Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-04-21 | Page 2 | French Opinion as Voiced by the Paris Papers

FRENCH OPINION AS VOICED BY THE PARIS PAPERS j PARTS, April 20. lO .IT. a. m. The text ; of president Wilson's note to Germany arrived ar-rived too late for publico i on in the i morning papers, which comment briefly ! on the gravity of the situation- The Ma-, Ma-, tin says: ! "The action of Washington will have I far-re:ichlng consequences for the fuline i of the Culled States. Krencc. mv;ilts i on Imly t lie, even t ual rupi ure. A mer lea could riot Hive us gjenir-r swnpathy than she already Iuih given, but we, f..ei moral Jov to see thai noble nation hrenk nil icjatlonH with a. nation of pirates which precipitated the present, world liagedy." The .Journal, In reviewing Ameilcan events, rays that a rupture between the United Slates and Germany h Immlucul. "II Is on Germany," sn s the iJeiuitu, "that the conclusion or this prolonged de- ha I e now depends. It Is on her response that hangs Ihe continuance iff diplomatic i rlaton or a. rupture. She now must give r.a I Isfact Ion wllhoul equivocation or ile la y to the t 'tilled Slat en, rcpn-ientitis the rlt'ht of nnllmiH and of neutrals, and Ibis pa l Inflict ion muat not be mere words, hut effective, for the period of negotiation negotia-tion Is virtually cloned by the supreme and nolemn action 'if President Wilson." The Temp's In a leader, says Unit the. A mer) run note places Germany In an iinpa "e. "Will Berlin connlder n. mpl nre morn dlsadva ritai;eiiiti than purrender''" nrds the newspaper. "The German public will !hi rdl v tolep" t an a I id mm 1 1on before, t he. Imperii live demand of Washington. After two iiionilm of siriln and bloody effort before Verdun and on the morrow of the taking of Trebizond, another capitulation, tn America, would produce a disastrous effect beyond the Rhine upon a public opinion already greatly disconcerted. And wiiat would other neutrals think of It? ! "While German prestige is rapidly de- 1 clining, the Imperial chancellerv is thus befoTe two terrible alternatives, for ft . cannot ignore the grave effects of a rup- ture. '1H H try to extricate itself by some new suht r-rfuge? Such an escape would not be a durable solut Ion. Germany Ger-many is, therefore, brought to a point where It must either break or yield The honor of America can no longer be satisfied sat-isfied with wtirds."