Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-01
HOPES FOR AN EXPRESSION
OF ENTENTE PEACE TERMS
Manchester. Guardian Urges That Response
to President Wilson Be Framed
In Different Spirit.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. January /. 1914 a.m.-The
hope is expressed by the Manchester
Guardian that the forthcoming note OF
the entente to President Wilson will be
written by a different hand and In a
different spirit than the reply OF the
allies to Germany.
Several things must be remembered
in extenuation OF the poor quality and
poorer expression of the allies reply TO
Germany" says the Guardian. OBJ
viopsiy It 10 not q good stfanelation
from the French. Moreover, the French
original clearly is not the French of
rrenchman. We should say II IL q
French rendering Of Russian original.
passed without sensible modification in
Paris. and finally badly done into En-
glish in London.
aside from these blemishes In sub
stance. the reply was very much what
was expected and inevitable We ven-
ture to think nothing was added to its
course by the verbal embellishments
with which It was enlarged and weak
ened. These emotional appeals con-
tinue throughout the note until the
postscript. which Is strong. clear. log
ical. convincing and obviously by
different hand. dealing specially with
Belgium.
For Statement Of Terms.
Nevertheless we see no reason why
II Germany is willing publicly to state
what she Is prepared to offer we should
not follow with a statement of what
we demand. The next exchange of
views will be between the allies and
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and in many respects a more critical
matter. The reply of the central pow
ers was collective. but we see no rea-
SON why the reply Of the allies should
in this country and addressed as we
alone know how, to the mind and heart
of the people Of the United States. =
IF it Is to avail in enlightening Amer
lean opinion and winning American
sympathy 1t must be conceived in
different spirit and expressed in differ
ent terms than the document just made
public. The drafting should be by For
eign Secretary Balfour. There is none
better able than he to put forward our
noble cause and purpose in worthy
language"
Battle to End Pledged.
The London morning newspapers to-
day comment on the joint note of the
entente allies in a manner similar to
their previous criticisms of the note
Of the central powers. the emperor of
Russia's declaration with regard to
peace and the speeches of the political
leaders. The Morning Post describes
the note as document In which ten
nations have defied the powers of dark
ness. and once more have pledged
themselves to fight to the end" and
says it is a moral victory Of extraor-
dinary moment to civilization.
.If we are not fighting in the cause
of righteousness" the Morning Post
continued, I'VE have made the greatest
mistake known to history. The appeal
is to Justice, freedom and the sanctions
of religion. 1t is for this reason that
the intervention of neutrals, as far as
it is based on the evasion of known
facts, is and must remain futile, and
II is for the same reason that peace on !
the German terms is now declared I'M
possible of acceptance.
"It is no light thing the allies have
DONE They have counted the cost, ana
of what the cost consists they learned
in the terrible school Of months of
war" Ir
Addressed to the World.
The Daily Chronicle remarks that the
note is addressed not only to the Teu-
tonic allies, but to the whole world. 1T
must be brought home to all parties"
saws this newspaper. that the guaran-
tees demanded by the allies must be
material and not verbal With power
which frankly declines to be bound by
any obligations 1t is useless to contract
nav ones, which it would be in posi-
t,on TO break. - I'VE welcome in
the note the word penalties tsanctions
In the French original has same mean
ss-.--tr ft1rfaffc uSaQe) because II seems
~ ma 70 emphasize the idea that vim
dication Of outraged right Is the first
thing for the allies to insiat upona and
that a fabric resting on undertakinghl
snch as q league to enforce peace can
only begin to have value when the!
sanctity Of international undertakings
mas been uneauivocaliy re-established.
q
with the inspiring words OF the
fnrwerd with hope acrozs the simmadi- |
Ate future Of trial. su6ertngs and loSses
WlIfch must still continue = while to-
ESrd fhA future Of tnt1EnafiQnn4 Haheal