The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-19
The Pulse of the Nation

I in time to smash, with their weary al
| lies, the final German offensive, while
through the sheer force Of his own lofty
idealism he was breaking down the Ger
man morale. Results are what really
count.
1t is not to be denied, the ST. Louis
Post Dispatch, Qnd), holds, that there
was uncertainty among the seats of the
mighty in those anxious times, but
tinidity, surely, may be left out of any
indictment of our war administration. In
boldness of design, magnitude of &C
complishment. and swift decisiveness of
result the record is imperishably made.
But as no man is hero to his valet, so
also it seems no President is hero to all
his cabinet officers" The fact that Mr..
Lane is Canadian born" had much to
do with his opinions, the Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette, CDem.), insists, arguing
that 1.-THE amazing thing is that Mr..
Lane, admitting himself to be about the
one and only pure patriot in the cabinet.
and conceding himself to be in every
way superior to his President, fingered
so long in the company of a man who
was so irksome to him and so indiffer-
ent to his union jack but the Akron
Beacon Journal, (Rep,), feels that the
correspondence will prove to be some.
what embarrassing to the Boswalls who
have been gliding the temple of new
freedom since America came to sanity
While Mr.. Lane was "a man of clear and
direct judgment" the Milwaukee Sem
tinel, Rep), feels that the letters lin
so far as they are relied upon to present
a just or faithful portrait Of the war
president, must be regarded as of little
value. Written on the impulse of the
moment, sometimes admittedly under
the influence Of irritation at presidential
policies or methods, they naturally fall
far short as a pen picture of more care
fully and matureiy studied statements.
And although his en-pictures Of the
President, so far as quoted are not flat
tering, the publication of the letters does
one genuine service to Mr.. Wilson by
putting an effectual end to the oft re-
peated charge that he deliberately stam
peded the nation into war"
The fact that president Wilson was
what Mr.. Lane says of him simply en-
phasizes his greatness as a and his
qualities Of leadership" argues the Chat
tanooga Times, Gnd. Dem.). 1T was be-
cause he was the things Mr.. Lane says
of him that he stands out distinctly as
one of the ablest, one of the most viriIe
and one of the greatest of Americas
chief executives. He did what he did
conscious of the rectitude OF his inten-
tons and he neither boosted when
things went right nor whined when
things went wrong-he neither took
credit for himself for success nor laid
the blame for failure on others" The
Knoxville Sentinel Ind. Dern.). suggests
that Slow but sure Mr.. Lanes own
conclusion. in effect. is perhaps the best
answer to his criticisms"
1T Is poor business to drag few
words from the letters with which to
add to the chorus Of damnatton against
Woodrow Wilson," insists the Baltimore
Sun. Oem.) They labored together
nobly and splendidly in an hour of great
things and ii is very ugly business to
drag forth these words and to keep an
utter silence at times to summon the
whole of his rich. poetical vocabulary toI
pay tribute to him |