Show Berlin eran Editor Flays German Getman Writers Who Att c. c Atta 1 Wilson Wilsons s s Stand BERLIN May The The German i new i papers e rally pr praised i d the he German German- reply German reply and nd q e expressed the pre the hope that it will satisfy both President wi Wilson WilBon Wil- Wil son Bon and the American people No editorial editorial editorial ed ed- ed- ed with adverse criticism appeared appear jf e red d. d of the Uie newspaper per discussion die dis l H Harden rd ri n noted ted German German German Ger Ger- man pacifist interjected another strong defense of ot President Wilsons stand closing a bold article in his w weekly ekly magazine with an emphatic denial of the charge that the United Stat States s had violated neutrality lay Y activities fa favorable favorable favor favor- or- or able to the allies ames After figuratively publics public's breath away two weeks ago by a a. daring daring dar dar- dar dar- ing u captioned I If I 1 Were WilL Wilson Wil Wil- L son Harden today returned to an an n ex ex- defense of President Wilson Vilson He lie roasted unmercifully the the German writers who have attacked president Wilson with shafts shans of sarcasm ch charging rg- rg ing them with gross Ignorance e of Wilson's Wilsons Wilsons Wilson's Wil Wil- sons son's true character In a a. leader in the ft entitled The Real Wilson Herr Hen Harden Harde praises President Wilson as asa a man man of high nigh moral and high spiritual character charac charac- te ter tet of whom we mig might t be proud if he i p f were ours What the writer characterizes as lazy ignorance is represented as as' chattering from the mantle mantI of would would-be patriotism which in reality has nothing in common commo with g genuine patriotism when Pr President Wilson is as as- he frequently has been Ninety nine one one hundredths of all th the so-called so war literature Herr Hard Harden n continues es should be sent where it belongs to the paper mills mils mills and the public should return to books from which a wide awake kc spirit speaks including President Wilsons Wilson's The New Freedom perhaps pure com corn common m mon n sense sense will return to you ou and awaken you to the duty of respecting the dignity of foreign people I Herr Harden brief character sketch of President i in which he mUles mUles' the pr brave opP opponent nent of evil anel abuses and andal al alludes ldes to lm ts actuated ct by a Jove for his hs people and nd poss possessed sed of of the wil to to toad lead ad them to the heights of fils ideals after they had gotten Into the swamp land I Germ Germany ny he adds should be a ashamed hamed of people who be because e e. e cause they have hav hav read In newspapers In all his c controversies with ny saps Wilson pas has ni t o lv tin tion Dare we measure bythe st standard stand stand- nd ard of a students the complaints of a great fre nation led by a aman man marl of the weIght ani importance mp ce of president asks tha writer If er t js' js a acts ts of Germany have the t laws raws f hum t but his duty to ta tak with r s t e i ith a- a if 4 1 g n tore e German Germin h w a crr cp comm A m p nt f l V n X t C AJ Y J K 1 w 1 11 U V r s stalling ver verse criticism o of t. t the ent position Q of Dt t vf intent dent de t Wilson t I thus far tar has only one or two brief messages trans trans' mi through gh English sources t to indicate Jiow the reply was received by President Wilson and the American merican people The These e dispatches are optimistic In nature b but the newspapers always suspicious o of ot any news first passing through England are refraining from comment It is understood that the wireless will b bring Ing excerpts from American editorial comment to Germ Germany ny within a a few sew hours |