. Review of reviews and world's work. Ciovemment may rightly say that it regardsthe course pursued by the American Govern-ment as equivalent to full acquiescence inand acceptance of the Orders in Council andthe means taken by the Allies to enforcethem. Unfortunately, however, our diplo-matic methods have produced a series offormal written declarations of grievance andwrong, and these may result in future trou-ble. There are no predicaments of this sfjrtwhich we have not ourselves created, inview of the ease with which we could at theoutset have prevented their accumulation. Iti», thm. for the
. Review of reviews and world's work. Ciovemment may rightly say that it regardsthe course pursued by the American Govern-ment as equivalent to full acquiescence inand acceptance of the Orders in Council andthe means taken by the Allies to enforcethem. Unfortunately, however, our diplo-matic methods have produced a series offormal written declarations of grievance andwrong, and these may result in future trou-ble. There are no predicaments of this sfjrtwhich we have not ourselves created, inview of the ease with which we could at theoutset have prevented their accumulation. Iti», thm. for the country to dcciilc whetherthe Wilwin methods of controversial note-writing are to be continued, or whether theremay be found some way to wipe the slate -ard with full protection of m right* as we are c\jr- rentlv defining as proper and nece^ksary to l)csustained. It is wholly possible that mindnlike thtnr «)f Mr. If •• and Mr. K<K»t,cftrning frrslily t#i tin ^s of jitraigliten- ing out thr<ic diplomatic tan^len, would be. © 1916 by John T. McCuteheon SCRAPS OF PAPERFrom the Tribune (Chicago) able to render superior service to our coun-try in the coming four years. We arestrongly impressed with the reasonablenessof that view. -y n. There is no evidence, however, Keeping U» . i-i i Out of that issues like these are veryclearly in the public mind justnow. Undoubtedly President Wilson hasdesired above all things to keep this countryout of war. Yet he has managed, as re-spects Mexico and as respects Germany, tokeep the country in constant fear lest his poli-cies should embroil us in war. That our oc-cupation of Vera Cruz did not lead us onto further seizures of territory and warlikeacts is only to be explained on the surprisingground that so definite a step was taken withno relation to subse(|uent policy. That theformidable expedition under (jcncral Persh-ing—an army column thrown far into Mex-ico—has not led to war on a larger and moreblof)dy scale can hardly be
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