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Show WILSON FORCES EM- l BARRASSMENT ON HIS SUPPORTERS SUPPORT-ERS Statement That His Cause Is Greater Than Our Own Government Hurls WASHINGTON, 1). V, Sept. 21 Administration ttomUnrs ate not u llt-. llt-. ombutrassed by an utterance of the Piesldunt in his Kansas City peech when ho said that tho cnusn ho was pleading for was 'greater than tho government." The President's senate supporters havo been diligently trying to demonstrate dem-onstrate that tho sovereignty ot the United Stntes was In no way weakened weak-ened by the covenant. They havo minimized the new superstnto which Is to havo Its capital at Geneva. Now to have tho President say: "It Is greater than the government," obviously ob-viously puts them In a dltllcult position. posi-tion. Not only do they expect tho SemitoiH who want tho league changed chang-ed to make much uso of this expression expres-sion but they apprehend It will he diligently distributed throughout tho country. That tho Piesldent's "greater than the government" sentiment Is not aciiulesced In in tho middle west Is indicated by former Senator Lafayette Lafay-ette Young of Dcs Moines. "PeiBonally," said Senator Young, "I do not agiee with tho President when ho says that the cuuse ho Is advocating Is greater than this government. gov-ernment. I do not believe the people of tho country will follow him that fur. I am Inclined to think the two Senators from Iowa aro being sustained sus-tained by their constituents In their efforts to aidcnd the treaty and bilng tLout itj pi-jpojcd latltlcatlou. |