New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-05
PRAISE IN LONDON FOR
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Speech Said to Have States
man|ike Qualities. Character.
Caution and EloquenCo.
SOCIAL REFORM THE NOTE
List of Things That Ought To
Be Altered the Nearest
Approach to Statement
of Policy.

London. March i-Presidcnt wilson. s
inaugural address is commented IN IN
number or editorials this morning
The Morning Post" sa"s:
1t has Tor long time been ovid NJ
that President Wilson is q man ~
parts. Whether he is a great stltes-
man remains 90 bo seen. but al least il
may he said that hi. inaugural address
has certain etatesmanlikc qualities. II
has character and vet has caution.
1t arousos interest and might even
arouse enthusiasm. for ~ sets tho hi
touches very lightly immediate ques-
tions. Although il repeats the Demo
cratic creed il commits the new Co,-
eminent 10 no new measure. and yet
the note Of sympathy for the poor and
suffering is well calculated to toUrh
the heart OF humanity. The thesis ~
the address IS no less remarkable be-
cause il is not pugnacious. II strikes
new note in American politics a note
Of what we call over hcre social re-
, form
The Daily Telegraph" says:
TO .ost British readers perhaps The
nature end phraseology Of tho address
/ Will appear 20 be a strange. eloquent
and ornate presentation OF humln
/ ideals which have never been in prac-
! ticc among our statesmen. Even in the
golden age Of our political oratory such
q note was seldom sounded. and =
never heard today. President Wilson
/ approached nearest TO definite stale
ment Of policy in the list Of things that
! ought 10 he altered. How much impoT-
| lance is TO be attached to this outline
OF Presidential policy IL is very dim
/ cult 10 say. II is certainly true that
! President Wilson's own party has a
/ ajority in both houses. but II is also
/ true that the Democratic party. both in
and ont Of Congress, is by no means 10
/ be regarded as q united force for prog
ress. Moreover. the fact that Mr. VIII
son since his election has been vislply
drawing away from the party leaders
who reluctantly acquesccd in his nom
| ination may already he regarded as
confirmed in his attitude Of aloofness
from the seasoned politicians who Ill
rectly control the Legislature.
President Wilson has plucked the
string Of pure idealism whose sound
may be pleasant in the ears of his
| countrymen. But If Congress is to
! join in the work Of reform II will prob
! ably be in response to irresistible
! movements in the nation itself, rather
than in Difference to the desires ex-
pressed by the President. Whatever
| happens, however his Presidential
term is certain 10 be a remarkable and
vivid period in the modern develop
mcnt Of the United States"
The Daily Mail" says:
THE address deals chiefly in gem
eralities and makes no very specific
I proposals, hut one fact at least clearly
appears The era Of free competition
/ is over in the United States. and the
( day Of government control OF industry
is at hand There is an old American
parable, Each for himself. as the ele-
, plant said when he danced among the
| chickens That principle may he very
salutary and comfortable for the ele-
| plant, but henceforth the American
government Will think mainly of the
chickens
THE Daily Express says:
1T was the address Of an academic
professor called uron TO deal with prac-
! teal politics. Ii was full. noble and
may signify President Wilson has
large ideals. but theory and fact are