Show II Daily aily Editorial gest Si Sizing ing Up the he heN N Nc New B British Envoy J-IEN J Sir Auckland Geddes Gedd s the W WHEN neW new British ambassador told I Ith th the Western world that Ireland Ireland Ire- Ire I i r land ought to be left alone to I grapple with her problems he was I Immediately applauded for his frankness frankness frank franl- 1 ness or scored for his tactlessness byth by bythe 1 th the American press In In the main h he talks good sense 11 says ars the Boston Globe Ind md thus re reflecting re- re fleeting the opinion opinion opinion-of of the majority of the writers who seem to agree with I the Globe that on on on the broad broad questions questions questions ques- ques ques ques- of ordinary commercial and po political po- po lIt cal relations between the British I I empire empire and the United States States' the new envoy Is unquestionably a safe and able Intermediary I Sir A Auckland's plea that military union between Ireland arid and the rest of ot the British Isles Is an an absolute necessity appeals to the Globe an and I the Philadelphia Public L Ledger dg- dg r Ind md d. d as IS well which praises the diplomats diplomat's frankness In brushing away hypocritical hypo hypo- critical and insincere hYPO j The Spokane Review Spokesman Jew Re Ind Rep considers that the ambassadors ambassador's ambassadors ambassador's ambassadors ambassador's dors dor's remarks were uttered In tact I for it says I It It is the part of a good C American American- I i Is isn m to avid movements mo calculated to 1 involve the United States In local differences in foreign countries We have enough difficulties es at home hom without meddling with the domestic of other nations This thought is echoed by the Chattanooga Chattanooga Chat Chat- Times s md Ind Dem when it draws a a. parallel between Ireland and the Philippines and deduces from Sir Auckland's Auckland s statement that he Is prepared prepared pre pre- I pared to tosa say that England is not going go go- log ing to Interfere nor will either house 1 I j of or her parliament pa pass pas s resolutions of j I sympathy for the Filipinos Mighty Tl l good a advice Is the suggestion sug sug- of Sir Sir Auckland that we stand aside according to the Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Nor Nor- folk Led Ledger Dispatch Ind md Dem which adds that if the friends of f the ther Irish are wise they Hey will follow it and I r r the New York Times Undo Und Ind Dem DemO Dem also believes that the statesman's words words' I should 1 be attentively ely pondered by f fair fali- ll minded Amerio Americans m rl ns hs and not riot least I I by bv those among ng them who have anold an anold an anold old r racial attachment to and 3 a pas passionate pas pas- I sympathy for Ireland Th The i Brattleboro Vt Vi Reformer Ind expresses expresses ex ex- ex- ex presses the ame same sentiment c Ing Ambassador Geddes' Geddes rather un- un usual statement which h the Brooklyn I IEa Ea Eagle le Ind md Dem Dom char characterizes zes as as' as a amodel model of good taste and nd the Spring Spring- I fieM Union Rep considers not without merit But Am America rica does not look at the question from one side only and even evenIn evenin evenin in Springfield ld there is a difference of 01 o opinion if It not concerning the so soundness sound nd- nd ness of the diplomats diplomat's advice at least r In its practicability While granting that It would bp be a happy I I I I i I 1 1 11 I mation matlon if all went as planned the Springfield fiel l Republican Ind md says I Though to stand aside may be a duty for British B subjects who do not riot live in In Ireland and a wise course for people who ar are British s subjects subjects sub sub- b- b such detachment is hardly to be hoped for for th the lines lines' of kinship or of sympathy that bind Ireland to the I outside world reach far Another r skeptic is the Louisville I Evening Post Ind md which remarks that there is much In hi what the new ambassador says but none the Jess less we cannot help put but remember that England has b by no means mens followed tl the e policy which she now now so naively lays out for America and after re reI referring referring re- re f ferring t to Great Britain Britain's attitude Upward the he South during tn th the Civil war the Post asserts that Sir Auckland's Auckland's Auckland's Auck Auck- lands land's reference to s treatment treatment treat treat- ment of India and Egypt are not calculated calculated calculated cal cal- to win vin approval in this country coun coun- try Indeed the Ft Wayne Journal Journal- Gazette Dem declares that the ambassador ambassador am am- has has- stumbled into a most remarkable blunder There has recently been propaganda d da in the United States it says calculated calculated cal cal calculated to show that the Irish alone ar are responsible f for r their l Inability to I I I 1 I 1 I j j I r r I I I i get gei determination sen-determination No doubt Sir ir Auckland assumed that we had been more Impressed with this than with the bayonets in Ireland borne borney by y men who are not Irish at all With more restraint the New York Globe Ind md expresses the view that the British ambassadors ambassador's remarks are area area area a little less than terrible since even those who agree with him on the Irish question will Swill hardly applaud his te temerity temerity te- te i merity in tackling the subject before he had fairly set foot on our shores I Conceding that it is quite possible I that England could do better as her representative hints if she were unhampered unI un- un hampered hamper d by ou outside side antagonisms the Globe points out that this is an In Intellectual In- In possibility which Is not like like- Iv 1 Jy to convince the average citizen This viewpoint is in a large measure shared by the Philadelphia Record Ind Ind Dem which is sure that many feel tt that t the ambassador in leaving the g- g gangplank made a misstep and Itself believes that whether or not he really pulled a boner It is certain at t least that he has nas started some- some thIng Not so much Sir Auckland Ged n s swords words already spoken but rather the deeds ahead of him interest the Charleston News and Courier Dem which tersely points out that the new J rUMi h ambassador has a big job jab on his hands Never before were were so many people trying so many ways t to estrange the United States and Great Britain To reestablish the entente cordiale agreed the Nashville Ten- Ten md D Dem Deni m. m which existed between the two English speaking countries In prewar days will be Geddes Geddes' prime dut duty This This duty the Springfield News Dem believes he will be able to perform for he is diplomat t enough to look beyond the fringe and surface and th the pressing needs of the hour I The Baltimore News Ind mu In chooses a unique phase of the new hew envoys envoy's I arrival which t to comment I I Sir Sir Auckland c cOmes mes n nominally as as' as I British ambassador b but t actually he he comes cOnes to to take his place In Iii th the line of ot those diplomatic r presenta- presenta t lives tives who must remain cant can't-be's until I the president has opened the doors to them This does not concern concern the Philadelphia Philadel phia Public Ledger Ind md which while supporting the logic of ot the much mooted statements o of Sir Jr Geddes sigi significantly sig- sig I i regards hi his remarks as addressed ad ad- dressed to a democracy for tor he he Js Is an ani i ambassador to the American people ambassadors to autocrats keep their I I messages for autocrats autocrats' ts ears cars |