The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-04-26

face o things to have been radical change Of policy on the
part President Wilson Only the light OF recent
are we able to explain fully his acts at that time
be ot which; tbe President sent to all the beligerents
last December about the time that Germany la'
seemed to be designed to BRING ABOUT
taons resented for that reason ny Inc ans
their friends 1t drew them frank statement OF tnei
aims, while it drew from the central powers mourning ~
statement readiness Of pace at
january % the President made speech to the senate ~
which defined the ideals Of the United States IN terms Wmc
closely resembled the declared aims OF the alhes
statement Of the which Germany was prepared 70
offer has appeared in the Journal de Geneva and Enc ne"
Republic vouches for it substantially correct housn ~
complete" 1t follows:
Evacuation Of France except the mining district OF Brl
ey, in exchange for channel port Calais OF Dunklrk
and an indemnity 15OO0OO0O00 francs restoration OF
Belgium except that Belgium is be allowed to have
national army permanent German garrisons IN Namur
ege and Antwerp control Of Belgian railroads and ports
and favorable treatment in economic treaty
Germanys refusal reveal these terms in reply to the
Presidents note ascrbed by the New Republic to knowl
ledge Germany part that statement OF them would con-
sodate begerents and neutral opinion against her mat
journal continues:
Her hope to conference deach imperial
Russia and then extor these conquess from the isolated
western powers.
II is highly probable that the President knew when he adj
dressed the Senate that these were Gmanys He had
surely observed that the submarine had been carried on
against allied ships and against those Of other neutras with
increasing disregard of the to this country
land may reasonably inferred that the U53 raid off
Nantucket had been the efficiency OF the submarine at
long range off the American coast preparation for resump
on Of unrestricted operations He probably foreaw if he did
mot actually know that Germany would soon throw off all
srain for various circumstances justified that opinion
Of German extremists the straits food to which Ger
many reduced the fear in Germany that defeat would
this years campaign and the hope that food shortage
in Britain already becoming serious would be aggravated
by greatly increased loss of ships to reduce the empire to
impotence for victory
Knowing foreseeing these things the President would
NATURALLY consider the consequences this country and the
world at large the should end with German victory
draw which would leave Prussansm indicated The least
he could do would be defend American rights by
Of armed neutrality and thereby prevent the allies from
being starved deprived Of Of winning But he
consider the effect the United States of the German
tory, complete German defeat which still possible
This would Germany supreme in Belgium ntrenched
Antwerp and French port threaten England possession
of the best French iron district and dominant in the Balkans
Turkey Many incidents of the twenty years pro
ved Gemanys aggressive designs this country
neghbors Only by armng the scale Germany
armed could this country then have remained sae
degree of would have been necessary until
had recovered from her exhaustion sufficiently cha
enge the United States Meanwhile German intrigue woule
have continued in this country to keep it unamed and aseI
under the influence of the pact opate The United States
would have lived in danger Of Sudden attack by
ruthless, constituencies foe.
with this knowledge amply reinforced by the disco
VERY of the plan for alliance with Mexico and Japan
president continued until after the Sixty Congress hat
adjourned to ask than the armng and protecting
ships He may have been held back by his well known aversion
for by the expecton that Germany would declare war
by reluctance to ally this republic with despotc Russia
10y doubt That congress would the
lection of ships, by all Of these considerations
succession of events combined to his doubts AM
hesitation Public indignation at the Senate buser showe
the people to be hehnd him and ened the spnes Of doubt
ng congressman The sinking of three ships in a
lin peculiarly barbarous of war Rus
lin week changed from despotism into republic FINAL
armed neutrality found to be ineffective halfmeasur
fgvng right to prevent ploers in this country from adm
tenany Ambassador Gerard home doubtless she
light the bitter hostility of Germany this country on tn
empires Interior aims and its present military power TIL
decision was to make half war; but to ally this nation wit
1.-THE other democratic nations of the world and to EN-
1.-THE of Prussianism once for all
Those Americans who calmly consider the vital issues