Evening star., 1921-11-02
Editorial Digest
Hands-Across-the-Sea From York.

town.
The Toronto Star. voicing what
may be considered the feeling Of
''Our Sister Of the Shows" respecting
President Harding's declaration at
Yorktown of Anglo-American friend
ship, thinks at is fair to regard 1t
as an important response to those
declarations by British statesmen
that the idea of war between the
great English-speaking nations must
be forever brushed aside as unthink-
able. and the making Of provision, by
either nation. for any such eventual
fty as war not only may and can be
discontinued, but, as an example to
the rest Of the world. must be dis
continued"
For years the logic of events"
Undepcndent). has caused the races
of the English tongue to drift nearer
each other. President Harding
seeks to hasten it, believing that In the
world currents now running this
drift will make for peace in the
world and for. an eventual better un-
tongues. .The one thing needed to
destroy civilization today Is quar-
rel which should get the English
speaking peoples OF Tue WOTlu against
each other" in the opinion Of the
Milwaukee Journal Independently; and
TO what the Richmond Times-Dispatch
(democratic) calls q declaration I'm de:
Hberately chosen words OF "peacefui
relationships between the two great
to come" the Duluth Herald linde-
pendent) replies: THAT 1t will be
true is the highest hope for man
kind, for there could be no vaster
tragedy to this world than the spec
tacle of these two great nations, both
erty. in the death grapple Of war;
''The happiest alliance in history and
the surest way to world peace" is the
comment of the Roanoke World
News tdemocratic) on the doctrine
of enduring friendship" pronounced
New York Tribune's (republicanl
statement that mot a step forward
can be made unless at the center of
an alliance for peace are the Two
Englfsh-speaking, peoples" The
Salt Lake Desert News independently
gives the foremost of the reasons Tor
the amity which the President be-
speaks ''the fact that upon the re-
Iations Of Great Britain and America
the peace of the world and the
preservation of civilization In large
5s nc In
the Columbia Is. c. Record (demo-
cratic) says "President Harding did
no more than give voice to the SEN
timent of all sensible persons OF both
countries who have given thought to
the subject and and ht,r,s, the Charleston 5dsmon
cratic) sees no occasion for surprise
in the course outlined by the Presi-
dent, "for no other course Is con-
ceivable. But his open declaration OF
this tacit understanding Is exceed
ingiy interesting ;aoa and may nSa 20 regard
A few of the-papers. while entirely
sympathetic with the idea OF peace
full relations, are disposed to shy
off from singing out Great Britain
for any exclusive manifestation OF
sressivs republican, thinks the Pres
Idents conclusion that the United
States and England are the trustees
of civilization probably will pro-
woke discussion and perhaps invite
contradiction by other and older ma.
guardians of civilization or that
they are now is taking something
for granted which the world Will not
assume" Maintaining long-standing
peace and cooperating 10 Tor ,1is the COM m
CARDS Gerat Britain. but as regards
ali other nations" maintains the
New Bedford (Mass.) Standard IRE
That the means for maintaining
this ALLIANCE for peace" with Great
Britain does not lie in one OF the
bad old "entangling alliances" Is
hailed as established by some OF the
papers. The Boston Transcript in-
dependent republican, says that the
address rings the deathknell OF all
alliance, but it strengthens the hope
for amicabie, earnest. continuous and
nations" while the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch independent. democratic)
feels that ut is necessary TO the
neace and security Of the world that
the two great English-speaking peo-
pies shall be allies in fact, whether
they are allies in form or not.