The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-21
Mr.. WILSON'S TRIP 10 EUROPE.


necessary to communicate fully and freely with the heads
Of other governments the al-mpOrtant subjects in
voved in making peace has wisely decided to in per-
to Paris There no business in the United States
that overshadows the business Of settling the issues Of
the war That a matter that justiies the breaking of
presidents and subecng the life Of the Chief Executive
the vcissitudes Of two oceanic voyages Precedents
worthless if they do not favor the interests of hu-
mainly The hypothetical questions that may be raised
to possible complications resulting from the Presidents
absence need not bother any practical difficulties
arise, they may be met in practical manner.
President Wilson will confer with the heads of the
allied governments for the purpose of defining with
deniteness the terms which the victorious nations are
to impose upon Germany and her aies of outlining the
whereby the peoples of Europe may be enabled
live their own soil under their own governments, and
of creating possible, permanent league of nations
empowered to enforce the worlds peace Broadly stated
these three objects will engoss the attention Of the allied
and the United States government until the
worlds liberty is safe.
Despite the charge that Mr.. Wilson an idealist-a
charge that honors any against whom is made-t
must be evident every one that when practical
tons demanded practical action Mr. Wilson has contrib
uted most valuable suggestions to the allied
have unity of military command course that once it
adopted helped speedily to defeat into victory
He is not too ideaistc to agree to the allies demand
that Germany shall pay for the damage she has done
both private and public No doubt when practical ques-
tons arise to the disposition of the Hohenzoefns and
Hapsburgs and their responsible accomplices in crime,
Mr.. Wilson will be found true representative of the
hard common sense of the United States.
The peace terms-what task is imposed upon the
intellect of man in the attempt to make the world safe
against organized criminal ambition The safest method
of insuring individual liberty has been found to be
government which derives its power from the governed
who voluntarily surrender of their liberty for the
sake of conserving the remainder They are not wholly
Free but they free they can be with safety to
themselves and Others Their freedom depends upon the
constant and vgant of their intelligence for time
continually wearing down every human institution
and human nature must always be on guard against its
own excuses. Are the peoples of Europe capable Of
establishing and maintaining governments of that kind?
Are they willing to surrender voluntarily part of their
liberty in order to make their government stable?
Even in the minor task of Stacking Germany there is
immense practical difficulty and President Wilson's per-
sOna contact with European statesmen will be most use.
full in solving these difficulties. No more treaty will suf-
dce Germany has shown how easy it is for criminal
government to crash through treaties There must be
physical binding of Germany in such form as to compel
the Germans to pay for their crimes and prevent them
from repeating them. Then will come the question of
ndemntes with dangerous opportunities for discord in
passing upon the respective claims
The allies have given notice that they will go into the
conference with free hands on the question of the
freedom of the 1t is vitality important that Presi
dent Wilson and Premier Lloyd George shall reach q
harmonious understanding this point in advance Of
the peace conference The future welfare Of the British
empire and the United States deeply affected by the
exercise of power Properly exercised the allied
power will be the bulwark of the worlds peace and lib
ery as it has been in the present Doubtless it will
be discovered that this question of sea power will be
prcky subject when the nations are called upon to yield
part Of their sovereignty for the sake of creating world
eague of Yet yield they must, if league is to
come into being with any virility whatever
Turkey must be dsmembered in great part if the world
to be made safe for democracy The races subject
the Ottoman sutans must be freed. The mere mention
of this subject is enough conure up sufficient
for President Wilson's presence in Europe. The name
Poland also raises images of problems which cannot be
solved without the close and absolutely unsefsh
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