The evening world., 1918-02-13
WILSON SUPREME
ALLIED SPOKESMAN,
SAY BRITISH PAPERS
"Head and Shoulders Above
d. Others" Declares Man
chester Guardian.

LONDON. Feb. ls.-President Will
son stands head and shoulders above
an others az the spokesman OF tho
Allied peoples. in the. opinion OF the
Manchester Guardian. mainly because
ne Is able 20 keep firmly and con-
sianuy In view. the reasons why
America came info the war.
The newspaper contrasts the Pres
idents address to Congress with the
o1iciai renort on the outcome oil the
recent session OF the Supreme War
Council at Versailles and instances
the various times in which Mr.. Will
son has come forward to remedy
"our shortcomings. take up dropped
stitches and repair all-too- palpable
iapses OF our own and Allied diplo-
macy" and has done II with eonspic-
pous and admirable offcct
President Wilson, says the Quar-
dian, finds himself IN substantial
agreement with Count Czernln. the
Austro- Hungarian Foreign Minister.
but the Presidents criticism OF
Count Won Hertling. the German I'm
pcrial Chancellor. frank as II Is
penetrating. leaves him IN no doubt
as 20 the attitude OF tho United States
toward the methods he represents
and the wsT aims he has fathered."
II anything il needed TO emphasize
tho diplomatic wisdom Of President
wilson's speech, the Daily News
says, It would be supplied by a con-
tuast between tho principles laid
down in Washington and the prin-
ciples laid down In Versailles. II
adds:
"From the bankrupt statesmnnshlT
OF tho Allied conference has emerged
what Is In effect a reassertion Of the
Knockout blow doctrine. No dec
iaration Of war aims is formulated
no distinction between the speeches
OF Won Hertllng and czernin h
recognized.
'-rhe keynote OF the President
tpeech is the policy OF the open door
Jaaco Is waiting as soon as the Cen
itsi Powers are ready. Count Vol
Hertling having balked at the Presi
dents fourteen definite proposals, Nj
Wilson goes back to first principle
and substitutes four fundamenta
propositions which the Chancellor ca
repudiate only at tho cost OF wrltin
himself down q brigand. The doc
btnl stands open.
we are accustomed to look
Washington alone for any construct
I've contribution 10 tho diplomacy {
the Alliance. Mondays address
Congress will do much to confirm tn
habit"
PARIS. Feb. 13.-In tho opinion {
ths press the situation has bee
cleared by President Wilson's n
marks In his address TO Congrei
concerning the German military al
1ocracy, taken In conjunction Tit
ihe recent statement OF Emper
William that Germany's enemies mu
recognize her as victorious. the En
peror's uttorances are accepted as e!
pressing the real sen timcn's OF u
dominant class In Germany. ana q
conclusion Is drawn that there mu
he implacable warfare until G,rmt
militarism is finally defeated.
"President Wilson's thesis !mrll
war 10 the hilt and To an end that
ttill far from viow,", says Figal
'The war Will be ended either accCT
tng 10 the views of Emperor Wllia
by unanimous submission 20 CO
inany, or by the wrecking of Germ
inilltarism,"
L'Hornme Libre says: "Emper
William admits the possibility
eace only after complete victory
ihe Germans. President Wilson q
mits this possibility only after
Cefeat OF the German Army"