New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-13
Nation" Sees Allies For
mally Committed to
Peace League Plan
TURKS EXPULSION
DRASTIC BUT JUST"
Terms Hailed as Assuring
Free Development Even
to Germany

London, Jan. l2.-"The Weekly Ma
ton" discussing briefly the Entente
reply TO President Wilson, remarks
that this is the first time that all the
Entente Allies have formally com
mitted themselves to the approval OF Q
league Of nations for insuring peace
II considers the expulsion Of the TURKS
from Europe drastic penalty, ou'
"thc people Of the United States, who
have taken a special and honorable IN
terest in the wrongs Of Armenia, will
hardly think it excessive
Referring to the address of Ambas-
sador Gerard in Berlin. "The Nation
thinks the incident has been much eN-
aggerated. but that it is nevertheless
disquieting, because it suggests that
in the Ambassadors mind there is a
chance that the present relatively mod
crate government of Germany may fall
and this figures as a real possibility.
Sounds Turkeys Doom
THE Manchester Guardian" says the
replv is "a boldly conceived statement
of the position of the Allies, which
goes long way toward satisfying
President Wilson's request for specific
information as to the objects for which
they are persisting in the war" " be
lieves the reference TO the right OF all
peoples TO security for free economic
development refers especially to the
vital need Of Russia for free use OF the
passage to the Mediterranean through
The Dardanelles, as we'll as the CORE
spending need of Serbia and Monte
negro of free access to the Adriatic.'
This newspaper sees the final break
I'D of the Ottoman Empire in the de-
mand for expulsion of the Turks from
Europe. and asks:
Would Americans who have watched
with horror the massacres of which the
Turk has been guilty think that would
be a misfortune to the world" The
article concludes:
Present Maximum Terms
"The Allies put their aims high. They
are perhaps the maximum rather than
minimum terms. But the Allies are
careful to state that the ruin or politi-
cal destruction Of the Germanic powers
forms no part of their objects, which
is as it should be.
zone thing We miss, and that is a
clear statement that they look forward
to the American proposal Of league
to enforce peace as an essential part Of
the guarantees for the future which
are to be included in the conditions OF
peace; but this may be implied, and
we trust it is intended"
"The Pail Mall Gazette" says: The
note should be a broom to sweep away
many cobwebs. The passages which
outline the resettlement of Europe are
of the most supreme interest. There
has been no more momentous an
nouncement for hundred years. II is
proclamation that will make the
worlds pulse beat faster and put fresh
enthusiasm into the soldiers Of free
dom"
THE Globe" says: "The Germans
now know that none of the Allies
dreams of that determination which
they have been taught to expect. What
has the individual German TO lose by
acceptance of the Allies terms? Such
reorganization will enable him, in COM
mon with the rest Of Europe, TO live in
security and peace"
Peace Not Hopeless
"The Daily News" says; at is not
yet apparent what the next diplomatic
step will be. The gulf disclosed be-
tween the aims of the Allies and the
aims of the Central Powers is wide
but the prospect Of bridging it is prob
ABLY less hopeless than would appear
Remarking that when Germany states
her terms they will doubtless seem ut
terly incapable Of reconciliation with
the demands Of the Allies, "The News
adds: "Few movements toward ne8o-
tiation begin otherwise
"The Daily Nail" describes Der
Inns delicious document" as mixture
Of whines and falsehoods.
Clearly" it says, Germany would
not be talking so much about peace If
she did not want it rather badly. IL IS
also clear she wants not only peace,
but the plumber she mas stolen. She
can have peace at any moment by re-
turning to her own country and can
end the starvation campaign by drop
ping the stolen goods.
Joked =. French Suffering
Let us remind these imperial Urish
Heeps that the Germans reduced the
population of Paris by sheer starva-
ton. and we know how Blsmarck
treated the suferings OF the French