We are very glad indeed to read this powerful recommenda-
tion from Mr. Roosevelt. We hope and believe that it will be remembered and will still be acted upon long after circum- stances have buried in oblivion the scheme of perpetual peace to which he has given his authority, and which we have described in an article elsewhere. As for Mr. Roosevelt's distribution of praise in the war—for he praises every nation engaged in it—we gladly note his opinion that British action has been of the sort that alone makes a treaty worth the paper on which it is written. But we could wish that in expressing his deep admiration of the spirit of the German people (an admiration which in many respects we share) he had felt able to say something in condemnation of the tortuousness and perfidy of the German leaders—qualities which, as we believe, have wholly misguided the national feeling by which the war is supported.
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