The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-01-17
THE PRESIDENT AND
LLOYD GEORGE
WILLIAM Z. FREELAND


only be a devoted loyalty TO the chosen
leaders OF the nation but there must be
constructive and sympathetic criticism.
Great leaders welcome it, only auto
Gratis are offended by lrankness. The
best friend a man has is the one who
thinks enough Of him to point out his
limitations. All Americans have read
with pride the excellent series Of state
papers that have been written BY the
president since the beginning OF the
war with Germany. Whatever may
have been lacking in vigor was over
looked in admiration OF his beautiful
diction and high ideal, 1t now hap,
pens there has been issued on the
same subject and aim, st under the
same conditions a paper by our presi-
dent and one by the prime minister oil
England. Essentially those papers
stated the same things and casual
reading might leave one with the i'm
preston that there is no essential dit'
ference in the two papers. s. far as
purpose goes more careful study will
convince the reader the purposes Of
the two men are identical. However
that careful reading will reveal very
essential differences in the tempera
ments Of the two men that Americans
must lake into account for it may pos
s'bly have very vital bearings on the
future OF the world, since, when the
final peace proposal is accepted or re,
jected by those allied against Germany
it is more than likely that the president
and the prime minister will have the
deciding voice. These two men will
more and more become the spokesman
Of the peoples who stand Tor justice
and liberty in the world.
1t is not wholly by accident that the
president takes an optimistic view Of
the Russian Chaos while the English
minister is frankly pessimisiic. AmeH
cans have feeling OF afiectionate regard
for the high-yes, beautilul-ideals
Of President Wilson. His unshaken
faith in the final ability OF even the
most Ignorant people to work out an
orderly and free government commands
our respect even though it does not
convince US. A man who during the
period Of debased anarchy ccnld speak
Of the Spiritual Kinship" between
the Mexican poems and the Americans
showed a faith in his ideals that is un.
shakable. Therefore il is natural that
he should still believe in the Russians
Fundamentally his faith in the Russian;
is correct. Last fall in writing for the
Republican on the Russian Enigma
mentioned the fact that the Russians
are idealists. The wonderful thing'
they would reach inspire the presiden
With admiration and with afiectionatt
regard. He has a sympathetic under
standing Of their aspirations and hi
own wonderful passion for the idea
draws him 10 them almost as DANCE
draws a mother TO her helpless child
The English minister is an ideals
also but he has no illusions. There
no polished beauty to his speeches
they are blunt, straight from the shoul
der and strike fire with every phrase
Lloyd George believes that the worl
should be free. He knows that some
where beyond the icy mountains AM
the desert sands is a land OF peac
and happiness where the sun bring
joy and gladness aud the birds sin
sweetly to the races who live in pei
petusl peace and are ruled by periec
, Justice. He knows this but just no
;, he has not time to think Of it. Bt
tween that land and free men stands
horde Of human tigers armed with tn
most develish weapons that ingenior
lleDds have been able to produce. H
knows that unless these tigers are bea
. en- and Gagged destroyed il necessary
that free men will never see that Ian
Of promise. So he turns all that ten
bic energy to the forging Of weapon
d Of equal deadliness to oppose the wor
e enemy TO liberty that has arisen sinc
7, lhe Huns Of old swept over Europ
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