American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-04
REPLY CRITICIZED
BY THE GERMAN PRESS
Allege the President Is Unfair. Unin-
formed. and Does Not Understand
German nifty.

President Wilson's reply 70 the peace
proposal Of the pope has been made
public in Germany and has been Sc
verely criticized By the press.
The Vienna Nieue Freie Presses,
commenting on President wilson's
note. says.
Even an unprejudiced perusal must
I lead to the conclusion that President
wilson's reply is the most partisan
Ip presentation imaginable: that it lacks
all Justice. is filled with malignity and
prejudice against Germany and shows
that President Wilson has no inkling
OF Germanys political institutions or
the character Of the German people
The paper further terms the note
nonsensical." adding: For, even if
il we're assumed that Germany had
striven after world domination. no one
will understand why the slaughter
must continue. despite the Illustration
of the alleged plan of domination
Il sees in the concluding words OF
, the note the only ray OF hope and 1e-
9iares:
-Eevn the American people could
not offer a better guarantee OF trea-
z ties than the agreement between the
German parliament and government
3 exhibited by the reichstag resolution
{ and the chancellors acceptance there
! o."
n The Bremen Fremdenblat con
e tinues:
e The contents of President Wilson /
e reply are as unparalleled as the tone
g Of the note. In a most humlhatln4
r and offensive manner terms are alc
b tated 10 the German people, the fuln-
ment Of which would constitute th'
# most humiliating Intervention in NJ
n most primitive rights Of the German
/. nation II Germany lay PROSTATE
i her army destroyed and fleet hors d.
l. combat. no more degrading terms
i could be proposed by the president o
: the United States"
h A Diplomat in His Shirtsleeyes ]
IS the caption of an editorial in the Ber
= lin Zeitung am Mittag. dealing Wit
ie President wilson's reply to the pope
F. proposal for peace.
The rude tone OF President Wi
sons note" says the newspape
IT seems perhaps TO mask retreat.
the answer of the entente shows thi
W President Wilson was only used
C. the relay horse Of a parallel attitud
L then il would indisputably be posslo
al to talk Of a great moral success c
ST the part OF the entente. Then this
ia skirmishing for the moral succe
nj which shall commit 10 oblivion the I'm
ee victory that is lacking Our attitu'
70 the papal note will not be touch'
a inwardly or outwardly by the not
X The line OF the direction Of our pea
aims. as Of the reforms We are seekli
ho on our own initiative. cannot be co
or fused in any sense by outward inil
n ence."
ID The MorgenpOst says.
lal Mr.. Wilson drew up his reply oJ
tai ing a trip on board his pleasure vac
and no one had any say in the matt
ith With US a commission is appointed
draft an answer to the papal no
Ike composed. equally of members OF p'
ION lament and OF the government, Mhe
ate then, are the autOcratio and where
int democratic government methods
ial The Frankfurter Zeitung's Der
correspondent says:
President Wilson seems TO draw
entire knowledge Of Germany from
Ms British press. Otherwise he M
have known that in its judgment
18th the righteousness OF the cause
at which it is bleeding and suffering
,ial German people is completely al
OF with its government