New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
Parliament Hears PrediC-
ton from Spring-Rice That
Congress Is for War
London Press Jubilant
Welcomes Brothers in Arms;
Foresees Fresh Armies Flow
ing from America

London, April "a storm OF APP
PAUSE was aroused ~ the House OF
Commons TO-DAY by mention OF FIRES
idcnt Wilson's address to Congress.
Henry Dalziel asked Chancellor Bonar
Law whether he was in a position to
give any information as to the dcci-
sion OF the American Congress in re-
gard to war Mr.. Bonar Law replied:
81 have just received a telegram
from our ambassador in Washington
in which, after referring 20 the speech
OF President Wilson, he adds that. in
his opinion, it was we'll received b.
Congress, and he expected the author
ity asked for would be given
When President Wilson, name was
mentioned the members appiauded, and
they chcercd again when the Chan
! cellor told them what the ambassador
/ had cabled.
Prcmers Enthusiastic
3 Among the prominent men whose
/ opinions on President Wilson's address
are printed here are William Fergu.
/ son Massey. Premier Of New Zealand,
I and Sir Edward Morris, Prcmic. o.
/ Newfoundland. Both are enthusiastic
over the advantages the Entente Al
/ lies will derive from Americas en-.
+ trance into the war.
Premier Massey considers that the
/ principal advantage would b. derived
( from the American navy and the
American mercantile marine. while
L -. - Ia, ft't TOD
States will enter into the war with
q tremendous energy and determination.
lie believes that the American navy
cooperating with the Allied feet. vii,
be able to make a lane across the At
lantic and through the Mediterranean
as safe as Great Britain ALREADY has
made the ,ane between Channel ports.
and thus assist in conveying food, men
and munitions.
Press Is Joyous
That the British press regards the
entry of America as one OF the most
momcntous events Of the war is shown
i'm the importance attached to Prcsi-
dent Wilson's address and the high
tributes paid to the Presidents states
manship.
THE Daily Chronicle" says:
"Thc moral effect Of such a speech,
made with a nation. OF ninety millions
behind it. must be great throughout .
the world. 1t is a strange. impressive .
phonomenOn-th tardy but weighty
of the United States in .
the death struggle of Europe. 1t is "a
fight for freedom and for moral prin-
ciples, and we, the hard pressed ma
tions to whom this help. with all its
vast potentialities. is offered. cannot
but feel first and foremost the moral
uplifting and precious moral indorsc-
ment which comes from the advent on
cur side Of forces inspired by such an
ideal
End of HohenZollerns
The Express" says: THE Prcsi-
dents speech will always be regarded
as one Of the great historic docu
ments OF the great war. The lofty dig
nifty Of his language adds TO the i'm
prcssiveness of the enunciaton of in
temational idealism. If the Pres-
dents speech means anything, it
means that America will never treat :
with the Kaiser and will reso!utely OPP .
pose any peace that leaves tEc Iohen-
zoiierns on the German throne"
The Times" views President vii
sons action "a "an event which is GER
tain TO influence the destinies of man
kind on both sides of the Atlantic for
generation 10 come and adds: "None +
greater, except the war itself. has hap
pcned since the French Revolution .
shattered the traditions Of feudalism .
in Europe. The cause in which America .
draws the sword and the grounds on .
Il. i h.,
mcntous step he has taken arc auguries 4
that the final outcome will be for the /
happiness and welfare Of mankind. We /
munty has ever been summoned to war |
on grounds so largely ideal"
Doubts GerInans Are Dupes
With reference TO the implied as-
sumption that the German people were /
the innocent dupes and victims OF /
an irresponsible government" THE |
Times" says: "That view, like his atti- /
tude toward Austria, is probably polite, 1
but it makes it necessary to Ignore a
mass of awkward evidence"
THE Daily Mail" says:
president Wilson's speech will stand I
beside Lincoln's greatest speeches for
its gravity and pathos. It is in effect /
an appeal to the American people 10 /
take up the task for which Lincoln laid
down his life
"The Mail" argues that the destruc-
ton of Prussian militarism requires /
that the German people themselves /
must be set free. adding. though, to /
tell the truth, they show no desire or
aptitude for freedom. and therefore /
the despots who inoculated the Ger F.
man people with the passion for slaugh- .
ter and cruelty must be removed"
Solidarity Of Civilization
The Post" says: THE President and I
American people serve the worlds high .
est interest by proving that there is
such a thing as solidarity Of civlliza- |
ton" Ii singles out the Presidents /
noint that the- continued eXlstence OF a !