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Show RUSSIAN PRESS LESS INCLINED TO BLAME WILSON PRTROGRA D. Dec. 27, 2 p. m., via Iondon, 10:10 p. m. Switzerland's indorsement in-dorsement of President Wilson's initiative in soliciting the formulation or peace terms by the warring powers and the news that other neutrals will follow suit has decidedly strengthened the impression made here by ttie American proposal and corrected a ha lever tendency there existed ex-isted in certain quarters to regard Mr. Wilson's note as inspired by other motives mo-tives than those set forth. In well-informed quarters it Ts said there is no reason to believe that the added inriuence of other neutrals will in a.ny way change the point of view expressed ex-pressed by the foreign office or alter the national conviction that tile present time Is inappropriate for the consideration of peace terms. But the tone of the press comment lias become today considerably more inclined to view the possibility of intervention on its own merits. The Xovoe Yremya. which bitter!.' reproached President Wilson in its earlier comment for what it termed ill-timed interference, interfer-ence, now says that, however President Wilson's efforts may be received, there can be no possible interpretation of the, note as unfriendly to the entente allies or having been sent with other than the i best of intentions. The Bourse Gazette, which expresses the belief that the suggestion of President Presi-dent Wilson was not a casual act of the American government, but 1 he result of organized efforts of the neutral powers, which are already equivalent to a neutral league, with a united aim, pays: "The picture Is now quite changed. The j affair is taking a serious turn. TI13 union ! of neutral governments, in an e.Tort to i secure a genera! and lasting peace, opens ; up riuite a new combination of world interests in-terests and the part played by the neu-i neu-i trals will have a tendency to lay the I basis for a stable world." The newspaper concludes, however, I that peace cannot be secured "'by the j neutrals and their typewriters," hut it must arise out of the sacrifices and labors la-bors of the fighting nations. I "All the neutrals together." says the Bourse Gazette, "cannot guarantee a ! world peace, because they are not military 1 powers, and -when the Germans again 1 show their teeth they will be able to add j nothing but good wishes and typewriting ! to convince German psychology." |