Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-07
Pcaccmakcr of the Nations

Penccmakcr of the Nations
. RESIDENT WILSON'S trip to Omaha has
Deen triumphal procession AT each
station where his train stopped cheering
throngs have greeted him. fought to shake
ms hand and detained promises OF support
lhat the Middle West approves the policies
which have given the country peace with
honor. prosperity with prepa redness has
been shown in the outpouring of the people
OF every hamlet town and city on the way
And why not? The Middle West is the
melting pot OF many nationalities. but il is
the home. nevertheless. of virile and ag-
gressive Americansnl. 1t is the home also
OF fine political altruism. The language
in which the President speaks the terms he
employs which excite the derision OF selfish
ana reactionary elements in the East are not
novelties to Wisconsin and Nebraska Men
there understand when he says America must
hSht mot merely for the rights OF property
or national ambition. but for the rights OF
mankind. II is their own view of 'nutiona
aspiration and national destiny.
lheH want no war that with honor he
avoided and there again they stand with
the President. They would be ashamed to
witness the military and naval strength of
this great country used to Cypress weak and
harasscd people. struggling. however blindlv
and with whatever cropping and stumbling
toward the light. They take the Presidents
view OF Mexico. They are prosperous. con-
tented and happy and they have sense
enough to understand how largely they are
indebted for these blessings to the man who
has freed the nations business and credit
dccentralizcd tho nations wealth and devoted
the energies of the nation to the productive
arts of peace
They see clearly now vision of America
after the war discharging mission at once
h"nehccnt and glorious They comprehend
what the President has been saving for two
a in
sion across the sea. They know as Europe
Is beginning to know. that in the fullness
Oh timc TINS greatest OF neutrals must have a
part in the restoration and preservation of
peace. Lord Bryce i'm Il speech from which
We quoted the other day painted the same
picture, and in Great Britain and other war
ring countries an influential and increasing
pubhc sentiment welcomes America to her
rGhtful place at the council table OF world
powers.
America some say is dcspised in Europe
ana 1t may be So. for to be despised is the
h"n'rhis lot. to be exchanged for affection or
hatred only through taking up the quarrel
Certain il is that those Europeans best fitted
TO understand America and to whose iudg-
meh' we can afford to appeal have no such
feeling in their hearts Lord Bryce in Eng
lahd MaNImlilan Harden in Germany. sound
another chord. They. too. with the men of
the Middle West. catch the Presidents vision
ana sec stamped upon the conduct of this
liihc some guiding principle. some ruling
passion OF the mind some persistent conccp-
ton of what America stands for SO that
along the horizon under the dark murkv
clouds Of doubt that have Swallowed our time
there appears cleaning. clear light of q
day that is going to dawn, when the liberties
OF mankind shall have bchi them the united
force and affection OF all the people of the
world"