Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-18

President and as proof of her duplicity.
The organ Of Wilson, the New York
World, in an editorial undoubtedly
| inspired or at least approved by the
White House, notes that Germany NOT
only declines to fulfill the request OF
the President but offers the imme-
date convocation Of a conference.
whereas the President recognized that
at the present moment this Is 1mpos-
sible and only hoped to evoke an ex-
change Of views that would pave the
way for conference in the future
The rest Of the press. while
continuing to condemn the President,
is bitterly attacking Germany when
insulted the United States. ana we
can only welcome such an lncioent aS
it strengthens even more the hostlie
sentiments toward our enemies ana
the sympathy toward us. Although
the official text is not received Yet
from Berlin. Bernstortf already con
firmed it. declaring to the press 'ha'
he considers the note of his govern
ment an expression OF aGfeemen.
to all the proposals of the President.
..BAkHMETEFF.
.Peace without Victory" Speech.
Nearly month later President Will
son made his peace without NlctorS
address before the Senate. Bakhine-
teff's dissertations on the speech are
given in the following communication to
Petrograd
January "a. 1917. No. Il.
The entirely unexpected appearance
of the President in the Senate caused
general confusion. Nobody understands
what it is all about. what he wants ana
what is his course. All the serious
newspapers. without exception. do not
condemn his ineXplicable step. but made
fun of it. calling him the self-e!ected
president Of the world and the new Don
Int Jio
to tho bone and his fortunate phrase
peace without victory is. of course.
most of all criticised. as it is found
offensive to us and our allies. who re-
Gently proclaimed an entirely opposite
view.
THE passing and amateurish re-
marks about some Indispensable. au-
tonomous Poland, about all countries
having access to the sea. about freedom
of the seas. are considered entirely UNI
justifia BILE interference in others affairs.
etc. But in addition to these general
criticisms in the press and in society.
there is to be found the fear that the
President. who formerly repeatedly
stated that the European war does not
concern America. carried away by his
dreams. now wants to depart from the
traditional isolation which he always
considered as the guaranty of Ameri-
cas- safety and through some world COM
binations and covenants drag it into the
European conflict on the ground of some
new doctrine of internationalism. The
less fearful newspapers do not attach
such Importance to this manifestation of
the chimerical aims of Wilson's to re-
store the golden era and consider that
this time the mountain has given birth
to a mouse. Even not all the German
press is jubilant over the President, al
though the phrase of peace without vic
tory unquestionably pleased it. Gener-
ally there is no doubt that in this case
Wilson suffered complete fiasco in the
eyes of the public. and it's judgment of
his speech in the Senate may be ex-
pected to take the form of strong at
tacks on his autocratic personal politics
which increase the menace to the Unit
ID States. BAkHMETEFF"