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Show IPEISilfi GETS : INTDJLITICS Commander of American Army in France May Enter En-ter Presidential Race. Sperl.il 1 The Tllhune. WASlllNCTDN', Sept. Itl. (-..-rn-nil 1 ''i'.-.li!iik''ii l -t urn lo his ho mm- immiiiI ry ; has had the t-fr.Tt of hiliiKln:; hln name Into tho presidential Mluathm, uKaidliH of hl.s own wishes niul deslr.-s. Today . ineral I 'ershln t lo he ll:l rd a mouK the pi.s.MhlHtles, U Is hut natural (hat Cie u-n in.i inh-r of the American fori'i'rt In Fiance, lu i auiie of Ids dlsthiKiilslied military He . -, nhnuld he fljiim-d aiinni the men to tr I eon.-ddered f(r tho presidential nomination. nomina-tion. After any Kieal war, tint mici-.-wsl ul general eominanilin;; oeeiiplra a pla.-c of j hlKhe.l proinlneni'. In public .!,-, hy reason of his military Miccess liit is tlu-j tlu-j renter of all obsrn its, and natur many looltin upon him for th first tlaie since he achieved Ki"-at n.-- H n the wn ! fee l;i lilin K'eit future political .""nI1" 1-j 1-j Me. So it U that Ceiieral 'iT.vhln inusl 'ha rei Uoned wlt!i pollttcaltv In tha fu-I fu-I tira, unless he himself -!:a'.l t.iko snmo ' step that w 111 for-- i-r ifimn linn from the pi esldeni ial f !eid. and no jeieh st ep is I'.iiid -mplated -In Ihe hi) : i ad l:i le fi-ture, fi-ture, anua l'"or (lie pr'-nt lien.-ra rersmm;'N polltt. al status Is only mmIi as Is k i a t nil inji v eon I er i c. 1 upon l.m; lie has aw.we.l that .e H 1 ' M pnrs'ilm; t)ie 111- and can cr of a siid.ei and noUi-linc noUi-linc mole. Political Status Unknown. Kvcr slnf the s'.Tiliik' of t'..e arnils-llce, arnils-llce, ijt-neral refslilm: h.i 'n-.m mentioned men-tioned as a pi .-s-.h-nt -a! po; m In I : v. ) h I neif lias made n ) nn i e I o pro.'not e that talk or .'iio.m .v.;- tli-.n.- w.,,, uit t.t shoe him to ti t- front And. stianci -lv enoui;li. the countrv l.ns he-n unahle to l his ilnv to tea rn poMtl vel - w !n l lo-r l'erih'.nn Is .a emoerai or a Ufpuhtiea n '.ineiil 1'ersiiliik' I tie on-in-:.i of y.ialor Wair.-M of V . o : u! n hut t.ri'1 ', i no ruh.sMnt !al reason ,':. such re. lat'.ofisl'.lp should govern the cnui;i; politics. It Is noticeah'.c ! o-vev.-r. that T oMth al la i ie : s At V a -h : m-' i n. n ta rdU su of pa r: y. I.avc he. n mvl-ii; no: htm: hi -nitt ;. r. 1'irsMn as pr--.--:dr t Ial i'iu'mt T!u y ha.- he.-n t.ihlm, ii ail tir Is said bv others. bu; have i o-, t rl ho t . n not him; 1 he:v.sel .s. And as i-t t haf de aaped no I'ers il t. n : 1 o i : a s n a;iinr't:st th" i-o-ti who d-r-'-i, or n.-rk ta dir.-et. tne ilrstinlts of t:;e h'.i; political politi-cal pnrtles The wiS'-r p"! t'.-lnns want to m-p how nna-h i-f tin trlhr.ie -n,. I to i',ctiera! l'erjldni: is In re. o'-nitioii of his acorn -pi i -h mi ;;!s as a so'do-r. and how rTmr'i is InM'irrd bv a la-;,,- th.,-. n av !-ad his eomiltv i-l the f'rhl of pol.tjc. n ft 'T havim; h d It-' for- - s on th- f .-M o' hatt.e. Nid-ir.i'iv t'" c;i,"-a', i., lend.'-, d trf m-Td.cis o.r.i-':.s wnve-.-r he imcs. Tl.at "Aid trie for n.ord h lo come, i.o n '. 1 1 1 1 T wlifi- la- ma v move. If he de.hies to tour the com l r . at the he -Vest of 'hon.-.t nds of i'o:nr;i:ilii,-s that e t,-t ul ni; ln it a'- Ions da .'v, ins lour will triumphal, le.it in the main It v. ill e a tribute paid to I'.-rsliimr, Tin- soldier. sol-dier. ral'L-r t:ian to !V-rs!il:.i;. tl-.e. presidential presi-dential possibility. Has Right to Expect Welcome. The dcvlopmrnt or the do-hrm n' the I'ershini; presidential boom if such it may b- - a Ib-d pi oba hi v v ill he slow. The American people are an enthusiastic pfonle; tlu'v are he:o w crship'.ers. a"d his !s rather ti.e ai;e of :m-n than f.f parties. Tiu-rcfor-, Cenera! rerhlm; hns a riu'it tn epc t a most en thu.iLa.-1 e welcome who-ever he may -o. I'.;:t If he makes a tour, ai.d 'ater settles dean to the ioutlne of ai'M.y iif" in ti:m of pi-act-, I'e-shiTi- will sh,;, ,,nt of the limelight. lime-light. nnlrSH his tour arouses a politi.-a! enthusiasm out of the ord :narv. And once he has tmne ba.;; to hif place !:i hiMo;-.'. with ti.e ev.mts of tiie war pas-iu pas-iu on, of the pop. ilar mind, can ids military record briti'- him to tne front once more and rnak- him a formidable contender for the presidential nomination? nomina-tion? Sober-ndrd.-d politicians arc r.ot overlooking over-looking tha fact that tho threat jroi"lems of America today are economic problems; prob-lems; tin y are not military. The neaoe treatv. In some Innn or other, will be d'fmosd of shortly after tho iiresldent ronclurlea his tour, and with that di er-sion er-sion out of l he wav. pen era! a t rent jor. will he turned to tin problems o' re-c re-c instruction and to ti.e restorat ion of some t him; like nor nml condit Ions in the I'n'.ted States. Is a trained soldier the best emdpped man to direct the government govern-ment ilurin the lo:i years when reconstruction recon-struction must he worked out" Is an army man, untrained in tho ways of business, out ot" touch with labor and tiie labor situation; is u. man who is ICO per cent soldier tho man to pope w!l h such a situat ion ? That question if one of tho two bl obstacles in the path of Ch.-neral 1'ershiuj;, If Im later decides to enter politics. |