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Show Door Remains Open. THE HAGUE. Sept. 1. The Roman Catholic Maasbode of Rotterdam thinks1 that President Wilson's answer to the papal note, examined from a practical angle, warrants the conclusion that the door to peace is neither barred nor bolted. "For, contrary to logical reasoning from his premises," it says, "President Wilson does not want the war carried to a bitter end nor would he refuse to deal with the present German government, but only if it truly represented the will of the nation na-tion as expressed by genuine parllamen-tarization." parllamen-tarization." The Maasbode sees a gradual development develop-ment of conditions in Germany on the lines President Wilson desires. "Why, then," it asks, "could not the president have declared himself in principle with the pope?" |