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Show PiRIISl LIILS ARE SHATTERED j Coast Republicans Declared to Be Against Johnson's League Stand. By PHILLIP KINSLEY. (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) LOS AXGELfCS, Cal., Sept. L'0.- I'resi- dent Wilson reached the friendly port of Los Angeles this morning-, the half-way I point in his leotruc of nations tour. Ho will leave here tomorrow night on the return trip to "ashiugton, where he will arrive September 30. The president is taking every opportunity opportu-nity that he can find to rest and recuperate. recu-perate. He canceled a trip to Coronado last night and went on hoard his train, where he rested within sound of the Pacific Pa-cific surf at a little station outside San Diego. His engagements i Los Angeles called for his appearance at a big public dinner din-ner tonight and an address at a mass-meeting mass-meeting at the Shriners' auditorium, presided pre-sided over by Mrs. Josiah JO vans Cowles, president of the National Feneration uf Women's Clubs. Women have taken a leading part in the league of nations debate in this district. dis-trict. The majority of the newspapers are supporting his cause. The sentiment here is sufficiently in favor of the covenant's cove-nant's adoption to offset the antagonism In San Francisco and the north. The balance in a state vote might he found in the great valley dist ricts. In the Sacramento valley the Sacramento lice, always a strong supporter of Senator Sen-ator Johnson, is fighting the It-ague. The Union, a morning paper recently purchased pur-chased by Hen S. Allen, one of the chief aides of Sir. Hoover in the food administration adminis-tration abroad and in Washington, hs for j the league. Chester Rowell and his I Fresno Republican are for the league. One of the strong Republican leaders of the north, Ralph Bull of Furelia. reports his county in favor of the president's program. pro-gram. About SO per rent of the Democrats Demo-crats are said to be in favor of it. The Los Angeles Times this morning declares the president's pronouncements on the covenant to be the most important impor-tant utterances to the world since the sermon on the mount. ' party alligomentH are thrown to the w i nd s . ' Senator Johnson cannot carry (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) PARTIS! LIS ARE SHATTERED (Contlnuod from Pase One.) bis personal following whh him In this issue. This situation vus made plain In Sn n T'lego lust night, where the president was greeted by u commit t re of the League to Kn force F'eaee, made up largely large-ly of Republicans. Tho tntrotiuoiory speech of Lyman Gaire. former secretary of the treasury under McKtnley, at the president's dinner din-ner last night has cauyed a great deul uf comnient. He suld that Mr. MeKlnley, "great man and true Republican," would pay to Woodrow 'Wilson today: "God bless the work you are undertaking. I stand with you." Mr. Gage said that three great opportunities oppor-tunities have come to America. "One was when George Washington founded the republic of America; the other was when Abraham Lincoln freed 4,000,noo slaves; the next is wben America, through the leadershi pof President Wilson, Wil-son, may become the pacificator of the world." |