Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-23
Prominent Newspaper Charac-
tedzeS Action by President
as Dramatic Stroke Against
Germany
FRANCE AT WAR ONLY
BECAUSE OF ATTACK
LIoyd-Georg6S Speech Out
lines Gallo as Well as Eng
IiSh Position Toward PruS-
SianiSm,

'vy noRS,pa jouRsAL SPECIAL trAsrn wHEl
Paris, Dec PA dramatic
stroke" is the way L1ntpnsigeant
henda President Wilson's note to the
bcllgcrcuts Commenting on the note,
the newspaper says.
"Evcryhody Will understand the inn
portanco Of Americas act. Mr. will
sons proposal is clear. The United
States has nad to suffer from tho
war Germany is torpedoing it's boats
and the United states is sending us
material and already has given us
financial aid
1T is natural that the president
should desire TO know the purposes OF
the helIigercnts. Certainly this act
viii disarranEe the SLY mancuver Ger
many is seeking to accomplish at this
time. Since the enemy has provoked
peace efforts, il is right that he should
explain clearly just what he wants
and then lay down his cards. He will
not be able to escape the request of
the American government,
Why French Fight
AS to u.s. we know why we are
fighting. Lloyd-George explained It
clearly in the British house OF COM
mons We are fighting because we
were attacked and because We do not
want to be attacked again.
con the eve of the Christmas holi-
days" says Lhcrte president
Wilson would greet the dove OF peace
with greater pleasure since be fears
to see his country drawn into the me-
lee. The submarine warfare which
Germany threatens to wage to the ut
most, regardless Of promises made,
il IFS peace ovcrturcs are ineffective,
may draw the United states into the
world conflict Secretary Lansing
expressed that fear and it is what
American public opinion breads
Lloyd-Gcorgc Spoke for Them.
1--WE should be certainly dcsolated
If its dignity and interests obliged the
Washington government to break with
.pcriured and harharous Germany.
More than amy other country France,
which was attacked without the shad-
ow Of . prctc&t, knows what there Is
Of tragedy I'm such au hour but we
cannot help IT, our American friends
must take INTO account that We are
struggling for ends common to them
.oud 10 us. For civilization ana right,
we are making war on and to pre-
vent forever Tho rctun of the hoc-
tombs such as the universe now con-
templates with terror.
"To President Wilson'S suggestion,
we Frcnchmcn can make no other re-
ply than that Of Lloyd-George. Let
the Germans restore territory let
them give rcparation and let them Of
fer guarantees assuring a real, not
precarous peace, and we shall be hap
py to reply to the prayer Of President
wilson
Views of Noted journal.
The Temps. which carries great po-
IiUcal weight, after alluding to what
il terms the courteous and precise
form Of President Wilson's note, says:
"It certainly seems that the Wash
ngton cabinet, in its desire for peace,
has neglected to look the problem In
the face and weigh the real evidence.
President Wilson's fundamental error
dates far back, to his refusal to pass
upon the initial responsibility for war.
Judge what the two groups Of belliger-
rnts say and think about peace. Can
one forget that one OF them deliber-
atcly broke the peace while the other
did everything to keep it?"
The Temps remarks that President
Wilson seems to see In Chancellor Won
Rethmonn-H HolweE's speech a declar-
alton Of respect for the rights of small
nations and asks:
only Victory Can Bring Peace.
"Can one forget in this connection
the wrong of Austria against Serbia;
tho wrongs Of Germany against Bel
gium 2"
After saying that the war map put
forward by Germany in her peace pro-
posals presents only an outward, mo-
mcntary appearance Of the situation
the Temps concludes
THE wish of the United States for
peace was ours and that OF our allies
thirty months ago The war was inn
posed ON us by people eager for con-
quest and now we want that victory
which alone viii create durable
peace.