Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19

II woodrow Wilson energies from the
world war the worlds foremost states
man. Those who believe that Divine
providence has been especially mind
= Iul Of the welfare, Of the American
,ssr-in the subconscious roots of the
~ American charaCter-wiH be entirely
sure that Overruling Power. raised up
sWoodrow Wilson to lead and guide his
people in great crisis of their DIES tiny
as truly as it raised up Washington
TO be maker of the nation.
TO the President or tile United States
has fallen the task of voicing the ideals
+ that lay behind the task Of ending the
menace of military autocracy embodied
or could Broad minded as the Flu
ropcan statesmen projected from the
world war .crucible have shown them,
selves in dealing with the eternal
verites of civilizations crisis, they
suffered from disabilities. for the task
that Wilson has achieved. at
= These disabilities were not their
fault, but'their misfortune. They were
The results OF centuries OF past his
,spire the belief in their national dis
sinterestedncss which the peculiar stu
alton Of the United states as well as
the personal character of its President
enabled him to inspire.
ABLE TO FORMULATE
PRINCIPLES OF PEACE
Thus IL was that Woodrow Wilson
vas enabled not so much TO dictate as
to formulate the princples upon
of the actually subiugating invasion
of Germany. The President of the
United States could speak with a free
dom which no French or British or
italian statesman could quite dare, lest
some phrase be misconStrued by. age
long habits OF Interpretation and be-
come the seed of friction between al
lies and Of advantage to the Hum
Even SO practiced philosophic gen
eralizer as Mr.. Balfour was felt to
ava I1 rel n mn
ing trouble in his statement concern
ing Britain's attitude about the for
'mer German colonies. 1t required MT
location OF his freedom OF the seas
principle to convince all that England
was not thinking Of more territory for
n proved piratical power in the re
,fusal even to consider any restoration
OF colonies to Germany 49,.
Next to Wilson the figure that eX-
cites the most admiration in this coun-
try Is that OF David Lloyd George
though Clemenceau Of France ap2esls
ssThat old man With his soul OF fire
and brain of chilled steel delights us,
though we cannot SO s sasiiy r %n9Gr-
as we do how patient and unshakcn
), were the masses Of the French people
yin their resolution never to yie,d to
French professional politics, which at
one time seem to nave become uan-
Eerously permeated with "defcntism--
the feeling, tostcrcd by corrupt in
trigue. that real victory was inpossi-
bic and that German offers or COM
prmise might we'll be entertained.
LLOYD GEORGE UNDERSTOOD
SD EASILY by AMERICANS
The career OF David Lloyd George
Prime Minister of Great Britain, Snd
: work horse OF the British government
for ten days past, comes quite easily
within the American scheme of things
\ The lawyer who early leaves his books
and the contentious Of the courts for
those. OF public life is one Of our Ions
: familiar figures We also know how
4 the public man denounced as n dan.
= gerous radical in one decade may be-
esepme an implicitly trusted national
s:ieadcr in the next. Americans yet live
Hho can remember when Abraham Lin
= coin was SO denounced. and by men
r. who within five years sent their sons
It'd die at his call. and wept openly in
1.-THE streets for him when ne died
\ Born in Manchester in 1863, the son
;SySpf a scheolmaster, David Lloyd George
@ solicitor at tWenty-one, but
six years later made his advent in pub
r:.Iic life az member OF the House of Com
mons for Carnarvon. in the land of
f.his Welsh forbcars. and has represented
that constituency ever since. After