Carl W. (Carl William) Ackerman

Capitolo 11

friendship that I should give the welcome one an opportunity to act in the affairs
of the European peace, or now or to some other duration that would be
thought more appropriate, as an occasion to serve her and all they pertained to in
a way that if durable cause would allow me for the gratitude and the happiness.

         "(Signed) WOODROW Wilson."


The Secretary of the President cabled this to the Emperors of Germany and
Austria-Hungary; the King of England, the Czar of Russia and the
President of France.  The brief one note of the President touched the rope of
understanding of the whole world;  but it was then late to stop the war.
Men of is European you/they were preparing for a conflict.  With the public
I support that had every nation, every government wanted to fight up to that
there was a victory.

One of the first things that seemed to appeal to President Wilson were
the fact that not only public opinion of Europe, but of America, it looked for
a spokesman.  Otherwise from Roosevelt that it otherwise conducted public opinion from Taft,
who neglected him/it, Wilson took the attitude that the greatest strength in
the world was public opinion.  He believed that public opinion was greater
what a the presidency.  He felt that he was the man the American people
you/he/she had chosen to interpret and to express their opinion.  The policy of Wilson was
to allow public opinion to dominate America.  Those of us that we spent two
years in Germany could very clearly see this.

The President announced the axle for his/her international policy when him
talked to the annual meeting of the Bar American Association, to
Washington, shortly after the war started.

[The illustration: First page of the passport of the author.]

"The opinion of _The of the world is the owner of the world_", he said,
"and the trials by law international they are the slow trials from that
opinion works its wish.  What thrills me is the constant he/she thought that
that is the court to the bar of which all of us soothe.  I would call Your
attention, incidentally to the circumstance that doesn't observe