Evening star., 1918-11-14
Want PRESIDENT
TORA|VE FREE REIN
Thinking Men Of Europe Anx-
ious Over Political Changes
In the United States.
STAND FOR HIS POLICIES
NY John HAss.

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BY JOHN r. BASS.
CnbleEFam to The BveninE Star and
Chicago Daily News. CoDyrfght, 1913.
PARIS. France. November 14.--Now
that tho arniistice terms have been
signed by the German representatives
and the war Is over, radical change
Of viewpoint ID nscsssary for the
American people. who should study the
intricate tangle Of the reconstruction
Of Europe In order to be we'll In
formed. - -. ;.
Public opinion should be behind oul
government III its policy. The ques.
ton now is whether any sufficiently
well organized government will re-
main in central Europe to execute the
peace treaty. Not only the political
but the Industrial and social life OF
and Germany is In
fiux.
The coming year will be of criti-
cal importance not exceeded by any
of the war. An era Of fundamental
the destruction of the existing institu-
tions and government in central and
eastern Europe on a vast scale. To
establish order in this international
chaos will require firm. united and
constructive action on the part OF the
nations in the entente.
Generally Accepted.
Thinking men throughout Europe,
who do not belong to the ultra con-
servatiyes, who are desirious Of saw
ing the existing institutions at any
cost, are anxious over the political
changes in the United States. All ele-
ments in the entente had accepted
President Wilson's peace policy as a
of principles for uniting party and
class differences in the international
President wilson's utterances on
peace have fired the imag g.nation Of
the masses here. The hope is express
Will not be disturbed by local issues
at home, which cannot have the i'm
portance for us which the orderly re-
construction Of Europe on lines OF po-
,itical. Industrial and social equity
must have.
have felt strongly that our internal
ISSUES ought to be fought out among
ourselves. and that throwing aside
politics differences, our executive
and legislative branches should be a
unit on the international policy OF re-
construction, which must affect the
therefore the welfare Of several hun
dred million peoples.
Has United Backing.
Owing to the traditional political
differences and the developments dur
ing the war, our President constitutes
nYI Yna hA
of Europe have been unitedly prepar-
ed to accept in the final settlement.
German-inspired gossip Is one of the
dangers that the entente must guard
against. There was a vast amount Of
this in circulation in the United King
took the form Of disauieting stories
about the trustworthiness..o of various
British statesmen, admira1s and gen.
Grads. Later 1t assumed many forms
including those sinister hints relative
to the alleged policies Of the entente
declared that groups were III course
Of formation for the furtherance OF
selfish ends.
Recently yarns have been. set afloa,
leading Americans to believe that the
British did not appreciate. Gen. Pershfns
and his troops at their real worth. IN
nocent persons have been taken in by
these fakes. Certain specially commits
stoned ."investigators'' swallowed them
hook. line and sinker. Indeed. my ex-
perience Is that the international gum
shoe"-tust perhaps because he II q
''xumshoe'-has keensr relish for these
bats than have ordinary folks. -
- Warns Against Fa1sehood.
would warn Americans to be on theil
guard in respect to official or semi-ofa-
cial reports by persons whose knowledge
Of Europe is too meager to enable them
to distinguish between the false and the
true. Especially would express the
hope that our government will exercise
great caution In watching any state
ments that may reach 1t casting doNbt
on the gepuineness OF the good will con-
trolling British opinion toward America
British popular opinion is more heart.
lily pro-American today than ever be-
fore. and British popular opinion rules
are liberal and devoted to justice and
therefore. only successful mischief car
make them disrupt each other or quar-
rel
One feels impeiled to urge this advice:
"When a Briton hears something circu-
lated calculated to arouse his resent
ment against tho Americans or an
American hears something that angers
him against the Britons let him say ts
himself: Am 7 sure that this report Is
not tainted either by ignorance or by
venom? Am I,sure that It did not origi-
nate with the enemy Of both American.
of international amity to help spread the