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Show HI Two Noteworthy . T ' Events MM The two noteworthy events of. the tm yast week were the speeches of Mr. M Lloyd George and the President. Li' ! The Premier spoke first and spoke jr well, but Mr. Wilson's declaration M't was a veritable masterpiece. He has M& never done, and wo doubt if anyone W '.' living could have done, better. We Lr ; ' ' liked particularly his deflnltoness. V There was none of the hazy rhetor- My t 1c which sometimes characterizes hi utterances and loaves the reader S'J' guessing. Ills numerical summary ktt ' ' the fourteen war alms was quite HA lorelgn to his usual method and, per- m haps for that very reason at a timo K ; i when the whole world was eager for K, ' . something specific to tako hold of, Hn vas tremendously effective. Hjft . Naturally and necessarily, the de- Hv '' claratlons of the two leaders colncld- K ed In all essentials, differing only In H degree with respect to Alsace-Lor- Hk1'" raine and Russia. Lloyd George Wis "i.v bluntly asserted that her lost prov- H i Wr, laces must bo restored to France, Hi' " ' while Mri Wilson Insisted only that Hf'l''' "the wron" BnouW be righted." It is Hb l4 to understand that the British VJ f Premier felt a positive necessity of K' ", spholdlng the French in their chief 1 purpose, but from the American mvt Jt , r standpoint the President's prudence Mwln was moat wise and wholly sound. H ll.i Surely, In the event of this remain- Kfr f' tug the only question undetermined K.' $ aobody could reasonably expect the K i United States to continue frightful K '. , warfare over a bit of disputed ter- K e ''"", "'' ' iltory. That "the wrong should be H; f" " lighted," yea by all means, but Hjjr ' the President did well to stop there, ttL 4 although It Is a singular symptom of ssH'1 flfe '"" JMi!k, &tiVUc sentlmeBt that' this partleu-Hll partleu-Hll TW' 'V "Jw phrase, misinterpreted la the ;; j " , learlag as a demand for full res-H'' res-H'' r ,. toratlon, evoked the loudest applause KKji t its v'1! from Congress. saW K. t '" ?,s 4 V'lth respect to Russia, we can not but conclude that Mr. Wilson H: ' was wholly right and Mr, Lloyd H f '. Ceorge was wholly wrong. The lat- H ' k ', ter, in a word, Indignantly and, to H1 ) ' - eur understanding, quite peevishly saw T I H v proposed to let the distracted people Hi i r stew In their own Juice. Thu new H ' , rorcrnment, such as Jt Is, had brok- H , ." , n faith with Britain the unpard- H $L onable sin from 'the viewpoint of a I.4L nation which has been known upon e; occasion to be "righteously arro- l jant" and as fit punishment (he I ' 5 ' " "whole country could go to holl. Mr. AVilson took the opposlto vlow, rec- 4 v egulzlng tho plight of a great mass P r . of human beings groping out of Hr' tt' tlurkuess and highly deserving of H' ', " tho utmost consideration for tholr H'F " f ' faults no less than for their pltlablo H1 ' k condition. Frankly, wo had not aup- sssl f i-- H ' i posed It possible for Mr. Wilson who H(-' has long been regarded as distlnc- HbT " tlvely stem and not altogether un- 1 ! forgiving, to stretch forth a helping ssmf J'' " HfI'v hand so frankly, so gonerously, so Hll sympathotlcally, ei pityingly, indeed, Hj' '' to tho brother who had not only HjS if erred but persisted In his error. In HfH " any case, he did It and did It nobly HjB - to tho inflnito crodlt and great joy H of the tolerant and kindly people for B ('-' "" , whom he spoko. Ej t " Vv . ' Tho net outcome of the two great Blr. "" speeches Is that Germany, whethor sbV-" sbW,-' Ht: JR, as a pooplo or as a kalserbund, now! knows precisely where slio stands; If sho will neither fish nor cut bait slio can and will go ashore. All we ask of tho President Is to stand to his guns and ho will have a solid country coun-try behind him, ready and eager to stay till tho uttermost depths shall bo covered with Ice so 'thick that no squirming Hun beneath can hope lover to hack hU way through. The N. At Roview's War Weekly. |
