Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-23
Press Comments on the Presidents
Peace Proposals Vary In Opinions

can reach their aim more readily and
easily by aiding to crush this rebel
lion than by giving encouragement to
it,
In other words. il President Will
son desires to end the war, let him
come IN and help us end It, He will
then nave the opportunity of fighting
ror liberty and all those other princi-
pies as we nave always been taught to
live itself. But il his enthusiasm for
the principles will not carry him so
far, his next hest course is to leave it
10 the aities to secure them for the
world by the only way they can be
secured that is to say. hy victory"
Daily News.
Inc Daily News thinks the presi-
dent is entirely justified in pointing
out that the settlement of the pres
ent war will intimately concern neu-
trails, In that no league could be
formed 10 guarantee a status quo un-
less that status represents conditions
making inherently for permanent
sta hility"
Inc Times believes that President
wilson is the first man of mighty
state VINO has proposed as a scheme
of practical politics which has been
the dream of many thinkers for a
great number of centuries" But 1t
doubts whether, though it must APP
peal 10 the Imagination and hearts
1t unreserved approval.
| New York Herald.
| When. MIR. Wilson emerges from
the dreamland of his fancy and es-
says to deal with the cold, hard facts
of a situation which finds great ma
| ttons battling for a righteous peace.
| he SHOWS that a proper realization of
the sentiments impelline those peoples
TO sacrifice their all for liberty has no
| more found its way into secluded
ciolsters of the White House than
mas rea! understanding of the SEN
timents of the American people.
Louisville Coslrier-Journal.
1t is indeed staggerng-thisf formal,
actual proposal of a transcendental
| Dreamer tor the instant. practical es-
| tablishmcnt by force of the millennium
of mankind and the Courier-Journal
has not the heart, at the moment Of
first impressions, to proceed into an
analysis of its fatal Inconsistencies,
fantastic illusions and limitless possi-
b!!lties for misfortune and mischief.
seattle (Wnsh.) POst-Intelligencer.
Cynics will call this a dream: pessi-
mists may term him a prophet Of the
|
discover in his hopeful philosophy a
swerving from our traditional course
and treading upon dangerous
ground. But. distant though the real
ization be, he gives the world some
thing to think about and spreads q
message that is creditahle to America.
Chicago Tribune.
Considering the sacrifices being
made by the peoples of Europe, we
can hardly fail to sympathize with
the view not infrequently expressed
abroad that the terms Of whatever
peace is arrived at are matter
strictly for those who have paid the
price. We assume, therefore, that
Mr.. Wilson's suggestions. which would
otherwise seem intrusive and prema-
ture. are advanced upon some clear
intimation that they would be timely.
Cincinnati volksblatt.
/ The plan Of President Wilson to
insure peace is by no means chimeri-
cal, provided that the proper method
is applied. The president can only
realize his noble ideals by uniting
with the German group Of belligerents
who are fully in accord with him and
what IS to be done must be done
quickly.
Savannah tGa.) Morning News.
Let MIN tWllSOnl be given Cred1t
for expressing well some noble prin-
ciples. Certainly 1t is necessary to
have some organized force in the
world to defend freedom against those
/ who would violate y.
New Orleans Times.
President Wilson'S address will in
all proba bility win eXtravagant praise
and provoke violent criticism at home
ana abroad. His conditional advo-
cacy of a world league deserves par
ticularly careful study by all Ameri-
cans.
Phoenix (Ariz.) Republican.
President Wilson'S plan for a per-
petual peace is an ideal one, but there
is grave doubt as to its practicability.
In short. Mr.. Wilson talked to the
senate of a miracle.
Rocky Mountain News (Denver).
The message marks an epoch in
American history. Whatever else may
be thought or done as a result Of this
document, We must pay tribute to Mr..
Wilson's lofty idealism and imagina-
tive qualities.