The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-07

Washington is the profound moral sig
nificance of the entry of the United
States into the war The issue be-
tween the entente and Germany is
now clearly defined as a struggle for
the rights of the nations"
Got Out Their Biggest Type.
Paris, April Paris newspapers
dug up their biggest type, their most
iubilant make up to express gem
eral rejoicing turnout the republic
over Americas entrance into the war
All France is tremendously inter-
ested, joyful and appreciative
Americans are hailed with 4 new
fellowship. The greatest interest is
! expressed in the possibility of an
American eXpeditionary force soon to
be seen on the western front-and
particularly as to Roosevelts division.
Genevieve ViX, popular Paris singer,
today cabled the colonel at Oyster
Bay pleading that he accept an Amer
lean flag stitched by the women OF
France and to he carried as the stand
ard of the first battalion raised under
his command.
Paris newspa pers heralded the pres
ident's speech and American develop
ments in full page headlines on the
first pages. LIE Journal displayed in
addition a big cartoon depicting a
wounded German tiger struggling with
an American gladiator.
To Defend Rights of Humanity.
Tho Petit Parisien displayed a big
American flag with the stream ming
head United States q t War with Ger
many"
Every editorial acclaimed the pres
idents speech as a mastery EXPOSE
ton and lauded the United States for
it's determination finally to enter the
war.
president Wilson'S message has
4,
ed LIE Matin. He has extended it to
the new world"
America enters the struggle to de-
fend the rights of humanity as
serted the Petit Parisien. Her disin-
terestedness accentuates and clarifies
the character of the war. All dem
ocracies of the world hereafter are to
be associated in making war upon i'm
pcrialism and despotism."
America s entry comes at the best
advantage to ALL" declared LIE Fig
aro."
Berlin Editors Bitter.
Berlin. April Bitter personal at
lacks on President Wilson and the re-
pudiation of the distinction he drew
government feature the comments of
the German newspapers on the pres
ident's message to congress.
The Lokal Anzeiger says:
America must know that the as
surance of President Wilson that the
war is directed not against the German
people but the German government
cannot detract from the anger which
his attitude during the whole war has
fostered and which his last message
has famed into a flame.
This assurance is untrue and dis
honest as is the rest of the document.
Mr.. Wilson knows that no war in all
history was so little dynastic and none
so much war of a whole people
fighting for existence
Say Wilson Wanted War
Germania says:
president Wilson wanted war and
nobody can get past that. War over
such questions would have been inn
possible at another time, especially
between the United States and Ger
many. Were we at war with one or
the other of our enemies. President
Wilson would never have conceived
the idea of pulling his country into
such bloody adventure. AS little as
Italy and Rumania could turn the
scales against us, so little will the
United States be able to chai ge the
tide of war
The Vorwaerts runs its comment
under dispatch telling of the pending
trip to Washington from Vienna of
United States Ambassador Penfield.
For the time being says the So
cialist organ, I'VE must reckon with
the fact that a new enemy has arisen
against US, who can, however, de-
velop mis- great powers only slowly"
Can't Harm Germany.
America cannot harm Germany
anymore as an enemy than she has as
neutral" declared Count Won Re
ventlow in editorial comment in the
Berlin Tage Zeitung, received here to-
day.
President wilson, explained the
Berlin Morgenpost in commenting on
the address, has decided to enter the
war simply because if the entente is
ruined by the conflict, it would be
unable to pay debts which it has con-
tracted in America"
Comment from Vienna.
Berlin, April THE Vienna Neue
Freie Presse declares that America
has decided upon war because it was
unable to deliver it's supplies to the
allies. The Vienna Reindnost says:
I'VE must not apprafse too lightly
the addition of a rich and powerful
industrial republic to the list of our
enemies but, if the submarines main
tain their great success, President
Wilson will have come too late. Grim
inal as has been the whole assault
upon the central powers, by the en-
tente it must be said that each con-
spirator who has been added to the
list not excluding Japan has better
reasons for his bloody enterprise than
Wilson and his republic can show"