Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-31
HOLDS SOLIDARITY
HERE PEACE ASSET
President Considers Effect of
Election on Allies as,WeNi
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ENJOYS PoWERINvoLyED'
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE. y
Copyright, 1918. by N. Y. Evening Post. Incl
The relationship between the confer
ence Of premiers. diplomats and mill
tary leaders Of the allied powers in
Paris, determining the next move
toward peace, and the plea of Presi-
dent Wilson for united America and
a vote of confidence is something on
which I am permitted today to shed
some light.
The President asked for vote of
confidence in order that the result OF
the elections might not be misinter-
preted abroad. His opponents have
endeavored to refute that by saying
Germany could not be heartened by a
republican victory. But outside of the
weakening effect of divided counsels,
which the President himself predicts
would ensue So far as prosecution OF
the war against Germany is con-
cerned, the most important misinter-
pretation which friends of Mr.. Wilson
fear is the effect in Great Britain,
France and Italy, where hitherto the
prestige of the President has been
great. because it was presumed he
smoke for a united America.
Disbursements on Peace Points.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Paris today tells Of the differences
Of opinion that have arisen in the
conferences between Col. House and
the heads of the allied governments.
It tells of disagreements on the four
teen points of peace which the Presi-
dent has formally laid before the al
lies. The dissent viii grow strong
or weak. according as the represent
atiyes Of America are believed to-be
yoicing American public opinion.
Col. Roosevelt and Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, the republican leader.
have openly assailed the fourteen
points in the midst of vigorous par
tisan fight for control OF the. Ameri,
Senator Lodge win at the polls
through the election of a republican
Congress the fourteen points which
have been thus far the action OF the
United States government, may, 1t Is
feared, lose much Of their strength.
IN OCu0I WOIuos ShO L AO0AA0AS 40 ANA
ious for a vote Of confidence. SO that
the word Of American representatives
at the Paris conference may be as po-
tent as it was before the republican
leaders assailed the fourteen points.
Presidents Prestige Abroad.
Whatever the republican leaders
may have said on domestic questions
in support Of their desire for a repub-
lican Congress, those charged with
the responsibility of conducting Amer
ica's foreign affairs in these critical
moments feel that already ifcalculable
damage has been done to the prestige
of the President abroad by the oppo-
sition Of such prominent leaders az
Col. Roosevelt. William H. Taft and
Senator Lodge. In other words, the
President is more anxious now than
ever that the country shall say
whether it wants his leadership az the
leadership OF the republican, n al
ready revealed by, their attitude on
the fourteen points. "
Mr.. Wilson considers that the four
teen points are, of course, general
principles and their practical applica-
tion is a matter for conferences among
the allies, but the vehement repudia-
tion at this time Of some Of the prin-
cipal bases fan enduring peace lis
considered by our government officials
to be most regrettRble.