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will be received with even less ap
proval by the belligerents than his
peace note was by the entente allies
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEDGER
president Wilson't address was in.
spired by lofty idealism and voiced
the aspirations of the whole WORLD
/ for a lasting peace founded on jus
tice and liberty. Whether it was q
timely utterance, whether IT will &C
complish practical results in Fastening
an understanding between belligerents
now apparently poles apart are ques
tions which only time will determine ~
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER -
| with one OF his contentious we can
most heartily agree. There must be
! a league of nations to enforce peace
and from such a league the United
States cannot hold aloof. 1t is q
mighty power, and it should and
must take its rightful place among
the powers, not in the way of aggres.
sion, but for the sake of humanity"
PHILADELPHIA RECORD" The
address of the President is one of
the most remarkable state papers Of
this or any other government. and the
event may demonstrate that it Is as
important as it is remarkable. OF the
timeliness of this overture to the bel
ligerents the President is in a better
position to judge than any one else"
CHICAGO TRIBUNE-"Conside
the sacrifices being made by the peo-
pies OF Europe. we can hardly fail to
sympathize with the view not infre-
cuently expressed abroad that the
terms Of whatever peace is arrived at
are a matter strictly for those who
have paid the price. We assume,
therefore. that Mr.. Wilson's sugges-
lions. which would otherwise seem
intrusive and premature, are advanced
upon some clear intimation that they
would be timely. II 1t is determined
that We are to be invited to help keep
the peace of Europe. obviously 1t is
our right to say upon what terms we
VIII accept the new burden"
NEW YORK 'AMERICAN-"rhe
President says the truth.
There must be no more 'sover-
eighty of the seas.
"Neutrals must never again be
asked to submit to the intolerable in
science which has marked the con.
duct Of the belligerents toward the
commerce of neutral states with each
other and with the belligerents them
selves.
1--WE must put our trust in no gov.
ernment's word or treaty pledges,
since every belligerent has repeatedly
broken its word and disregarded its
guarantees to US during the war.
I'VE must put our trust solely IN
our strength and our preparedness"
NEW YORK TIMES-"By one bold
stroke President Wilson removes the
obstacle to world peace guaranteed
by the world over which our peace
league folks have been wrangling.
The President makes 1t very clear
that the only sort OF peace the people
OF America could join in guaranteeing
would be one that embodies the prin-
ciples OF the American government"
that is based on elements consistent
with our political faith and political
convictions"
NEW YORK WORLD-"The inf
ence which The Presidents ad-
dress exerts upon Europe will de-
pend In a very large measure upon
the influence which 1t exerts at nome,
and Its influence at home will de-
pend in a very large measure upon
the force that the American people
will attach to those political princi-
plies which were once the lifebIood OF
the republic"
NEW YORK DEUTsCHEs JOUR.
NAI-"The freedom of the seas must
In the future be guaranteed by some
thing that is stronger than anything
that has existed heretofore for that
purpose, something that is greater
and more powerful than the interna-
tional trade conventions and declar a
lions such as that OF London, OF The
Hague and of Paris. We
must and we shall create for our
selves preparedness which will
protect our right on hand and at sea,
in peace and in war, under the waves
OF the ocean and high in the air."
INDIANAPOLIS STAR Nobody
knows whittier this bold and puzzIing
step may lead. Yet the most unkind
critic OF Woodrow Wilson must ad
NIT that IL he can achieve the ends
at which he aims-that is, the end of
the war and the attainment of perma-
nent peace-sticklers for form and
precedent need expect little sympa-
thy. Especially must any fair mind
commend his exalted and truly neu-
trail point OF view"
TORONTO GLOBE-"Forced to de
fend their national rights and the
liberties of Europe while in a state or
unpreparedness for war. the allies
are now asked in the third year oG
war by the head of a neutral nation
to allow the aggressOr to escape the
of hi unparalleled
crimes against civilization and to
spare him the humiliation of. military
defeat"
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL Tba
college professor dies hard. II Their.
Is one word in Mr.. Wilson's address
to the Senate which is Understandable
from the point of view of any pro-
posed action we would like to know
what 1t is. Mr.. Wilson beckons the
bleeding and suffering nations of the
world toward him with his school |
cane and delivers a prIze |
Dration on the millennium. while civil |