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Show London Press Says Pres-i. ident Mas Spoken Right. ;N0TE A MASTERPIECE1 Paper Discloses Closest; Possible Agreement With British View. LONDON, Oct 25 Commenting upon PresidejjjU-.Wilson's note, o Germany, Ger-many, the Daily News says: "The imperial chancellor's note left matters in suspense but the president's takes them where they should be. The sincerity of the German people's do-sire do-sire for peace is today brought to the final test. If the Germans accept the president's terms there is no reason why fighting should not end in less than a week. Mr. Wilson,, beyond question, speaks for every allied nation." na-tion." The Telegraph commenting on President Pres-ident Wilson's correct attitude toward the allies especially welcomes his reference of the matter of declaring an armistice to the military leaders. The Times says: 1 "If the Germans will not accept a peace of justice without violence, then violence will make them accept a just peace. The difference between Gorman Gor-man violence and the "force without stint' which President Wilson proposes, propos-es, is necessary to employ, is that German warfare is violence In the service ser-vice of rapacity, while warfare of the allies is warfare in the service of righteousness. Under the caption "The Retort Courteous," tho Post says: "President Wilson's note is a masterpiece mas-terpiece of diplomacy. It rivets the German government to an unqualified acceptance of his peace terms. In what may be culled the president's ultimatum ultima-tum he again offers the German people an opportunity to get themselves as nearly right as may be and provides at the same time some guarantee of good faith." The Express describes Mr. Wilson's note as the greatest of the series of his masterly state papeis. "After eulogizing the note of President Presi-dent Wilson as an "admirable statement," state-ment," the Times expresses satisfaction satisfac-tion that it reveals the closest possible agreement between American and British views. The newspaper thinks that at tho moment, there is no more than a chance that the Germans will ask an armistice. Tho Times is gratified grati-fied at the manifest signs of close cooperation co-operation botween the military commanders com-manders on the western front, while "the presence of Colonel House, who has arrived in France, will make for political as well as military co-ordination." Solitary Adverce Criticism. The solitary adverse criticism of Mr. Wilson's note appears in the Graphic which complains' of the length of the document, adding: "At such a crisis bandying words suggests a lack of dignity and creates a loophole for further diplomatic wriggling." wrig-gling." Tho Daily Mail says: "President Wilson states the terms with a composed dignity worthy of tho greatest masters of our language. Autocracy must surrender, or take a beating and here we may leave the peace offensive, without forgetting to thank Mr. Wilson for the masterly skill by -which he exposed Its insin-cerily." |