Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-15

President Wilson's note to Germany
was cditorially commented upon
throughout the United States today
with distinct praise and appreciation.
Excerpts from editorials Of some OF
the leading newspapers as indexing
American sentiment, follow:
New York Times: 1t is the great
diplomatic achievement Of the note
that it puts upon Germany the choice
not only of what her reply shall be,
but of what is to follow. *** The Pres
ident's eloquent appeal to her great
traditions, to her sense of honor and
of justice, must triumph over any war.
like inclination she may feel to lpur.
sue a course that can have but one
ending.
New York Tribune: He (the Pres.
ident) has drawn an indictment
against the German nation which will
lie for all ages to come, if the kaiser's
government fails now to meet the de.
mands of the President of the United
States promptly and completely. ***
Wronged, we have offered Germany a
peaceful solution in the present crisis,
but-and the Presidents message
sums it all up-we shall omit neither
word nor act necessary to the perform.
ance Of our sacred duty. ST
New, York Herald: 1t might have
been. stronger; it might have been
weaker, it wilIlserve. Mr.. Wilson has
overcome the influence of those mem.
bers of his cabinet who are for peace
at any price. He has lived up to the
very best traditions of his character.
New York World: 1t is calm; it is
restrained, 1t is courteous, but with a
cold, cutting courtesy that gives added
emphasis to every word. *** BY the
strength of his case and the modera.
ton Of his tone, the President has
made it as easy for Germany to do
right as to do wrong. If he is to fail
in his ecOrt, it will be in good con-
science and in a good cause.
New York Sun: The note *** is i'm.
peccably urbane though not without
little ~ironies, in its tone, friendly in
spirit, resolute in its assertion OF
American right and of the freedom of
the seas. It recalls Germany's conten.
ton for that liberty. *** The Presi.
dent has spoken firmly. The country,
supporting him as irmly, awaits with.
out passion the German reply.
New York Press: Into the end of
his note to Berlin, President Wilson
has put some teeth and not too many
at that-intp the end, because he first
of it is filled with those graceful, but
empty rhetorical phrases which long
ago exhausted the patience of Ameri'
cans, no less than they excited the de-
rision Of the Berlin militarists.
New York American The Presi:
dents letter is undeniably vigorous.
but it is possibly dangerous as we'll
The nation desired that it's rightful de-
mands should be laid before the Ger
man government, but it did not anti
cipate that the President would go SO
far beyond the plainly and soundly
rightful scope of those demands as to
invite a rebuff.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican: The
governments position in this case is
the country's position. It is not ex
IRENE, yet it covers the ground.
Buffalo ON W Courier: Right
minded men Of every party will ap'
prove it's tone and tenor. The clar.
ness, the defimteness with which this
presentation is made can satisfy the
most rigid A%mericanismS that views
lareg agairs sanely. It seems to meet
every requirement of American patrio'
tism and honor b
Buffalo IN. YD Express: There has
been no backdown. Let the peoples
response 60 out from every corner OF
the land. We are all Americans.
Albany en-. W Argus: Dignitied in
it's tone, logical in its argument and
conclusions, firm in its demands, the
United States note to Germany reflects
the poise of the! President, Woodrow
Wilson, under most trying circum
stances.
Albany IN. Y.)lKnickerbocker Press
The note places the issue squarely be-
fore Germany for action and an an
nouncement of future policy accept
able to the United States government,
particularly a policy of sea warfare,
must not long be delayed.
Columbus lOhiS) Ohio State Jour.
nal: How Germany will promise to
protect the lives and property of our
people in the futuFe e, or in what man.