14 APRIL 1917, Page 1

Events have moved rapidly in the United States since we

wont to press with our last issue. To take them in order, the effect of the President's address was overwhelming not merely on Congress but throughout the country, wiping out Pacificism, bringing all his political opponents and critics into line, and making Mr. Hearst turn Jingo in a single night. The Senate by unanimous consent went into continuous session to defeat obstruction, but the vast majority were in accord with Mr. Lodge, who in a fine speech advo- cated lending the utmost support to the Allies in credit and supplies on the ground that the Entente were fighting a common foe.