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Show BIRKENHEAD 111 DOUBT AS TO WILSON PLAN Former Lord Chancellor Does Not Believe Idealism Ideal-ism of Ex President Would Solve Problem WlLUAMSTOvTX. Mass.J Aug. St (By A. P. In an appeal to America to Join tha allies in. winning win-ning tha peace, thl Earl of Birkenhead, Birken-head, former lord chancellor of Great Britain, emphasised In tha final lectura of .tha Institute of Politics last n'.ght that self-interest alone should determine this coan-j coan-j try's course. Hs assarted tha world I waa not yet ready for tha Idealism A' of Woodrow Wilson. f Lord Birkenhead declared the world probably would not survive If Idealism were given a completely free rein: no nation In democratic conditions aver would become the Vnlght errsnt of the world. He i said Mr. Wlleon'i Judgment of his h, countrymen was wrong and through this error ha became the . S aaeni of all iwel'nai dui'alopnUiila from which altruistic minds would hsve recoiled. He Insisted that derm any should be made to pay. as a warning to ethers: 'declaring thit a doien unscrupulous un-scrupulous but powerful men, deliberating de-liberating privately In Berlin, had decided upon the World war. "It Is no use abusing tha trwrty of Versailles." ha said. "That treaty waa thl eraature.'Of the victorious vic-torious mood of , the victorious allies, see "It la a fascinating speculation whether, had President Wilson been given health and strength to pursue pur-sue the campaign which he contemplated, con-templated, his Idealism and personality person-ality could hare affected the forces of the world. -I am bold enough to doubt It. For the real truth la that, whlla the whole world requires tha encouragement en-couragement and light of Idealism, the whole world would probably not have survived It Idealism wsre given a complete free rein,". |