The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23
PEACE WITH BOCHE
FIRST NECESSITY
FOR PARIS COUNCIL



Yet the purpose OF the allies wal the
purpose Of the nations now united
against Germany, they sought to make
war impossible, and they created a
league OF nations in the form Of the
holy alliance.
At the present hour the effort IL be-
ing made to combine the two obviously
conflicting obicctives, the same con-
gress is to deal with conquered Ger
many, eXacting penalties In territory
n In money, not penalty for Ger
many's defeat, but penalties growing
cut OF wrongs committed by Germany
against nations by the wrongful an
neNRtion OF territory or by the wanton
destruction Of property, At the same
time new nations are to be created and
the whole Of international society Is &c
be r~eorganized, with the league OF ma
tons as the basis Of the new order.
Tho normal order Of procedure In
tackling this gigantic task would seem
to be 10 dispose Of Germany first, fixing
the reparations and reFtoratiuns, ter
ritorial and otherwise, which she Is to
make. Secondly, to delimit the new
states, which, once they are created,
will become part OF a new league OF
nations, and finally to proceed to the
organization OF the league OF nations.
The main obstacle TO pursuing such
a logical curse seems to ho the feaI
In certain quarters that II the league
Of nations Is not made M the first step,
4 ~ never VIII 10 lluitf anu Nihl NV
peace congress Will adjourn, after hav
Ing made another old-fashionod bar
gain counter settlement. But Is It e
be feared that Bolshevism and rival
rles between races viii create q stu.
alton beyond the resources Of the league
Of nations to settle, or requiring Il new
campaign to settle, n peace awaits The
termination Of the debate about the
freedom OF the seas, for example.
Peace with Germany should come
I 40 Las duo Ewa nRH. ,U4AN - Va rt rs
DO permitted TO get To work, II there
are TO be any indemnitics. And II Ger
many drifts into chaos the practical
problems wait upon the idealiStic then
when II comes time to make peace with
| Germany. imposing the financial bur
will be incapable Of meeting them, viii
| rather Join with Russia in a BOlsheVik
league of nations than with her con-
querers In a league Of peace, whose
payment by Germany Of many millions
Of iudemnities and the surrender Of
| m''h TERRITORY.
Europe made peace with France after
Napoleon fell In a few weeks. The VIC
m ,na presuHt oLruRglo can MAKE
peace witt Germany as quickly as they
choose since they have only to fix the
terms, and Germany must accept. Once
this peace Ia made, all the war re-
straints to trade and commerce in the
world would vanish, the business OF the
world would escape the unnatural fet-
tering, which will endure up TO the end
Of tho war peace made. A determine
ton Of the frontiers OF new states and
the limits Of the extensions OF old
states could be achieved with less eX.
pOdition, but with almost equal benefit
to the world. Thereafter without pres.
sure Of time or possible intriguing be.
tween conflicting elements. a league Of
nations could be created
a. - A. " H.
the growing fear In Paris, London and
Washington that the ending OF tho war
necessary TO the world, which must gel
back 20 work, may be indefinitely post.
poned by debates over the constitution
and by laws Of ar organization to pre-.
serve the world peace,
Copyright, 1918, by the New Yori
Tribune, InCO