Show SISTER ROOSEVELT OF-ROOSEVELT OF AND WOODROW WOODRO WILSON WILSON At a meeting In the town hall hail hallin in III New York a short time ag George Creel addressing the league for political education was dealing with Woodrow Wilsons Wilson's war policy At the close Mr Creel Invited questions when Mrs rs Corinne Robinson Robinson sister or of orthe the late Colonel Theodore noose noose elt eIt created a sensation by insist insist- insistIng insIstIng insisting ing that Woodrow Wilson had i proved unequal unequal to 10 the task of leading the American people in a great real crisis Mrs Irs Robinson from the audience asked It I Mr Wilson had llad so much vision islon as you you say say he had why did lIe he not enter the war sooner and save lIve thousands of o live JiveS Replying Mr Creel Cicet n made ade this He did not enter the war soon sooner er because for tor one thing New lark tork imd and the Atlantic c seaboard are D not t America It would have been utterly Impossible to com commit mit the American people le to ft war any earlier Congress which has ole ole power to declare war WaI showed how it U felt feIt when tell when Jt it d passed the resolution In 1916 C G GIrs Sirs Irs Robinson shook her head and exclaimed exclaimed loudly You YO did not answer my question nut flut the president Cant Can't declare Melare war retorted Mr Creel el point poInt- pointing ing log a finger at Mn Mrs I s Robinson Do OU ott ou den deny madam that has the sole power to declare war My answer Is that congress would not have ha declared d war var In 1915 or 1916 the war anti and German sentiment was too 5 ong Mrs Robinson again arose alose with determination In her ber manner You are evading not answering his question she declared while clamor the clamor about her grew gre The president nt has the power or of o lead lead- leadership leadership It II Is said that her he kept of us out o of war I want to know U 0 hy he didn't lead us In sooner Tills This exchange of o views Le- Le between be between I tween Mr Creel an and Mrs Sire Robinson Rob Rob- RobInson I Inson Is a reflection of the two t to an aD old controversy ery Mrs Robinson received her i from torn her brother who Insisted that the United States Stales should 1 have gone into the he war at the be be- beginning beginning ginning In Iu fact laet Theodore Roose Roosevelt velt elt wanted to gather ather a II force o of rough riders and go over oer In 1915 At AL that lime time it Is doubt doubt- doubtful doubtful ful that Colonel Roosevelt had ao an accurate understanding ot of o the change in III warfare which had bad oc oc- oc cured oc-cured I cured since he was as In the thc Cuban campaign America at the open open- openIng open 1 ing Ing ot or the llie world war was DS neu neutral trai and did not become pro until Germany seemed to sneer at American protests against yb vio violations lations of o the rules of o war war on onland onland laud land and aud sea sen I ITh Th The one element of weakness In the Wilson policy was was was- failure to for fOI war when our en- en entrance entrance en entrance became trance Into the tito conflict conflict- became lIable inevitable |