Manila, Jan. 10.
The appointment of Mr. Clarence Gauss, American Consul-General in Shanghai, as first United States Minis. ter to Australia is a "slop in the coordination of American i policy," the "Manila Bulletin" said in an editorial this morning.
"Australia is somewhat removed Crystallization of Ideas And Ideals Revealed Washington, Jan. 10.
President Roosevelt revealed at his press conference yesterday that ins efforts to achieve peace in Europe are crystallizing into objectives and ideas, but emphasized that he is not yet ready to promulgate a point by point peace plan.
The President previewed his objectives for a group of Protestant church members wno called on him yesierday, it was reported, to criticize L appointment of Mr. Myron G. Taylor as his personal Ambassador to ihe Vatican:
Mr. Roosevelt said he asked the churchmen to maintain the secret nature of these peace objectives be-Cause he feels that at present they should not be reduced to any formal series of proposals that might be characterized by such a term as "the Fourteen Poinis." He referred to President Woodrow Wilson's "Four-ted to the belliger-War. The President said his objectives are not points at all but ideals.
The churchmen who conferred with the President represented the United Lutheran Churen in America, the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Northern Baptist Convention, and the Lutheran World Convention.—Uniied Press.
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