Evening star., 1918-04-08
SEE DOOM Of HUN
IN WILSON SPEECH
British Find New Courage in
Utterances of American
President.

President.
| By the Associated Press.
| LONDON, April S-The doom Of the
military power in Germany was pro-
nounoed by President Wilson in his
speech at Baltimore, says the Morning
| Post.
Whether or not the allies are strong
enough to break in pieces the German
military power remains to be seen," 1t
adds. "But that given time America is
able to defeat the enemy Is as little
doubtful is that she Is resolved to do it,
however long the work may take. It
is q gigantic enterprise. for tho defeat
Of the German armies In the field is
not all that America has promised, but
she purposes to go further.
Encouragement to Allies.
| amid the stress and suspense Of the
| great conflict now raging on the west
ern front, we can assure our American
| friends that their brave and simple dec
| larations are inexpressibly encourag-
| ing. They look upon the war from a
point of view which. after nearly four
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have lost.
| president Wilson from the first has
| insisted that before all it is moral
| issue. There are millions of men
!; among the Americans and the forces
of the allies who are fighting in the
simple faith that they are doing duty
IN a good cause.
st has fallen to President Wilson to
| put into stern practice the conviction,
which the greatest among American
poets affirmed in every line of his rough
hewn verse. that the spirit of liberty
| is invincible."
Says President Inverted Facts.
AMSTERDAM, April IA semi-of.
ficial statement was issued in Berlin
by President Wilson at Baltimore, Md,
Saturday night. 1t says:
president Wilson turns the historical
events upside down. The world knows
| that the gigantic struggle now being
fought in the west isea consequence Of
the will of the entente for war.
| President Wilson now calls for force
to the utmost. and in so doing, at last
| clearly describes the policy of the
Americans and their allies; namely.
force against everything that opposes
them. Germany will not suffer from
this yoke Of force.
speech for the new American war loan.
| It is the best possible propaganda for
| our own loan, since it shows what 1t
would mean for Germany to lose the
war"
Germans Begin to Doubt.
AMSTERDAM, Saturday. April G.
Nearly all the German newspapers re-
| ceiyed here contain articles devoted to
! the anniversary Of the entry of the
United States into the war. Many jour-
| mails indulge in speculation regarding
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| the conflict against Germany. and some
come to the conclusion that 1t was un-
| wise to array the United States against
| the fatherland.
The Taeglische Rundschau says Ger
many lost her last chance to keep the
United States out when she failed to
prevent President Wilson's reelection
| because of his anti-German leanings."
But" says the newspaper. "it is well
| to remember that Mr.. Wilson will soon
come forward with another peace prop
| osition."
/ Misread American Sentiment.
| The Kreuz Zeitung says:
THE U-boat was useful pretext for
America to enter the war, and we sup
| enectually to conceal his true war mo-
| tives. We thoroughly misread Amer
| ican sentiment"
| The Berliner Tageblatt refuses to be-
lleFe american nelp can DrlnS V1CIOFy
| to the entente. Continuing. it says:
Americas economic assistance now
| has passed its zenith. The seizures of
German, Austro-Hungarian. Dutch and
Swedish shipping aggregating 100000
tons constitute the entente's last re-
| serves, which in three months probably
| will be disposed of by our U-boats
Then the entente will be faced with the
final question whether new construc-
| tion can keep pace with the losses by
| U-boats"
| The Weiser Zeitung says America has
| fallen short Of the entente's expecta-
| tions and cannot fulfill them.
"Pledge Will Be Kept"
The Daily Mail says: when President
Wilson solemnly declares that in utter
self sacrifice and self-forgetfulness' Amer
lea will give all that we love and all that
| we have to redeem the world and make 10
| fit for free men like ourselves to live in
we know that this pledge will be kept"
The Daily News says: There is no limit
to the sacrifice which our great ally is
prepared to make to redeem the world
That is the assurance the President gives
us as his anniversary message. 1t comes
| charged with new note, which the enemy
will do well to mark How unreservedly
this decision is given is evidenced by the
chivalrous consent to allow American SOL
| diers to be brigaded with British and
French units. 1t is the spirit Of this noble
sacrifice that has moved this country, but
1t Is its practical bearing on the issue that
is Of immediate concern, for it provides
a channel for the great reserve of man.
power, which is the commanding ad-
vantage that America gives US over the
enemy"
French Press Lauds Speech.
PARIS, April All the Paris news
papers give a prominent place to Pres
ident Wilson's Baltimore speech, the
majority Of them printing 1t in full,
others giving long extracts with much
favorable comment. LIE Matin says that
a year ago President Wilson declared
was and today he declares war to a
finish. Alfred Capus in the Figaro
| says:
| Finally. Germany's real character
has been revealed to President Wilson
| as a monster nation. existing only by
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