AMERICAN VISITORS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3056, 17 April 1917, Page 4

AMERICAN VISITORS

UNITED STATES AND THE .WAR,

Visiting New Zealand with a.special-' ly-conducted ■ party of- American citizens is Mr. Addison. Scott, of Charleston, West Virginia, but originally of New York. Mr. Scott, who has just arrived from a tour of the North Island, says they are! all naturally, a little-worried about,the war, hut as one who knows and has an immense .admiration for Mr. Woodrow Wilson, he said he felt that the break had k> come sooner or later! Mr, Scott, believes that President Wilson has/shown such consummate wisdom in his high and onerous position since the outbreak of hostilities that his "name wilf go'down to posterity as one of the most eminent men who have lived in. White House.

"And no one can tell me, sir, that; his wisdom has not meant the Allies' gain, seeing what I have seen; ana , , furthermore, that being in, he is not going to jump' out _again too quick. No, sirl" said'the visitor. "You can take it from me that this fool-talk about a separate peace with America; is all bunkum. (America is not going to "talk peace unless Germany lifts all her submarines out of the -water, and otherwise behaves heraelf. There's nothing) in, the peace talk, believe me. ; "You seem to think out here that Germany is behind this Mexican trouble," remarked Mr. Scott. "Now, I don't think, so at all. Carranza is a ' mighty smart fellow, too smart,! think, to make .trouble ivith the United States at the. instance of another nation, because the States has been a good friend: to Carranza, and he knows that he, woulSTbe Ruuelched if he , got causing' trouble. So I'm inclined to think he has been getting after his old enemy. Villa, over the border from Texas, and does not'mean to try and shoot up the States.". ..,."( Mr. Scott is very enthusiastic over New Zealand sceuery, and believes that New/Zealand must become one of the great show tourist places in the world. He -was astonished at the vasfcness of the thermal activity in the Itotorua and Wairakei districts, and •was mystified at the enormous quantities'of boiling water and mud to Dβ found everywhere, snowing m a perfectly astonishing manner the terrifia forces that are active beneath-the earth's crust. - Mr. Scott larlv enthusiastic about the Wanganni "River '■ "I've been a river man, and concerned in river improvement work for the greater part of; my life, but I think that, in scenic rivers that part ot .the Wanganui River between the houseboat and Pipiriki cannot be beaten It is a beautiful river, and you land people are lucky to have it. _ ■ Mr Scott and the party lefs for Nelson and the West Coast yesterday at noon. . ■ .