In a jiffy, under stress of a general European war, the United States Senate passed a bill permitting American registry to ships built abroad.

Thus a real emergency knocked the old Protectionists out, who had held on for fifty years! Correspondingly the political parties here have agreed to suspend their Home Rule quarrel till this war is ended.

Artificial structures fall when a real wind blows.
The United States is the only great Power wholly out of it.

The United States, most likely, therefore, will be able to play a helpful and historic part at its end.

It will give President Wilson, no doubt, a great opportunity.