New-York tribune., 1918-10-12
Must
End Brutality.
Says Balfour
Change of Heart, More
Than Change of Govern
ments, Demanded by Allies

''oA'DON' oct. 1l.-A. j. Balfour. the
ori'ish Foreign Secretary, SPEAKING at
ioncheon given to party Of Amer.
can editors to-day. said:
we have to make q right neace ora
Go not think right peace ;s ,or,,
easy thing to make. Our enemies arc
attempting to change their consti+u-
tion' but appear to have no motion
shat what we call change is not ca
much a change in the formal nur,osa
oi tne government as a change of
hearts whereby that government is to
De directed and animated.'
Mr balfour said the Germans had
sho"n no material Improvement in
their disposition during the four voors
OF 'ne war. "Brutes they were wbe,
.'ieS began the war. AS far as 7 c.n
Judge, brutes they remain at the nros
cnt moment"
4he Foreign Secretary said tba+ nau
maps he spoke with warmth and in
u'sna'lon unbetitting his position. hut
WIN the news of the Leinster ontr.oo
ne found it difficult to measure bic
epithet. "'S
"Onc would have thought" cont;nu,,
.lr' baifour, chat those who brouob.
III America to their own undoin, h.,
crimes tthis sort would have SHRINK
" little from repeating them at ths
moment when their fate il 70 he do
c'ded by America, perhaps more tban
oS any other Of the -belligerentsY
''r' balIonr said he wished he cou,d
'n'hk crimes of this kind were those
- " small dominant military caste
but 1t was incredible that tbev oo,,,,
ne repeated through four years Of sm
o'ttered warfare if they did not com.
memo themselves to the popu]at;on
which committed them.
Hearty Approval of League
commenting on tho speech made nv
Viscount Grey, former Secretary, ~
Foreign Affairs, last night on the sub.'
Ject OF league Of nations, "The DAILY,
Telegraph" refers to criticisms that w.
A'l'ed governments had not devoted
much thought to league Of nations
a criticism from which Lord Grew dis.
soclated himself. The newspaper saws.
"Ihe ministers arc fully occun;.a
with the war, but the Prime NIin;stcr
raS most strongly declared himself .
believer in the project and Lord Curzon
HAS given considered statement IN
the House Of Lords on behalf of tbo
government favoring the league, while
Lord Robert Cecil has declared bo
would join no "o7'N~~,,,"nt opposed 70
the realization OF this ideal
There have been many refarencae
by ministers and political leaders 70
the same effect and none in the op-
posite sense. The ideal, of which Presi-
dent Wilson is the foremost advocate.
Is already in the possession of the
people and we believe its practical
realization is assured"
Germ Of League Developed
"Thc Daily Nail" says: Lord Grey
supported President Wilson's views on
every important point and he did we'll
to emphasize that the league Of ma
tons is not substitute for victory.
In the meantime we have in the
present great alliance the germ of
league"
"rhe Daily News" says: "Viscount
Grey voiced the unhesitating indorse-
ment by every element of sober opinion
in this country of President Wilson's
historic definitions Of the purpose of
this war and the conditions Of peace"
"The Times" SAYS: "No public man
not in office could hsve spoken more
authoritatively or with better right |
to interpret the national thought and |
feeling than Viscount Grey. His |
speech lifted the league of nations |
ideal to the level on which it is es- !
sential that it should bo kept