New Britain herald., 1916-05-29
NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES. .

NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES. . 1 out over and above all in President 1 Wilson's speech Saturday night before 1 the League to Enforce Peace, a sen- tence that sums up the pith and sub stance of American thought since this 1 republic was conceived and brought l forth: That sentence reads: There is nothing that the United States wants for itself that any other nation has" And the majority of the peo- pie in this country believe that to be true, know it to be so, since the prin
 cdple has been adhered to since the very foundation of the nation. There is nothing that the United States wants for itself that any other nation has," And over and above all we want none of their troubles, none of their entangling alliances, none of their systems of diplomacy, none of their intrigues.
 Whatever the outcome of this first assemblage of the League to Enforce Peace, whether it vanish in thin air, or actually accomplish banding to- gether of the nations of the earth in a sort of international police force, the United States must be very care full of it's relation to the others, that is, if it joins in any such organization. While it Is true that there is nothing the United States wants that any other nation has, 1t is likewise. true that almost anything every other na- tion wants the United States has, and possesses in superabundance. There fore it would seem the better part of va1or on our part to leave these other nations go their way, and for us to go ours, keeping both paths we'll sep arated. This, of course, being solely applicable to the nations of Europe. The Old World and the New World are as far separated as the East from the West.
 It has been the history of this na tion that it wanted nothing from out siders, that it was content with the munifcent benefits showered upon it by a Divine Providence, that it got it's entire satisfaction in attending to it's own business. This is as true to- day as 1t was a hundred years ago. And it will be more so in the future. During the past two years the people of the United States have learned les sons that will be stamped inGelably upon their minds for ages to come. They have, in the first instance, learned the horror of war, and while they would not be averse to bringing about an end to the terrible carnage going on abroad, they would quickly hesitate to commit any act that might be looked upon askance in European capitals, viewed from the angle that we are trying to force upon the bel ligerents the great power that is vest ed in this nation. Therefore, what ever President Wilson undertakes in the line of peace-maker will never measure up to his wonderful accom- pIishments as preserver of peace for his own people. That he has kept us out of the war is the one great achievement that stands to his credit, that cannot be affaced by anyone, that must appeal to all peoples in this land.
 But it was not in the role of would be peacemaker that Woodrow Wilson stood last Saturday night before the two thousand members of the League mat distinguished audience in Wash A"s'on, an organiza ton led by William "ara Taft, the President emphat- io"iiy stated that he did not go there 10 discuss a. program, but merely to