PRESIDENT WILSON'S RETURN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 130, 26 February 1919, Page 5

PRESIDENT WILSON'S RETURN

GREAT PUBLIC RECEPTION SPEECH AT BOSTON By Teleeraph—Press ABSootetion-Oopyrlelit Boston, February 2-4. I President Wilson on arrival wns greet!ed by thousands of iieople. The ship narrowly escaped stranding on Teacher's Wand, owing to the fog. A destroyer I discovered the danger, and the George I Washington was stopped a thousand ! yards off the shore. President Wilson j will stay in the United States for a week, 1 end will re-embark for Paris on I March 15. I Speaking at Boston, President Wilson jsaid the United States was trusted • throughout the world. The delay at the Peace Conference was due to the complexity of the problems, and the attempt to envisage the conditions as a whole. He invited the critics of the League of Nations to test the sentiment of the American people. ' As the result of .■\merica going into the war the European nations were buoyed up by the hope of a better order of things than in the past. Everyone in Europe pinned his faith to America as the friend of mankind. "I no more doubt the verdict of America than I doubt the blood that is in me." "If the national Governments fail to do the thing to which they have set their hands at the peace table, the peoples themselves will select other Governments'. The nations will not stop short in their purpose of establishing a permanent durable peace."— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE PLOT TO SITtHE PRESIDENT TEN MORE ARRESTS New York, February 24. Ten more arrests have been made. The prisoners are Cubans and Spaniards. Members of the I.W.W. are suspected of fomenting the plot against President Wilson. They are alleged to Be Spanish anarchists. The police believe thej had planned to attaok President Wilson on his arrival at Boston.—Atis.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LEAGUE OfIaTIONS CRITICS ANIMUS A PERSONAL ONE. Washington, February 24. Senator Lewis, speaking in the Senate, said that personal objections to President Wilson were at the root of the objections against the League of Nations. The attacks on the league were intended to awaken prejudice and aronse false fears—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, HIGH SPEED LEGISLATION. New York, February 24. The United Press Paris correspondent understands that the League of Nations' Covenant was completely framed ia thirty hours.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. a plealFsupport OR ELSE-"ANOTHEB SCRAP OP ... PAPER." (Rec. February 25, 5.5 p.m.) New York, February U. In his epeech- at Boston, President Wilson said that if America did not back up the Peace Conference the work of the Conference would fail, and America would leave upon the historic table of Versailles another scrap of paper, causing the world the deepest loss and disappointment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.