Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-20

din of battle lie made Il entirely clear
ia frlcud and Zoe allke for what the men
of Amctica wcrc fighting Il impossible
to assess aa yct Iust what FLEETS ihesc
fair democratic. freedom-Qt1lng prln-
cipcs had IN ,lissoviuU tie always
possible fnrlnrn-hope reslsfaurr at
the enemy peoples usf bow n44nF affnN
corpa they wcrc worth 70 the Wired
forces hut II al events. lnvlur written
them on our haftie iags, h. proposes e
make ver, 4ura thlt thy - writ tn
on orr pcace pafehments
Public Ledger, iep
Not since ihc great vayager made
H. way ia thc \eU World and returned
with the story Of hl4 discovery has thefe
been 50 notAhle a pa44ag" ei person
from one hcmIsphcre t. the other -
VII he that of President Wilson, =
Ion in the fluctuations If the Allied
| nations Over 40 illusfrous victory
/ gained for mankind Nauy will haid
| Ia their opinion ~ t. the Inadyisatn 1ty
| of the President leaving tic country.
| Int ne,-t Will believe that the republic
! II moi 80 prccatlalIsls placed rs to requtre
! the presence 81 tine President nt AL tliHes
/ IN view of the faet that he will not
! 90 10 Europe either - prcside ov,sr or
/ ia ~It nj thc peprc table the argument
/ apaln4t ms gong will lost bulk i.#
entire American people will have pleae-
urr in tile picture of their President
/ addressing tho delegates to the con
ference from the Alnd natIans of the
world setting forth 70 them thoee posi-
! tions that hc has So ably and successfully
j advanced The man toplr OF ms address,
i however. that will bc the key to the en-
4 hot fR4t
erected 1T Versailles, will be perma-
n,Dt peace for the world The All
dress will. doubtless, disclose fnethed7
/ af arriving 1t such . contamination
+ and place the proposition III lull is
+ bllty 1t WIH, doubtless. also reveal
/ the person who should stand oat para
mount IL the movement IhIs vii
| be intrinsic and not intended
Baltimore American. Rep.
Tho announced determination ef the
President 10 20 abroad Tor tie Peace
Conference will b. generally regretted
throughout the country That he should
"a rs an equal participant III the confer
euc. with the delegates from other coun-
tres has clearly been gwen up, aud toI
+ obvious reasons
President Wilson great and wonderful
leadership Of the world IN respect 10 Wai
aims and peace terms and Il League 81
Nations to make future wars impossible
was gained and held III ali ri lts outward
expressions from that rostran ii " wash
lnrton. He cannot lind one N all Europe
from which hl~ voice will e3rrk further
of sound with greater power around tht
world
We cannot bat feel that the President
Is making q grave mistake from any poinl
of view in deciding finally To remove him
self So far from the seat OF the COVER
ment he is charged with administering
IN a still critical tune, for purposes Whlet
can better be served where he ls.-NeN
York World, Dem.
We would point out again tha
he de ision OF he President Is III accord
ancc with his constitutional theory 81 hls
office: he does not regard himself rs N
elective king, but rs a party leader. cor
responding To l.loNd George and NJ
Clemenccau There Is, however, speei
fic reason that may have determined hun
The freedom ui the ~e;ts does not meaf
the same in British h;l@ in American policies
Nc have eoutcnded Tor mitch more fea
and broad freedom han English publtcist
and naval authorities assent 10 hi
mattrr cropped mp in the Supreme Alilct
Council when the German acceptance
Of the President 5 points III is 9ppl5
cation for an armtsdcc, WaS considered
The representatives OF tic several govern
nent5 reserved Their Interpretation Q
the phrase At the Peace Conlerenc
il Is Of the utmost importance that per
feet unanimity should exist among tn
Allies The purpose af the Presiden
NAV be to secure harmony on this lssu
before the meetlH. ot the conference
There is every reas,~i 10 believe that tn
same success will crown tins mission o
pcace that has attended his leadership
during the VAR Philadelphia Record
Dem
Some queer notions seem - preyal
among our contemporaries concerning
the constitutional authority Of the Presi
dent of the Cntes states The Nee
York Times, for example, announces tina
Mr. Wilson, in view OF his contenplatet
trip to Europe, docs not intend to delegat
anybody to perform the duties Of til
Executive office for the time he IS out Q
the country.
This implies that II is a matter Of vol
ton on the part ot the President, whereas
as matter OF law and fact, he has no righ
whatever to delegate to others the per
formance OF his duties When Mr. VII
son becomes unable u perform thos
duties the Presidential Office deVolge
upon the Nice-prtsIdcnt and MIR " ilsoi
ceases 10 be President tor ANY plupos