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Show r M4 ? raw II h fiJ N il m it cyi pj r I VI h fj j M-a p STATES PACT ACCEPTAICE CUIS FIRST Treaty and Living Costs Directly Connected, Executive Tells Large Audience at St. Paul. Reiterates His Warning Warn-ing Against "Hyphen" Trait and Reviving of Hun Intrigue in U. S. j .ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 0. Kea'ijiw-I Kea'ijiw-I merit of the cost of living, I're?i'k'iH J Wilson declared here today, mint await ! the re-establishment of a complete peace j basis w hich will put labor and capital j on their feet. i In two addresses the president a I sertcd that the connection between acceptance ac-ceptance of the peace treaty and amelioration of ii in conditions war j a direct one and that the world was looking to America to take the lead in I restorrrrjThe world to a sound economic ba.-is. i Mr. Wilson spoke in the morning at a special session of the Minnesota lcfjis-i lcfjis-i lature and in the eveninj; at a public meeting of the St. Paul auditorium. During the afternoon he also addressed a meeting ia Minneapolis. Tomorrow he is to speak in Bismarck, X. iX for his night meeting here the presi-I presi-I dent found the auditorium packed, city ! authorities estimating the crowd at more than 11,000. Mayor L. C. Hodgson, a Kepublican, introduced Mr. Wilson as "a great spiritual leader of American democracy," democ-racy," whose power was written "m the hearts of his people,'" DENIES POLITICS IS CONNECTED WITH TOUR. Opening his speech, Mr. Wilson said thero were no political considerations in his speech-making trip fur t lie treaty. It was an American issue, he declared, and lie had come out to Uuj people rather to "hold council" than to make a light against anybody. Despite the varied national origins uf the people of America, said the president, presi-dent, a distinctly American type had been developed, and one of the distinctions distinc-tions of that type was the belief iu equality, as contrasted with the cla:-; distinctions of other countries. Adding that there were 4 ' a great many hyphens'' left in America, the president declared u 1 ' hypheu ' ' Luc ''most un-Amencau ' ' trait to be found in the country. because ut its mi.xed derivations, the president asserted, America was destined des-tined to be the mediator of the world. It was the only nation, he continued, ''that can sympathetically organize the world for peace. Of the many delegations delega-tions from foreign lauds who appealed to him for a hearing iu Paris, lie i-aid, all were able to point out that they had. relatives iu America. MISREPRESENTATIONS ARE POINTED OUT. The league of natiou, the president declared, had been misrepresented as a trap set to draw t ho I'mted States into war. "We shall not be drawn into v. ars," he said. "We shall be drawn into consultations. con-sultations. And we shall be I iie most trusted adviser. We are the predestined mediators of mankind.'' Kmpha sizing t He arbit ration features fea-tures of thu league covenant, Mr. Wilson Wil-son repeated many of the arguments he had used in previous addresses. , iSince it had seemed to he ome pos- j j sible that the league would fail, snot I the president, the old i ut rigues have 'started oft again, and "that hyphen t between Gorman and American ' agaiu j , had raised its head. j "We know the former purposes of German intrigue in this country, and j it "s being revived, ' ' said Mr. W ib.oi, j adding that the purpose now seemed to be to keep America :iud Germany out of the league, so that at some f ut u ie time the two could unite, or one e,.uid (Continued on Pace '2, Column 1 -"'r-T 'nvi-"" if they were in favor of the league of nations covenant. A tre- ...... ' i . : j chorus ot "ayes" was the response. re-sponse. President Wilson was smiling u left the auditorium. He immediately went to his train, which was to .cu . ... 10 a. m. for Bicmarck, X. D.. where nr ...mi , to'-orr" forenoon. Returning to the train tonight the pi u..... .. t .de ihiuugh streets so crowded with cheering thrones that many times secret service men and soldiers had to fight a wav open for the automobiles! of the parties. PRIGE mOlUK Kill OH PUCE Wilson Asserts Acceptance of the Treaty Is First Consideration. (Continued From Page One.) hold the world off while the other accomplished ac-complished its conquests. "There can be only one intelligent reason rea-son for America staying out of this," said Mr. Wilson. "And that is that she doesn't want peace she wants war some time." American Spirit Misunderstood. The men who oppose the leag-ue, added the president, have so badly misinterpreted misinter-preted the American spirit that they eventually would have time to reflect in obscurity on the mistake they bad made, i Just as the soldier of the Civil war I had saved the country, Mr. Wilson said, the American soldier "In this war had 1 saved the world. And just as a great nation had really been born from the civil war, so a greater thing would result re-sult from the sacrifices of the past few years." Saying- that of course the league would not be an absolute guarantee against war, Mr. Wilson asked whether It would not be worth while if it reduced the probability prob-ability even by ten per cent. There were many cries of "yes, yf a," over the hall and then a burst of "cheers. The crowd cheered again when the president added: "And I think it reduces it about ninety-nine ninety-nine per cent." Duty of U. S. Clear. The president said it was a duty of the United States to lead the way in "peaceful production," and that could be done best under the labor section of the treaty. Under that section, he said, a great international labor conference confer-ence would be held in Washington in October whether the treaty had been ratified or not. "The only question Is," said he. "whether "whe-ther we shall have a seat in the conference con-ference or one on the outside." An "absolute, unclouded confidence." that the treaty would bo ratified was expressed by the president, and he asked the people to assert their influence. "I know what you want," lie snid. "Say it and get it. Tel me you don't want to do what I'm urging, and I'll go home." There were cries of "No," and "Go to it," and the crowd rose and cheered. President Wilson closed his address at 9:28 p. m. Shortly before the president presi-dent concluded he was interrupted for a moment while a large bouquet of flowers for Mrs. Wilson, who sat near the president, presi-dent, was carried to her. After the president sat down, Mayor Hodgson asked the crowd to signify by |