The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
OUTCOME HOPEFUL
WILSON PREDICTS A JUST SoLu,
TON OF THE PEACE PROB
LENS.
UBMl rs TO AN INTERVIEW
President Contrasts Evils OF Wanna
Congress, Which He Terms One Of
Bosses" with Glowing Prospects
for Versailles Conferences.

Paris am confident that the big
council OF statesmen OF the world will
be able TO reach a just and reasonable
solution Of the problems that will be
presented to them, and thus earn the
gratitude OF the world for the most
critical and necessary service which
has ever been rendered IT." said Presi-
dent Wilson in an interview, referring
to the approaching peace conference.
THE congress Of Vienna, the cor
respondent OF the London Times. In
X the president 10 reported to have
stated the his views on the discussion
OF the freedom OF the seas and to have
oontrasted the evils of the Vienna con
sress with a hopeful outlook for the
Versailles congress.
Extracts from Interview.
Lord N~orthcIife, editor OF the Lon.
don Times, has given u a copy Of the
Interview, from which the following
extracts have been made:
"The congress Of Vienna. the cor
respondent says President Wilson told
him. was a congress OF bosses The
delegates were concerned more with
their own interests and the classes
they represented than the wishes OF
their peoples.
Versailles, as President Wilson
said" the interviewer continues,
must be a meeting place OF the ser.
wants OF the peoples represented by
delegates. and he added, there is no
master mind who can settle the prob
lens OF today. III there is anybody
who thinks he knows what is in the
mind OF all peoples that man Is a
fool. We have all got 10 put our heads
together and pool everything We
have got for the benefit OF the ideals
which are common to all
Asked whether he would visit the
grand fleet. President Wilson replied
that he was afraid he would not have
time. adding that he fully realized that
behind the great armies there was the
strong. silent and watchful support Of
the British navy in securing the COM
munications of the allies.
HE referred also Z the very happy
comradeship and cooperation between
the British and American nayies."
Discuss British Affairs.
The correspondent then adds:
President Wilson In discussing the
role OF the British feet in the main
a OF what, at any rate during
the war, had been the freedom OF the
seas for the free people of the world
spoke with a sincerity which no
amount OF writing can convey His
accents convinced me that he Is a be-.
lever in the decency and honesty OF
the A~nglo-Saxon race. He said:
1T Is essential for the future a
or the world that there should be the
frankest cooperation and most gener.
understanding between the two
English speaking democracies. We
comprehend and appreciate, I believe,
the grave problems which the war has
brought to the British people and fully
understand the special international
questions which arise from the fact
that your peculiar position as an IS
land empire"
n correspondent declared that he
left the president with the assurance
ringing In my ears that he desired to
cooperate with the British and with
al the allies In securing, with their
counsel, a new state OF affairs through
out the world"