Evening star., 1917-01-24
Comment of the Press
On the Presidents Recent
Address to the Senate

states. that address would stand as a
historic document OF the highest rank.
Even II IT should not bring about the
immediate result of such terms rs
would serve the foundation of
permanent peace. to be maintained by
friendly league of nations. IL would
sun s, set the world thinking upon the
iines laid down and mark the begin
hing OF new epoch in human history.
Manchester IN. H.) Union.
What Mr.. Wilson has said and what
ne proposes go to make up a beautiful
strueture-one which compels admira-
,a' .ton anu IN the abstract. hearty COM
piiahce' BUT In so grave a matter II
rs imperative that the test of prac-
ticability be applied. II the plan is
practicable We should lose no time in
putting ourselves on record in support
of il.
Portland (Me.) Press.
The President would at one stroke
eLorIn the world, eliminate every fac
tor winch would lead to conflict or
controversy and hasten the approach of
the millennium. 1t is a grand. even
a nobie conception, but the trouble
Win IL Is that it is impracticable.
ohama (Neb.) Bee.
w nat seems to us plain is that. re-
gardiess of precedent and tradition. the
new situation. precipitated by the world
war. puts us where we have no alter
natIVe out to take our part in the re-
aoJus"nents of world power balance IL
We are to protect our own interests.
Sioux Falls Is. d. Press.
Peace without victory is a prepostar-
ously impossible thing to ask
Ihe right state of mind, the right feel
ing between nations which the PresI-
gent regards as an indispensable con-
So
can expect of this civilization After
TINS war has run its course, then shall
america join with the rest of the world
to restrain those states which are not
IN the right state of mind. Our DAYS of
isolation are about ended
Geattle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer.
Distant though the realization be- he
tPresident Wilson, gives the world
something to think about and spreads
message that is creditable to America.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
In the stateliness of its expression.
as well as in the elevation of its
thought and the grandeur of its theme
the Presidents address is one of the
| most notable in the history of modern
craftsmanship.
Portland (ore.) oregonian.
|
| is to be expected, but only by discus
sion can the public be educated and
public opinion be formed on the sub
ject.
Salt Lake (Utah) Tribune.
The Presidents address takes rank
with the emancipation proclamation of
As working principle the Presi-
dents suggestion appears to be easily
| feasible until we begin to imagine its
application. What are to become of
India and Egypt, IL there is to be
Monroe doctrine of the world? What of
| ireland?
st. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press.
| 1t will be wonderful IL this remark
| able address does not stir up a storm
not to be confined to the United States.
! The first impression is that it predi-
| Gates troubles without promise. that ii
proposes a program which will startle
| without convincing the American peo-
pie.
Albuquerque (N. M. Journal.
The Presidents purpose to establish
a world Monroe doctrine, participated
| in by nations with sufficient power to
| overawe any one nation or combina-
| ton of nations would be the greatest
revolution humanity ever has known,
We're ii accomplished. But to accom-
plish we must pool our Monroe doc
! trine with the greater Monroe doctrine
and bear our share of gigantic arma-
ment on land and sea. Are we willing
| to do it?
Rocky Mountain News (Denver).
The message marks an epoch in
| American history. The issue
in brief is one Of national individualism
versus internationalism.
Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
President Wilson may well "feeI con-
| ddent that / have said what the peo-
pie of the United States would wish me
to say" And he may have equal con-
hdence that our people favor any action
| that may be promotive of peace at the
| earliest possible date If such action does
not misrepresent their attitude.
Louisville Herald.
The President has had something to
| say And he has had ii to say in a
manner most dramatic Details and
| opinions apart, Woodrow Wilson has
sounded note that will be read wher-
| ever there is a printing press. Read.
heard and discussed 1t is new.
p, 1t is advanced. Its day may come. but
| it has not arrived.
Worcester (Mass.) Telegram.
| Somebody may yet find an excuse for
President Wilson rushing into the lime
| light with banner signifying that he
| is willing to pawn the United States to
| buy peace for the world, but in the
/ meantime there will be chance to in
| form the President that he is not
elected to pledge the peace and dignity
| of this country to start a theoretical
peace for the world.
Des Moines (Iowa) Register.
The question before the United
States is not whether We shan forsake
our isolation, but whether we shall
forsake it the side of peace or the
side of war. President Wilson has
spoken for peace.
PEACE OR WAR?