New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

Ioast commemorating the entry of the
onl1ed States into the war, said he did
noI believe at this moment among
those ilghtlng for the Allied cause was
any community to be found which more
clearly understood what were the is
sues at stake or was more firmly deter
mined TO see those issues brought to A
successful! conclusion than the United
states; All had come to the conclu
Ion 'hat while there was room on the
ear'n tor the free development of all
communities there was no room, for
ooth the ideals cherished by the Ger
man mllitary party and the ideals cher
,9heo oy the great free democracies Of
we world: One or the other must
prevail. They could not flourish side
Could anything be more painful. he
oelnahded. than the use to which Pres
i luenI wilson's declarations of policy
>hao been put by the Central Powers :?
Al their statesmen who had praised
she principles expressed by the Presi
oehc mad at the very moment when thew
came to be carried out, cynically vio-
lated them without reproach BY their
own people.
Cannot War by Rhetoric
After declaring that all the boun-
gary hnes the Central Powers had
drawn IN the East had been made in
VOCATION OF chronological and national
principles, in order to SOW the seeds
of future dissensions, so that the Cen9
1ral Powers might work the will Of
'heSe peoples. Mr.. Balfour said:
we cannot make war by rhetoric or
secure peace by fine phrases. Our Rus
sian TRENDS are beginning to learn that.
TRUTH - ''tS''
he declared he thought that the pres
en1 leaders of Russia really believed
that they could bring an end to the
war by appealing to the better instincts
Oh peoples or sections Of peoples of the
enemy powers, and added:
am one of those who have an I'M
dying faith III the Russian people, ard
] look forward to the time when thew
VIII be not only Independent and unit
ed, but free. Every assistance we can
give them in that painful upward
struggle will be given
The illusions which brought Russia
TO her present position have never
been entertained by our friends on the
Their side of the Atlantic. They have
always, in cherishing the ideals in
which they believe, known that thew
would have in the last resort to fight
tor those ideals, and they have always
understood that in this great battle be-
tween darkness and light sacrifices
were inevitable, and they have shown
that they were ready to make those
sacrifices to the fullest extent.
An Imposing Sight
at is an imposing sight to sec q
great nation, hitherto solely engaged
IN the paths of peace, whose worst
enemy could never suggest that it had
military ambitions, devoting all it's
energies, all its powers of sacrifice and
all It's wealth in men, ability and re-
sources to the service of the cause in
which We believe. And surely no
greater proof was ever given of it's
devotion to the common cause than
has been given recently by President
wilson and the American government,
IN agreeing to allow the troops of
America to fight in the first instance,
not as an American army but with
British and French troops on the
Western front.
II am not sure that every one in
this room can appreciate the full mag
nltude OF this sacrifice and what policy
1t involves. | do not believe that it
would seriously delay what we should
al like to sea great American army
fighting as an American army side by
side with the British, French and
Italians and the other Allies. The
sacrifice has been made for a great
international cause and because the
President and the community whom
he represents have thoroughly realized
how much depends upon the fighting in
the West in the next few months. and
have felt that all smaller obstacles
must be swept out of the way that
the. great and final end may be
achieved"