges In fitting students to lake the lead In practical American af talrsi Tlyj spirit that Is conquering the neutral markets or the world Is more stimulated at the headquarters of the Mississippi than at the Atlantic Atlan-tic Tho Jnlcllectual vigor of our 1 Western universities Is not yet appreciated |