The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
lfARCOssON ON THE WAR

Isaac F. Marcosson is another of Rthe popular group of gentle pien who see leadership every where but in the White House, who find the head of every ether nation more influential tian the head of their own na- ton.
 With difference to MT. Mar fosson it is not Lloyd George and Clemenceau who will be tie Hive wires" of the peace conference.
 The leading and live wire part cf that conference was long ago taken by Woodrow Wilson, commander in chief of the forces that wound up the war four months after their first Rattle; executive of the nation that gained a victory for Trance, England and Italy, when those countries were on the verge of defeat, and the German troops but a few miles from Paris.
 MT. Wilson gave neither men nor troops nor salvation to the Allies without clearly un- Cerstanding the purpose Of America; nor did he fritter away America's purpose, by fhowering treasure and gold k pon the Allies, with no apprO- pfiate understanding for the future.
 His points of peace, except ing one, the freedom of the seas, were received by the AL lies and by the Central Powers, end cannot be denied without the reduction of many solemn pledges to mere scraps of pa per"
 The idea that the president of the United States will be ladly battered in the peace council, Is a hope born of par tisanship and economic preiu- dice; a hope that will not be realized. Mr. Wilson will be the biggest man in the peace ronference.
 He who does not hope for this Is not pro-American, but pro- European.
 MT. Wilson will be as much bigger at the peace table, as aAmerica is bigger than any of its Allies, in population, in re- sources, in freedom from tribal, racial and dynastic quarrels and in good will toward men.
 Mp. MarcossOn's statement of his views, as he is reported stn the newspapers, seems to be deliberately un - Americ an America made the peace: made 1t in time to save thousands f.nd perhaps millions of Amer jean lives. It does not become war correspondents to go about the land preaching that tic "Tragedy of this war is thai the Germans were not beater badly enough" They coulC not be beaten worse, unless they should be slaughtered a; Caesar killed the Nervii. Blu such a killing implies the de. struction of many American boys.
 The doctrine of freedom ot the seas is an American doc irine. It is the business O Americans to support it. Mr tMarcosson hasn't the slightes Knowledge of what the situa tion of Germany will be, i shere is freedom of the seas nor what sort of state German, will be, a monarchy, demOc racy, or a socialist common wealth, or whether it will spli into a group of states, repre- Benting several forms of gov ernment.
 The. president believes, ant MT. Taft apparently believes hat if there is 8 league of ma f4ions war may be avoided 10 a long time to come, freedom 0 the seas-now an indetermi nate eXpression-Or no freedom of the seas. Mr. Marcosson' i'If there is freedom of the seas idhere will be another war, etc, s & mere piece of verbiage closely related to nonsense.
 For the purpose of this dis Eussion citizens may be divid cd into two groups, a larg group which makes no specia study of conditions. but relic on what it reads, here and th6r and a small group, which doe study assembling from the con fusion of fact and falsehood skeleton of truth.
 Students except possibl those who have made six trin abroad since the war started l1now it to be essential, for th safety of mankind, to get tn war over; to get the centra powers going again; to get Rus lsia going again.