AMERICA'S ATTITUDE.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15605, 1 June 1916, Page 7

AMERICA'S ATTITUDE.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S PEACE IDEALS. WHAT AMERICA "STANDS FOR/' (By Cubic.—l'rvss Association. —Copyright.) NEW YORK, May 30. President Wilson, in a Memorial Day speech, <s;tiu tho United States was l-eady to fight against aggression and. for Aiucrican rights when American rights were coincident with tho rights of mankind. America stood for vho principle that the small, weak nations hud as many rights as tho larger Sta tcs. QUESTION OF MEDIATION. J SOME PLAIN TALK. LOUD CROMER HITS OUT. (Received Muv 31st, 11.20 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. Lord Cromer, in a letter to "The Times," savs: —"President Wilson cannob too claarly understand that, desirous as the people of tho Empiro arc of bringing the war to a close, they altogether tho idea of peace save on. terms -iv holly ncccntable to themsolYes and their Allies. "President Wilson should also realise that the meaningless and misleading phraso invented in Berlin about tha freedom of the seas' is merely a euphemism for tho destruction of Britain's naval supremacy. It is inoonceivable that as a result of tho war the British nation wi!l accept a proposal to diminish the relative naval strength of their country. "Lastly, despite our friendly feeling towards America, it is more than, doubtful whether we will welcome President' Wilson in the rolo of mediator. As No to succecds Note «nd speech follows speech, the conviction is gaining ground that President Wilson has wholly failed to grasp tho views of tho vast number of Englishmen upon the cause for which tho Allies are fighting. "This is confirmed by the amazing statement that America is not coucerncd with the causes and objects of tha war. Otir confidence in President Wilson's statesmanship has been rudely shaken, and does not appear likely t« to restored to tho extent of vestinf him with the power to exercise, decide, or influenco terms of peaco, upon .wliick the future destinies of tho British Empire ana tho civilised world greatly d<> pend." THE ALLIES' CAUSE. A PERTINENT REMINDER. ("Times" and "Sydney Sun" S«rrice«.) LONDON, May 30. ' The Times," in a leader on President Wilson's speech, protests agairist the idea, that President Wilson or anybody else will bo likely to b£ invited to initiate peaco negotiations without reference to tho causes and objects of tho war. "The Times" declines .to identify the cause of tho Allies with tho German cause, and adds: "Peaco proposals arc only possiblo from u beaten foe."