Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-26
Now Known That European
Powers Had Considered War
Strictly European Question
Foreign to United States.
AMERICAN POLICY OF
DETACHMENT CITED
European Powers thought
That With the War Over
America Would Probably
Withdraw From the Scene.
lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w,arI


Paris, Nov 25, (by the Associated
Press, 1.-THE United States govern
ments diplomatic success in obtaining
from the allied governments accept
ances of President Wilson's points
with only one reservation and addi-
ton, is becoming daily more apparent.
as the preliminaries for the approach
ing peace congress are being outlined
largely on the basis of the president g
points.
Colonel e. NJ House, the special
representative of the United States
government, when he arrived here,
found little disposition among Ameri-
can and European friends to accept
as totally the frame work of peace
as expressed by President Wilson.
some European statesmen considered
that the points had worked as a good
solvent upon Germany; that they had
served their great purpose in their
erect upon German unity but that
they should not be observed too close
~ when II came to formulating the
practical details of the settlement.
Allied statesmen plainly put for
ward the view that, as the American
traditional policy had one of detach-
ment of European affairs, ii was nat
ural for the American government
when the war broke out in Europe to
consider it quarrel among European
nations and to declare its neutrality
1T was pointed out that for two
years and a half the American gov
eminent observed its neutrality and
called the attention of both groups
IF belligerents to violations of sea
law. Germany's offense became in
tolerable and America entered into
the war both for that reason and be-
cause America did have a community
of ideals of government and of human
rights with the allies. America as
became a great country was impeled
to put forth great efforts. and she
did.
Allied statesmen have fully appre-
ciated the effect Of American arms in
winning the decision. Nevertheless.
it was contended by some this had
been a controversy among European
nations and the winning group, it
was suggested, supposed that Ameri-
ca, having accomplished her aims
would return to her detachment and
allow the countries intimately con-
cerned to arrange a settlmenet, ac-
cooling to the European viewpoint of
the situation.
Expected Friendly Counsel
These statesmen made it plain that
they would receive every friendly
counsel the United States would offer.
the more so because they knew that
America wanted nothing in a material
way for herself, but was interested
only in realizing her ideals. The losses
the other belligerents have suffered
in comparison with those of the
United States also have been cited as
a reason for the allies having a pre-
dominant influence in shaping the
new order in Europe.
These were some OF the conceptions
put forward by the allied governments
with tenacity and skill but always in
friendly spirit.
The contentious of the American
government generally and substan
TALLY were that it had come into the
war not alone on account of specific
grievances against Germany, but on
account also of certain fundamental
principles of justice and right These
principles had been announced with
fullness several times by the Ameri-
can government and had resulted in
a great effort by the American peo-
pie.
Looked at from Washington these
principles, each time they had been
enunciated in part or in whole, had
been received favorably\by the Eu-
ropean peoples and seemingly by the
allied governments 1t was not meant
to be understood that the American
government had thought the allied
governments had formally accepted
them, but the attitude of the minis
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