Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-02-09 | Page 2 | Monroe Doctrine in Europe Held Inapplicable

MONROE E DOCTRINE IN EUROPE HELD 1 INAPPLICABLE CABLE iBLE President Wilson Is Given Scant Notice by Press I I in In V. V Vienna lenna I ICU CU A I r. r In t. The m. m VIENNA Feb 7 Via London Feb 9 The 9 The public and press accustomed to new sensations beyond the tho saturation saturation tion Uon point may be considered today to have completely relapsed into tho the apathetic routine which has his resulted from thirty months of or warfare That diplomatic relations have been broken off ocr between tho the United States Slates and Germany has become one ono of oC the tho I many war facts which are borno borne with stoical resignation and with renewed expressions of oC the belief that the tho I monarchy monarch will finally emerge from its troubles with flying colors Tho The press occupied itself today largely with the I possible action of or European neutrals The Tho fact that some of these nations have havo borders contiguous to the cen con contral powers is referred to cautiously I although Rumania's fate is alluded to to I here and there as In the N Neue ue Freie Presse hitherto the leading peace advocate advocate ad ad- in the tho monarchy President Wilson gets gels scant notice and what comment there is is decidedly edly mild Most editorials among them those of the the Ule the tho the Pester Lloyd and the tho sa say that the president in expressing the hope that l European neutrals would also sever seyer relations proved that he lie was wag not in formed on European politics and was applying to Europe a doctrine simi lar to that ot of Monroe which was wholly inapplicable Some Somo writers opine that the Ule president hoped to lo I frighten the tho central powers into a submissive attitude by causing the tho European European Eu Eu- I neutrals to also break rela lions and that this in effect had been uppermost in his mind when ho he decided de dc- to give Count von Yon his passports This is the first day in almost three weeks that no snow has fallen The signs indicate however that the clear weather will end shortly in which event the present poor traffic facilities ties tics will cease altogether and anel the bringing of oC food and fuel into the city will become a serious problem There is much suffering among the poor classes as a result of ot the spell or of great cold There is deep snow everywhere everywhere every every- where rc and the fuel supply is at a low ov ebb f