The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-31
A LONDON VIEW OF PEACE
LEAGUES. \

Inc LOnQOn OpcCIdIOT luz q duuhI
20 has just arrived here by mail. II
reproduees a cartoon by E. Purcell
originally printed by J. Dickinson, Of
ia New Bond street in February
1923. 1t is called ''The Holy Ali.
ance Unmasked" and it shows the
Emperor of Russia seated at the
head of a table and having on his
lap the King of Prussia represented
as a midget. Others seated at the
table are the Duke of Wellington
the Emperor of Austria, and a rep
resentative Of the Bourbon French
monarchy restored in 1916. Ma
poleon is seen looking in at a win
dow. Under the table are a number
of small crowned figures represent
ing the lesser nations. The Gar
the Austrian Emperor, and the
Frenchman are crushing them under
their feet.
In the customary ribbons Of the
old cartoonist the thoughts of the
principal personages are represented
in words. The Gar proclaims:
Liberty shall be silenced and
ignorance and bigotry restored
our first job must be to help Fer
dinand (tten King of SPAIN to
unhead his Patriots and reward
his bigots.
The King of Prussia chips in:
That's right, Master Russia
Were it not for your Kalmucks
would be compelled to fulfill my
promise of giving my subjects a
constitution.
The representative of the Bourbon
Restoration in France exclaims:
Ny King with 100000 men
whose leauer invokes the God OF
ST. Louis will restore the Inquisi-
ton to Ferdinand.
The Emperor of Austria remarks
We are all Of one opinion ex-
cept Mr.. Bull, are we not, Mon
sieur?
The Duke of Wellington is saying;
Peace, ungratefuI Monarchs, has
not England saved you all from
that man at the window and has
she not preserved this there
comes a picture OF a feur de lys)
twenty-five years at an expense
OF SOC, 600, 900, and IL you attempt
an attack upon good free and
courageous Spaniards you will
lose 1t again. England will assist
naf
nous conspiracy, this Unholy Al
lance. / will have no hand in II.
The King, my master, is a con-
stitutional King and greater than
you ALL
Of course, England did not inter
fere and Ferdinand was forced on
the Spanish people by a French army
under mandate of the Holy ALI
ance. The cartoon is valuable as
showing what was thought of that
pietistic enterprise in international
affairs just eight years after it was
initiated.
The Spectator further devotes
nearly two pages of its space to a
discussion of Mr.. Wilson's adumbra-
ton in his note to the powers of his
scheme for a new Holy Alliance, q
League to Enforce Peace, and to the
entente treatment of the project in
its reply to Mr.. Wilson. The Spec
tator says:
10 Clause II of the reply the
allies declare that they associate
themselves whole heartedly with
the plan of creating a league OF
nations to insure peace and JUS
tice throughout the world. and
they then go on to say that they
recognize all the advantages that
would accrue to the cause of hu-
manity and civilization "by the
establishment OF international
settlements designed to avoid
violent conflicts between the ma
lions. AT first sight IL
may seem as II this passage
proves that the allies are willing
to accept the proposals of Mr..
Wilson and his fellow-citizens in
regard to a League to Enforce
Peace. II we look a little closer.
however. we shall see that the
words We have quoted avoid, or
at any rate have the appearance
of being drafted so as to avoid,
the dangers to liberty and justice
inherent in such a league, dan
gers which we have SO often in
sisted on in these columns. Not
only are the words ito enforce
peace" left out, but the words sub .
stituted point to the league be-
ing one of generous aspirations
rather than OF hard and fast mill
tary and naval conventions. Fur
ther, the phrases about internal
tional settlements seem to Show
that more effort Is to be- spent
upon setting Europe upon a sound
foundation at the peace, and OF
establishing, for the time at any
rate, a satisfactory status quo,
than upon plans for petrifying
that statusSuo when established.
- II is true that, words of an am
biguous. and therefore possibly
dangerous, character follow In
regard to Sanctions" but they,
| we expect, were due more to po-
likeness to Mr.. Wilson. and a de-
sire not to hurt the feelings OF
the pacifists OF the United States
than to any other cause. In any
case. IL is impossible to claim the
note as an acceptance OF the prin-
ciples OF the League to Enforce
| Peace.
The Spectator proceeds to defend
by arguments from history and hu
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