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Show . WILSON'S DIPLOMACY AND TYPEWRITER " a...,,,, "The cheers for Wilson in the streets of towns throughout Austria-Hungary," remarks the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "are, something to which historians will devote extended explanations. P When, before, has a war ended with the enemy applauding the executive of their most powerful adversary ?" Give a few moments to thinking that over. The facts justify our contemporary's conclusion that "the typewriter, despite ill-natured sneers, has done an execution not inferior to that of the vaunted machine gun." , It is President Wilson's statesmanlike diplomacy, his steadfast stead-fast altruistic purpose, his patient, persistent efforts to reach the populations of the enemy countries, that has contributed with an effectiveness that only history can estimate at its full worth, to weaken the enemy morale and break down the war spirit. He has reached them with the appeal of the still, small voice that penetrates to every human heart no matter how encrusted with selfishness and error. His recent interchange of notes with Germany, there is good reason to believe, contributed to the democratic reversal in tiie recent election. The people were for "unconditional surren- " i ? , nodw&erin." Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Lodge played skilfully on their prejudices. But few open-minded and intelligent men will doubt, in view of what has transpired, that the clattering typewriter," which was both sure and firm, has had much to do with speeding the German surrender, shortening the war and saving-thousands of valuable lives and hundreds of millions of treasure. It was Wilson's wise diplomacy, too, that by backing Lloyd George's courageous efforts brought about the unity of command com-mand that evolved order from confusion and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. It is Wilson's diplomacy, again, that within the last few days brought about an agreement between the entente powers and the United States as to the terms of peace before the presentation pre-sentation of armistice conditions. This was an achievement of the first rank and of tremendous importance. It meant a dictated dic-tated and not a negotiated peace. It forestalled the confusion and danger that would have resulted had an armistice been reached before the powers at war with Germany had settled their own differences. Those differences, otherwise, would have been left for solution at the peace table, with infinite possibilities pos-sibilities of mischief. A Paris dispatch of November 5, says : "Colonel E. M. House has been the recipient of numerous ' congratulations over the agreement reached by the interallied inter-allied conference at Versailles on the important questions before it, notably the armistice terms for Germany and the terms of peace." The logical conclusion is that it was for the purpose of bringing about such, an agreement on peace terms and armistice terms at the same time, and prior to any dealings with Germany, that the president dispatched Colonel House to Paris. From the beginning Woodrow Wilson's efforts as a world statesman have been crowned with success and have been of incalculable value. They .have earned for him a place of undisputed undis-puted primacy and made the United States and its ideals the dominating influence of the world. That, despite the adverse verdict returned by his own countrymen, coun-trymen, President Wilson will continue to hold that place must be the earnest hope of every friend of human liberty who is praying for a just and enduring peace. |