20 JANUARY 1917, Page 2

On Friday week, January 12th, was published the Reply of

the Allies to Mr. Wilson's Note. It is a singularly able document, and, needless to say, is couched in the most courteous terms. After stating with the graces of old-fashioned diplomacy that the Allies have received the Note, and " studied it with the care enjoined upon them both by their acourate sense of the gravity of the moment and by their 'sincere friendship for the American people," and after stating also that, " in general, they make a point of declaring that they pay homage to the loftiness of the sentiments inspiring the American Note," they proceed to " associate themselves whole-heartedly with the plan of creating a League of the Nations to ensure peace and justice throughout the world."