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Show WILSON PRAISED BYGERMANPAPER Remarkable Change in Attitude Atti-tude of the Press of Berlin. Berlin, Sept. 1, via London, 11-20 a. m. The National Zeitung publishes publish-es today a leading article under the : heading: "Wilson, Bryan and Roosevelt," Roose-velt," which is noteworthy for its i friendly tono and its ungrudging ad- ' miration expressed for President Wil- ' son. The article begins by saying that h v...t.uto.u.i yjK mc niauiu luwur nave been in a quieter tone since Count von Bernstorff, tho Gorman ambassador at Washington, presented his request to tho American government to delay action ac-tion until Germany has had tho op-opportunity op-opportunity of presenting Its bide of tho case. Even tho anti-German newspapers admitted tho justice of this request, the article says, and thero now remains no obstacle to friendly discussions of differences, which, whllo real, aro by no means of such a nature as to prevent a satisfactory sat-isfactory compromise. Tho personality of President Wilson Wil-son has been illuminated more Btrong-ly Btrong-ly than over before, tho National Zeitung Zeit-ung says, during the exciting days through which" America has just passed. pass-ed. The president will appear to many in a new light Never was his position more difficult than during tho Arabic crisis, "when Mr. Bryan was calling on America for peace at any price, and Colonel Roosevelt was summoning them to war against Germany." Ger-many." President Wilson Is pictured in tho article as standing botwoon the two rivals, whose activities threatened to bring about such a situation that the president might xnoko his attltudo to- 41 ward Germany dependent on domestic political considerations. "That President Wilson withstood this temptation and may be counted on to withstand It further, must be acknowledged," the newspaper says, "notwithstanding tho fact that German Ger-man people certainly have reason to be dissatisfied with his attitude in the matter of submarine warfare." Mr. Wilson is characterized as a more clever politician than "tho unlucky un-lucky Bryan and the astute politician Roosevelt" The article is concluded with the statement that Germany has always desired to maintain the traditional tra-ditional friendly relations with America Ameri-ca and that It may be hoped the Arabic Ara-bic case will serve to clear up misunderstandings mis-understandings on both sides. It must bo possible, the article says, to reach an understanding, inasmuch as the points in dispute aro matters of principle and not of conquest, victories vic-tories or defeats. oo |
