The danger is that many passions may be aroused, many
new movements be promoted, beyond those which are men- tioned or even indicated in Mr. Wilson's thoughts. It is already clear that Signor Orlando believes that an appeal has been improperly made to the Italian people against their Govern. ment, and that an approaching compromise on the Adriatic question has been postponed if not thwarted. One good eign, however, in much that must cause us misgiving, is that Mr, Wilson plainly means to see the thing through if he possibly can. He is supremely conscious, as we felt sure he must be in spite of the wild stories about his having ordered his ship across the Atlantic, like a taxi to wait at the door, that America was the inspirer of the League of Nations, and that if the ship of the League should founder, the skipper should certainly not be the first to leave her. As for the argument of the manifesto, apart from the question of the wisdom of Mr. Wilson's method., we have little but admiration. The sincerity and the nobility of the appeal are impressive.
