The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-23
Press Comments On
Address FIay
Presidents Action
German-American Paper Thinks
Move Last ofWiIson's Historic
Poses,p While American journ.
ais Fail To See Reason For
Rush 10 LimeIlght Again"

tkiroeiassd Press ~ Federal wirslsss)
| lTX7ASHINGTON, january %
w -The most amazing differ
cnce OF opinion on the merits OF
! the peace league plan as proposed
lby Mr. Wilson in his address Ne
fore the senate yesterday after
noon. is manifest In the press Of the
United States, as voiced in the edi-
ltorial comments Of this mornings
papers throughout the country.
Furthermore the Comments adj
verse. which are approximately
evenly balanced against the favor
able. come from all sections Of the
press even the German papers of
New York and Chicago finding
lfault with some sections Of the
! lRresidents plan. The Chicago
| Izeitung s ths most eaustie n what
~ has 10 say Of any Of this class 81
COMMENTATORS ( 4. ".
MI Wilson calmly gave rfnl 10
great words without the authority
Or the ability to bring the influence
Of the country TO bear upon the
| project he 50 gIibly voices to the
Enation and the world. He Is utterly
poweflsss from the standpoint Of
might ii either a military or POI
litical sense. We now see Wilson
in his political pose probably for
the last time.
The Morning Sun Of Baltimore,
in a lengthy editorial published this
lmorning, says ~
Iiis lthe pfesident's) assunip-
ton that if tits to-he lasting peace
lmust come without a victory IS a
startlingly bold one in its utterance.
lVery conceivable also his address
before the senate yesterday will be
exceedingly irritating to both
groups Of contending nations
The Morning Telegram Of Wor-
cester, Mass, in a stinging editori-
al says that ''no one has yet been
able to discover any excuse why
Wilson should rush thus into the
limelighs Of the world, waving the
banner Of the United States and
signif,ing that he Is willing to pawn
the United States TO buy peace for
1.-THE world. Meantime It appears to
be most excellent time to remind
the President that he was not elect
4 ed upon pledge OF securing peace,
and that he should consider the dig
Unity Of his country before he be-
gins a scramble for the theoretical
peace OF the world
The Chicago Herald thinks that the
President has failed 10 see that
"neither side is willing to renonnce
the chance Of a final victory. Also, he
might well recall the fact that the fate
Of the belligerents, as well as the fate
Of P>rmaneht peace throughout the
world, is largely bound up in the
treaties which will come at the end Of
this particular war;
The Chicago Tribune also fails to see
why the President has apparently for.
gotten that, " considering the saeri.
fees TINT are being made daily by the
peoples In Europe, we can hardly fail
to sympatbize with their view, 50
widely expressed abroad, that terms OF
whatever peace arrived at In the future
are matters which, concern strictly
those who paid the price,
The Kansas City Star sees that the
President 5 idealism is 20 the fore for
it says in beginning It's editorial com.
ment upon the address Of yesterday:
"'ahe plan Of a league TO enforce
peace, which President Wilson yester.
day presented to the country and TO the
world at large, contains a lofty ideal,
and one that must arouse to sympa.
thetic attention the peoples Of the
world. II appears 20 Us, however, that
the obstacles TO such a league seem
insurmountable, and the plan vision
lary,"