Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-26
AMERICA WINS VICTORY.

ment's diplomatic success in obtain ing from the allied governments ac- ceptances of President Wilson's points. with only one reservation and addition, is becoming daily more ap- parent. as the preliminaries for the approaching peace congress are be- ing outlined largely on the basis of the presidents points.
 Col. E. M. House, the special rep resentative of the United States gov ernment, when he arrived here, found little disposition among American and European friends to accept as a totality the framework of peace as expressed by President Wilson. Some European statesmen considered that the points had worked as a good solvent upon Germany; that they had served their great purpose in their effect upon German unity, but that they should not be observed too close ly when it came to formulating the practical details of the settlement.
 Allied statesmen plainly put for ward the view that, as the American traditional policy had been one of de- tachment of European affairs. it was natural for the American government when the war broke out in Europe to consider it quarrel among European nations and to declare it's neutrality
 It was pointed out that for two years and a half the American gov ernment observed its neutrality and called the attention of both groups of belligerents to violations of sea law Germany's offenses became intoler- able and America entered into the war both for that reason and because America did have a continuity of ideals of government and of human rights with the allies. America as be- came a great country was impelled to put forth great efforts, and she did.
 Allied statesmen have fully ap- preciated the effect of American arms in winning the decision Neverthe- less, it was contended by some this mad been a controversy among Euro pe;.E Eatiohs and ihe winning grHap, it was suggested, supposed that America, having accomplished her aims, would return to her detachment and allow the countries intimately concerned to arrange a settlement. ac- cording to the European viewpoint of the situation.
 These statements made it plain that they would receive every friendly counsel the United States would offer, the more so because they knew that America wanted nothing in a material way for herself, but was interested only in realizing her ideals. The losses the other belligerents have suf- fered in the years of war exceed those given as a reason for the allies hay ing a predominant influence in shap- ing the new order in Europe
 These were some of the concep- tions put forward by the allied gov ernments with tenacity and skill, but always in a friendly spirit.
 The contentious of the American government generally and substan- tially were that it had come into the war not alone on account of specific grievances against Germany, but on account also of certain fundamental principles of justice and right These principles had been announced with fullness several times by the Ameri- can government and had resulted in a great effort by the American people.
 Looked at from Washington these principles. each time they had been enunciated in part or in whole, had been received favorably by the Euro pean peoples and seemingly by the allied governments. It was not meant to be understood that the American government had thought the allied governments had formally accepted them, not by the allied ministers only officially, but by the press and by all eminent men outside the immediate ministerial zones and of the peoples as a whole had caused the conviction to prevail in America that these principles had been approved and ac- cepted as ideals on which the war was being prosecuted.
 The American people never had been conscious that they were fight ing for territorial or colonial interests 0f any governments, excepting insofar as these came within the framework tA lhC AAhNAANaA t7Oh AAAAACAN RAAAA7 ciples. Consequently, 1t was neces- sary to bring out that these points having been accepted by the central powers. presented a clean issue as to they were to be officially ac- cepted by the allied powers.
 If the allied powers could not see their way clear to accept them. the American government was in the po- sition of having conducted the war for purposes which were not identical with those of the allies.
 This presented a rather delicate issue at the outset, as it was realized that it might require the submission of the entire subjec; to the American The European ministers felt the force of the views presented, and this in time brought about an en-
 ire agreement on the American points as a basis of peace nesoua- tions.