o be ready to give in to Hay, and Garrison resigned in
protest. Hay had his way, and Garrison was succeeded by Newton D.
Baker, previously regarded as inclined to the pacifist side of the
controversy.

_Senator Glass on Woodrow Wilson_

_It is my considered judgment that Woodrow Wilson will take a place
in history among the very foremost of the great men who have given
direction to the fortunes of the nation. No President of the United
States, from the beginning of the Republic, ever excelled him in
essential preparation for the tasks of the office. By a thorough
acquisition of abstract knowledge, by clear and convincing precept
and by a firm and diligent practical application of the outstanding
principles of statecraft, no occupant of the Executive chair up to
his advent was better furnished for a notable administration of
public affairs. And Wilson's Administration has been notable. Its
achievements, in enumeration and importance, have never been
surpassed; and it may accurately be said that most of the things
accomplished were of the President's own initiative._

_Of the President's personal traits and characteristics I cannot as
confidently speak as those persons whose constant and intimate
association with him has given them observation of his moods and
habits. To me he always has been the soul of courtesy and
frankness. Dignified, but reasonably familiar; tenacious when sure
of his position, but not hard to persuade or to convince in a cause
having merit, I have good reason to be incredulous when I hear
persons gabble about the unwillingness of President Wilson to seek
counsel or accept advice. For a really great man who must be
measurably conscious of his own intellectual power, he has
repeatedly done both things in an astonishing degree during his
Administration; and when certain of a man's downright honesty, I
have never known anybody who could be readier to confide serious
matters implicitly to a coadjutor in the public service._

_CARTER GLASS_
_Written for The New York Times,_
_February 18, 1921._

Meanwhile the submarine issue was still an issue. Little satisfaction
had been obtained for events in the Mediterranean, and in March the
Sussex, a cross-Channel passenger boat, was torpedoed in plain
violation of the German promise of September 1. Th