PRESIDENT WILSON IN THE UNITED STATES
ALLEGED MURDER PLOT Boston. Monday.
President Wilson landed here to-day from the steamer George Washington. The President and his party came ashore in a revenue cutter. There was a great demonstration as the cutter proceeded up the bay, steamers blowing their whistles and the forts along the coast firing a presidential salute of twenty-one guns. The cutter was escorted by aircraft, as well as by destroyers and submarine chasers. The President stepped briskly on to the pier amid the cheers of the crowd. Hundreds of officials awaited the President, and also a committee of women, who received Mrs. Wilson. According to a wireless message, the George Washington, together with her destroyer escort, ran head on towards the beach of Thacher Island on Sunday afternoon during a heavy fog, which was accompanied by rain, but she anchored about 1,000 yards off the shore, and thus avoided the danger of grounding. Special precautions were taken to protect the President. – Reuter. CONSPIRACY DISCOVERED New York, Sunday.
The police to-day, upon the information of a couple of men, who stated that they were Spanish anarchists, and had been selected to murder Mr. Wilson, made a raid upon two rendezvous of Spanish Radicals and arrested fourteen Spaniards. It is alleged that these men are all concerned in a conspiracy against the President. It appears that the two men who say they were chosen to assassinate Mr. Wilson arrived from Philadelphia this morning, and were to have left for Boston, armed with bombs, to await the arrival of the liner George Washington in the outer harbour this afternoon. The bombs which it is alleged they had in their possession were manufactured in Philadelphia. Among the prisoners is Pedro Martin, editor of a Spanish Radical paper, who has confessed that he was arrested in Spain or circulating anarchistic literature. – Central News. New York, Monday.
The Federal authorities are examining the documents seized in the raid on the headquarters of the Spanish anarchists in connection with the alleged terrorist plot. Nine Spaniards and one Cuban were arrested at Philadelphia this morning on suspicion of being implicated. – Reuter. Federal officials declare that nothing has yet been disclosed to warrant the assumption that the fourteen Spaniards who have been arrested have been plotting against President Wilson’s life. Unless there are additional disclosures, the men will probably be turned over to the immigration authorities for deportation. The Department of Justice is convinced that the men are Anarchists, but hitherto have regarded their propaganda work among the Spanish population in New York as harmless. A Boston message states that a man named Andrew Rogosky was arrested this afternoon at the Copley Plaza Hotel for attempting to reach President Wilson’s suite. He carried a revolver and a blackjack. – Exchange Telegraph Company. MR. WILSON’S WARNING Boston, Monday.
In his speech at the Mechanics’ Hall this afternoon Mr. Wilson said he had not come to report on the progress of the Peace Conference. He also said that he had been struck by the moderation of those who represented national claims. He appreciated the very generous reception given him in Europe. He had found that the United States was trusted throughout the world. He invited the critics of the League of Nations “to test the sentiment of America”. If the Paris Conference failed, the hopes of mankind for peace would be dashed. All nations would be set up again in hostile camps, and the members of the Conference in Paris would go home with their heads upon their breasts. He had no more doubt of the verdict of America on the League of Nations than he had of the blood that was in himself. – Reuter. REFERENDUM POSSIBLE New York, Monday.
A Boston message states that President Wilson is confident that Congress and the people will approve of American participation in the League of Nations and believes that any failure to sanction such a participation would be a great moral blow to the civilised nations now trying to make a just and lasting peace. His journey to Europe has convinced him that the European nations are looking to the United States to support them. He strongly feared that, if the United States did not take part, it would break the heart of the world-movement for a new order of things. The President expects that a strong effort will be made to convince Congress and the country of the vital importance of the League. Inasmuch as the covenant is not in final form and not ready for ratification, his work was largely of an informative nature. His big fight, if it proved necessary, was to come after the Peace Conference approved the final League plan, and the Peace Treaty was complete and ready for submission to the United States for final ratification. President Wilson will go to the people, if necessary, to ask their support, but this will probably not be necessary before midsummer or even autumn. He believes that the solution of the Russian problem is the greatest work outside the formation of the League. – Exchange Telegraph Company.