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independent.


New York Globe: Grey has mitigated
the political conditions Of entrance into
The league, but neither he nor anyone
else can mitigate the moral conditions.
New York Evening Post. If Grey
iinds 1t necessary to take a chance upon
the Lodge reservations, the president
can afford to do So
The Sun and New York Herald. Grey
has told England the truth about Amer
icas view of the covenant and both
SIDES OF the Atlantic will be the better
off
Philadelphia Public Ledger: undoubt-
eddy Grey is right. 1t would be the
any group of nations to try to bind
any one OF them TO act at any time
IN a manner which at that time its
best judgment would regard as neither
its duty nor to its advantage.
Christian Science Monitor: Viscount
Grey's letter would seem to open the
way for senate agreement, even on a
basis substantially like that proposed
by the Massachusetts senator.
Springfield Republican: Mr.. Lodge
needs an ally besides Lord Grey; he
needs the help Of Woodrcw Wilson. The
aid Of an American president may still
count for more in the United States
senate than that Of a British prime
| minister. . In the interest of hui
mainly the president can now end his
| quarrel with his enemies in the SEN
| ate and thus add moral luster to his
| fame.
Chicago Daily News: Lord Grey has
| performed a great service. lingo crit
| les in his own country may assail him,
and SANDER the American people, but
| the majority of thoughtful persons will
| be guided by him toward a sound view
| of the actual situation,
Milwaukee Journal: The contending
| fer Of NV rrfn ~ Ia 10
| follow a good example and display a
| less unyeldng temper.
| Detroit Free Press. It will be. gen
| orally appreciated by Intelligent Amerl-
cans who are able to rise above po-
| litical prejudice
| the part of the United States for the
proposed reservation on article 10 has
| never been stated more lucidly than
| by Lord Grey
Baltimore News: Is. there any true
| American who wants to push America
into the league on less favorable terms
| with greater responsibilities, than the
| European powers admit we are really
justified in accepting?
Greensboro Daily News: Lord Grey
Is our friend, and he was making ou'
the best case he could for the United
States But the best case he coult
make out was that Of a nation afraid
of its own power,
Nashville Banner: The viscoun
should have known that in butting int
a game of American politics he was
likely to offend both sides, and tina
is the result of his intermeddling or hi;
attempt at friendly offices
UNPUBLISHED Criminals.
Republican Germany refuses to Civ
up its war criminals, and must be co
creed into doing So" asserts the Mime
apolis Journal Qnd Rep, rejecting
considerable body of American opinion
; Althoifgh the United States did not joil
in the demand for the extradition of 80
high military and civil officers accuse
by the allies OF violation of the rules o
war and Of humanity, the German gov
ernment's refusal to comply with TIL
| clause of the peace treaty has stirre
much American Indignation
1.-THE request for the former kaiser
as the Birmingham Age Herald dem.
points out was an entirely differen
matter from the latest allied demand
| William was saved by Holland, but
is Germany the allies are dealing wit
now, and the German government mus
make the hazardous choice of complying
or not complying with the terms OF tn
treaty" The Indianapolis Star Qnd
Rep adds significantly that ''if tn
German government can ignore 1t
| agreement III JldL PAL llCuldl tllO liCat
might soon be looked upon as 'scra
of paper in other respects And tn
Chicago Evening Post Gndl holds tina
the German refusal is a challenge t
compel compliance We do not see hoy
the allied powers can decline acceptanc
of that challenge"
Who are these war criminals?
Says the Los Angeles Times tlnd Rep
In the list appear the names Of nu
merous criminals, notable in German
and notorious elsewhere: Hindenburg
Ludendorff, Tirpitz, Won Kluck, tire
sons Of the former kaiser, two forme
German chancellors, Won Mackenser
Won Moltke. Prince Rupprecht Of Ba
vara, and more than 800 other title
Germans. For the first time in the his
tory Of the modern world the great con
spirators against the life and libertte
II free peoples are to be tried for thei
crimes, like other criminals,
These supermen need a lesson
comments the Wichita Eagle lind
The old superstition that a superma
can not be called to account for hi
crimes persists This race Of domineer
ing autocrats that brought Germany t
ruin should be wiped out to a man
And as for the German contention tina