AMERICA'S DUTY.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1920, Page 5

AMERICA'S DUTY.

TASK FOR WOjiLD PEACE. HER LAPSE A TRAGEDY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 30, 12.10 a.m. Halifax (N.S.), July 28. Addressing a huge gathering at a civic luncheon tendered the Imperial Press Conference delegates, Mr. Robert Donald, chairman of the Imperial Press Union, said the'* failure of America to assume some of the. responsibilities imposed by her entry into the war was largely responsible for the unsettled world conditions. Two 1 branches of the English-speaking peoples, acting harmoniously in peace as in war, could, he said, have reconciled or silenced thp clashing interests in Europe, and led the new democratic States into paths of peace, and established the League of Nations on a sure foundation. Then the world would be safe for democracy. "Let us hope tne lapse is temporary," added Mr Donala. "President Wilson was an inspiring moral force for democracy two years ago, and the hopes of humanity centred in him. His failure to live up to his lofty principles and noble ideals, has chilled the hearts of millions, who put faith in him and almost worshipped him. They look sorrowfully on the moral lapse of America as a tragedy of history."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A>n.