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Show THREAT OF INDUSTRIAL CHAOS SEEI (Executive Launches on New Point of Attack in Speeches in Dakota and Minnesota Cities. i ! , Tells People Economic ; Turmoil Cannot Be Quieted Until Charac- I ter of Peace Is Known. I j By DAVID LAWRENCE, j (Copyright Salt Lako Tribune.) KN KOVTK WITH l'KK) MINT WILSON TO M WlK'K, N. !., S.-pt. Ili'. - Mure sinister than political chaos j abroad is the menace of industrial revolution, rev-olution, more vital to Americi than a no-re choice as b.'iuecu foreign poli-! poli-! eh s is tlv pro.-pert of trving to do 1 busim ' v. i h a Kumpc in diordT, f i- naiwiailv feeld-- and phvMcaily de-I de-I o r i pit. That is Tlir tp-w lad; on "which ; I'rii'ii; WiN-m ha- lav.nch-d at l,e pa'-1" s t hroiieli M in uc.-ota Mid the I a- kolas. For hei- w lo'rf foodMil f -j are j produced to feed the world the pcple ; are i:i ! r.-M el in fendn markets and th- ability of foreign count lifs to pay j for 1 1: ir purchase. Tin' president iiuu'ht in his spe1 'ho at Sioux Falls and before the 1 i 11 nc -sit a leislat ure to show t hat the cont I of living is related to the disturbed I economic situation of Kurope. and that the economic turmoil in Kurope cannot be (juitel until the penph- there know I what kind of a peace is to ensue and jwho is to piaiantee it and, finally. 1 ho ! president insisted that Kurope canni't j tell the immedinV directum of her -trade winds ami welfare until she knows whether or not t lit.' Tnited States; 1 means to assist her or stand aloof, I SENTIMENT STRONG FOR PEACE PACT. Mr. Wilson did not need to make an analytical argument for the It-ague of nations or treaty of peace in this region re-gion for the- people are overwhelmingly in favor of the idea. If reservations do not mean textual a men dir. mi ts t hen thero is no particular objection to them. I As between ;i league "without reservations reserva-tions and no league at all, the peoplo j would voV for an unqualified covenant. cove-nant. Hut they will follow Senator Knnto Nelson on that point. For in the Dakotas and Minnesota, the unmistakable unmis-takable fact is that people who are bitterly bit-terly opposed to Mr. Wilson and some ; of his domestic policies, and they are 1 not u small penvnlnge but a large nia jority, would rather see the treaty of! peace out of the way than see it de- i laved by a quibbling senate. I Until- the president came out this i way, thoy had taken it for granted thai the senate would not delay ponce. They had assumed that the treaty would be ratified. Only from the lips of the president are they learning of tl? dire consequences of a defeated trealy and arc wondering whether the senate ivally means to put America into the unfortunate unfortu-nate position of holding up the peace of the world. And the impression which "Mr. Wilson makes is not very convincing in thr?se particulars bec.mse while the people do not dissent from Mr. . Wilson 's picture of the possibilities, possibili-ties, they do not believe the senate would dare amend the treaty and ,'nd it. back to further conference and delay de-lay at Varis. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS PLAIN IN MEANING. The president made a pleasing speech in Sioux Falls, simple in construction and plain in meaning. lie dealt in dignified restraint with the Minuesota legislature, whore lie made, less of a stump speech and more of a forma address. ad-dress. The Minnesota legislature contains con-tains not a few members of the Nonpartisan Non-partisan league, a growing manifestation manifesta-tion of the political power of that organization or-ganization in Minnesota. 1 was told by (Continued on Page 8, Column 2.) wis Wilson Launches on New Point of Attack in Peace Speeches. (Continued From Page One.) men who would Le the last to contribute contrib-ute to such a result that luinncsota might be carried by the Nonpartisan league in the next election and that the whole state may find itself in the same position a3 North Dakota, lu this section, therefore, where radicalism radical-ism is bccjiiining- to overflow into neighboring states, the president's speeches arc odd confirmation of many of the arguments used by the radicals during the war. The president talks of the dangers of trade rivalries and the sfceds of commercial com-mercial jealo'usy which were sown before be-fore the lato war, and floes not hesitate hesi-tate to say that a big standing army and an expensive navy will have to bo carried on the shoulders of a tax-paying tax-paying public if America decides to go it alone, as Senators Borah and Johnson John-son are advising. The president argues that America's isolation is over, whether she wills it or not, and that she will be distributed if she plays a lone hand. Audiences Shout Approval. "Shall we be partners or antagonists," antago-nists," asks the president, and his audiences never fail to agree with him in their chorus of answers. The crowd at Minneapolis again and again interrupted inter-rupted with shouts of approval, "You are right," or " 1'es, yes," when Mr. Wilson asked if they wanted to enter the league. There is no question about the warmth of their receptions in Sioux Falls and in the three speeches at St. Paul and Minneapolis. Despite the rain, immense crowds turned out, but as usual the curb watchers looked on undemonstratively. The auditoriums, however, presented a cheering mass, whose smiling faces or ropeated outbursts of applause or spontaneous spon-taneous remarks as they filed out showed clearly that they liked Mr. Wilson Wil-son 's stj'Ie. Folks out here seemed to euioy Mr. Wilson's sarcasm, as he referred to the provincialism of the critics or their inability to apply the same meaning to English words as he does. And, regardless regard-less of whether it is a wise thing from a viewpoint of practical dealings with the senate to call its members ''downright ''down-right ' ignorant " without exactly specifying speci-fying which ones Mr. Wilson has in mind, it is a fact, that the crowds are much less concerned about the dignity of the senate of the United States than is anyone who lives in the atmosphere atmos-phere of the national capital. People Want Peace. They are plainspoken folk out here, with a passion for peace and a guarantee guar-antee against further war that is electric elec-tric in its flashes the moment the possibility pos-sibility of more conflict in the world is held up to them. Mr. Wilson paints a picture of war and he brings down the house. He refers to the bereaved mothers and wives, and asks what they got out of the war; he inquires what the American boys in France fought for, and when he suggests that they fought to set up some kind of international interna-tional organization that would put a stop to the war business, the roars of approval are outstanding marks of comprehension com-prehension and sympathy. If there is any doubt of the stand of the northwest, "the strong inclination, from the start of Senators Nelson, Kellogg Kel-logg and McCumber toward the covenant cove-nant is the best index of the clarity with which they have read the public mind of their constituencies. Minnesota Minne-sota and the Dakotas gave Mr. Wilson a great reception because they approve of this cause, not necessarily the political po-litical leader who espouses it. The president, on the other hand, took pains to disclaim any political purpose of a domestic character in his journey, and went further in the Twin Cities toward pointing out the possibilities of the league of nations as a political issue than he ever did before. The president said if he were a "scheming politician" he would welcome wel-come the issue. But he wants the people peo-ple to believe that he has no idea of that sort in the back of his mind. And, judging by the way Eepublicans as well as Democrats in this section have embraced the issue, irrespective of party advantage or disadvantage, one get3 the impression that, while a few politicians here and there and an editor edi-tor or two really believe this is a third-term third-term campaign of Mr. Wilson's, the great majority appear to think it a determined effort to consummate eight years of administration with an achievement of international co-operation that will benefit the United States of America and a war-torn world. |