Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-02 | Page 3 | Dutch Papers do not Agree with the President

DUTCH PAPERS DO ( NOT AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT THR HAGUE, Aug. 31. Two leading organs of Holland's diplomatic capital agree that President Wilson's answer to the pope's peace proposals does not bring nearer a cessation of hostilities. The Xieuwe Courant describes the answer as a fresh war declaration, clothed in pacific pa-cific garb, and an Invitation to the German Ger-man people to prove their desire by rising in revolt. "It is not clear what form of new evidence evi-dence President "Wilson desires." the newspaper complains in citing the1 latter part of the note, "for, judging from the text, even the most favorable peace terms would find no acceptance if they did not emanate from a government appointed by a parliament." The Nieuwe Courant, however, sees a bright spot in the president's assuranre that the aimu of the United States are unchanged an:l especially rejoices in his rejection of an economic war. The Vaeriand heads its comment with the title, "Wilson's Answer Is Not Made for Europe." and says It can only truly and fully satisi'y the Russian Maximalists, for "the central peoples are left no choice but to kick out their governments." This, tho newspaper declares, reveals a surprie- j ing lack of understanding' on the presi- ' dent's part and that he does not realize ! sufficiently the strength of the inter-growth inter-growth of the peoples and the dynasties. He views the European states as he does the states of the American union and only seems to have the most superficial notions of the intricacies of the European Euro-pean problems, the Yatferland asserts, and its conclusion is: "This strange document docu-ment breathes an atmosphere not of Europe, Eu-rope, and If we must wait until it permeates per-meates here Europe will have to suffer much longer under a terrible war burden.-'