Show ROOSEVELT'S SISTER AND WILSONS WILSON'S AIDE IN WRANGLE r v 1 J h I 4 o J l. l h t. t CR CREEL L Mrs Ms Robinson V Wants ants to tp Know y Kno Why U. U S. S 5 Didn't Didn Enter W War r Sooner and Charges Chal Evas Evasion n After War Wartime C Committee CommitteeS S lead I-lead Gives Two v Answers Speaker er Recalls Recalls- Vision of Tragedy NEW NEW NEWY Y Dec 14 14 A r. AP A j sister of Th I T and the head of war hea e-hea d- d dor or wa s time committee on public t tion have clash clashed publicly l pl Over ver the war presidents president's Ideals deals and Vision Islon In the midst of hundreds of Wil Wil- son soi admirers d Mrs Gorinne Roose- Roose 1 i Irti i E rg r eel el yesterday d aCt after hl hIs speech in To p l explaining his liIs view of ot Ma hili form former i- i cl chiefs chief's lef's pers personality n Mr Mi Creel reel said that Wilsons Wilson's vis- vis lin a tragedy of lt disappointment disappoIntment coming comins eyen even before the peace conference to o the lapse in Idealism that followed the ar armist ar- ar mist e. e It It Is It is is well vell for great M souls ls such as these if if lik like Lincoln they y can di diat die at the moment of their greatest achievement he said There I Is nothing In In the world more more savage more C f and Inhuman than a peoples people's reaction from Us its ts own Ideal Idea ism lam 4 Questions were vere invited Mrs Robinson n who had been occupying an es e's seat at arose arose arose- and aud I In ba a a voice that carried to every corner orner of the hall asked asked- I If Mr Wilson nad so so much vision vision vision vis vis- vis- vis ion as you OU say he had wh wh why did he not enter the war sooner and save 0 ot of f lives CREATES STIR g Some applause greeted the question question question ques ques- tion but it lt was drowned out in the buzz excitement of e excitement Mr Creel answered answered answered an an- I He lie did not enter the the S war sooner becal because e for one th thing ng New ew York and the Atlantic seaboard are not America It would have been Impossible im impossible mi- mi possible to the American people to war any earlier Mrs Robinson shook her head and exclaimed You didn't answer my question But explained Mr 11 Creel the jie president cant can't declare war var PO you ou ouden den deny madame madam e that congress has the sole power to declare declare- war var warly My ly answer is that congress would not net haye have declared war in 1915 or 1916 t the thc 1 antiwar and arid the pro-German pro sentiment was too strong Mrs Robinson was unsatisfied You are aie evading not answering this question she said aId The rho president has the power of leadership leader leader- ship It Itis is said that he lie kept us out of war I 1 want vant to know why he didn't lead us in sooner Robert Erski Erskine e Ely presiding presiding- waved his hand soothingly and anel announced announced an an- that the question had been answered red When other questioners arose other t topics Irs Mrs RobInson Robinson Rob Bob inson left the hall ball The The- meeting eUng was under the auspices aus ais- of the League lot Cor Political Education on President Wilsons Wilson's career The m meeting marked the first showing of offa a six-reel six motion picture picture pic pic- ture showing the career of dent from the New ew Jersey governorship to to the grave It was presented bv by the he Woodrow Woodrow- Wilson Foundation and It Is planned to send It to all parts of ot the country for showing without t private profit S.- S. |