Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-27

SHORT-SIGHTED POLICY

;os md differences that exist between the members of that party.
Both in state and national politics there is al absence of harmony
end lack of leadership that is most disconcertng to those WIT IRE
anxious TO lay a good foundation for the presidential election IN
1920.
In Washington there is the greatest cause for anxiety ana wen
there might be. In their futile attempt to discredlt President WILSON
10 wuld.b leaders are only bringing discredit upon themselves and
heir party. While there is ground for criticism for the manner IN
which President Wilson went away and the slight he showed the
onate in naming the peace delegation, the more we hear from the
ether side since the Presidents arrival there, the more we arr con-
vinced that his trip was necessary if the fruits o victory rOm m
American point Of view are to be attained.
E,roneon papers now reaching this country show that the Amer
ton IDEALS for which our boys went into battle were far from being
r.orzed. Since the Presidents arrival, however, there has been a
decided change in the tone of the European press But 1t took no less
,orsonalhy than the President himself to change it.
No.. instance in one of the prominent British journals published
\ date Of December 7 we read: 1.-THE tone of the French press
remain unchanged. Opposition to a league of nations is IS strong
n yer and the demand is for terms of peace that Will reduce 1er-
manv II permanent subjugaton. In fact, the policy of many French
nationalist is for the formation of a new Holy Alliance which will
suppress revolution everywhere and slit up Central Europe into small
states which it can permanently control"
But the presence of President Wilson has brought his fourteen
points into a prominence that they otherwise could not have attained
and his appearance in the great centers of Europe has given the mass
es a chance to openly express their approval of the Presidents aims.
II is freely admitted that never has there been a greater demonsha-
ton o a more enthusiastic welcome given anyone than that accorded
President Wilson. In fact, his popularity with the great masses has
so impressed European leaders that they are ready to cater to ms
aims in order to protect themselves.
With all this evidence constantly laid before the American po-
pie, h is a most shortsighted policy for Republicans to attempt to
discrcdit the President at home. lie has come to be a world leader
Of the masses and if civilization is to be saved from Bolshevikl gov
eminent, if it can be called a government, President Wilson is the
man who will save it.
This is no time for the Republican party o r any other organiza-
ton to attempt to belittle the President in the great work he is doing.
No other man today anywhere in the civilized world holds the con.
fdence of the people as does Woodrow Wilson Unless the Repub-
leans can produce a leader to measure up to the great task that lies
before the country today, a leader who is big enough to show his
party the folly of the puerle attacks ON President Wilson and who
can present issues that are constructive, it cannot hope to accomplish
much in gaining prestige among the rank and file.